Watching Boss Pei leave, Ye Zhizhou looked at the shelves full of safe and civilized driving simulators and fell into deep thought.
Boss Pei's attitude towards Safe and Civilized Driving had clearly changed after he went to the car dealer to buy the rights for the game.
Before the game was released, Boss Pei's attitude was more relaxed.
He could buy the authorization, but he could not pay a high price. He also made it clear to the car manufacturers beforehand that this game was different from other games. Collisions would indeed cause serious damage. If they accepted the price and conditions, they would pay for the authorization. If they did not, then they would part ways.
Now that the game was released, Boss Pei's attitude changed again.
Not only did he not pay the authorization fee, but he also wanted the car manufacturers to pay. He even wanted them to provide a sample car for a crash test. The conditions were much stricter than before.
He knew that Boss Pei's change in attitude was definitely not due to his emotions. What was the deeper consideration behind this?
Ye Zhizhou felt a little regretful at that moment. It was a pity that Wang Xiaobin was still suffering and could not give him advice.
However, that was alright. As a qualified person-in-charge of Tengda, he had to have the ability to solve Boss Pei's puzzles and complete tasks independently.
"Boss Pei's change in attitude means one thing. The objective environment of working with the car manufacturers has changed before and after the game was released. So, how exactly did it change? "
"… Hmm, before the game was released, there was already a screening effect because of the uncertainty of whether the game would become popular. So, there was no need to screen again? After the game was released, many car manufacturers followed the trend because the game had become popular. So, there might be some people who would fish in troubled waters. That's why they had to strictly control and be responsible for the players?
"That should be the reason, there's no doubt about it!"
Ye Zhizhou suddenly understood this logic.
The objective environment of the game's release had indeed changed!
Before the game was released, no one knew if Safe and Civilized Driving would be successful. Due to the characteristics of the game, the car manufacturers would feel that serious car damage in the game would affect their corporate image. Thus, they were unwilling to cooperate. That itself had a screening effect.
Most of the manufacturers who signed a contract with Shang Yang Games and acknowledged the car damage in the game were those who really needed Tengda's popularity and were more confident in their own brands.
They knew that Safe and Civilized Driving would cooperate with IIAS and would include real collision data in the game. However, they still chose to cooperate. That in itself was enough to explain the problem.
However, the situation was different after the game became popular.
Many of the automobile companies saw that there was popularity to ride on, so they loosened up.
The problem was that some automobile manufacturers might try to bargain and take advantage of the situation. If Shang Yang Games were to talk to these automobile manufacturers one by one, it would definitely take a lot of time to wrangle. What's more, it would be very difficult to be impartial.
Some automobile manufacturers might rely on their good brand advantage and ask for some favorable conditions for Shang Yang Games to make concessions on certain details. Some automobile manufacturers might think more simply and follow Tengda's rules.
In the end, the automobile companies that argue will gain some advantages, while the automobile companies that don't argue will suffer some losses.
Wasn't this bullying an honest man?
Boss Pei's attitude was very simple. He would treat all automobile manufacturers equally and use a seemingly stricter screening criteria to complete the screening of all automobile manufacturers!
Behind this was obviously Boss Pei's strong confidence in Safe and Civilized Driving.
Boss Pei felt that such mandatory screening conditions would save time and effort. It could ensure that the performance of different vehicles in the game was fair and just. What's more, there was no need to rush the licensing of the vehicle brands. In any case, as more and more gamers and the game's influence increased, the automobile manufacturers who did not accept these conditions would accept them sooner or later.
The sooner the automobile manufacturers accepted these conditions, the more sincere they would be in cooperating with Tengda and show their confidence in their products. Naturally, they would get more and better exposure opportunities from the game.
Ye Zhizhou understood at that thought.
It was not Shang Yang Games' problem to worry about whether the automobile manufacturers wanted to authorize them or not.
If they wanted to authorize them, there would always be other automobile manufacturers begging for authorization.
The game had already succeeded. What was the point of worrying about this?
The first goal of Safe and Civilized Driving now was not to obtain authorization from many automobile manufacturers. Instead, it was to be responsible to gamers and the social impact of the game. It was to ensure that the information gamers obtained about the vehicles in the game was true, effective, and reliable.
Only by making the game good and realistic would they have the right to consider other things.
"Boss Pei is indeed amazing. He saw through the essence of the problem at one glance!"
Ye Zhizhou sighed from the bottom of his heart. He immediately stood up and returned to Shang Yang Games to work on the follow-up matters.
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Pei Qian returned to his office after lunch, feeling a little melancholic.
What happened in the morning had been a blow to him.
