Of course, Eric was not being kind. He was just worried that Boss Pei would suddenly change his mind halfway through the event.
If Boss Pei changed his mind halfway, Eric's preparations would be in vain. No one wanted to work for nothing.
If Boss Pei agreed verbally without even reading these terms, there was a high chance that he would change his mind midway. It was even inevitable.
That was why Eric specifically reminded him.
"Hmm … alright, I'll read it again." Boss Pei seemed helpless on the other end of the line.
After two minutes, Boss Pei said, "Alright, I'll read it again."
"There is no problem with this clause overall. I completely agree."
"Of course, if you insist on saying that there is something wrong with it, there is."
Eric heaved a sigh of relief.
That's more like it!
In any case, you should at least put on a show of bargaining. If you accepted everything in one go, who would dare to cooperate with you?
Who didn't know that Boss Pei was sinister, cunning, and full of bad ideas?
Boss Pei paused for a moment and continued. "I think there is a little problem with the cooperation method. It's mainly not written very clearly."
"It says: 'Register an account for another game through the game's section and bind the two accounts.' Does that mean that it has to be a new account? Can't it be an old account? "
"As far as I know, many players in GOG have IOI accounts, but they haven't logged in for a long time."
"Considering that you have to bind your email, cell phone, and ID when registering an account, and that these information cannot be repeatedly bound to multiple accounts, it would be a little troublesome and unnecessary to register a new account if you already have an IOI account."
"In my opinion, players who don't have an IOI account can register a new one. If you already have an account, you can just link it to your original account."
Eric was stunned for a moment, and then carefully considered Boss Pei's question.
It seemed … that was indeed the case.
Many players used to be fans of both GOG and IOI, but slowly, many people gradually fell to GOG.
However, even so, their accounts on IOI were still there.
According to the current registration rules, email, cell phone number, and ID number could not be repeatedly bound to multiple accounts, especially cell phone numbers, which were often the only identification of an account.
Once he lost his password, he could use his phone to send a verification code to change the password. It was very convenient.
If a GOG player already had an IOI account and wanted to participate in this event, would he have to register again?
It was obviously not appropriate.
Players who had accumulated a certain amount of wealth in IOI could not continue playing with their old accounts. Instead, they had to create new accounts to receive rewards. That was too inhumane. It would create a huge obstacle for them to switch from GOG to IOI.
That was obviously the opposite of IOI's original intention in participating in this event.
Thus, just as Boss Pei said, they should not restrict new accounts to participate in this event. Instead, they should expand the scope to all accounts so that old gamers who had played IOI before could take this opportunity to return.
Boss Pei made sense, but Eric fell silent again.
Because he felt that something was wrong!
Eric had heaved a sigh of relief when Boss Pei said 'there was something wrong' just now. He felt that Boss Pei was finally starting to bargain and things had become normal.
However, he now knew that Boss Pei was not haggling. They were obviously thinking about IOI!
Things had become even stranger!
Based on Eric's understanding of Boss Pei, he felt that the right thing to do now was not to study this plan at all. He also did not think about Boss Pei's motives behind doing so because that would most likely be meaningless.
He should hang up and refuse to cooperate!
However, the problem was that Eric did not have much autonomy now. He was just a mouthpiece.
What's more, this event was on a global scale. He was only the person-in-charge of the China region. He did not have the final say on whether to organize this event or not. He had to ask for instructions.
Eric wanted to persuade the upper echelons to give up on this cooperation, but he could not think of a suitable reason.
After struggling for a while, Eric said, "Alright, Boss Pei, I'll give this suggestion to the upper echelons.
"If there's no problem, we'll officially sign the agreement and start the cooperation."
Eric had also thought it through. Since he was just a mouthpiece now, he had to have the self-awareness of a mouthpiece.
He had to report truthfully and let the higher-ups make a decision.
If something really went wrong, he could not possibly blame it on a mouthpiece, right?
…
Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief after hanging up.
Fortunately, there was still a piece of good news!
Every time something like this happened, he had to rely on his good brother, Eric.
Last weekend, "Eternal Fallen Samsara" became popular as expected.
Although Pei Qian had been prepared for the worst, Teacher Qiao's fancy maneuvers had forcibly pushed Eternal Fallen Samsara's evaluation to a higher level. It was now jumping around the edge of Pei Qian's tolerance!
However, to Pei Qian, all of this was no longer important.
Unfortunate things happening once was a tragedy, but if it happened ten thousand times, it would become a daily occurrence.
The only thing that Pei Qian cared about now was whether Eternal Fallen Samsara could complete its original mission. That was to reduce Repent and be Saved's sales to less than one-fifth of the month after its release. Then, Pei Qian could happily release Repent and be Saved for free.
