"No!" Pei Qian rejected her decisively.
Li Yada was a little anxious. "But …"
Pei Qian did not wait for her to finish and immediately interrupted her. "There's no need to say anymore. This is a matter of principle. I can't give in.
"Work can never be completed. Even if I allow you to start work a week earlier, can GOG surpass IOI in one week?"
Li Yada was at a loss for words. "One week indeed can't, but …"
Pei Qian immediately continued. "That's the logic. If I allow you to start work a week earlier and you don't surpass IOI, are you going to apply for weekend overtime?
"If you work overtime this week and still don't surpass IOI, are you going to continue working overtime next week?
"A thousand-kilometer dike can collapse because of an ant's nest. You should understand the logic of prevention.
"In the long run, where are you going to put Tengda's rules and regulations?!"
Li Yada, "Er …"
Pei Qian said earnestly, "So, since two more days of overtime won't have a decisive effect, don't work overtime. It's a waste of everyone's time and my overtime pay. Why bother?"
Li Yada could not think of a good way to refute him, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong.
"But Boss Pei, IOI has been releasing new versions, and it's expanding rapidly in Europe and the United States. Our GOG and IOI are direct competitors. If we fall one step behind, we'll fall further behind.
"At this critical moment, the consequences could be unimaginable if we are careless!"
Li Yada's tone was very anxious.
Obviously, she had been paying attention to IOI's situation during the holidays. She could not sit still when she saw the quality of IOI's games improving rapidly.
Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Sometimes, it was not a good thing for employees to be too responsible!
Since GOG was destined to fail from the beginning, why waste so much effort?
Working overtime and rushing progress would still fail in the end. What a waste of time.
It would be better to just do it casually from the beginning and spend the money.
Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, "I understand how you feel. However, a matter of principle is a matter of principle. I can't give in easily.
"Yada, I think there's a little problem with your mentality.
"It's common to encounter problems at work, and your first reaction is to solve them by working overtime?"
"Working overtime is not a panacea that can cure all diseases. On the contrary, it is a poison that quenches thirst with poison!"
"If you use it once, you'll become dependent on it and sink deeper and deeper into it. If you use it too much, all your other skills will deteriorate, and you'll lose all your other skills except for Overtime."
"Think carefully about which is more important."
"Remember, the important thing is not to work overtime, but to do the right thing at the right time."
"Figuring out what is the right thing to do is far more important than just working hard."
On the other end of the line, Li Yada was silent.
After a long time, she calmed down.
"Boss Pei, your words are enlightening. I have indeed made a mistake.
"When you encounter a problem at work, you really can't solve it by working overtime. On the contrary, I should try my best to solve it in any way other than overtime. "
"If I only know how to let my employees work overtime, then it would be my dereliction of duty as the person in charge!"
"Thank you, Boss Pei. I understand! Happy New Year, Boss Pei! "
Pei Qian listened quietly. "Yes, Happy New Year."
After hanging up, Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Li Yada was indeed his employee. She was very good at drawing inferences. She had a way with words.
With a little guidance, he completely dispelled the idea of working overtime.
Yes, not bad!
"Finger Games, work harder. Work harder during the Chinese New Year and defeat GOG …"
Pei Qian prayed silently.
…
…
February 10th, the eighth day of the Lunar New Year …
He officially started work.
School had not started yet. Pei Qian returned to Jingzhou the previous afternoon.
His parents knew that Pei Qian was earning money at Fei Huang Workspace. What's more, the new movie was about to be released, and he was very busy. Thus, they did not ask him to stay for long.
They only reminded him repeatedly to take care of his body at work and not to overdraft his health.
Pei Qian thought to himself that he would not overdraft his health.
His job was quite healthy. He slept until he woke up naturally every day, slacked off at work, and occasionally went to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for good food.
Everything was quite comfortable. Of course, it would be better if his employees did not always stab him in the back.
…
17th floor, Tengda Games …
Cui Geng was already gathering material from Bao Xu.
Zhongdian Chinese Network's study class also resumed today. Cui Geng might still be a member of the study class, but he already had an official position in Tengda. In other words, he was a 'special observer'. Thus, he did not need to be locked in the 'small black room'.
Everyone else in the games department quickly entered work mode. They were so focused on tapping on the keyboard that they did not even have time to take a sip of water.
They had no choice; they had a lot of work to do!
During the Chinese New Year, many people were like Li Yada, constantly paying attention to IOI's movements. They could not wait to rush back to work after seeing the updated version of the game.
In the end, they told Li Yada that she had been criticized by Boss Pei and could only wait patiently for the holidays to end.
Thus, on the first day of work, they could not wait to start modifying the game.
Most of the people in Tengda Games were holding their breaths.
