November 20th, Tuesday …
Pei Qian had stayed at home to watch the competition for two days last weekend.
He watched GOG and IOI's competition one after another. He was really a little intoxicated.
He would browse the forum after watching the competition. Double the joy.
IOI's global finals could be said to be not bad so far. It had completely met Pei Qian's expectations.
GOG had a huge advantage at the start. The live-stream platform's recommendation resources were all maxed out, squeezing IOI into various corners. The offline spectator activities were also in full swing. However, IOI was not completely unprepared.
From the perspective of the competition, Dayak Corporation and Finger Games were even more sparing than before in order to protect their reputation. Thus, there was no obvious difference from GOG's international invitational tournament.
IOI's players needed to watch the competition. Thus, they still had to watch even though there was a certain gap between the live-stream platform and GOG.
At most, only passers-by who were watching from both sides would be more affected.
Pei Qian did not expect IOI to be able to rise too high. He just had to withstand GOG's sharp attack in the early stages.
IOI should still have a chance to show its strength in the second half of the finals.
On Monday yesterday, Pei Qian went to the office for a walk. Nothing special had happened.
The work of the various departments was progressing steadily, and there was nothing unusual in the work report.
He noticed the promotional video released by Home Corporation but did not pay much attention to it.
He did not have a good impression of Home Corporation, but it was not illegal for them to release a promotional video. It would not have any substantial connection with Sloth Apartments or Tengda's business. So be it.
Pei Qian had more important things to consider now, such as the arrangements for the second phase of the suffering tour.
After the first batch of members returned, the suffering tour was temporarily in the resting stage. Zhu Xiaoce had already booked a return ticket and would be back within this week.
Pei Qian was very satisfied. It looked like his twelve gold medals were quite useful. He still maintained perfect control of Tengda.
Apart from the occasional bad weather and some freak accidents, he could still control the person-in-charge of Tengda on the whole.
The person-in-charge of the second batch of the suffering tour was all present when Zhu Xiaoce returned. There were still three vacancies.
Once everyone was here, they would immediately arrange for the special training. They could not waste any time.
After all, every day that the Suffering Tour was delayed meant that the next Suffering Tour would start a day later. Time had to be squeezed out!
Now, Pei Qian was thinking about how to fill these three vacancies. What's more, Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian were on the list.
At first, Pei Qian had intended to speak to Qiao Liang personally so that he could put his skills to good use.
However, on second thought, the success rate of doing so would definitely be very low.
After all, the Suffering Tour had already released a promotional video. Everyone basically knew what the Suffering Tour was and what it was.
What kind of person was Qiao Liang? What a veteran gamer!
In this aspect, he was at most a little weaker than Bao Xu, but not by much.
It was too difficult to trick this kind of person into going on a journey of suffering.
Moreover, there was another unfavorable factor, which was that the Real Estate Agent Simulator was going to be released soon.
Other players might not know about this news, but Qiao Liang had a close relationship with Slow Movement Workspace. It was impossible for him not to know.
Qiao Liang definitely hoped that he could play this game immediately and produce a video or something.
At this juncture, Qiao Liang would 100% reject being cut off from the internet for two months and going outside to suffer. No matter how glib Pei Qian's tongue was, the chances of him being moved would be very low.
Ruan Guangjian's side was relatively easy to talk to, but it was still unknown if this Suffering Tour could make Ruan Guangjian suffer.
Thus, it was necessary for Pei Qian to trick Qiao Liang.
First, he had to make Qiao Liang suffer. Second, he had to make Qiao Liang unable to make the Real Estate Agent Simulator video. The possibility of this game becoming popular would be greatly reduced.
"What can I do to make Qiao Liang participate in the Suffering Tour willingly or unwillingly?"
"It's best if I can do two things. On the one hand, I have to make him feel that it would be a loss if he did not come. On the other hand, I have to use the surrounding environment, including his fans and friends, to pressure him so that he has no choice but to come."
"Under what circumstances would he feel that it would be a loss if he did not come? The Suffering Tour itself might not work. I can only give the people who participate in this tour a unique identity by giving the Suffering Tour a unique label and meaning … "
"Got it!"
Pei Qian thought hard for many days and finally came up with an effective solution.
He immediately called Yu Fei over.
"Organize a lucky draw immediately."
"The scope of the lucky draw is all Tengda Games players. Players who have registered a Tengda account and logged into Tengda Games recently will have a chance to participate."
"Tengda accounts have V certification. These certified accounts will have different weights based on their contribution to Tengda Games. Those that do not have V certification will have different weights based on the length of the game, contribution, and other factors."
