March 4th, Friday.
Pei Qian arrived at the office early in the morning and opened the platform to check.
The purchase figures for Be Quiet were still zero!
Clearly, the Players hadn't made any breakthroughs in just one day.
Of course, this was all part of Boss Pei's plan!
The password was hidden in The Lonely Desert Road. It could be found within a three-hour drive, and only one person could find it. Everyone could participate in solving the puzzle.
If it was purely to dissuade players, it would have been more effective to require all players to complete The Lonely Desert Road's eight-hour or even sixteen-hour journey. However, the system clearly did not allow it.
Thus, Pei Qian had to pay attention to the difficulty of these problems when setting them up.
The difficulty was too high and unreasonable, so the players could not obtain the conditions to purchase it at all. The system would not allow it.
If the difficulty was too low, it would not form a barrier to entry. Players would be able to buy it very quickly, and Pei Qian would have wasted his efforts.
Pei Qian's main goal in setting up this filter was to reduce the number of players who were eligible to purchase the game as much as possible before this cycle's settlement. In other words, in less than a month's time, he wanted to reduce the game's sales.
As for what to do next cycle, he would think about it after that.
Pei Qian's ideal situation was that this puzzle could delay gamers for a month. That way, there would not be any sales this month.
The game had already been released. Gamers could not buy it because they had not solved the riddles, not because Boss Pei's game was not completed. Thus, the project was not considered incomplete, and settlement would not be delayed.
Even if they couldn't hold out for a month, they could at least hold out for two to three weeks, which was much better than letting the players buy it right away!
The players on the forum had come up with many ways to solve this string of passwords, and a group of big shots had also emerged.
The solutions included grouping, English to numbers, numbers to the nine sign, reverse order, crossover, sequence, ASCII, hexadecimal, and so on. It was confusing.
In fact, Pei Qian was just an ordinary person. He had never learned those complicated encryption methods. The solution he used was completely from everyday, simple puzzle-solving methods.
It was just that there were a few more steps.
The Players' solution was indeed correct, but since the last step was rather obscure and magical, some Players mistakenly believed that it was a dead end and stopped researching.
Therefore, this correct solution did not receive much attention.
After careful observation, it could be seen that the frequency of ABC was very high, and the letter at the end of the sequence was I. According to the alphabet, A = 1, B = 2, I was exactly equal to 9, indicating that this string of English was originally a string of numbers converted.
If he continued to observe the string of numbers, he would find that there was a pattern to every digit.
71/93/33/33/31/32/91/42/83/51
The last digit did not exceed 4. This was a very common nine-grid cell phone.
71 represented the first letter of the 7 button in the cell phone's grid, which was P. Similarly, all the letters after that could be found in the cell phone's grid.
However, there seemed to be no pattern at this point, which was why the players who thought of this path couldn't deduce it further. Judging from other players' posts and comments, it was obvious that many people didn't realize that this was the correct solution.
This step was actually not a complicated password. Its general category was very common in reality, but this branch was extremely rare. Therefore, there were too few people who understood it.
Pei Qian had also occasionally learned about it out of interest. That was why he had used it on a whim. He did not expect the effect to be unexpectedly good.
What's more, even if he solved this password, only one-third of the puzzle-solving process had passed.
"Everyone, keep working hard. If you can't solve it, I'll lose money this settlement cycle!" Pei Qian could not help but feel a little smug.
Otto Technologies would be holding a news conference this weekend. Pei Qian had to go to the news conference to ensure that nothing went wrong.
However, before that, Pei Qian sent a message to the programmer in charge of solving the puzzle.
"The clue for The Lonely Desert Road has been found. We can reduce the time needed to find the clue from three hours to fifteen minutes."
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March 6th, Sunday …
Oasis Four Seasons Hotel, the largest five-star hotel in Jingzhou City.
Many of Tengda's previous events, including high-standard business receptions, staff recruitment examinations, annual meetings, and so on, were all in cooperation with this hotel.
The news conference this time was also held in the hotel's banquet hall. Many technology media had been invited in advance and booked rooms for them. Food, accommodation, and round-trip transportation were included.
As for the others, they directly looked for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, and other business customers for free tickets.
In any case, it would not be a problem to fill up the entire venue.
The news conference officially began at 3 PM. Pei Qian sneaked into the hotel venue at 2 PM and then sat down in a corner.
He could sit in the first row if he wanted to. However, the news conference was being live-streamed. If Pei Qian sat in the first row, he would definitely be on camera. Wouldn't he be exposed then?
