April 11th, Monday …
At Shang Yang Games …
Lin Wan was in her office, fretting over her work schedule.
She realized that the tasks that Boss Pei had given her were becoming more and more challenging.
Previously, she had been developing a very rare online horror game and a cell phone. Now, she was managing IOI's domestic server, a successful overseas game project.
It was directly competing with Tengda Games' GOG in the domestic market!
Logically speaking, developing a new game and being in charge of a cell phone should be much more difficult than acting as an agent for a game.
That was because acting as an agent did not require her to do research and development. All she had to do was think about operations and marketing strategies. It seemed easier.
However, Lin Wan was now under more pressure than before.
That was because she felt that this was a very difficult task!
It was much more difficult than the previous tasks!
As soon as she received the mission, she called Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin over for a meeting to discuss the mission plan.
Some conventional plans were quickly finalized, such as setting up the official website of the domestic server, translating and dubbing, renting cloud servers, outsourcing customer service teams, opening of the domestic server, operating promotional activities, and so on.
Those were the basics. Even if Lin Wan did not do anything, Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others would be able to complete them.
However, the problem was, how could they compete with GOG with just these?
Lin Wan recalled that Boss Pei seemed to have great expectations for IOI's domestic server when he gave her the task.
However, Lin Wan did not think that IOI could compete with GOG on the domestic server at all.
That was because GOG's game quality was not inferior to IOI's. What's more, GOG had already occupied the market through the interoperability of client-side games and mobile games. It had also attracted a large number of players through the cash rewards of the four seasons every year.
At the moment, whether it was the original players of Gods Rising or IOI or those who had never come into contact with similar games, they all had a natural liking for GOG.
They were already so far behind at the beginning. It would not be easy to turn the situation around!
What made Lin Wan the most speechless was that she was the one who suggested to Li Yada to go on the cell phone first …
Of course, Boss Pei was the one who suggested this idea. However, Lin Wan interpreted Boss Pei's intentions.
Lin Wan was starting to understand how other companies felt when they were competing with Tengda.
She had no idea where to start!
Tengda Games could be said to be a crouching tiger and hidden dragon. What's more, she could also get pointers from Boss Pei.
Just as he was worrying, there was a knock on the office door.
Lin Wan looked up and saw that it was Ye Zhizhou.
"How's the preparation for the launch of the local server?" Lin Wan asked casually.
Ye Zhizhou held a document in his hand as he sat down on the opposite side of the office desk. "Everything is going smoothly. Our department has experience in managing Bloody Battle Song. Although it is much more difficult to manage IOI, we are not flustered."
Lin Wan looked melancholic. "I don't know what Boss Pei is thinking this time."
"I don't want to compete with Tengda's games department at all.
"However, judging from Boss Pei's attitude, he seems to be encouraging us to burn money on marketing and publicity so that IOI's local server can take over GOG's market.
"I feel weird beating myself up, especially since I'm so familiar with the people in Tengda Games. It's even weirder."
"Moreover, I really don't think we have any chance of winning."
Obviously, to Lin Wan, there was a difference between the two games.
GOG was a game developed by Tengda itself. There was even a hero based on Boss Pei. IOI was not bad, but it was not as friendly.
What's more, Tengda only had the rights to operate IOI, but it could not interfere with research and development. That made Lin Wan very uncomfortable.
Ye Zhizhou remained silent for a moment and then said, "I think Boss Pei might be using a tactic to nurture his enemies.
"GOG's development has been too smooth. That would make it easy for it to slack off and be overtaken by others. "Most players would only play one game at a time. The winner takes all."
Lin Wan pondered for a moment. "I thought that too, but … where's the evidence?"
Ye Zhizhou said, "The evidence is time.
"Dream Realization Ventures' first investment was twenty million yuan in Finger Games and obtained the agency rights for IOI's local server." Immediately after that, Boss Pei asked Tengda Games to start developing GOG. Could it be a coincidence? "
"Obviously, Boss Pei foresaw the huge potential of such a game in the future.
"For most games, one could choose between agency or self-development. However, Boss Pei obviously places great importance on this game model. That's why he's doing both. One is agency while the other is self-development."
Lin Wan nodded, feeling that it made sense.
All this while, the impression that Boss Pei gave people was that he was a strategist and meticulous person.
When creating a game, once a certain type of game was successful, there would be no need to create a second game of the same type.
However, GOG and IOI were obviously the same type of game. Yet, they were being planned at the same time. Whether it was to bet on both sides or to encourage the two projects to work together, it showed that Boss Pei placed great importance on this.
Lin Wan pondered for a moment. "Then, our main goal now is to complete Boss Pei's task and seriously fight for GOG's users, right?"
Ye Zhizhou nodded. "I agree. We might not be able to guess Boss Pei's thoughts 100%, but it should be true that Boss Pei wants us to fight for GOG's users.
"However …" Lin Wan frowned slightly. "Perhaps it's because I'm very subjective when I look at GOG. I really don't think that IOI can beat GOG in any way."
