March 15th, Tuesday …
3 PM …
Pei Qian had slept well last night and only woke up in the afternoon.
After lunch, he went to the office and checked the sales of Be Quiet.
The game was still in a lukewarm state.
The game was still in a lukewarm state. There were some people online discussing the gameplay of the game, but not many people paid attention to it. Most of the players were still talking about the pre-challenge.
The game's rating on TPDb was 8.5. It was not low, but it was not very high either.
The gameplay itself was more complicated, and there were fewer players. Thus, no one could really understand the gameplay of the game at the moment. Of course, its reputation could not spread so quickly.
There was no news from 'Top Student, Come Quick' for now.
Everything seemed to be going well.
Pei Qian looked at the calendar. This week was very important.
Most of the projects were going to produce results this week. Profit or loss depended on this!
Pei Qian thought about these projects and suddenly realized that he seemed to have missed something recently.
He did not know how GOG's development was going.
Speaking of which, GOG took so long to develop. That was beyond Pei Qian's expectations.
He had only intended to make a game that would compete with IOI and then be defeated by IOI. All the research and development funds would go down the drain, and he would achieve his goal.
In the end, GOG's development efficiency was too low. It had not been officially released until now.
However, Pei Qian did not think too much about it. The development environment of Tengda Games was indeed very difficult …
On one hand, the chief planner of the project, Li Yada, and the core member, Bao Xu, had both been arranged to go on vacation. The project had no backbone. On the other hand, Tang Yishu was in charge. The project was definitely full of bugs. Just fixing the bugs was enough to make people anxious.
At that thought, Pei Qian could not help but sympathize with Tengda Games.
"Should I go over and comfort them?
"After all, the games department has been doing well recently. They have completely changed their bad habit of working overtime. They have performed well in several consecutive zero-overtime competitions. What's more, I like that their development progress is so slow."
Pei Qian stood up and left the office, ready to walk upstairs.
To Pei Qian, it was best for each project to be released a week before settlement. That way, he could ensure that the products would only be sold for a week and earn less money.
However, the problem was that it was difficult to control the schedule so perfectly.
Whether it was the development of a game or other projects, it was normal to have delays due to unexpected situations. It was rare for the project to be completed on time.
Thus, Pei Qian had to plan ahead for these projects. He had to set the deadline two or three weeks before settlement or even earlier. That way, he would not fail to complete the project and delay settlement.
However, in this case, a new problem would arise. What if a certain project was completed on time or even ahead of schedule?
In that case, Pei Qian had no choice but to bear the pain and let them sell it in advance. After all, the project had already been completed. There was no good reason to delay it even if he wanted to.
Be Quiet had been completed too quickly. That was why Pei Qian had created a pre-event to remedy the situation.
From the looks of it, the remedy was quite successful.
On the other hand, GOG was obviously one of the slower projects. That was more in line with Pei Qian's initial expectations.
Soon, Pei Qian arrived at Tengda Games upstairs.
After entering, he was at a loss for a moment.
There were not many familiar faces in the entire Tengda Games department!
He had no choice. The games department had always been successful. Every game that they made was a hit. The old employees who had performed well and left a deep impression on Pei Qian had basically all been sent away. Even the important position of chief planner had been changed several times.
Huang Sibo and Lu Mingliang were in Fei Huang Workspace and Upwind Logistics respectively. Now, Li Yada and Bao Xu had gone on a trip. Pei Qian did not know who to look for.
There were a few old employees who looked familiar, but Pei Qian could not remember their names at the moment.
That was a little awkward.
Still, it was alright. Everyone knew Boss Pei.
Three employees who had been gathered together hurried to welcome Boss Pei when they saw him enter.
The three of them were Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhang Nan. They were now the acting chief planner, the systems designer, and the designer in charge of skins in Tengda Games. They were the three people whom Li Yada had handed over their jobs to before she left.
"Boss Pei! Why are you here? "
"My name is Hu Xianbin. I'm the acting chief planner of the games department. You can ask me any questions."
Hu Xianbin and the other two introduced themselves one by one.
Pei Qian tried hard to remember their names and faces. He also searched through his memory perfunctorily.
Hmm … they seemed to be new faces.
Li Yada had found three complete newbies to take over her work? No wonder GOG's development progress was so slow.
However, this was obviously a good thing for Boss Pei!
If Hu Xianbin's work was up to Boss Pei's standards, Pei Qian would not mind letting Li Yada retire early.
Er, would the System approve of her retirement at twenty-five?
Pei Qian smiled and said, "It's alright. I'm just here to take a look. How's GOG's development going? Is it going well? Can we play games at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe before next week? "
Hu Xianbin quickly said, "We originally planned to release GOG's client-side game next Monday. There seem to be many bugs in the game, so we've been fixing them. The progress is a little slow. "
Pei Qian was very satisfied with the timing. He smiled and said, "No, no, no. It's not slow at all. The timing is just right!
