Pei Qian cleared his throat. "The standards of real estate agents are uneven now. Working with them would be a huge blow to our reputation. What's more, we're doing the rental model. It's not appropriate for us to mingle with other websites.
"All in all, there's no rush for publicity. Our product is not good enough.
"Houses are meant for people to live in. We have to be strict with environmental standards! This house has just been renovated. There must be formaldehyde in it. Let it air for a month or two is the most basic. "
Liang Qingfan hesitated and said, "Er … Boss Pei, the house was built according to your requirements. We used the most environmentally friendly materials. The formaldehyde content in the house has reached national safety standards. We can move in now."
"Huh? Is that so? "Pei Qian could not tell if he was making a loss or a profit.
Using environmentally friendly materials to renovate could cost more, but they could move in faster. Ordinary materials might be cheap, but they had to be ventilated for a long time. The later they rented out, the more they would lose.
However, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to choose the former. The health of the customers was the most important.
Although Boss Pei could not stand the customers lining up to give him money, Boss Pei was a magnanimous person. He would not hold a grudge.
Pei Qian cleared his throat. "We can't do it even if it's already up to standard. We have to continue ventilating!
"We have to be strict with ourselves. It's not enough to just meet national standards.
"All in all, let it air for at least another month.
"You don't have to worry about publicity. You've worked hard during this period. Have a good rest."
Liang Qingfan nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei."
…
…
August 5th, Friday …
At Shang Yang Games …
Lin Wan was in her office, seriously thinking about the promotional activities for GOG's world server.
Boss Pei had spent five hundred million yuan in one go. It was indeed generous, but it also put a lot of pressure on everyone in Shang Yang Games.
It was not difficult to spend this money quickly. The key was to make it worthwhile.
It would be an international joke if they spent five hundred million yuan without making a splash. Everyone in Shang Yang Games would become the laughing stock of the world.
Thus, everyone in Shang Yang Games entered a state of intense work soon after they finished working on IOI's local server.
Knock, knock.
There was a knock on the office door. Ye Zhizhou pushed the door open and entered.
"Director Lin, the person-in-charge of Finger Games' local branch wants to meet you."
Lin Wan was stunned. "Follow me?"
Ye Zhizhou nodded. "That's right. He wanted to meet Boss Pei, but Boss Pei mercilessly rejected him …"
Lin Wan found it funny. Who are you to want to meet Boss Pei?
I don't even know if I'll meet you or not.
"Who is this person in charge?" Lin Wan asked.
Ye Zhizhou answered truthfully, "I've done some research. This person seems to have quite a background. He wasn't the person in charge of the Hua Xia region that Finger Games had originally chosen. Instead, he was a high-ranking executive of Dayak Corporation's media business. His name is Eric."
Lin Wan suddenly understood. No wonder Eric felt so good about himself and wanted to meet Boss Pei. Logically speaking, his status was not low. He was indeed qualified to meet Boss Pei.
Unfortunately, Boss Pei never fell for that.
Finger Games had already become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dayak Corporation. Dayak Corporation also liked to meddle in other people's business. They could even parachute a higher-up to be directly in charge of the operations of IOI's local server.
Lin Wan sighed. "Finger Games' branch was established really quickly. I'm afraid they've been preparing for this for a long time."
Ye Zhizhou nodded. "That's right. Taking back the operating rights of IOI's local server should be the common wish of Finger Games and Dayak Corporation's higher-ups.
"Finger Games has always had a strong desire to expand. They sold themselves to Dayak Corporation so that they could obtain more funds and promote IOI to the world faster."
"They obviously attach great importance to the domestic market as well. They feel that IOI is struggling and being beaten by GOG because of our poor promotion. They even suspect that Tengda bought their shares to make it easier for them to play tricks behind the scenes and support GOG.
"Therefore, Finger Games has long been planning to take over IOI's local server. Dayak Corporation's privatization offer was to push the boat along with the current, in line with their mutual interests. Dayak Corporation only sent a high-ranking executive to take over after everything was done.