Every time it was close to settlement, bad news would come one after another. What should he do?!
The key was that the crisis had not passed after Safe and Civilized Driving. There were still games like Ghost General 2 and Bullet Hole 2 that were extremely lethal yet to be released!
Even though Pei Qian felt that these two games would not become popular, he no longer had confidence in his own judgment.
Just as he was feeling conflicted, he heard a knock on the office door.
He looked up and saw the face before he could hear the voice.
It was Ma Yang.
"Brother Qian! I have something very important to tell you! "
Pei Qian's heart almost stopped when he saw Ma Yang's serious expression.
F * ck, could something have happened at Bunny Tail Live-Stream again?
Don't scare me. I just had a shock in the morning. My little heart can't take this kind of stimulation!
"What is it?" Pei Qian asked.
Ma Yang paused for a moment and said, "I'm going to start writing my graduation thesis!"
Pei Qian was stunned. "Huh?"
He did not react immediately. After a while, he heaved a sigh of relief.
You scared me to death. Isn't it just a graduation thesis? It's not a big deal. I thought Bunny Tail Live-Stream was making money again!
"Look at you being so surprised. Isn't it just a graduation thesis? We're liberal arts students. It's not as troublesome as science and engineering to do a graduation design."
Pei Qian said that because he remembered that he had done a graduation thesis before. It was not that difficult.
Undergraduate students did not have high expectations for their graduation thesis. After all, about one-third of Handong University's students were employed, studying abroad, and doing postgraduate studies. As for those students who were looking for a job, the school was eager for them to graduate smoothly and increase their employment rate. Generally, they would not deliberately make things difficult for them.
As long as the thesis was not particularly ridiculous, it would basically be passed.
It was only at the master's and doctoral levels that the requirements for the thesis would suddenly become so strict that it would make one's head go bald.
What's more, Pei Qian had donated so much money to his alma mater and provided many jobs. He did not even fail an exam, much less a thesis.
After all, many closed-book exams still had to be memorized. On the other hand, the thesis could be checked by the tutor. It was almost impossible to be stuck because of this.
Of course, it would take some time even though it was simple. Pei Qian felt that it would not be too late to do it after this cycle was over.
Ma Yang could not help but give a thumbs up. "As expected of Brother Qian. You're so calm and composed. Unlike me, I panicked when I heard that I had to write a graduation thesis."
"The final draft of the thesis will be submitted before April 10th. The thesis will be defended in early May. Many students have already contacted their tutors. Brother Qian, let's hurry. It's already a little late."
"We can find any teacher to be our tutor for our undergraduate thesis. Brother Qian, which one should we choose?"
Pei Qian chuckled. Which one should we choose? Old Ma, you're overestimating me.
I haven't even attended a few classes. I don't know these people at all!
If the first question on the exam paper was' choose a photo of the teacher ', I would definitely get a zero!
You're asking me to choose a tutor? I'm afraid I'm thinking too much.
Pei Qian coughed lightly. "This is easy. We don't have to choose. I'll look for the tutor another day and ask him to assign us a reliable tutor. He should be more concerned about our graduation than us. "
Ma Yang: "Eh … that makes sense! Brother Qian, you're so smart! "
"Then, I won't worry. I'll follow you! Call me along when you get back. "
Pei Qian felt a little guilty seeing how much Ma Yang trusted him.
Old Ma, are you sure it's okay to trust me?
Pei Qian felt that he and Ma Yang were basically the same in terms of learning. In fact, he was not as reliable as Ma Yang sometimes.
However, he had already bragged. It was not good to take it back.
Forget it. Writing a thesis should not be that difficult. I'll just discuss it with the tutor. I'll just barely pass.
In fact, Pei Qian did not need a graduation certificate at all. Tengda Corporation was already so big. He did not need to find a job. What was the use of a graduation certificate?
However, the problem was that it would not be right if word got out that Boss Pei had not graduated from university.
Pei Qian was not afraid of being laughed at. No one would laugh at him anyway. After all, Boss Pei did not need a graduation certificate to prove himself now.
The main reason was that he was afraid that this matter would become a joke in a magazine. He would then be listed as a 'successful entrepreneur who did not graduate from university' like the founders of Juhao and Pineapple. Some people with ulterior motives would use him to promote the theory of 'studying is useless'. That scene would be awkward just thinking about it.
What's more, he had overcome all sorts of difficulties in his four years in university without failing any courses. How could he fail his graduation thesis?
He could not fail at the last step.
In any case, he could say goodbye to his university career after this last step.
He thought about how he had not attended classes properly for four years in university. He had only racked his brains to incur losses. He suddenly felt lonely after working so hard for so long.
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