On the afternoon of the 23rd, Pei Qian returned to Jingzhou.
It was still early before he got off work, and Pei Qian was sitting in business class. He was not tired, so he decided to sit in the office for a while to see how the various departments were doing.
Someone knocked on the door not long after he arrived.
Pei Qian looked up to see Assistant Xin.
"Eh? What's the matter? "Pei Qian asked.
As Tengda Corporation grew bigger and bigger, Assistant Xin's role in the company was also constantly changing.
In the beginning, Tengda was just a small company. Pei Qian had handed many trivial matters of daily operations to Assistant Xin. Thus, at that stage, her job was indeed mainly that of an assistant.
However, as Tengda grew, the HR department's recruitment examination was also on the right track. Thus, a huge professional team had been formed in terms of human resources, administration, finance, and other aspects. Naturally, Assistant Xin did not need to worry about these trivial matters.
Thus, her job naturally turned into coordination between the various departments, communication, and higher-level resource allocation. In fact, she was doing the work of a Vice President, and her benefits were also Vice President's benefits.
However, Pei Qian was too comfortable with her. Thus, she was still an assistant in name. Of course, everyone in Tengda knew that she was not just an assistant.
Generally speaking, everyone had tacitly agreed that Boss Pei had a clear grasp of Tengda Corporation's situation. Thus, they would only report on more important matters.
Assistant Xin's visit this time was most likely due to some crucial matters that required Pei Qian's approval.
Assistant Xin took out a document and handed it over. "Boss Pei, this is the plan for this year's 1024 Digital Day.
"The overall style of the event will be the same as before, but the benefits will be slightly upgraded.
"However, GOG's event this year is different from the past. I think you still need to confirm it."
Pei Qian reached out to take the plan. "Eh?"
1024 Digital Day was a traditional program of Tengda. It was held every year.
However, it was a promotional event after all. It was difficult to come up with something new every year.
To most people, real benefits were much more important than fancy events. It was not good to make the event too complicated.
Since the first year's response was good, Pei Qian treated this as a daily way to spend money. He tried his best to maximize the benefits, which was more impressive than last year.
After all, it was a relatively stable activity. That was why Pei Qian had not paid attention to it for some time.
1024 Digital Day involved many departments in Tengda. According to the normal process, these departments would first formulate their own activity plans and then summarize them to Assistant Xin.
Now, Assistant Xin realized that GOG's activities had changed a lot compared to last year. That was why she had come to ask for instructions.
Pei Qian quickly flipped through the proposal and soon found GOG's location.
There were so many words in the proposal that Pei Qian's head hurt.
After all, 1024 Digital Day was held every year, so there had to be more variety in the activities compared to last year. Hence, the content of the activities gradually became richer.
Pei Qian had already instructed them time and time again not to make the activities so complicated, not to let players waste too much energy trying to figure out what was more cost-effective, and not to play price discrimination. However, as the activities accumulated, it was inevitable that the content would increase.
GOG's activities were obviously longer and more complicated than those of the other departments.
"What is this Eric doing?"
"The activities are so complicated. Won't your eyes ache from reading it? I've already told the person-in-charge to write the activities more simply. It's going to take a lot of effort to write three pages of content at once. "
"Oh, you're new and don't know the rules. It's fine then."
Pei Qian felt a headache when he saw the dense text and terms.
He even wanted to call back and ask Eric to rewrite it and simplify all the terms of the activities.
However, on further thought, he dispelled that thought.
Why did he poach Eric?
Wasn't it because he liked his ability in this area?!
If he poached him but did not let him continue his own way of working, but subconsciously used Tengda's set of things to change him, what was the point of poaching him?
Wouldn't it be a huge loss if Eric really 'changed' like the others?
Thus, Pei Qian thought about it. Eric seemed out of place compared to the other person-in-charge. That was a good thing.
This meant that Eric was still continuing his previous tradition of being useless. He had not been assimilated by Tengda. It was only meaningful to poach him.
At that thought, Pei Qian did not say anything. He forced himself to continue reading.
"Eh? The price of the active skin doubled? "
The number was obviously the most eye-catching among the vast number of terms. Thus, Pei Qian saw the change in the price of the skin at a glance.