At first, Pei Qian had been full of confidence. However, the situation now looked uncertain.
It was all Teacher Qiao's fault!
In the video, Qiao Liang had closely linked Eternal Fallen Samsara and Repent and be Saved. He said that they were two sides of the same coin and could only be complete when they were combined.
As a result, many players who had not bought Repent and be Saved immediately bought both Eternal Fallen Samsara and Repent and be Saved together.
What's more, the official platform had very timely released a bundle, making Pei Qian's situation even worse.
All in all, whether Repent and be Saved could be released for free depended on what happened next month.
Pei Qian could not wait to make an announcement and tell gamers that as long as they did not buy Repent and be Saved this month, it would be free the next month!
However, this involved the System's internal rules. Pei Qian could not say it out loud.
It was Monday. Pei Qian had been feeling rather hopeless about Eternal Fallen Samsara's current situation. Fortunately, Eric had good news.
The higher-ups of Dayak Corporation had demanded an exorbitant price.
However, that was exactly what Pei Qian wanted!
In particular, GOG gamers would have to play IOI for a certain period of time and spend a small amount of money before they could receive specific rewards from GOG. Pei Qian was especially satisfied with that.
Simply put, gamers could spend money on IOI and receive rewards from GOG.
That was equivalent to GOG giving out rewards from its own pockets and encouraging gamers to spend money on IOI.
It was a huge money-transfer technique!
Thus, Pei Qian agreed without hesitation. At the same time, he very considerately found a small bug for the other party so that the effect of the event would be better.
Eric had to ask for instructions. If both parties wanted to come to an agreement, they would have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest.
After that, they would have to sign an agreement, create corresponding activity sections on their respective clients, and connect the two games, including account information …
The good thing was that the content was not that complicated. By the end of the month or the beginning of the next month, GOG's' blood transfusion 'with IOI should be ready.
Pei Qian would be able to do the same for his good friend as long as he could.
"Hmm … Morning Dew Gaming Platform will not release any work reports. However, according to the previous plan, the appraiser system will be officially launched today.
"There's no need to be nervous. We're still in the early stages of preparation. The first batch of appraisers will be selected. It will be next month at the earliest."
Two weeks ago, Morning Dew Gaming Platform released a related announcement about game appraisers and began to make major changes to the platform's recommendation mechanism.
Many gamers were eager to try it out. They began to increase game time on the platform and write game reviews in private. Once the platform's revision was completed, they would post the game reviews.
The appraiser's selection was based on three main criteria: game time and number of games, number of trophies, and number of game reviews.
There was an undisclosed algorithm behind these three criteria, mainly to filter out players who maliciously increased their game ratings.
For example, if a player kept playing a niche game and used it to get a high playtime, but he didn't have any precious trophies, and no one cared about his game review articles. Then, no matter how long his playtime was, it would be useless.
For serious gamers, it was actually very simple to become an appraiser. All they had to do was play a certain type of game, earn more trophies, obtain rare achievements, and write more high-quality game reviews.
Today, Morning Dew Gaming Platform's revision was officially completed. It should usher in a peak period of player activity and a large number of game reviews.
"The initial popularity is actually something to be expected.
"After all, the appraiser system looks beautiful on the surface. It is impeccable in all aspects.
"The key is that after operating for a period of time, under the temptation of benefits, will human nature be exposed? Will the powerful power to arrange recommendation spots cause internal strife among the players? Then, the rules and system of the entire platform will be unbalanced and develop in an uncontrollable direction …"
Pei Qian decided to take a look at the current situation of Morning Dew Gaming Platform.
He did not expect to see a state of 'no one cared about it'. He only hoped that the platform's popularity would be within a reasonable and controllable range.
As long as nothing went wrong, it would be a small matter even if the platform's popularity steadily increased for a period of time.
"Yes, the number of active gamers on the website has indeed increased significantly. The average time spent online has also increased.
"New gamers are entering various games. That might cause more games to appear on Morning Dew Gaming Platform … but there shouldn't be too obvious of a change in the short term.
"Many reviews have been updated. How many reviews have these gamers written during this period? Are they all so free?"
"Fortunately, there aren't many reliable reviews. Most of them are just to make up the numbers."
"Eh? Wait, what the hell is this?! "
At first, Pei Qian kept comforting himself that the current situation was within his expectations and that it was not a big problem.
However, he could not remain calm after seeing the last message.
"Famous UP Masters of the games zone, game reviewer expert Teacher Qiao, and 37 other well-known game reviewers have entered Morning Dew Gaming Platform!"
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