In the morning …
"Achoo!"
In the office, Pei Qian, who was in the air-conditioning, sneezed.
"That's weird. Did I turn the air-conditioning on too high?"
Pei Qian wrapped himself in a blanket, switched off the television, and decided to take a nap in his chair.
Someone knocked on the door. It was Lu Mingliang.
"Boss Pei, I have a few things to report to you."
Pei Qian nodded. "Speak."
Lu Mingliang saw Pei Qian wrapped himself in a blanket, looking like he was about to fall asleep. He could not help but feel touched.
Boss Pei looked unwell. He could have gone home to rest, but he insisted on working with us!
Indeed, no matter how successful he was, he had to maintain his fighting spirit!
Lu Mingliang was afraid of delaying Boss Pei's rest and quickly reported.
"First, the new version.
"Currently, the development of the new version is going smoothly. However, for some reason, the news of Ocean Stronghold's new epic weapon being limited has spread. Players are protesting against it.
"Boss Pei, why don't we increase the number of weapons we can sell? For example … five thousand? "
Pei Qian shook his head decisively. "No."
Five thousand?
What a joke!
What's 5000 x 888? Do you know how to count?
Pei Qian said seriously, "A limited number is a limited number. If you make it look like cabbages, how can it be called a limited number?
"Don't care what they say. Five hundred is five hundred. If I sell one more, I lose."
Seeing Boss Pei's firm attitude, Lu Mingliang had no choice but to nod. "Alright, Boss Pei."
"Next is Ma Yiqun's work.
He has already told me many times that he strongly wants to participate in the development of the new version.
"I thought about it for a while. For the new updates of Ghost General and Game Designer, there is indeed a lot of content that requires a professional like him to do."
"Why don't we let him try it out and practice?"
Pei Qian did not answer immediately.
He could not find any good reason to reject him.
However, if he did not reject him, Pei Qian was very unwilling to let Ma Yiqun do these copywriting.
Ma Yiqun's writing skills were excellent. The few advertisements that he had written for Shang Yang Games previously were all very impressive. If he were to add the icing on the cake for Ghost General and Game Designer, the consequences would be dire!
However, how could he reject him?
Ma Yiqun had joined the company in March, and it had been two months since then. It would not be right for him to continue his studies.
Even if Ma Yiqun was not allowed to work on the game's content, he had to arrange something else for him to do.
Send it to Huang Sibo for a short video? It didn't seem like it. His writing skills could probably be used in short videos.
Send it to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? This was not a bad idea, but it was not justifiable. There was no suitable reason.
After thinking for a while, Pei Qian could not think of any good ideas. He could only force himself to nod. "Alright, he should have learned enough during this period. Let him be in charge of some basic work."
Pei Qian said reluctantly.
Lu Mingliang hurriedly nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei. Then you can continue to rest, I'll go get busy first. "
Pei Qian leaned back in his chair and wrapped the blanket around himself. He felt restless and could not fall asleep even if he wanted to.
"Strange, where did this feeling of danger come from?"
"Could it be Shang Yang Games?"
Pei Qian quickly went through a few projects in his mind.
Tengda's new version would most likely make money, but no matter how much it made, it should be within a controllable range.
Fei Huang Workspace said they were going to shoot a documentary, but there was no sign of it.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was considered a traditional advantage. The two new branches had just been renovated and were ready to open for business. As for the flagship store, Pei Qian had been there more than a week ago. There were no hidden dangers.
After thinking about it, Shang Yang Games was still the riskiest!
Pei Qian had asked them to remove all purchase options for both games, leaving only one. That was indeed a risky move.
Removing purchase options would improve the game's reputation. That was for sure.
However, reputation and revenue were two different things.
Bloody Battle Song's graphics were rubbish, and the gameplay was average. Its only advantage was that ballers could kill people in the game after spending money. In other words, the game's core advantage was to 'sell hatred'.
If you killed me, I would immediately top up my money and kill you back. That was the core advantage of similar games.
It was precisely because the game was' selling hatred 'that it triggered players' negative emotions. Thus, no matter how bad the graphics and gameplay were, people would still play the game.
If Pei Qian did not change anything, there was still a chance that the game would make a comeback. What's more, the possibility was not small.
As long as Ye Zhizhou did some promotions and planned for old players to return to the game, Pei Qian would not be able to incur losses.
Thus, Pei Qian decided to remove all purchase options in the game.
Whether it was in terms of graphics or gameplay, Bloody Battle Song had no advantage over other games. It would be a fool's dream to attract new players.
Even if it became fairer and its reputation improved, so what?
It would be fine as long as it did not earn money.
Of course, what if the game attracted a large number of new players because of its overwhelming reputation? What if the number of players increased and the profits increased?
Pei Qian could not say that such a possibility did not exist. He could only say that it was very unlikely.
After some thought, Pei Qian realized that only Shang Yang Games was at risk. He decided to pay more attention to it.