"As for why Eric wants to see Boss Pei and you, I'm not sure."
Lin Wan remained silent for a moment and then said, "Alright, I'll go and meet him.
"Boss Pei would definitely not want to see him and lower his status, but I can go and meet him. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win a hundred battles. Since we're going to fight them, we might be able to obtain some useful information. "
…
Lin Wan arrived at a cafe in downtown Jingzhou and met Eric.
He had a standard Western face and looked to be in his forties. He had a good figure, but his hairline was worrisome. His beard was longer than the hair on his head. Fortunately, his beard had been carefully styled.
The two of them exchanged a few simple pleasantries. They were well aware of each other's identities as enemies.
What surprised Lin Wan was that Eric spoke Mandarin well with only a slight accent.
Eric took a sip of coffee and casually looked at his watch. "My flight is at five in the afternoon, so we have plenty of time."
Lin Wan smiled slightly. She could tell that Eric was using the watch that cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, his outfit, and some specific actions and expressions to suppress her in terms of aura. However, she was completely unmoved.
I don't even care about the president of Shenhua Corporation. You're just a higher-up in a media company under Dayak Corporation. You're putting on an act.
Lin Wan smiled slightly. "It doesn't matter if you miss the boarding time. I can consider lending you my private plane."
Eric's hand that was holding the coffee obviously froze.
He was obviously confused. Did he have to pay attention to the basic rules of posturing?
Tengda was just a local snake in Jingzhou. You're just the person-in-charge of one of Tengda's business departments. Where did you get a private plane?
Are people nowadays all so dishonest?
Eric was speechless but after some thought, he still had to have self-restraint. There was no need to fight with a girl in her twenties. Thus, he finally decided to skip this topic and get down to business.
"Alright, Miss Lin, it seems like we both know what we're here for."
"I came all the way from Shanghai to Jingzhou just to observe my opponent. I believe Ms. Lin has the same thoughts as me."
"Obviously, Boss Pei didn't come to see me personally because he wanted to hide his intentions as much as possible. He sent you here to obtain information about me."
"It's an interesting little trick, but it's meaningless."
Lin Wan's expression darkened. "You know nothing about Boss Pei. Such baseless speculation is very stupid."
Eric was not angry. He took a sip of coffee slowly and said, "How do you know that I'm making baseless speculation? This is my first time stepping on Jingzhou's soil. I might have only been here for a few short hours, but I've gained enough. "
Lin Wan was noncommittal. "What did you gain from your trip to Jingzhou, Mr. Eric?"
Eric said slowly and confidently, "I confirmed some of my thoughts. For example, the truth about the competition between GOG and IOI."
"I was shocked when I first found out that IOI's original operating company was in Jingzhou because it did not make sense at all. No matter how you look at it, the operating company should be located in Shanghai. "
"Later, I found out some insider information and confirmed my inference."
"I have to say that Tengda was lucky. It seized the opportunity when IOI was still unknown. It bought Finger Games' shares at an extremely low price and obtained the operating rights of the local server."
"However, you were too greedy. Your goal was only to better promote GOG in the country."
"Why did IOI advance and achieve great success in other parts of the world but suffer repeated setbacks here? Obviously, this was not a fair battle from the beginning. It was just a self-directed performance by the two departments of your company! "
"Why are the main promotional activities and competitions in Jingzhou? Obviously, it's because Tengda has a stronger force in Jingzhou. They can change the outcome of the competition without anyone noticing and determine the winner internally. "
"Therefore, we know very well that if we continue to leave the operating rights of IOI's local server to Tengda, IOI will never be able to be promoted in the country. That is intolerable to us because there are so many players in the Huaxia region. We cannot give up."
"You saw this opportunity to extort a huge sum of money, but it doesn't matter. This is nothing to Dayak. The profits that IOI can earn in the Huaxia region are far more than tens of millions of US dollars. It will be a huge scale of billions of US dollars!"
Lin Wan listened quietly and said, "Mr. Eric, are you so sure that IOI can defeat GOG and eat from the domestic plate?"
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