December 24th, Monday …
Pei Qian came to the office as usual, in a good mood.
This was because two more episodes of Successor had been broadcasted last weekend. However, on Alice Island's website and other rating websites, Successor's ratings continued to drop!
Even Tengda's rating on its own TPDb website had fallen drastically.
The situation was slightly better than other websites because of the existence of the original novel fans, but not by much.
Now, the rating of 'Successor' on Alice Island's website had fallen to 6.3 points. It had fallen by nearly one point compared to when it had just been released.
For dramas on Alice Island's website, six points was already considered to have fallen out of the passing line.
This was because the ratings on this kind of video website were already on the high side. Many outstanding dramas could often score 9.8, 9.7, and so on. In the eyes of many people, 7 was already "quite mediocre," the type that could be watched or not watched.
Now that it was around 6 points, it was already considered a lousy movie. This rating alone would dissuade many people.
On the other hand, the fourth and fifth episodes of 'Successor' had already begun to get to the main topic. The plot should be starting to become exciting.
One look at the bullet screen comments and comments showed that this was obviously the effect of Mr. Qian's black draft!
The content of the fourth and fifth episodes might be more exciting than the first three episodes, and Phil's grand plan was gradually beginning. However, the key problem was that Mr. Qian's black draft was attacking the core of the story of 'Successor'. To a certain extent, it could be considered a prediction.
Those who had read this draft already had expectations of what would happen after 'Successor'. Thus, when they saw the fourth and fifth episodes, not only were they not excited, but they felt bored and even had rebellious thoughts.
The influence of this black draft was not limited to a certain website. It had already become material that everyone would inevitably use when discussing 'Successor'. In other words, it was a weapon and ammunition to discredit 'Successor'.
There were people online who were debating whether 'Successor' was good or not. Someone would definitely post the contents of this draft.
At this rate, even if the plot of 'Successor' gradually entered a good state, the scene would become bigger, and the pace of the story would become faster. It would be meaningless to these people who had already given up on the plot.
They would not even watch the plot anymore. Why would they specially come over to change the rating?
In short, the current situation was very good!
In addition, the various teams, including FV Team, and the staff members of GOG's project team who had gone to Europe to prepare for the international competition would all be returning home within this week.
After the international competition ended, Pei Qian let everyone have fun in Europe for a week.
Logically speaking, the World Competition had been very successful, and these people should have gone on a journey of hardship.
But as the saying goes, let them play in Europe for a week and spend a bit more money is one thing, but when they come back and suffer at Bao Xu's place in recognition of their "merits", it's another thing. The relationship between the two does not affect each other.
However, Pei Qian was extremely worried about the future of GOG's project team.
They were both organizing international competitions. IOI's championship had been snatched by FV Team, and the popularity of the local server had plummeted. It could be said that they had suffered heavy losses. That made GOG look like it was making a huge profit.
To the players of the local server, it was naturally a great thing to celebrate that the domestic team had won two consecutive championships. The pre-competition activities for the players of the local server had also gained extremely high popularity;
To foreign players, the European teams had made great progress compared to last year even though they still did not enter the finals this time. It gave people hope. What's more, the international competition was held in Europe this time. As the organizer, Tengda had given them enough face;
The newly launched viewing function had improved the viewing experience and discussion rate;
The servers of various regions had also launched a series of activities in conjunction with the international competition. GOG's influence in the world had further increased, and IOI's market share had been squeezed out.
All in all, they had won. They were numb from winning.
However, what should they do next?
Pei Qian had put in so much effort to poach Eric and Zhao Xuming. Didn't he hope that they could work hard and curb GOG's rapid expansion?
In the end, the two of them came and expanded even more vigorously. GOG's market share and revenue had increased more in the past two months than in the previous half a year.
What should they do?
Eric, ah, Eric, I was wrong about you.
Pei Qian felt very helpless. Some people really did not know a person for a long time. Eric, who looked so reliable, was actually a scammer.
However, there was one good news. Zhao Xuming, whom he had poached when he poached Eric, was still reliable.
Zhang Yuan had arranged for the offline viewing activities on the local server. GOG had updated the viewing function on Bunny Tail Live-Stream.
Even the live-stream platform's plan to buy the competition's copyrights had been spoiled because of his guidance.
In other words, President Zhao had done nothing at all!
This performance was very outstanding.
Thus, Pei Qian felt that he had to further strengthen the internal conflict between Zhao Xuming and Eric. He had to let Zhao Xuming gradually take the initiative and suppress the obsessed Eric.