Thus, Pei Qian told Chang You that he would come but did not tell him where exactly he would be sitting.
With so many people present, it would be extremely difficult to find Boss Pei.
That way, Boss Pei would not expose himself and achieve the effect of supervising the battle. It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
There was soothing, gentle music playing at the venue. Many people were entering the venue.
The big screen was still dark, perhaps because they had arrived a little early.
If it was a news conference for other cell phone brands, the big screen would be playing some short videos to warm up the atmosphere and then show the publicity photos of the spokesperson.
However, Pei Qian thought about it. Otto Technologies did not seem to have such things.
Chang You seemed to have asked about the spokesperson before, but Pei Qian had not thought about it at that time. Thus, he did not tell Chang You about it.
Thinking about it, Chang You should have forgotten about this matter, right?
If there was no spokesperson, then there should not be any short videos to warm up the atmosphere, right?
Yes, that was good. He would talk about the cell phone's shortcomings for an hour and then get off work at the speed of light. That was very much in line with Boss Pei's intentions.
Just as Pei Qian was thinking about it happily, the lights suddenly dimmed.
The big screen lit up!
A high-tech logo slowly appeared on the big screen, like the rising sun dispersing the darkness. It instantly attracted everyone's attention.
The camera gradually zoomed out, and the logo became smaller and smaller. A back appeared in front of the camera, blocking the bright light and outlining a handsome silhouette.
Then, he reached out with his right hand and grabbed the ball of light.
A ray of light burst out from his hand, and the logo shrunk and engraved on the back of the cell phone, emitting a faint breathing light effect!
The back turned at that moment. Lu Zhiyao, who was dressed so handsomely that it was suffocating, looked at the venue through the screen. He was holding a very grand-looking cell phone in his hand. The logo on the back was flashing, and it looked very technological.
That was not all. There were two more advertisements after that, including the 'drone delivery' advertisement.
Finally, the image froze on the publicity photo. Lu Zhiyao held the Otto Technologies cell phone in his hand and smiled faintly.
Pei Qian was stunned in his seat. He even forgot to drink the mineral water he had just opened.
"What the f * ck …
"Isn't this the advertisement in Tomorrow is Beautiful?"
Pei Qian could not help but think of the scene when he watched Tomorrow is Beautiful in the cinema.
At that moment, it felt like that moment.
They were both caught off guard and confused!
Pei Qian had indeed seen the advertisement and logo of this cell phone when he was watching the movie before. However, it was different from the logo of Otto Technologies in his impression, so he did not pay much attention to it.
Why did Otto Technologies' cell phone copy the movie?
Leeching off its popularity?
How shameless!
Moreover, when did Lu Zhiyao come to endorse it?
Lu Zhiyao could be said to be popular now. After Tomorrow is Beautiful was released, his reputation as a 'poison in the box office' was instantly washed clean. What's more, he had relied on his breakthrough acting skills and good reputation to return to the ranks of the domestic A-list young actors.
It would be even more impressive if he won another award.
Considering Tomorrow is Beautiful's achievements to Lu Zhiyao, it seemed reasonable for him to return the favor by endorsing Otto Technologies' cell phone …
To Pei Qian, this should be a pleasant surprise.
However, Pei Qian could not feel any surprise at all. He was only shocked!
This opening was much better than ordinary warm-up videos. That was because Tomorrow is Beautiful was still screening and was relatively popular. Many people present had already watched it.
These advertisements had all appeared in Tomorrow is Beautiful. They were filmed with care and had a distinct style. They were obviously different from most cell phone advertisements now. When the audience saw this advertisement, they naturally thought of the futuristic cell phone brand in Tomorrow is Beautiful.
Previously, Chang You did not reveal this in the promotional materials, so the audience was obviously surprised!
The originally somewhat lifeless venue instantly became lively!
The technology media reporters sitting in the front row were all whispering to each other. Obviously, this advertisement and Lu Zhiyao's endorsement were already a good gimmick.
Pei Qian, on the other hand, felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
The start of the news conference was far from what he had imagined. That did not seem to be a good sign …
He unscrewed the bottle cap and took another sip of mineral water to calm himself.
"Calm down, calm down.
"The situation shouldn't be as bad as I thought.
"A good opening might not necessarily be useful. It might even cause the effect of suppressing one's desires first.
"As long as Chang You does the PowerPoint according to my requirements and does the opposite of the other cell phone manufacturers, the criticism will definitely become louder in the future.
"At that time, such a cool opening would become a black mark.
"Therefore, don't worry too much now. Everything will be fine!"
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