October 25th, Thursday …
Pei Qian ordered a Fish-Catching Take-Out and thought about the recent situation of the various departments while eating.
"I wonder how the Suffering Tour is doing?"
After Bao Xu stayed behind to help Yu Fei with the design of Ghost General 2, he had already set off for Shennongjia. Looking at the time, the suffering of the people in charge should be entering the most exciting part.
Since Bao Xu stayed for a week, the Suffering Tour itinerary was arranged for a total of five weeks. The first week was wilderness survival led by Sa Ziran, the second week was wilderness survival led by Bao Xu, the third and fourth week was wilderness sightseeing, and the fifth week was wilderness survival led by Bao Xu again.
It should be in the middle and late stages of the second week. Compared to the fifth week, 'darkness before dawn', this should be the time when the people in charge were most desperate.
Pei Qian suddenly wanted to see how it was over there, so he sent a message to Bao Xu.
"I don't know if the signal over there is good or if I can receive it."
After a while, Pei Qian found that his worries were unnecessary because Bao Xu replied and sent a video.
After all, the coverage of the domestic signal was very wide now, and Bao Xu and the others were not going to a particularly remote place. Safety issues had to be considered in the location to ensure that they could be sent to the nearby hospital as soon as possible if there was an accident.
Pei Qian clicked on the video.
There was a natural rock wall in the video. Compared to the special simulated rock wall in the special training base, its shape was obviously much more complicated, but the slope was not as steep.
The rock wall in the special training base was basically vertical, but the rock wall here was about seventy or eighty degrees.
Even so, the difficulty of rock climbing and rapid descent in the wild was definitely much higher than indoors.
At this time, several people in charge were climbing the rock wall one by one under the care and protection of Sa Ziran. They would descend quickly after reaching the top of the mountain.
The people in charge were all standing in line, shivering.
Bao Xu stood at the foot of the mountain where the best filming position was and took such a video for Pei Qian.
Considering the speed of his reply, Pei Qian highly suspected that he did not record it because he saw the message.
It was possible that he had recorded such a video long ago and sent it when he saw Boss Pei asking about it. It was also possible that Bao Xu just happened to choose an excellent position to watch these people in charge suffer and recorded such a video after seeing Boss Pei's message.
However, no matter what the situation was, it showed that Bao Xu chose an excellent viewing position for himself and obviously enjoyed it.
Pei Qian was relieved to see Bao Xu so happy.
What could make a boss happier than bringing happiness to his employees?
Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Ai, I'm such a kind person and a good boss.
He immediately replied, [Well done! Keep it up!]
He looked at the date again and calculated with his fingers. Meng Chang should be back soon.
Meng Chang had previously gone to Shennongjia with the others who had suffered a trip to come up with a marketing plan for this project. Given Meng Chang's efficiency, he should be able to edit the promotional video in nearly two weeks.
There was still a week before the end of the month. Meng Chang would definitely release this promotional video. Otherwise, the commission would not be with him.
There was actually no detailed rule regarding the release time of Meng Chang's publicity plan. However, in general, there were advantages regardless of whether it was earlier or later.
It was easy to accumulate popularity early, but it was possible to cause instant popularity later. Anyway, whether it was sooner or later, the difficulty of getting a commission was about the same.
"I wonder if Meng Chang will be able to get a commission this time. I'll wish him well."
Pei Qian was not in a hurry. In any case, given Meng Chang's efficiency, he would probably be done in one or two days.
Then, Pei Qian opened the forum again to check on GOG and IOI's activities.
After GOG's 1024 Digital Day event 'Light's Descent' yesterday, it caused a huge controversy online.
The price increase of the skin caused players to be dissatisfied. Coupled with the influence of IOI's activities and some people adding fuel to the fire, it had now become a hot topic of discussion.
Some people might be targeting Tengda, but most players still felt that Eric should be the one to take the blame. That made Pei Qian feel a little regretful.