First, he went to Bloody Battle Song's official forum to take a look.
Indeed, it seemed like the game's popularity had increased. Its reputation had changed, and some old players had returned.
However, Pei Qian did not panic. He immediately sent Ye Zhizhou a message: "Send me the top-up data for Bloody Battle Song."
A few minutes later, Ye Zhizhou sent a screenshot.
This was the top-up data for Bloody Battle Song. Pei Qian scanned it casually and saw that the average payment rate had indeed increased. In fact, it had increased by quite a bit. However, the total top-up value had decreased by seventy to eighty percent!
Based on this situation, Bloody Battle Song's monthly revenue might not even reach a hundred thousand yuan.
En, there was no need to panic. This was still within his plan!
The most important thing for a game to survive was to generate profits. That was why so many companies were willing to push for top-up spending despite the criticism from players. This was all for the sake of generating profits.
If the game kept incurring losses, what was the point of having a good reputation?
The revised Bloody Battle Song did have a conscience, but the key was who it was competing against!
Compared to games with paywalls, ballers did not feel good at all. Their income was miles behind.
Compared to games with a conscience like Fantasy World, Bloody Battle Song's graphics were trashy, and its gameplay was average. It was not competitive at all.
This was called not caring about either side.
"Not bad. Keep it up."
After replying to Ye Zhizhou, Pei Qian relaxed. He wrapped himself in his blanket and fell asleep.
In two days, the two new shops would open for business. He had to go and inspect them before he could rest easy.
…
At Shang Yang Games …
Ye Zhizhou looked at Boss Pei's message and felt a strange warmth in his heart.
Although Boss Pei was very busy and busy, he still paid attention to Shang Yang Games!
Although our game's income has plummeted, this is obviously within Boss Pei's plan. That's why Boss Pei wants us to keep it up!
This means that we're heading in the right direction!
Ye Zhizhou instantly felt full of energy.
Indeed, this was the qualitative change that a good boss could bring to a company.
…
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May 20th …
Two Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches had officially opened!
Pei Qian, Ma Yang, and Zhang Yuan, the three management members of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, naturally had to be there to celebrate.
However, the situation was a little awkward.
It was too quiet!
It was even quieter than when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's flagship store had opened.
The key was that the locations of these two branches were even worse than the flagship store. Pei Qian had also repeatedly instructed them not to cause any trouble during the opening. They could not set off firecrackers or distribute flyers. They had to be as low-key as they could be.
Of course, it was very quiet to open a business in such a remote place.
Pei Qian, on the other hand, was very relaxed. He sipped his coffee in the empty coffee area and looked outside, enjoying the warm sunlight.
The two branch managers felt a little awkward. However, they had been transferred from the flagship store after all. They had seen such scenes many times. They knew that Boss Pei would not blame them and were not panicking at all.
On the other hand, the newly hired waiters had never seen such a strange scene before. All of them felt as if they did not know where to put their hands and feet. They felt that this shop was very strange.
In the corner of the internet cafe, Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were whispering to each other.
"Why did you stop me?" Ma Yang's face was filled with confusion.
Just now, Ma Yang felt that the atmosphere was too cold and that morale was low. That was why he wanted to share some good news about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe with Pei Qian.
Under Chen Lei's hard work, the internet cafe's alcohol sales were increasing every day. The number of customers had also increased significantly!
Ma Yang felt that this model could be promoted to all the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes.
However, before he could say anything, Zhang Yuan stopped him.
Zhang Yuan obviously knew what he wanted to say. In a low voice, he said, "Brother Ma, it's not that I don't want you to say it. It's just that this is not the right time. It's too rash."
Ma Yang was stunned. "En? Why? "
"Brother Ma, our alcohol sales have only increased slightly. Based on my calculations, we would only be able to earn about twenty to thirty thousand yuan a month. Compared to the three hundred thousand yuan that the internet cafe is incurring every month, this is a huge hole!
"With such a small achievement, it doesn't sound impressive at all!"
"What if you boast about it and Boss Pei asks, 'Not bad. How much did you earn?' In the end, you would say, 'We're still incurring losses.' That would be so boring!
"It would be better if you don't boast about it. If you boast about it and raise Boss Pei's expectations, wouldn't he be even more disappointed?
"In my opinion, we should wait until we turn our losses into profits before we tell Boss Pei and give him a surprise. That way, we and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would have a higher status in Boss Pei's heart. Only then would we have more confidence!
"Brother Ma, don't you think this makes sense?"
Ma Yang pondered for a while. That seemed to be the case.
They were still a long way from turning their losses into profits. If they told Pei Qian about this good news now, it would indeed be meaningless. It would also make him look like someone who took credit for himself and came to show off just because he had some small results.
That was indeed inappropriate.
Ma Yang nodded. "En, that makes sense. We'll talk about this in the future. When Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's flagship store turns its losses into profits, we'll give Brother Qian a surprise! "
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