"Draw according to the weight. We will draw until Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian are drawn. The total number will be rounded up."
"Then, we will rank these accounts according to their contribution to Tengda Games. The top ones will have priority to participate in the Suffering Tour."
"Then, tell Bao Xu to announce the next phase of the Suffering Tour."
"From the third phase onward, the Suffering Tour will accept free registration from outsiders. Let Bao Xu decide on the fees himself."
"After attracting outsiders, the upper limit of the Suffering Tour will increase to 20 people. The allocation will be: 5 Tengda internal employees, 5 lucky players in the lucky draw, and 10 outsiders."
"Among them, Tengda internal employees and lucky players will be exempted."
"Outsiders will have to pay their own expenses and go through screening. Those who do not meet the requirements will not be accepted."
"Internal employees, lucky players, and outsiders will be in three different queues. They will be queued separately. Once they are queued, they can participate. There will be a calendar function online to check at any time so that everyone will roughly know which phase they are in. It will be convenient for schedule planning and arrangements."
That was Pei Qian's idea to arrange for Teacher Qiao.
If he told him directly, Qiao Liang would definitely be able to tell that it was a trap and would definitely reject it on the spot.
The key was that the Suffering Tour itself was not tempting at all. How could Qiao Liang give up the opportunity to play the Real Estate Agent Simulator and go to the mountains to eat dirt?
Therefore, he would organize a lucky draw to package it.
In theory, the scope of the lucky draw was all Tengda players, and the probability of drawing Teacher Qiao was very low. However, the rules could be changed slightly.
Tengda accounts had V authentication. Both Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian had done so. Given their statuses, they had made great contributions to Tengda Games. Their weight would definitely be extremely high.
During the lucky draw, it would be very easy to draw both of them because of the weight.
Tengda's players did not include foreign players. Just GOG alone had more than ten million domestic users. This did not include other standalone games that sold millions of copies.
Even if ten thousand people were to be drawn from this group of people, it would still be one in a thousand or even one in ten thousand.
Therefore, the winner of this lucky draw had two labels attached to it at the same time.
Tengda's ultimate veteran player and God's Luck!
At that time, the people who were drawn would either be the best of the best or people who had made great contributions to the development of Tengda Games. No matter what, the rarity of being drawn was enough to brag about it for a year in WeChat Moments.
Qiao Liang had always valued his identity as a hardcore gamer. If he was really drawn, he would definitely be extremely excited.
Moreover, the results of this lucky draw would be publicly announced. Then, all of Qiao Liang's fans would be able to see his name on the leaderboard.
At that time, even if Qiao Liang did not want to come, his fans would definitely not agree to it. They would tie him up even if they had to.
Who would not want to see Teacher Qiao suffer?
At this stage, would they still have to worry about Qiao Liang not coming?
This was an overt plot. Qiao Liang might feel that something was wrong, but he had no other choice!
Ruan Guangjian's logic was similar.
The only pity was that it was impossible to trick Li Shi. That was because Boss Li did not play Tengda Games much. It was completely unrealistic to draw him.
It would be too obvious if there was any under-the-table manipulation. Thus, he could only give up helplessly.
The third spot would be left to the lucky players!
In any case, those who were drawn and ranked so high in the ranking were definitely qualified to be recorded in Pei Qian's notebook.
The number of people drawn meant that if Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian were drawn for the 1500th time, then it would be rounded to 2000, and 2000 spots would be drawn.
That would be more natural and would not let Qiao Liang realize that he was actually targeting him.
Of course, these lucky players would also be free of charge. The System did not warn them because this could be seen as a reward for Tengda Games' players.
After all, the people who were drawn had either contributed a lot of popularity to Tengda Games or contributed a lot of money. What's more, the probability of being drawn was very low. It was very reasonable to give them this benefit in return.
The remaining ten people who signed up from the outside had to fork out money. What's more, the cost would not be low. That ensured that the suffering tour would have a profitable channel and meet the System's requirements.
With the official announcement of this lucky draw, the suffering tour would definitely be opened to the outside world. The price would definitely be determined.
Most people would not sign up once the high price was announced.
Who would have nothing better to do than spend money to suffer?
However, it could not be ruled out that some people's brains would suddenly spasm and sign up. It should not be a problem to gather dozens of people.
Thus, Pei Qian explained to Bao Xu in advance. He wrote the relevant rules clearly on the website and the schedule could be checked at any time. Even if the suffering tour was used to lose money, these necessary steps could not be omitted.
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