Pei Qian had already hinted to Zhao Xuming previously to let him know that he was on the same level as Eric. He should not listen to Eric for everything and have his own thoughts.
Now, it seemed like that was not enough.
Pei Qian decided that he would praise Zhao Xuming greatly when Zhao Xuming and Eric returned. He would nurture his confidence and give him a hint at the same time.
At that time, Zhao Xuming would realize that he had been doing well and had even been praised by Boss Pei. He would definitely continue doing so in the future, right? He might even have to drag Eric down with him.
That way, Pei Qian would achieve his goal and be satisfied.
Pei Qian was pondering when he heard a knock on the door.
He looked up and saw that it was Meng Chang.
"Boss Pei, this is the second round of publicity plan for Successor. Please take a look."
Meng Chang handed the plan over with both hands.
Pei Qian could not help but smile.
Yo, Meng Chang was getting better and better.
Seeing that Successor's ratings had fallen so much and its popularity could not rise, he could take this opportunity to increase the publicity budget and fight for a higher commission?
Not bad, not bad. This style of 'chasing a cornered enemy' is very similar to my style back then.
Pei Qian's smile widened as he scanned the plan.
This plan was reliable!
The plan was still similar to before. He would continue to place advertisements and publicity resources according to the original channels. However, there was one change. He had to use the official account to like and forward some film reviews that analyzed the meaning of Successor.
'Successor' had caused such a huge commotion when it was first released. So many people watched it, and there was definitely no lack of film critics.
There would naturally be film critics who liked 'Successor' if there was a film critic like me who criticized it to the point that it was useless.
Some of them might be fans of the original work of 'Successor'.
However, from the looks of it, the film critics who liked 'Successor' did not cause such a huge reaction like Qian's film review.
The reason was very simple. It was easier to be accepted than to preach.
Why were so many people watching lousy movies, but not many people paying attention to serious analysis of movies?
That was because criticizing lousy movies with reason and evidence would give people a sense of spiritual pleasure, comfort, and even a sense of superiority.
On the other hand, the film critics who gave positive reviews for 'Successor' were all trying their best to explain how good the show was. This would give people a feeling of preaching and produce reverse psychology. It would not be easy for people to accept it.
In addition, the first three episodes of 'Successor' already gave people a very bad impression. The two emotions combined gave Qian's film review a lot of room to perform.
In Meng Chang's plan, he wanted to use the official 'like' method to acknowledge these film reviews.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with this move.
That was because this method obviously would not help increase the popularity at all. Instead, it would cause him to be scolded even more.
How could the official platform personally interpret the meaning of their own work?
Especially in the form of a drama series, wouldn't it be too degrading to interpret it personally?
What's more, this would make the audience's reverse psychology even more serious: Why, are you hinting that 'Successor' really has this meaning by liking these contents officially? Are you hinting that we are all stupid and can't understand your meaning? However, we understand it. We just don't accept it!
One could imagine that this move would definitely infuriate the audience who gave low scores. Some of them might be even more enthusiastic and spend more effort to discredit 'Successor' on various forums and websites.
That was a good thing!
Pei Qian could not help but give Meng Chang a thumbs-up. It looked like Meng Chang had put in a lot of effort to get a commission this month.
Meng Chang had wanted to explain a little, but he knew that Boss Pei must have understood this plan when he saw the smile on Boss Pei's face and even nodding from time to time.
If that was the case, it would be redundant to explain further.
The idea of Meng Chang's plan was very simple. There were two goals: first, to maintain popularity; second, to stir up controversy!
That was because he had already bet all his money on three weeks later.
The first round of elections had already been held in Eucratia last week. Vasily's votes were ranked second among all the candidates. He was lower than the current president, but the difference between the two was not big.
Since none of the candidates had more than 50% of the votes, the top two had to go to the second round of voting. This time, the vote would be final.
This result also shocked many people on the external network. That was because they did not expect Vasily to obtain so many votes. The various predictions on the external network also began to change. The odds also changed from more than five to about 1.8.
Meng Chang was very glad that he had acted quickly.
However, the mainstream media on the external network still thought that Vasily could not be elected.
Many people might have the intention to vote in revenge in the first round, but they would definitely regain their clarity and rationality in the second round.
However, this result made Meng Chang further confirm that Boss Pei's judgment was correct. He was even more determined about his subsequent publicity plan!
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