Ye Zhizhou handed the document in his hand to Lin Wan. "I think this might be one of our trump cards."
Lin Wan reached out to take it and quickly flipped through it. It was a development schedule for IOI's new heroes.
IOI was expected to update twenty-four new heroes for the entire year. On average, two new heroes would be updated every month.
"So fast?!" Lin Wan was stunned.
That was because she roughly knew the complicated process of creating a new hero. Hero creativity, appearance design, concept art, modeling, actions, special effects, balance …
These tasks were very tedious.
Such an update speed could be called a model worker.
As the saying went, speed was the best in martial arts. It was the same for games. Even if a game manufacturer's game was not perfect, as long as it continuously updated, perfected, and provided new content, it would be able to maintain sufficient players' stickiness.
On the contrary, even if a company's game was very good, if it was updated too slowly and could not meet the players' needs for new content, the game's popularity would rapidly decline.
Finger Games' IOI was a well-made game. If it could be coupled with such a fast update speed …
It would definitely be very competitive!
Lin Wan pondered for a moment. "GOG … seems unable to maintain such an update speed. It would be good if they could produce a new hero in more than a month."
Ye Zhizhou nodded. "That's right. We all know Tengda Games' situation."
Now, Tengda Games was divided into two groups. Hu Xianbin led a group of people to be in charge of the research and development of Struggle. Min Jingchao and Zhang Nan led another group of people to be in charge of GOG's version update, new hero design, and skin design.
Obviously, there was a huge gap between the number of people and Finger Games. Naturally, there would be a huge gap in the speed of developing new heroes.
If IOI's hero update speed was much faster than GOG, that would mean that IOI could provide more game content to players. That would be a huge advantage that would be enough to bridge the gap in popularity in the early stages.
Lin Wan thought about it for a long time and said, "Alright, we'll make a fuss about that.
"Since Boss Pei wants our two projects to spur each other on and improve together, there's no reason to talk about favors. Let's rely on our own abilities!"
…
At the same time, Pei Qian was in his office looking at Fish-Catching Take-Out's data.
The person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Rui Yuchen, stood at the side, looking very nervous.
Fish-Catching Take-Out had been a subsidiary business of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe since its inception. The person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had changed from Ma Yang to Zhang Yuan, and then from Zhang Yuan to Xiao Peng. He had always been Rui Yuchen's direct superior.
Lin Canrong had been in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out when it was first established. However, Lin Canrong had been transferred to Ming Yun Private Kitchen by Pei Qian because of its outstanding loss-incurring performance.
Thus, Rui Yuchen filled this vacancy and had been in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out until now.
Pei Qian had never seen Rui Yuchen before because Fish-Catching Take-Out's business was affiliated with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. If he had any needs, he could mention it directly to the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.
The reason why Pei Qian called Rui Yuchen over today was, of course …
To promote him.
However, Rui Yuchen did not know Boss Pei's true intentions. He was very worried that Boss Pei would punish him this time. Thus, he was very nervous and perturbed.
Until now, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been incurring losses and no profits. On the other hand, other related businesses: Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, ROF Computer-Installation, Ming Yun Private Kitchen … had all turned losses into profits. They had even opened branches in Lincheng.
The only one that could compete with the loss-incurring Fish-Catching Take-Out was Upwind Logistics.
However, the person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics was Boss Pei's hardcore fan. Lu Mingliang had made great contributions to Boss Pei in the games department. How could they compare?
Rui Yuchen felt that if Boss Pei wanted to find a loss-incurring department, Fish-Catching Take-Out seemed to be the most reasonable choice.
At that thought, he became even more nervous.
Pei Qian was very satisfied after looking at the various figures of Fish-Catching Take-Out.
It was not difficult for a business to incur losses for a while, but it was difficult to incur losses for a long time. What's more, no matter how the other businesses turned losses into profits, whether the person-in-charge was changed or not, they would still incur losses!
Lin Canrong had made Ming Yun Private Kitchen popular enough to prove his ability.
However, even Lin Canrong could not turn Fish-Catching Take-Out's losses into profits.
That was enough to show that Fish-Catching Take-Out was a good department that could stand the test!
At that thought, Pei Qian gently knocked on the table. "What do you think … is the main reason why Fish-Catching Take-Out is still not profitable?"
Rui Yuchen's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly cursed.
Boss Pei was really going to punish him!
Rui Yuchen had the answer in his heart. He felt that Fish-Catching Take-Out could not be profitable mainly because of this business model.
However, he could not say it out loud!
Boss Pei was the one who decided on the business model. If he said that there was a problem with this model, wouldn't that be slapping Boss Pei in the face?
Rui Yuchen pretended to think hard and finally shook his head. "I don't know."
Although this answer would make him look incompetent, it was at least much better than slapping Boss Pei in the face.
Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, a little surprised by this young man's honesty.
However, he soon smiled because he was very satisfied with this answer!
It looked like he was a talent that could be molded.
Since that was the case, he could take on more responsibilities!
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