April 27th, Wednesday …
At Shang Yang Games …
Pei Qian specially made a trip to Shang Yang Games today, intending to understand the promotion of IOI's local server.
Pei Qian had been very relaxed and did not ask about it ever since he handed this task to Lin Wan at the beginning of the month.
After all, IOI's momentum overseas could be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds. If this continued, it was only a matter of time before IOI's local server and international server would meet.
What's more, Pei Qian was secretly helping Lin Wan.
After learning about IOI's crazy update plan, Hu Xianbin anxiously looked for Boss Pei, hoping to increase his manpower. However, he was rejected.
"Given Shang Yang Games and Lin Wan's abilities, it should be enough to help them a little, right?"
Pei Qian was very clear about the principle of 'speed is unbeatable in martial arts'. In his memory, Fist Games relied on crazy update speed to rapidly expand its market share. What's more, it maintained quality at the same time. That was why it achieved such great success.
Now that Finger Games had also embarked on this path, the effect would definitely be immediate.
Pei Qian could not be said to be gratified. After all, no matter how popular GOG or IOI became, Pei Qian had to make money. He just felt that the world was normal and developing in the direction he had expected. He was a little happy.
Pei Qian was discovered by the employees the moment he arrived at the office.
"Boss Pei!"
"Boss Pei, why are you here?"
"Please take a seat."
"I'm sorry, we're busy releasing new heroes."
The office looked very busy. Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others were busy with their own things. They only greeted Pei Qian and continued staring at the computer screen and typing.
Pei Qian did not mind. "You guys do your own things. I'm just here to take a look."
Lin Wan came out of her office with a document in her hand. She seemed to be in a hurry. "Rewrite the update announcement. I've circled a few areas that don't make sense. Also, you must emphasize that this is the first time the local and world servers have been updated simultaneously. We're no longer playing the old version of the world server. This is very important!"
"… Boss Pei, why are you here?"
Lin Wan looked slightly surprised. After all, Boss Pei did not come to Shang Yang Games often.
Although Boss Pei often gave guidance to Shang Yang Games, Boss Pei would only give them a few words of advice when they encountered huge difficulties. Boss Pei would only give them a few pointers. Whether they could understand or not depended on themselves.
It was rare for him to come in person like today.
Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw Lin Wan's current state. He was very satisfied.
Yes, from a newbie who knew nothing at the beginning, he had quickly grown into a department head and an outstanding designer who could take charge of everything on his own!
Seeing how seriously Lin Wan was promoting IOI's local server, Lin Wan should have proven her ability when IOI became popular globally in the future. She should be able to return to Shenhua to inherit the family fortune, right?
Although there was a serious deviation from the script that he had envisioned, the result was the same.
Speaking of which, Lin Wan was probably one of the few employees who would not make Boss Pei uncomfortable with her work.
"It's alright. I'm just here to look around and understand IOI's local server," said Pei Qian.
Lin Wan nodded. "Yes, Boss Pei, please come to the guest room. I'll give you a brief report."
Pei Qian: "Get back to work."
Lin Wan smiled. "It's okay. I've already arranged the work. Besides, it won't take more than a few minutes. It'll be quick. "
Pei Qian nodded and followed Lin Wan to the guest room.
"Boss Pei, we found IOI's trump card compared to GOG not long after receiving the task of operating IOI's local server. That is the speed of updates. Therefore, our operations are mainly to cooperate with Finger Games to integrate the promotion of the new hero and the game.
"Take this promotion for example. The new hero that Finger Games gave is' Bloodthirsty Lonely Shadow Salag ', a two-form werewolf.
"Finger Games provided a promotional animation for this hero. We have already updated it to the client of the local server. At the same time, we have also bought some videos and website advertisements to promote this new hero.
"There will be a publicity campaign for the new hero every two weeks to ensure that IOI's popularity can always be maintained at a higher position.
"At the same time, we argued with Finger Games and asked them to seriously consider the situation of the local server. Once the local server review was completed, they would synchronize the updates and achieve the same version of the local and foreign servers. That way, one of IOI's shortcomings would be made up for!
"If there are no accidents, GOG should not be able to produce a new hero for nearly a month. In comparison, many people would definitely jump ship to IOI because of the update problems.
"Boss Pei, you said to do your best. We will not show any mercy to GOG!"
Pei Qian nodded continuously after listening to the report.
Good, reliable!
The people from Shang Yang Games, especially Lin Wan, had used the energy to backstab GOG. The effect was indeed outstanding!
Pei Qian did not have a deep understanding of the situation of IOI's local server before. After listening to Lin Wan's report, he realized that Shang Yang Games had done a lot in less than a month!
Not only did they complete the most basic work of opening the server, maintenance, and updating the version, but they also facilitated the synchronization of the local and international servers. What's more, they had seized the weakness of GOG's slow update of new heroes to deal a heavy blow.
Perfect!
Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly and praise her. "Very well done, but you must not let your guard down. You must guard against arrogance and rashness, understand?"
It was not that he had thought of a way to turn GOG around, but purely from experience, he felt that things would not be so simple.
After all, he had too much experience fighting with this group of people. He knew that these people were best at counterattacks. Just when Boss Pei thought that things were 'stable', they would suddenly turn the situation around.