This meant that it would be difficult for this storm to affect other industries.
However, he could not be too greedy. This was a good start after all.
However, Pei Qian was happily scrolling through the posts scolding Eric when he suddenly saw a post.
The title was: "Holy sh * t! The reward for the 'Light's Descent' event is actually another skin! "
Pei Qian was stunned.
He instantly realized something!
The internal information that GOG's project team had given him stated that the theme of the event was' light and darkness'. However, the name had changed to 'Light's Descent' after it was released in the game.
Pei Qian had originally thought that the name change was because 'light and darkness' did not sound too domineering, but it seemed like that was not the case!
The 'Light's Descent' event this time was actually not complicated. There were specialized skins in the game shop. Each of these heroes had a light-themed skin. No matter which one was purchased, it would open an exclusive event page.
Some daily missions would be refreshed on this event page, and there would be a progress bar above it.
The missions were very simple. For example, one could use this skin to play one or two games and obtain a certain number of kills or assists.
The progress bar was unlocked in stages and days. In other words, the rewards for the day would be unlocked once the daily missions were met.
The rewards were divided into seven stages, which meant that the event would take at least seven days to complete.
However, the specific rewards for each day were not stated. Instead, there was a question mark icon.
On the description page, it was stated that this event included avatars, avatars, emotes, teleportation animations, special killing effects, and other rewards.
On the first day, only an ordinary avatar was given. Thus, it did not cause much discussion.
After all, players had seen similar events many times. In order to promote sales, the producers would definitely sell the skins as the main body. As for the other rewards, they would at most be a kind of bonus.
In fact, most players did not care about this event at all. Their eyes were focused on the price of the skins.
Although many players were calling for a boycott, GOG had such a huge player base after all. There were also many die-hard players. Even if the price of the skins increased, many players still chose to buy them.
Yet, on this day, many people realized that the reward for unlocking today was actually another skin after they had completed their daily missions!
It was the dark version of the light skin that they had originally bought!
Many players could not believe it when they first saw it until they entered the game to play.
These two skins were actually the best skins!
Although the Light and Dark versions of the skin had certain similarities in terms of appearance, the overall style was very different, especially when the two special effects were set off by the Light and Dark versions, which were especially obvious.
Take the classic hero, Modest, for example. In his light form, he wore silver-white armor and had an angel-like halo on his head, shining with golden light. In his dark form, he wore demonic armor and had a pair of demonic horns on his head. Black smoke rose from his body.
Such a degree of change was definitely not something that could be achieved by simply changing the skin. It was equivalent to making a new skin from scratch!
Many players did not even look forward to the next day's event reward. They thought that it would most likely be a small reward like an avatar or a teleportation animation. In the end, they found it to be a skin. They could not believe their eyes.
When they looked at the comments on the forum, there was a 180-degree turn!
"Damn, buy one get one free? What's more, the dark skin is exactly the same as the light skin in terms of quality and special effects. It's also the best! "
"Now I understand why the price is so high. It's because there are two types of skins!"
"If it were an ordinary event skin, it would be priced at 45 yuan. Taking into account the first week's discount, it would be 36 yuan. The two types add up to 72 yuan. Now, it's only 68 yuan. It's even cheaper!"
"It's a misunderstanding! I thought the price of the skin increased, but it didn't. It's still the same price as before. "
"F * ck, this event reward is ridiculous. What do they mean by 'this event includes avatar, avatar frame, emoji, teleportation animation, special killing effects, and other rewards'? Can't you 'wait' for this guy's most important skin reward? "
"The official platform is fishing. Who would have thought that such an event would give away another type of skin?"
"That's strange. Couldn't they have just written it out loud? Why did they have to hide it so well? Wouldn't it have better publicity if they had said it from the beginning? "
"You don't understand. That's the romance of Tengda Games. They always bring new surprises to players!"
