September 24th, Monday …
Long Yu Corporation headquarters.
Eric sipped his coffee as he read the discussions about Eternal Fallen Samsara online.
Although it was only a downloadable content, the popularity of this downloadable content online was so high that Eric could no longer ignore it. He more or less understood a little about it.
Apart from GOG's new hero, Hell Suppressor, this matter had nothing to do with IOI. However, Eric still instinctively felt flustered and afraid.
That was because the more such things happened, the more powerful Boss Pei would be!
So many people in Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were racking their brains to think of countermeasures to defeat GOG for IOI. However, Boss Pei did not need to spend too much energy to resolve all the attacks one by one. He even had the energy to do something else while launching a counterattack — for example, designing a downloadable content that was well-received.
The more at ease Boss Pei was, the more Eric felt that his strength was unfathomable and so strong that it was difficult to defeat him.
Of course, from another perspective, it might be Boss Pei's achievements in other games that gave GOG a strong boost.
Initially, GOG was completely suppressed by IOI because its heroes were too Chinese-style in the international market.
However, Boss Pei quickly turned the tables by acquiring Hurricane Comics Company and releasing a series of new characters that suited the aesthetics of foreign players.
At this stage, GOG and IOI already had a huge user base. It would be difficult for them to have a decisive impact just by buying a few IPs.
Under such circumstances, original IPs were crucial!
Tengda Corporation made use of the success of its other games to continuously use GOG to interact with other games to introduce new heroes.
It was the same whether it was the new hero 'Skylark' that was released in conjunction with Mission and Choice or the new hero 'Hell Suppressor' that was released in conjunction with Eternal Fallen Samsara.
Not only were they directing traffic to new games through GOG's popularity, but they were also directing traffic to GOG through the popularity of new games. In other words, they were consolidating GOG's player base.
That was something that IOI would find difficult to do.
There might be many game manufacturers in the world who made Triple-A masterpieces, but they were very careful with their own ace IPs. It was impossible for them to sell them out.
Even if Finger Games wanted to buy it, it could only buy some marginalized copyrights. How could it be like GOG, where Tengda released a new game with a new hero?
What's more, these new heroes had very unique mechanisms because of Boss Pei's careful design of different gameplay.
For example, the skills of the new hero "Prison Protector" were compatible with the new battle mechanism of "Eternal Samsara". Not only did it enrich the gameplay, it also created a huge topic of discussion.
What's more, Boss Pei's plan was not just a new hero and a new game. The related publicity plan and various industries were all part of the plan.
It was impossible to achieve this level of compatibility just by buying IPs.
This was the impact a business genius cum genius designer could have on the war …
Eric could vaguely sense that the situation was deteriorating bit by bit and uncontrollably even though these situations would not cause any extreme damage to IOI.
Eric was deeply worried, but there was nothing he could do.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door. It was Zhao Xuming.
Eric took a document from his desk and handed it over. "The headquarters have already replied to Boss Pei's proposal for cooperation. These are their conditions."
Zhao Xuming reached out to take it and read it carefully.
Then, a rather surprised expression appeared on his face.
"These … are very harsh conditions!"
Zhao Xuming might be on IOI's side, but he still felt that the conditions given by Dayak Corporation's senior management were too harsh.
It could be called an unequal treaty!
In this document, Dayak Corporation's senior management had made very detailed provisions for this cooperation plan.
Scope of cooperation: All regional servers around the world.
Method of cooperation: GOG and IOI would add a new section in their respective game clients. After players logged in, they could use this section to register an account for another game and bind the two accounts.
GOG would have to abide by the following terms:
The activities of this section would be exposed and promoted in eye-catching places on the client and official website's homepage, with the eye-catching logo of IOI …
GOG would have to give generous in-game rewards to players who registered and entered IOI, including but not limited to rare skins, avatar frames, limited emoticons, and the like …
These rewards would not be given out in one go but for a long time, at least two weeks. In addition, individual rewards could only be received by spending a small amount of money in IOI.
As for the terms that IOI had to abide by, it was written rather vaguely.
It did not say that GOG would be promoted on the client and official website's homepage, nor did it say what rewards would be given to players from IOI to GOG.
Obviously, the rewards would not be too good, and they might not even be essential.
In layman's terms: both parties would arrange for their respective players to play with each other, but GOG would use great rewards to entice players to come to IOI. What's more, there would be a time limit. They could not just register and run away. They had to really play for a period of time. On the other hand, IOI would do it casually. You could not blame me if no players went to play GOG.
Zhao Xuming shook his head repeatedly after reading the document.
"Boss Pei is not stupid. How could he accept such conditions?
"Even a three-year-old can tell that there is no sincerity in cooperation at all."
Eric nodded. "There was no sincerity in the first place. What do you think?
"The headquarters are also very wary of Tengda. Boss Pei taking the initiative to propose such a cooperation is like 'the weasel paying respects to the chicken' in your proverb. It would definitely not be a good thing.
"However, if we reject him directly, it would seem that we are too timid and do not even dare to raise conditions.
"Therefore, we might as well propose a condition that the other party would definitely not agree to and dissuade him."
Zhao Xuming nodded. "Yes, that's true.
"What's more, if Boss Pei really agrees, we should not lose out."
It was like someone who had a very precious family heirloom and someone came to ask how much it was. It would seem a little silly to say that he was not selling it. The best way was to directly offer a sky-high price that the other party would definitely not be able to afford.
For example, this thing was only worth ten million yuan, but he offered it for two hundred million yuan.
If the other party retreated in the face of difficulties, he could say that it was not that he did not want to sell it, but that the other party could not afford the price. If he had to blame someone, he could blame himself for not being sincere enough. On the other hand, if the other party really wanted to buy it, he could also use this opportunity to ask for an extremely high premium.
Eric was stunned. "Do you think Boss Pei will agree?"
Zhao Xuming shook his head. "I don't know, but who can say for sure? No one knows how Boss Pei's brain works. "
Eric remained silent for a moment and nodded. "You're right."
"I might be a figurehead now and have become a mere mouthpiece, but this is not a bad thing. At least I don't have to rack my brains to fight with Boss Pei."
"I'll send the document to Boss Pei now. Whether he accepts it or not is his business."
Eric sent an email to Boss Pei first. After waiting for a while, he made a call.
"Hello? Boss Pei, the headquarters has already replied to the cooperation plan you mentioned last time. The specific requirements have been sent to your email. "
"Hehe, there are a little too many terms. If you think it's not suitable, there's nothing I can do. After all, I can't make the decision on this matter. It's all decided by the headquarters. "
Eric took the initiative and blocked the possibility of bargaining.
However, two seconds later, Eric's smile froze on his face.
"What? Completely agree?! "
Eric looked at Zhao Xuming, and Zhao Xuming looked at him with the same confused expression.
They had indeed thought of the possibility of Boss Pei agreeing, but that was probably based on a series of bargaining.
In the end, they did not expect Boss Pei to agree without hesitation!
The time was so short that it made people wonder if he had seriously read the specific terms of the plan.
Boss Pei's voice seemed to be relaxed over the phone. "Yes, I completely agree."
"When can we start as soon as possible? I'll ask them to arrange it once the time is set. "
Eric panicked a little when Boss Pei agreed so readily.
Something was not right!
He quickly emphasized, "Boss Pei, are you sure you've read the terms carefully? I suggest you take two minutes to read it carefully so that there won't be any unpleasantness in our future cooperation. "
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