Obviously, Eric was the best candidate to take the blame for this matter.
There might be some changes in the data of other regions, but the difference in the number of players between the two games was not that huge.
During the event, IOI's data would first increase and then decrease. That could actually be explained as a normal phenomenon during the event. It was just like how the number of customers in the supermarket would increase when there was a discount, and the number of customers would definitely decrease after the discount.
All in all, the person-in-charge of IOI in other regions could find many excuses, and everyone's interests were basically the same.
The upper echelons of the company did not take any action against this event due to various considerations. Thus, everyone would bear any responsibility together. The higher-ups would not pursue the matter if they fooled the other regions.
However, the situation in the Huaxia region was different.
There was a huge difference in the number of people in GOG and IOI here, so the changes in the data were particularly obvious. It was too eye-catching compared to the data of other regions and could not be fooled.
What's more, Eric was the one who submitted the plan for this joint activity.
Who else was more suitable than Eric to take the blame?
Eric had thought more idealistic before, thinking that he was just a mouthpiece. He did not need to make many decisions and naturally did not need to take responsibility.
However, he was obviously wrong. Most of the time, a mouthpiece would naturally become a scapegoat. After all, a mouthpiece was dispensable. It was only natural for him to take the blame.
Pei Qian was completely speechless.
Tragic, too tragic!
Eric looked like he was willing to admit defeat and did not complain much. However, Pei Qian thought about it carefully. This brother seemed to have been unlucky ever since he met Eric …
In the beginning, he was a senior executive of Dayak Corporation's media business. He was parachuted into Finger Games as the person-in-charge of IOI's China region. He should have been able to show off his skills.
However, he had a bad start and did not improve for a long time.
After being fired the first time, Eric lay low for a period of time. It was not easy for him to make a comeback, but it did not take long for him to be fired again.
Eric might not have said it explicitly, but Pei Qian could roughly guess what would happen to him.
He would definitely not be able to be the person-in-charge of China. He would not be fired directly, but he would probably not be in charge of work related to Finger Games and IOI anymore.
The biggest possibility was that he would symbolically demote his rank and return to his old profession.
However, there was nothing Pei Qian could do.
He couldn't possibly go to the Dayak Corporation to plead for Eric and let him continue to be the person-in-charge of the Huaxia region, right?
Wouldn't that prove that the two of them had an improper relationship?
Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to come to Jingzhou again before you leave? Can I treat you to a meal? "
Eric pondered for a moment. "Alright, I have a ticket for the day after tomorrow. I'll take the high-speed rail to Jingzhou today and come back tomorrow night. I'll be able to make it."
Pei Qian was elated. "Alright, let me know before you come. I'll arrange for someone to receive you!"
He had to be a little more friendly to his good brother.
If not for Eric, IOI would not have had to burn money for GOG for so long. Pei Qian had relied on this for countless settlement cycles.
If not for IOI's help, Pei Qian would have gone crazy because of the money GOG had earned.
However, in his selfless dedication, his good brother also burned himself and became a scapegoat.
Pei Qian was a loyal person. How could he let his good brother bleed and cry?
After this farewell, it was unknown when they would meet again.
No matter how poor Pei Qian was, he could still afford a full meal. What's more, the System would reimburse him.
…
At the same time, Bao Xu arrived at Tengda Games.
"Brother Bao, you're back?"
"Hello, Brother Bao!"
As one of the oldest employees in the games department, Bao Xu had a good relationship with these people. Many of them greeted him.
Unlike the person-in-charge, who would tremble when they saw Bao Xu, these ordinary employees were not that afraid of him.
The person-in-charge was the one suffering from the trip. What did it have to do with odd-job workers like them?
Even if many people had voted for Bao Xu, they had all voted anonymously. Bao Xu could not find out who had voted and who had not.
Thus, no one was worried about being caught by Bao Xu to suffer on the trip.
Under such circumstances, everyone was more friendly to Bao Xu.
Bao Xu came to his desk after greeting everyone.
Hmm … for some reason, he felt like a lifetime had passed.
There were many empty desks in Tengda Games now, but some personal items were kept. The computers were not formatted or reinstalled.
For example, Huang Sibo's desk, Lu Mingliang's desk, Lin Wan's desk, Li Yada's desk …
Among them, Lin Wan's desk was especially special. She might be currently in Slow Movement Workspace, but she had a desk in Tengda Games and a desk in Shang Yang Games.
The purpose of keeping the desk was so that every Tengda employee who left could come back often to take a look. This was their forever home.
However, Bao Xu felt that the empty desks were like tombstones …
Of course, this might just be an illusion.
Bao Xu casually pulled a chair and began to discuss Ghost General 2 with Yu Fei.