Lin Wan nodded. "Of course! Boss Pei, I think the battle with GOG will be a long process. Until now, I only have a fifty percent chance of winning. "
Pei Qian was speechless. "Fifty percent chance of winning?"
It was just to be cautious, but it should not be that low, right?
It should still be seventy percent.
Lin Wan was stunned. "Why, Boss Pei, did I overestimate it? Do you think that you don't even have a fifty percent chance of winning? "
"Er …" Pei Qian was speechless. They were not on the same wavelength again.
Why did his employees not have any chemistry with him at all?
Pei Qian was just about to explain when urgent knocks came from outside the guest room.
Lin Wan was stunned and looked at Pei Qian.
Pei Qian nodded, indicating that she could open the door.
Lin Wan walked briskly to the door and realized that it was Ye Zhizhou.
"Oh no, GOG has updated its official website!" Ye Zhizhou looked serious as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
Pei Qian could not help but feel confused.
？
Updated the official website?
It was not a game version update. It was just updating the official website. What was there to be surprised about?
They could not possibly overpower the popularity of IOI's new heroes just by updating the official website, could they?
That couldn't be?
Lin Wan and Pei Qian walked to the office with doubts in their minds and checked on Ye Zhizhou's computer.
They saw that the title of the event was written in huge artistic calligraphy in an eye-catching position on GOG's official website: "GOG Creative Community Launched. Every player is a hero designer!"
There was a small line of words below: "If your idea is adopted, you will receive an indefinite cash reward of five percent of the profits from the hero's skin!"
There were many rules for the event, including a few special sections on the official website. Players could submit articles, participants could like the articles, and the official website could change the brand periodically.
Ye Zhizhou had obviously just discovered this as well. His expression was serious. "Min Jingchao is really something! I did not expect him to use such a method to leech off players' creativity!
"That way, they can save a lot of creative work. They can filter according to players' preferences, and the design team can only be responsible for the production part. That would save a lot of time!
"That's not all. This event seems to have caused a huge uproar among GOG's players because the rewards are too generous!
"Anyone who participates in this forum, regardless of whether their ideas are adopted or not — even if they are just an enthusiastic onlooker who likes their articles — will be rewarded!
"GOG might not have released any new heroes yet, but players' attention has been completely stolen by this event!
"Even if our new hero, Bloodthirsty Lonely Shadow, is online, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to steal players' attention …"
Lin Wan's expression also became serious.
"So that's how it is … what a brilliant counterattack.
"Indeed, the most difficult opponents are our own people.
"This way, we can fully utilize the players' wisdom and speed up the production of new heroes. At the same time, we can use a portion of the profits to tie the players to GOG's chariot and prevent them from betraying us. Most importantly, this move can only be used under the premise that we have a large player base. GOG happened to have the advantage in numbers in the previous competition.
"They did not even release any new heroes. They only made a simple event page and made an announcement on the mobile app, PC app, and official website. That immediately stirred up the players' emotions …"
Ye Zhizhou was a little indignant. "Can we also …"
Lin Wan shook her head. "We can't.
"We can't interfere with Finger Games' research and development. Even if we asked for suggestions, Finger Games would probably not accept them.
"What's more, we are just operating. The pricing strategy has to be roughly the same as the international server. It would be difficult to give players such generous rewards. Naturally, we would not be able to fully mobilize the players' enthusiasm.
"I thought we had found GOG's Achilles' heel. I didn't expect them to find IOI's Achilles' heel …
"I heard that Li Yada had given up her position and that Hu Xianbin was busy with the new game. I thought that Min Jingchao would not be so difficult to deal with.
"It looks like we've underestimated our enemy. Everyone in Tengda Games can be independent. Any newcomer who can be promoted to chief designer cannot be underestimated …"
Lin Wan looked at Pei Qian and sighed. "Boss Pei, no wonder you think that my chances of winning are less than fifty percent.
"Indeed, once GOG makes this move, our chances of winning are probably only forty percent.
"Indeed, when experts fight, one wrong step leads to many wrong steps. If we are one step slower at the beginning, it would be harder than ascending to heaven to catch up."
Apart from blinking slightly, Boss Pei did not have any other expression.
Lin Wan could not help but look enlightened. "Boss Pei, did you already think that they might use such a strategy? Was that why you were already mentally prepared?"
Pei Qian: "…"
After reacting for a few seconds, question marks floated above Pei Qian's head.
？？？
What the hell was this?!
Pei Qian was indeed expressionless, but it was not because he was calm. It was because everything had happened so suddenly that his brain could not keep up.
So …
I didn't let Tengda Games recruit people, so they thought of crowdfunding from players and freeloading on their hero's creativity?
Shameless!
As a designer, he did not use his brain to design heroes but only thought about freeloading on players' creativity. Was there still any law? Was there still any law?
Finger Games was seriously designing heroes, but you guys were copying their homework!
That was too shameless!
Pei Qian almost trembled with anger. It felt like he was preparing to run a marathon. He had just finished warming up when he saw the contestant next to him suddenly bring a motorcycle up, turn the accelerator, and disappear.
He might have given a lot of profits to players, but that money was all shared. That would not help with the losses at all!
Wait, giving a lot of profits to players?
Pei Qian suddenly realized that he seemed to have neglected a very important piece of information.
"Wait, what did you say the highest reward for the idea being adopted is?"
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