February 25th, Monday …
Pei Qian came to the office as usual and briefly talked about the current situation of the various departments.
Settlement would be this Thursday. The various departments no longer had any new products to release. The matter of spending money had basically been arranged. However, whether they could incur losses depended on this last trick.
He could only say that it was not particularly safe to incur losses so far.
Pei Qian first paid attention to IOI's situation.
Pei Qian had not heard any news from them for some time ever since the four-man team went out to talk to Dayak Corporation.
The main reason was that there was a time difference between the two sides. What's more, Pei Qian felt that he could not help much. Thus, he let the four of them handle it. Meng Chang finally made the decision. It was fine as long as they could reach a deal.
He did not know about the internal news, but it was difficult not to pay attention to the external news.
Last Tuesday, Finger Games released some negative news, such as merging the Asian server, holding a pay-to-win event on April Fool's Day, and so on. Then, Finger Games' stock price plummeted.
A week had passed, and the downward trend was almost over.
Then, over the weekend, Finger Games caused a new problem.
First, they announced the remake plan for some heroes with a lower win rate. Second, they made some adjustments to the ranking rules.
These two things were not announced at the same time. Instead, they were two days apart. However, without exception, they both caused negative public opinion!
The first was to remake the plan. This should have been a good thing. After all, the game had developed to this point. Many heroes designed in the past no longer fit the current game rhythm. There was no chance for them to be played at all. It was difficult to balance the numbers alone, so it was reasonable to remake them.
However, the problem was that Finger Games was too slow to produce new heroes!
Previously, when IOI and GOG were fighting fiercely, Finger Games produced new heroes very quickly. However, IOI's situation worsened after that. They spent a lot of time and energy to create various skins. The production speed of new heroes had greatly slowed down.
They actually made such a large-scale remake plan under such circumstances.
The players would naturally think: Are you going to produce a new hero or not?
Old heroes might be able to bring some freshness, but how could they compare to new heroes?
This gave people the feeling that IOI's heroes were past their prime, had lost their initiative, and were starting to rely on their past.
The adjustment of the ranking rules was also criticized.
Finger Games claimed that in order to give all players, especially new players, a better gaming experience, the new ranking rules would make some adjustments to the matching mechanism. It would more dynamically balance the number of players on both sides and in different segments.
At first, the players thought that it was good news. But soon, some insider information leaked out that the new ranking rules, to put it bluntly, would keep the winning rate of most players at around 50%!
Why? This was because it would maximize the number of players and ensure the number of players.
This was because most players' win rate was maintained at 50%. Coupled with the additional victory points, it was guaranteed that as long as they played more, they would definitely be able to gain more points. Even some of the noob players could experience the feeling of winning without doing anything after losing too many times. The experience brought to them by the game would become better.
IOI was currently facing the severe situation of losing players.
The loss of players in the fish pond would cause the entire ranking pyramid to collapse from the bottom up. It would cause all players' ranks to fall, which would lead to very serious consequences.
This was not a big problem for a game like GOG that maintained the growth of players and had a large player base. However, this was obviously related to IOI's survival.
The previous merger of the Asian server was also based on this consideration. It was to better ensure the depth of the fish pond.
However, this method brought about a new problem. Those who were relatively good at playing but not as strong as professional players would be very uncomfortable!
That was because the system had to ensure that cheating players could maintain a 50% chance of winning without doing anything. Then, it had to sacrifice the gaming experience of some outstanding players.
After a player's winning streak, they would definitely frequently encounter cheating teammates who would forcefully lower their winning rate. In the end, everyone's winning rate would be maintained at around 50%. Even if the winning rate of the powerful players was slightly higher, it would not be much higher.
Unless some especially powerful godly players or professional players went down to the field to blow up the game, they could fight one against nine or two against eight under any conditions. Then, their winning rate would be maintained at 70% to 80%. It would be very difficult for players who were better at playing to break through the 50% winning rate. The most likely scenario would be to leave an entire page of SVP.
From the perspective of the game business, this seemed to be the best of both worlds.