During this period of time, Yu Fei had already sorted out some information. It was mainly the animations and settings of the various generals. He had also downloaded some classic fighting games on his computer, such as Fist Tyrant.
However, from the looks of it, there was not much progress.
If he only played it briefly, he would only understand a little. It would not be of any help to the design of the game.
Yu Fei's biggest improvement was in arranging all the concept art for all the heroes in Ghost General. He had also studied their character introductions and biographies in detail.
Hmm … he had to admit that the person who wrote the background of this story was really a talent.
Of course, to be more precise, Ghost General did not have a game plot or story background. It only had the characters of the generals.
However, through the characters of the generals and some historical events of the Three Kingdoms, one could still imagine many things.
Yu Fei was very curious about the original author of Ghost General. After asking the old employees of the games department, he found out that it was the joint work of two Boss Ma.
The first Boss Ma was called Ma Yang. He was Tengda's first employee and Boss Pei's right-hand man. He had been in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Dream Realization Ventures, E-Sports Club, and many other important projects. It was said that he was an investment genius driven by interest. The most outstanding investment case was the investment in Finger Games. He earned 500 million yuan in one investment.
Recently, this Boss Ma should be in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was also very effective.
Boss Ma's work might not have much to do with words but his casual play back then had given the game Ghost General a soul. It could be said that the writing was made by heaven and was a stroke of genius.
The second Boss Ma was an old acquaintance of Yu Fei. After all, Ma Yiqun was the person-in-charge of Zhongdian Chinese Network. Yu Fei himself was an author of Zhongdian Chinese Network and an outstanding member of the inspiration class.
It was said that Ma Yiqun had also worked in Tengda Games before. He had rewritten the background introductions of all the generals in Ghost General and rewritten the background introductions for a series of new generals who had joined later on.
On the basis of retaining this unique style, the content was filled in and expanded. After that, the entire story background of Ghost General was roughly determined.
Yu Fei suddenly felt that it was something to be proud of to be in charge of this project.
He was standing on the shoulders of a giant!
Even though his surname was not Ma and he could not make up the story of 'three Ma', that was not important. The key was to give gamers a satisfactory game.
Yu Fei was very confident in the plot.
After all, Boss Pei had praised the plot of Eternal Fallen Samsara. What's more, the game had been created and the response was not bad.
There should be a lot of room for Ghost General 2 in terms of the plot.
The key was to see how the gameplay was designed.
Bao Xu sat beside Yu Fei and seriously considered how he should help.
In fact, he already had a rough idea, but he could not tell Yu Fei directly. Boss Pei had specially emphasized that Yu Fei had to think independently. Bao Xu was only an inspiration.
However, to what extent could he inspire him? This was a technical job. Going too far was as bad as falling short.
If he said too much, it would definitely affect him. If he said too little, it would not be of any use.
After some consideration, Bao Xu decided to start with the characteristics of fighting games. He would briefly talk about some basic but easily overlooked common sense issues. Then, he would slowly expand on this foundation to help Yu Fei successfully complete the entire design.
"Fighting games are actually games that have a unique kind of fun. You're an old player of Repent and be Saved. You might think that action games are similar to fighting games. However, in the eyes of fighting game enthusiasts, they are very different.
"Boss Pei has emphasized time and again that he wants to design a fighting game this time. That's why he would not agree to make it an alternative version of Repent and be Saved. That would be a mismatch, and it would overlap with an existing game.
Yu Fei listened seriously and nodded repeatedly.
He had indeed made such a suggestion during the previous meeting. He had considered whether he could make Ghost General into a third-person game similar to Repent and be Saved. However, Boss Pei had immediately rejected it.
Now that he heard Bao Xu say this, he realized that his idea did not meet Boss Pei's requirements.
Bao Xu continued, "Fighting games look simple on the surface, but are actually very difficult to play."
"If you don't have systematic and targeted training, you would not improve no matter how long you play the game. What's more, you would not be able to enjoy it at all.
"You have to go through repetitive and boring training. You have to fight against people who are better than you. You have to be tortured repeatedly in order to improve and enjoy the game.
"On the surface, it might look similar to Repent and be Saved. You have to suffer, but in reality, there is a huge difference. One is PvP, and the other is PvE.
"The main fun in Repent and be Saved is in PvE. The key to defeating the BOSS is to memorize all the moves and actions of the BOSS and know how to deal with it. You will eventually win.
"Although this type of game can include PvP content, the fun of fighting is completely different from PvE. You should know this very well.
"On the other hand, fighting games are more focused on PvP. Memorizing is useless because every opponent has different habits. In a fight, you have to deal with each move according to the situation. In other words, you have to use your strength.
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