August 19th, Friday …
Pei Qian came to Shang Yang Games to supervise the progress of spending money.
Other things could not be rushed, but spending money could not be rushed.
It was impossible to spend such a large sum of money at once. For example, organizing the competition, confirming the schedule, confirming the venue, sending invitations to the various clubs, getting them to apply for visas in advance, and so on. All of these required time.
If they did not deal with it fast enough and caused a sum of money to not be spent before settlement, it would be very stiff.
It had been two weeks since the previous spending plan was finalized. Most of the work should have been carried out. It was time to ask about it.
Everyone in Shang Yang Games had arrived in the conference room.
Everyone looked much more relaxed compared to the previous meeting.
Once Boss Pei made his move, it gave everyone the feeling that everything was' stable '. Everything was developing in a better direction!
Lin Wan sorted out the information in her hands and began to report recent work.
"First, let's talk about the current situation of the local server.
"Although our focus for the future is the world server, I am also paying attention to the situation of the local server. That is because the local server is the foundation of GOG. We cannot afford to lose it.
"It is worth mentioning that Eric's second wave of attack has also failed."
Eh?
Pei Qian felt a little strange.
This time, he remembered who Eric was. It was the executive who had parachuted in to take charge of IOI's local server.
However, the second wave of attack had also failed?
Was it still so efficient?
Pei Qian did not even know when the second wave of attack had begun …
That was a little awkward. The news of the victory had reached Boss Pei's ears even earlier than the news of the war. That was ridiculous.
Lin Wan continued. "After the initial push strategy failed, Eric changed his strategy, which was to start from the surrounding industries of the game.
"He found several domestic live-stream platforms, famous live-streamers, and some veteran e-sports clubs, hoping to cooperate and promote IOI. As you can imagine, it was still the same as before. He was either politely rejected or avoided.
"I can only say that GOG is already a monolithic block in the country so far. While maintaining a high percentage of users, internet cafes, live-stream platforms, clubs, and so on have also been built into a monolithic block. They have huge common interests with GOG.
"Moreover, this kind of common interest not only includes short-term immediate interests, but also long-term interests in the future. The internet cafes, live-stream platforms, and clubs all think that IOI has no chance of winning. Thus, in the long run, it would be more appropriate to stand on GOG's side. "
"Although Eric can give some short-term benefits, he can't guarantee long-term benefits because he can't build enough confidence for these people."
"And confidence is the most important thing."
"Eric even found a few clubs to sponsor them to set up an IOI branch, but they were all rejected. On the one hand, Eric's offer is not high enough. On the other hand, these clubs are also afraid of arousing our dissatisfaction, causing them to be unable to get a place in the upcoming World Invitational Tournament. "
Pei Qian sighed silently. Eric was so pitiful.
He had originally wanted to show off his skills on the local server and fight to the death with GOG. However, he was stuck at the first step and could not even spend money.
Of course, if Eric was really willing to spend a lot of money, he would definitely be able to spend it. In the end, the price he offered was not high enough.
The internet cafes, clubs, and live-stream platforms were not tempted at all. Naturally, they closed the door on him.
Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. This Eric was a genius!
The two waves of attacks didn't even succeed in recruiting troops, let alone starting a war. They were still stuck at the stage of giving speeches before the uprising.
He was really envious.
Wang Xiaobin clicked his tongue in wonder. "This Eric is really a talent. When he first came to the country, he was so arrogant and arrogant. In the end, this is it? "
Ye Zhizhou also said, "It might be a little unkind to say that, but I really want to know what his expression is like now."
Lin Wan smiled. "To be honest, these things are not all his responsibility."
"Eric is only the person-in-charge of IOI's local server operations after all. His money is from Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. He can't spend it casually."
"If he can really spend money without limit, as long as the price is high enough, there will always be people who will change sides. However, the problem is that he can't. "
"Dayak Corporation might be very rich, but that doesn't contradict them being stingy."
"Dayak Corporation is all about money. They must be able to see tangible benefits after spending a sum of money. It's just like how they spent a sum of money that we can't afford to buy Finger Games because they have seen IOI's overseas results. I believe that in the future, Finger Games will create more value for them than the original purchase price. "
"However, it will be difficult for Eric to convince the senior management of Dayak Corporation to spend a huge amount of money on promoting the local server. What's more, this money might not be effective even if it is spent. Eric would be the scapegoat then. He would not dare to take that risk. "
"There's another piece of news that can be used as evidence."
"It's said that Finger Games has been preparing for IOI's international competition for a long time. However, their budget was limited and they only prepared a hundred thousand US dollars."
"Dayak Corporation's acquisition happened midway, so this matter was temporarily put on hold."
"When Finger Games had this idea again, we were the first to announce that we were going to organize an international invitational tournament. What's more, we increased the prize pool by dozens of times. The champion's prize alone reached a million US dollars!"
"That would be awkward for Finger Games."
"GOG is launching an attack on IOI worldwide. It would be too embarrassing if they organized a competition and the prize pool was only a hundred thousand US dollars. It would be better not to organize it."
"If they don't want to be embarrassing, their prize pool has to be at least similar to ours."