"They can't be targeting IOI, can they? Many fake reviewers have been focusing their firepower on GOG over the past two days to whitewash IOI's price increase. "
"How could that be? GOG's event came first. What's more, look at the two types of skin. One is light, and the other is dark. There are similarities between the designs. Obviously, they were developed together. This event should have been planned long ago. "
"In other words, IOI took the initiative to come up and make trouble for itself?"
"I can only say that they deserve it! If IOI did not raise the price or even give a discount, even if GOG made a comeback, it would not be a substantial blow to them. Instead, the reputation that they earned in the beginning would be preserved. However, now that they're raising the price and making trouble, they've become a complete joke! "
The gamers were obviously broken by Tengda's actions.
Two top-notch skins were sold together, but only one was advertised while the other was hidden in the event. Who would have thought of that!
The key was that it went against the instincts of many gamers. In the past, game developers had never done this.
The other game developers would definitely publicize both skins together. They could not wait for the whole world to know about it. How could they hide one and let the gamers discover it themselves?
The event reward icon was marked with a question mark, and the reward description only emphasized the usual rewards such as the avatar and the avatar frame. It even 'waited' for the skin to be dropped. One had to say that it was very deceptive.
Some gamers suspected that this was targeting IOI, but someone quickly retorted.
That was because GOG was the first to launch this event. The skins had been made long ago. If they were targeting IOI, they would have to collude with IOI's insiders to do it, right?
How could they cooperate so well?
However, these gamers did not know the real situation inside Tengda.
Pei Qian thought about it for a while and quickly understood the cause and effect.
Eric was targeting IOI!
Obviously, Eric and Zhao Xuming were very familiar with IOI's research and development and operations. This event was a prediction.
They had deliberately separated the two skins and hidden the dark skin in the event reward. Fishing!
The fishing time limit was one week, which was seven days.
If IOI did not do anything within these seven days, the event would continue as usual. There would not be any substantial losses apart from being scolded. In any case, gamers would definitely enjoy it when the skins were finally released.
Or if IOI launched an event but the price of the new skins was reduced, GOG's reversal of the event would not cause any substantial harm to them.
However, not only had IOI's skins increased in price, but they had also hired fake reviewers to create momentum on the internet. That was awkward!
They were killed on the spot. What's more, the happier they were at the time, the harder they were slapped in the face now!
As for why the timing was just right … there was obviously a plan.
All the reward icons in the event were question marks. In other words, the rewards given every day could be adjusted.
They could give whatever they wanted first.
If IOI discovered it on the first day and took action, GOG would change the rewards on the second day to skins.
If IOI only discovered it on the fifth day, GOG would change the rewards on the sixth day to skins.
All in all, GOG would release the skins whenever IOI took the bait!
The reason why this event could succeed was because Eric had completely grasped IOI's weakness — the price!
The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation had been eager to raise prices to make money, but they could not find a good opportunity. Thus, Eric cleverly delivered this opportunity to them.
The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation did not have a god's perspective. They saw that GOG had already released the event without any abnormalities. They thought that GOG's market share was high enough and they were planning to raise prices to harvest leeks. Thus, they immediately followed happily.
In the end, there was a problem!
The public opinion on the internet was completely reversed. Previously, many people had been bragging about IOI's conscience. The quality of the skins had improved, there were many small rewards, and the price increase was not much.
However, now that GOG was buying one and getting one free, these people had nothing to say.
That was because everyone could tell that GOG's side was obviously more popular! It was so good that it was crazy and incomprehensible!
Many players performed a Sichuan opera face change on the spot, expressing that they wanted to buy all the skins.
As for IOI … those who were looking forward to its rise were going to be disappointed again.
Pei Qian only had one thought at that moment.
I've been f * cking tricked too!
He had thought that Eric would be quite worry-free. After all, he and Zhao Xuming combined had rich experience of failure.
However, he had not expected that he would be so much more ruthless than Min Jingchao!
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