The price of GOG's skin had always been the same: the Hero skin would be given away for free after the hero reached the top level of proficiency. There were 18 epic skins and 45 legendary skins. There were also some limited skins that could be obtained in a variety of ways.
Later, Min Jingchao created a creative community. All heroes created by the official platform using the creativity of players would have a 10% discount for the first skin, a 50% discount for the second skin, and a 20% discount for the third skin. It would be effective for a month from the day the skin was released.
Since then, GOG's skins had entered the era of cabbage prices.
What's more, these skins would often be discounted every time there was an event. It was common for them to be discounted by 50%. Sometimes, they would even be discounted by 30%. Many players felt that the skins were so cheap that they would not be human if they did not buy them.
Under such a pricing strategy, the majority of Tengda's profits were actually from the legendary and limited skins of some heroes.
The Hero skins were given away for free. If they could not recoup the cost of making the skins, they would have to spend money to sell them. However, under Pei Qian's request, Tengda had produced many Hero skins. They would not only produce one or two just because they were not profitable.
The profit from the epic skins was not considered much. If they were used to subsidize the cost of the Hero skins, they would still be making a loss.
The profits were basically concentrated on the cool legendary skins of popular heroes and the limited skins during the events.
Although Tengda's events were frequent and intense, it did not affect the enthusiasm of players to buy the skins.
That was because the intervals between these events were still relatively clear. For example, 1024 Digital Day was a traditional event. Players knew that there would be an event on that day and would wait until that day to buy the skins.
Tengda's strategy was to buy the skins. If the skins were discounted in the short term, they would refund the difference. Of course, if the skins were sold for a longer period of time, they would not refund the difference.
Thus, to players, on the one hand, they could buy at the various events. On the other hand, they could enjoy the earlier they bought. Even if they bought more expensive, they could either refund the difference or enjoy the earlier they bought.
That was especially so for the limited skins. That was because they would be released during the various events. There would not be any new events in the short term, and there would not be any discounts. By the time the next event happened, the difference would have already been made up. Thus, the skins were basically sold for 45 yuan. The profits were not bad.
To put it bluntly, these skins were specially prepared for players who did not care much about the price but liked to buy new skins as soon as possible.
They did not care about the discount. They only cared about getting the latest skins as soon as possible and looking at them was comfortable.
The theme skin for 1024 Digital Day had already been created when Min Jingchao was still around. However, it had not been announced. They were just waiting for 1024 Digital Day's event.
The theme of the skin was' light and darkness'. On one side was a bright and righteous-looking angel theme, and on the other side was a dark and evil demon theme.
The theme itself was more playable. It was also easy to match some specific heroes. Thus, the quality of the skin was definitely not a problem.
The problem was the price.
Pei Qian realized that the price of the skin had increased from 45 yuan to 68 yuan!
What's more, Tengda would usually have a first-week discount for new skins. It might not be very high, but there was basically a 20% discount, which was 36 yuan.
In that case, the price of this year's 1024 Digital Day's skin had almost doubled!
Pei Qian's first reaction was displeasure.
Wasn't this messing around?!
All the skins were sold for profit. How much more money would I earn if the price was raised?!
The scale of this event was huge to begin with. GOG's event was synchronized globally. I can't sleep and eat in peace if I earn this money …
Pei Qian was just about to tell Assistant Xin to return the plan to Eric for him to redo when he realized the problem from before.
Eric and Zhao Xuming, the golden partners, were the professionals when it came to failure.
He had to respect the professional opinions of professionals!
It was easy to cut the price down now, but GOG's situation would not change at all. What was the point of poaching Eric and Zhao Xuming?
For all he knew, this slash might affect Eric's original way of working and cause him to change to Tengda's way of working …
No, no, I can't do that.
Pei Qian felt that he had to support and encourage Eric's thoughts.
There might be some pressure to make money in the short term, but Eric might really be able to make GOG fail slowly?
Of course, it would be too optimistic if he made it fail. It was unlikely, but wouldn't it be nice to be scolded a little and give IOI a certain living space?
Pei Qian decided to dote on Eric this time at that thought.