"However, the Dayak Corporation doesn't seem to have reached a consensus on this because the previous acquisition had already consumed a large amount of cash flow from the Dayak Corporation's media company. Many of the higher-ups are unwilling to fork out a few million US dollars in a short period of time to prepare for the competition. They think it's not worth it."
"It's not that they don't have money, they're just unwilling to spend it."
"That's why this matter can only be put on hold."
Pei Qian nodded silently. Yes, he had thought that Eric was a talent, but it seemed like he was not.
The main reason why Eric was being beaten up in the local server was because of Dayak's senior management who was really in charge of money.
Pei Qian's ability to spend money did not lie in how much money he had, but in how much he dared to spend.
I have 100 yuan, and you have 1,000 yuan. It might seem like you have ten times more than me, but I don't feel the pinch even if I spend all 100 yuan. If you spend 20 yuan, you have to think twice. In terms of ability to spend money, I am still a little stronger.
Pei Qian soon lost interest in Eric's matter.
Sigh, I thought I could put some pressure on GOG in the country so that I could spend more money and earn less.
I looked forward to it for nothing.
Pei Qian felt a little bored.
Lin Wan continued. "However, his third wave of attack has already begun.
"In the first two attempts, he seemed to realize that GOG's foundation is very stable, including internet cafes, live-stream platforms, and clubs. They are all deeply tied to us.
"GOG's related industries are already a piece of iron. There's nothing he can do about it."
"Therefore, Eric probably wants to change his way of thinking. He wants to poach players of other types of games and let players who have never played GOG fall into IOI's trap. He seems to be planning to work with manufacturers such as beverages, men's skincare products, mice, and e-sports chairs. He wants to shift his main focus to fighting for third parties.
"Boss Pei, do you think there's a need to follow him?"
Pei Qian's eyes lit up.
This Eric is good. He found a breakthrough in such a passive situation?
Looking for third-party manufacturers to work with? Why didn't we think of that before?
Very good, this Eric has given me a new way to spend money!
Thank him!
Pei Qian nodded. "It's necessary, very necessary!
"Keep an eye on him. We'll work with whichever company Eric works with. No matter what he chooses, we'll follow him immediately!
"There's no need to use your brain. Just spend money. How simple!"
Everyone could not help but look sympathetic.
Back when Shang Yang Games was promoting IOI's local server, Tengda Games did the same.
No matter what kind of promotion method IOI's local server thought of, GOG would follow it brainlessly!
Everyone in Shang Yang Games wanted to die because of the 'rub' formula.
That was because GOG's domestic user base had crushed IOI. Thus, as long as they followed it brainlessly, IOI would not be able to do anything.
At the same time, everyone was even more certain that Tengda Games must have learned this from Boss Pei.
This hooligan method was exactly the same!
It could only be said that everyone could only watch the fire from the shore and mourn for Eric.
Pei Qian, on the other hand, was immersed in the joy of finding a new way to spend money. He did not care about Eric's life or death.
"Alright, this matter is settled. Continue." Pei Qian waved his hand to signal for the meeting to continue.
Lin Wan continued, "GOG's overseas marketing has also achieved good results."
"Boss Pei, with the remaining twenty million US dollars, we acquired a comic company in the United States that has less than 5% of the market share. It's called Hurricane Comics. We decided to use its biggest IP, the Multifaceted Man, as the main hero for publicity."
"After some foreshadowing and warm-up, the advertisements for the Multifaceted Man and GOG have been fully spread in Times Square, subways, bus stations, major websites, and other areas. The number of users of GOG's overseas server is growing rapidly every day.
"GOG's conscientious price has been well received by overseas players. Heroes with interesting mechanisms such as the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan, and Modest have also won the love of overseas players.
"Tengda Games has completed the production of the Multifaceted Man now. It can be released this weekend. There should be a surge in traffic then!"
Pei Qian frowned slightly. "Wait, the Hurricane Comics Company you mentioned just now … don't tell me they just made a movie called Iron Man?"
Lin Wan shook her head in confusion. "Iron Man? What's that? Hurricane Comics does not have any ability to make movies and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Otherwise, they would not have sold themselves for more than 20 million US dollars. "
Pei Qian was relieved.
Yes, that's what I said. I can't be so unlucky every time.
I can't possibly buy a seriously undervalued company, right? That would be too unscientific.
He had been having a headache about how to spend the 20 million US dollars. Now that he had spent it smoothly, he could rest assured.
What's more, he had bought a comic company that was on the verge of bankruptcy and had less than 5% market share. It would not directly beat IOI overseas. That was good.
The attack should not be too fierce. Let GOG eat away at IOI's market share bit by bit. That way, Dayak Corporation would resist, and GOG could continue to spend money to promote itself.
You expand your market share, I snatch your market share. This cycle would form a perpetual motion.
GOG and IOI could continue to play happily in the overseas server. Everyone could happily burn money together. Wouldn't that be perfect?
Dayak, you've bought the money-burning tree of IOI's local server and made us burn money brainlessly. I have no choice but to make you my new money-burning tree!
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