For some of the more deceptive players, they would not be dissuaded from leaving because of continuous losses. As long as the number of ranking competitions increased, they would be able to see their ranks slowly increase. For those who were relatively good at C, even though a 50% winning rate was very unpleasant, at least they were C and were SVP. It was just that they were arranged by their cheating teammates. It was not worth it for them to really quit the game because of this.
Originally, this rule was intended to be updated secretly. At that time, players should not be able to notice it in a short period of time. Then, it could be a strong wave of retention.
In the end, he did not expect this rule to be leaked somehow!
Now, there was an uproar.
From Finger Games' point of view, this new ranking mechanism could indeed improve the gaming experience of new players and prevent further losses of the fish pond. However, it was very difficult for the more capable players to accept this.
What right do you have to match me with cheating teammates and forcefully lower my winning rate to 50%?
Ranking competitions should be based on one's ability. In the end, I was C for so many matches and those slackers who won without doing anything. Then, what was the point of me working so hard to train my skills and seriously trying to win the competition?
I put in so much effort to train my skills, and in the end, it was all for nothing?
It was very ambitious, but it directly went against the consensus of most gamers. That was why I was scolded badly!
The consecutive negative events caused Finger Games' stock price to fall again. It gave people a feeling that they were about to die.
Pei Qian was also shocked as he watched.
What exactly was going on? When it rains, it pours.
What was wrong with the higher-ups of Finger Games? Did they give up on themselves? Why did they start to lower their intelligence collectively?
Where was the CEO of Finger Games? Could they do something about it?
However … on the bright side, perhaps this would make the acquisition of Finger Games smoother?
Pei Qian also did not know if there was something wrong with the higher-ups of Finger Games collectively or if it was because 'the heroes who were shipped away were not free'. In any case, he was getting more and more confused about Finger Games.
Just as he was thinking, someone knocked on the office door.
He looked up and saw that it was Lu Mingliang.
"Boss Pei, I'm here to admit my mistake. On Saturday, when I was debating with Nie Yunsheng of Shengyun Corporation, I subconsciously said some inappropriate words because I was too emotional. I even attracted a lot of hatred. I'm willing to bear all the responsibility. "
Lu Mingliang's meeting with Nie Yunsheng in Shanghai was indeed arranged by him. However, the speech that he said on the spot was very much improvised.
Some of it was indeed planned to expose the hypocrisy of Shengyun Corporation. However, some of it was improvised and said on the spot.
Now, the live-stream video had already caused a huge reaction on the internet. From the results, Lu Mingliang could be said to have become famous after this battle. Upwind Logistics' reputation soared, and their express delivery business soared.
However, it had to be said that Lu Mingliang had not asked or confirmed some of his words with Pei Qian before he said them. Lu Mingliang was not sure whether Boss Pei would support his words or whether these words would affect the future development of Upwind Logistics and even Tengda Corporation.
Thus, Lu Mingliang waited until Monday to report to Boss Pei.
Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and said, "Did you give yourself overtime pay for Saturday? Did you give yourself high-speed rail tickets? "
Lu Mingliang was stunned. "Er … I did."
Pei Qian immediately beamed. "That's good! As for the rest, it's not a big deal. I saw the video of you arguing with Nie Yunsheng. You did a good job. There's no problem.
"Most importantly, you announced to everyone that Upwind Logistics would not raise prices for ten years and that you would be providing large-scale subsidies. You really won my heart! You said it very well!
"As for attracting hatred … those companies deserve to be scolded. Well scolded! I actually hope that they can join forces to deal with Tengda and make things more difficult for me!
"What's more, you did a good job instigating the delivery man on the spot. Even combined with the recent special recruitment exam, it gave me a brand new idea. "
"I want to give you a certain number of slots to poach people!
"I'll give you some slots to poach employees who used to work in Shengyun Corporation. Since we've already fallen out, we might as well do it more thoroughly!
"If we can achieve good results this time, we can popularize this pattern and let the other departments follow suit!
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