I'll earn this money with tears in my eyes. I hope you won't disappoint me in the future!
"There's no big problem with the plan. Let's do it this way." Pei Qian handed the plan back.
Assistant Xin nodded and did not ask further. "Alright, Boss Pei."
It was already the 23rd. The content of the event would be revealed to the players at midnight on the 24th.
Pei Qian decided to sleep a little later tonight to see the players' feedback and see if they were ruthless.
Of course, even if they were scolded, Eric and Zhao Xuming would most likely take the blame.
That was because some rumors had spread ever since Eric and Zhao Xuming joined. However, some players were unwilling to believe that Boss Pei would poach these two living treasures.
What was there to poach after losing to him? It sounded a little nonsensical.
However, the rumors were all true …
Pei Qian was quite happy. If Eric and Zhao Xuming's bad reputation in IOI could help GOG, of course, he could not ask for more!
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October 24th, midnight …
Pei Qian immediately clicked in to check the event as soon as it was refreshed on GOG's official website.
The name of the event was slightly different from what he had seen in the plan before. The plan said that the theme was' Light and Darkness', but the name of the event for players on the website was' Light's Descent '.
Perhaps it was because 'Light and Darkness' was a little too straightforward and not suitable for the name of the event. 'Light's Descent' sounded more imposing.
The specific description of the event seemed similar to the plan Pei Qian had seen before, but the description was very different.
This was to be expected. After all, a proposal written for the internal department was different from an explanation written for the players. The former would definitely be relatively simple and straightforward, while the latter would require some embellishment to give the players a more polite and respectful feeling.
There were other activities apart from the skin, but these activities were more conventional. Thus, Pei Qian scrolled down and found the relevant content for the new limited skin.
The price was 68 yuan!
He then looked at the players' comments. As expected, most people were mainly focused on the price of the skin.
The response was quite intense!
"What's with the skin price? 68 yuan? It's almost twice as expensive as the previous active skin! "
"Could it be that the skin is cooler this time? Oh, it seems like there are some exclusive activities for these skins, but these activities are not considered a reward! I'm spending money to buy a chance to do a liver activity? Are you crazy?! "
"It really doesn't make sense. Isn't the upper limit of GOG's skin 45 yuan? I've never heard of a higher-level skin above the legendary skin. "
"You've seen it now."
"If the quality of the skin is good, so be it if it's more expensive."
"You can't say that! Wouldn't it be the same as IOI if the special effects of the skin could be sold at double the price? IOI was already boycotted when they raised the price of their skin. Wasn't they scolded badly enough? Why is GOG doing this now? "
"That's right. Double the price just because of the special effects? That's really ugly! "
"You guessed right. Are you familiar with it? That's IOI's operation! I heard from the grapevine that GOG's project team poached the original person-in-charge of IOI, Eric. Isn't it normal for them to do some IOI operations now? "
"F * ck! Isn't he a fake? Everything was going well with GOG's project team. Why would they poach a piece of trash like Eric? If not for him, would IOI have fallen through so quickly? "
"It's really not a fake. Many channels have verified that Eric has indeed been poached by Tengda!"
"They're courting death!"
Many players could not stay calm anymore. They were even a little angry.
The price increase of the skin was only one of the reasons. The main reason was that they did not trust Eric at all.
There had been rumors online about Eric taking over as the person-in-charge of GOG. However, most players did not believe it and did not even pay much attention to it.
That was because they subconsciously felt that it was nonsense.
Were they afraid that their company would not fall through the cracks quickly enough to poach this person?
Boss Pei would definitely know about this level of poaching.
How could Boss Pei do such a stupid move that even players would think was unreliable given his wisdom?
However, players began to discuss this matter again after the 1024 Digital Day event.
After the discussion, they realized that this melon seemed to be true!
Many channels could verify that the person-in-charge of GOG had indeed changed!
Considering IOI's previous series of tricks, Eric's poor reputation among players, and the fuse of the price increase of the skin, this contradiction was triggered.
Many players even protested on the forum while calling for everyone not to buy the skin and to boycott it with practical actions.
As long as the official platform saw that the sales of the skin did not meet expectations after the players boycotted, they would naturally return the skin to its normal price!
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