Tengda Games had always been a sharp knife team that could fight tough battles! Under Boss Pei's leadership, the games became popular one after another. We can't possibly let such a golden brand fall into our hands, right?
GOG would not be able to afford to lose to IOI!
Everyone started to work with all their might.
Before the New Year, Li Yada had already handed over the 'funeral' to the three appointed ministers and assigned them their respective responsibilities.
However, these three were newcomers after all. They needed some time to familiarize themselves with the work and hand over.
From now until the end of the month, Li Yada had to hand over the work to the three of them as much as possible while ensuring the progress of the research and development to ensure a smooth handover.
After instructing Hu Xianbin on the tasks of the chief planner, Li Yada was temporarily free. She sipped her coffee and thought about the current situation.
Every time she could not help but feel anxious, she would constantly think about what Boss Pei had said. That was because she firmly believed that the way to success lay in it!
"Boss Pei said that the important thing is not to work overtime but to do the right thing at the right time …
"Then, what is the right thing?
"Research and development seriously? This is only part of my job and the safest way to do it. It cannot be considered 'right'. "
Li Yada thought for a long time but still could not understand.
She instinctively wanted to ask Bao Xu for advice. After all, Bao Xu had his own way of interpreting Boss Pei's thoughts.
However, Bao Xu was telling Cui Geng about Tengda's past and providing material for Cui Geng's new book. Li Yada did not want to disturb him.
Since she could not ask Bao Xu, who should she ask?
Huang Sibo? It was not impossible, but Li Yada knew that Fei Huang Workspace was preparing for a new movie. Huang Sibo was probably extremely busy and did not have much time.
After much thought, she decided to ask Lin Wan!
Lin Wan had her own way of interpreting Boss Pei's thoughts.
Li Yada sent a message to Lin Wan, expressing her confusion. She also asked, "What did Boss Pei mean by doing the right thing at the right time?"
Lin Wan replied after a while.
"You've asked the right person! I have the correct answer to this question!
"Boss Pei once said something similar to this to me!"
Li Yada's interest was piqued. She quickly made a call.
"Quick, tell me. What exactly is going on?" Li Yada seemed to have found a ray of light.
Over the phone, Lin Wan smiled and said confidently, "Do you remember what happened when Shang Yang Games was working on Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version?"
"After the mini-client was released, the game kept incurring losses. I asked Boss Pei what to do.
"Boss Pei said that we have to wait quietly for the right time. When the time comes, everything will be fine.
"Think about it carefully. Isn't this sentence somewhat similar to what he said to you? Didn't he emphasize on the 'right time'? "
A realization dawned on Li Yada. "Oh! You mean … "
Lin Wan smiled. "That's right. Boss Pei already said that working overtime is meaningless. No matter how hard we work, we will only get half the results with twice the effort.
"In other words, there is a way to solve the problem without working overtime!
"If I were you, I would not continue fighting with IOI in the client-side game industry. That's because no matter who wins or loses, there would be chicken feathers all over the place.
"I would change to another area, beat IOI by one step, and then make a comeback!"
Li Yada's eyes lit up. Many of her questions were instantly answered!
Lin Wan had already found the correct answer to what the 'right time' was when she was working on Bloody Battle Song.
The upcoming wave of mobile games was the right time!
Lin Wan had understood this point and changed the half-dead Bloody Battle Song mini-client into a mobile game. She had also gotten on the fast track of Shenhua's cell phone application market. That was how she had soared and fought a beautiful turnaround!
If this standard answer were to be used …
She wanted to change GOG into a game that could be used on both cell phones and PCs!
Boss Pei had also said that IOI had started very early and was not just a little ahead of GOG.
That was not a gap that could be closed even if everyone in Tengda Games worked overtime.
Thus, Boss Pei did not want everyone to work overtime because he did not want them to waste too much energy. Instead, he wanted everyone to invest their limited energy into more meaningful things.
What if they changed GOG into a mobile game?
Then, they would be able to overtake others!
At the moment, there was no similar game in the mobile game industry. If they ported GOG over, they would naturally be able to dominate even if the gameplay was not as rich.
Once GOG quickly gained a dominant position in the mobile game industry, it would naturally affect the PC industry.
Think about it. If a gamer had already played GOG on a cell phone and was playing a similar game on a PC for the first time, would he choose GOG, which had many heroes and various skins, or would he choose IOI, which he did not know any heroes and had to start from scratch?
The current consensus in the games industry was to change successful PC games to web games and successful web games to mobile games. That way, they would sink step by step and change platforms. That way, the old games would be rejuvenated.
That was the mindset.
However, there was no such thing as absolute.
If there was no dominant game on both the PC and cell phones, who could say that it could not be released on the cell phone first and then on the PC?
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