"As the saying goes, slow work produces fine work. Fix more bugs during the development period so that fewer bugs will appear after the game is released.
"Wait, did you just say GOG's client-side game?"
Pei Qian acutely sensed something wrong with Hu Xianbin's wording.
GOG was a client-side game to begin with. Why did he have to emphasize it?
Hu Xianbin smiled. "That's right, Boss Pei. The mobile game was released today."
Three question marks floated above Pei Qian's head.
？？？
"Mobile game? What mobile game? "
Hu Xianbin was stunned as well. "GOG's mobile game."
Pei Qian, "…"
What was going on?
Was yesterday repeating itself?
Pei Qian immediately recalled the scene when the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song was released. At that time, he had been eating with the people from Shang Yang Games at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. This news had struck him like a bolt from the blue, and he had been petrified.
The situation was similar this time. Pei Qian could not wrap his head around it at once.
A moment later, he reacted and quickly asked, "What's the situation now?"
Hu Xianbin said proudly, "Boss Pei, take a look for yourself!"
The computer that the three of them had been sitting around was now displaying GOG's real-time data. All in all, the number of downloads, active users, top-up users, and the like were all soaring!
Pei Qian felt his legs turn to jelly as he sat down on the chair.
He hurriedly pulled his chair closer to check the specific data.
Indeed, all the data was soaring!
What shocked Pei Qian the most was that GOG's mobile version had not only been released on the official platform but also on other channels such as Shenhua's application store and other mobile platforms.
Pei Qian asked, "You've been negotiating with these platforms for a long time, haven't you?"
Hu Xianbin shook his head. "No, they came to us on their own."
Pei Qian, "???"
Hu Xianbin explained briefly, and Pei Qian immediately understood.
Tengda had a good reputation, and GOG's mobile version was of high quality. That was why there was no need to negotiate with these platforms and beg them to release their own games. Instead, these platforms were the ones begging Tengda!
Tengda had standalone games and online games. What's more, every game was a huge success. In terms of online games, Tengda had successful projects like Ocean Stronghold and Bloody Battle Song. Naturally, GOG's discussions with these platforms were all greenlit.
Many platforms even took the initiative to give Tengda a higher share of profits so that GOG could be released on their own platforms.
What's more, GOG itself was a piece of delicious cake!
Until now, Gods Rising, IOI, and GOG each had their own advantages and disadvantages in the client-side game industry. IOI did not have a local server and could only be played with external servers through an accelerator. GOG was not officially released either. It was only in open beta. Thus, the client-side game situation was still quite confusing. It was hard to say who would win in the end.
However, Gods Rising and IOI obviously had no plans to enter the mobile game industry. Thus, GOG became the only seedling in the market and became a piece of delicious cake!
Of course, no one dared to guarantee that mobile games would be successful. However, to many gaming platforms and channels, this was obviously a very promising direction. It was worth investing a lot of resources in.
That was because once it succeeded, the rewards would be unimaginable!
Due to these two reasons, Hu Xianbin and the others did not even bother to look for channels or publicity. They only had to reveal a little bit of news, and these gaming platforms immediately came to them and offered all kinds of benefits.
They did not have to worry about publicity at all. They just had to lie low!
Hu Xianbin said excitedly, "When Big Sister Li left, she did not tell me how to find a platform to work with. I was a little worried at first, so I wanted to ask her online these two days.
"In the end, I was thinking too much!
"Boss Pei, I can only say that you have built a very good foundation for Tengda. Now, all the other gaming channels are rushing to release our game. This is the effect of reputation!"
Pei Qian was speechless.
What did this have to do with me?!
He looked at the various figures on the platform and did not know what to say for a moment.
There was a huge crisis. He had to think of a countermeasure quickly!
Pei Qian could not sit still anymore. He silently stood up, planning to return to his office to browse the web and see how gamers were reacting to the mobile version of GOG.
If gamers were cursing, then there was still hope!
Seeing that Boss Pei was about to stand up and leave, Hu Xianbin quickly asked, "Boss Pei, do you have any other instructions?"
Pei Qian was speechless. "No."
Hu Xianbin felt a little disappointed as he watched Boss Pei leave.
The data was obviously quite good, but Boss Pei still didn't praise it?
Ai, Boss Pei's requirements were really strict!
It looked like he could not be arrogant and complacent. He had to work harder and strive to gain Boss Pei's recognition as soon as possible!
Hu Xianbin, who had been feeling smug because of the good figures of GOG's mobile version, calmed down and continued to work on GOG's client-side game.
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