Pei Qian was very envious of Eric's' results' over the past few months.
He had been burning money, but he did not even make a splash after burning for a long time, much less earn money or seize market share. It could be said to be burning silently.
Pei Qian could not catch up to this level.
Pei Qian had thought of poaching Eric, but he quickly dispelled that idea.
How could someone who could reach the upper echelons of a multinational company be a good-for-nothing?
The possibility was actually very low.
Then, why did Eric suffer a crushing defeat after being in charge of IOI's local server?
Pei Qian felt that this most likely had nothing to do with his personal ability. It mainly depended on the current market situation.
At the moment, the situation of IOI's local server was already beyond saving.
Hadn't Shang Yang Games been beaten to the ground by GOG when they were operating IOI's local server? Even Pei Qian himself had rolled up his sleeves and gone into battle. Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and the others had racked their brains and done their best to launch a series of marketing activities. However, it was still useless in the end.
The root of the failure was that IOI had already fallen behind GOG. GOG had already occupied most of the domestic market share. Under such circumstances, no matter how good the marketing plan was, it would not be able to change fate.
That could not be blamed on Eric's incompetence.
What if all of Eric's suppressed energy was released after he dug it out? What if it was uncontrollable?
What's more, Eric was a senior executive of a multinational company. Dayak Corporation had the absolute advantage in terms of salary, shares, competition agreement, cultural background, and so on. The possibility of poaching him was extremely low.
Thus, Pei Qian did not intend to poach him. Instead, he had other plans.
Eric was no longer in charge of IOI's local server. With his qualifications and status, it was impossible for him to be pushed to the end when he returned. He would still be a senior executive of Dayak Corporation and would still have a high say in IOI's operations.
He would definitely report to the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation when he returned this time. He might also be held accountable.
No matter what, Eric would definitely report everything that had happened while he was in charge of IOI's local server, including the information he had gathered about GOG and Tengda.
That way, wouldn't Eric be equivalent to a messenger between Pei Qian and the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation?
Before Eric left, he specially made a trip to Jingzhou to take photos at the GPL league venue. Obviously, he was collecting information as a bargaining chip for his comeback.
The more information and details he gathered from Tengda Corporation and GOG's promotion, the more he could reduce his responsibility. He could even influence the decisions of Dayak's upper echelons.
Pei Qian felt that since that was the case, why not use Eric to help him send a message to the higher-ups of Dayak?
He was now worried about Dayak Corporation's lateness.
There was no need to talk about the domestic market. IOI's local server was almost dead. The few remaining players were still being lost every day. GOG's overseas market was also advancing by leaps and bounds. If Pei Qian had not deliberately split half of Shang Yang Games' employees to slow down its expansion, IOI's overseas situation would not have been optimistic.
From Pei Qian's perspective, IOI's situation was already very dangerous. That made him very worried.
But even so, Dayak Corporation was still slow to react and did not give any reliable solution.
At the end of the day, it was because Dayak Corporation was too arrogant. They looked down on Tengda, a 'small company' in China, just like when Eric first came to Jingzhou.
The difference was that Eric had been beaten up and sobered up, but the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation had not.
Thus, Pei Qian hoped that he could use this meal to make Eric his mouthpiece.
Eric frowned slightly, his brain working quickly.
On one hand, he felt that as a victor, Boss Pei's motive for treating him to a meal was a mystery. It might be to humiliate him;
On the other hand, he was also a little worried that if news of this meal spread, it would have any negative effects on him.
If the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation found out about this, would they think that he was not good at operating IOI's local server because he had been bribed by Tengda or because of some interest?
Would Tengda take the initiative to leak the news of this meal and achieve the so-called 'killing with a borrowed knife' effect?
However, Eric decided to take the risk after imagining all sorts of possible business conspiracies.
Boss Pei might not have good intentions by treating him to this meal, but he had to take the risk for the sake of information!
Thus, Eric hesitated for a few seconds before immediately smiling and nodding. "Of course, it's my honor to have a meal with Boss Pei."
Pei Qian was very happy. "Alright, let's eat somewhere else?"
There might not be any seats in the nameless restaurant today, but he could eat at Boss Li's Ming House. He could spend more money there.
Eric quickly waved his hand. "There's no need for that. I'm flying in the afternoon. I don't have much time. I'll just eat something simple in this shopping mall."
Rushing to catch a flight was just an excuse. In fact, Eric was worried that Tengda would have a lot of people. If he rashly ate at a restaurant he was not familiar with, he might be up to something. Thus, he was still a little wary.
Pei Qian nodded nonchalantly. "Alright, let's eat in this shopping mall."
…
Ten minutes later, everyone arrived at a high-end restaurant in the shopping mall.
Great World might be a big shopping mall in the core area of Jingzhou, but the overall price of the restaurant was still far from that of places like the nameless restaurant or Ming House. The more expensive restaurants were only about a hundred yuan per person.
After all, it was 2011. The overall price level had not inflated that much. To ordinary people, this price was already very high.
Pei Qian took the menu from the waiter and handed it to Eric. Eric declined.
Pei Qian only took a few glances at the menu before handing it back to the waiter. "Just order some special dishes according to the number of people we have. Pick the most expensive ones."
He flipped to the page of alcohol and said, "And the most expensive bottle of XO."
Lin Wan, Zhang Yuan, and the others were a little surprised to hear that Boss Pei had actually ordered alcohol. Eric, on the other hand, did not notice it at all.
All the old employees knew that Boss Pei was not a teetotaler. He often drank cocktails when he was at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, Boss Pei was very averse to drinking at the dining table, and he especially disliked making toasts and other social interactions.
The dinner this time was obviously a social event.
However, Boss Pei took the initiative to order alcohol with high alcohol content. What did that mean?
Eric did not know these things. He was just wary of 'alcohol'.
What did he mean? Did he want to get me drunk and get information from me?
Eric might be more confident in his alcohol tolerance, but it was a one-against-many situation after all. The other party was young. The situation might be very disadvantageous.
However, it was a good thing that Boss Pei did not order white wine but XO. What's more, there was only one bottle. Eric felt that there should not be any big problems.
After drinking, one would be more relaxed. Eric felt that it would be easier for him to spy on information, so he did not refuse.
The waiter quickly served special brandy glasses and poured about 30 milliliters of wine for everyone.
Pei Qian had already raised his glass. "Mr. Eric, there was a little friction between our two companies in the past, but that's all in the past. Personally, I still admire you. Come, everyone, raise your glasses. It's all in the wine! "
Pei Qian raised his head and downed the glass in one gulp.
Of course, the others did not dare to delay when they saw that Boss Pei had done it. They quickly followed suit.
Eric was a little confused.
What did he mean?
Although the drinking habits of each country were different, it was not up to Eric to decide how to drink when it came to the Chinese table.
He had thought that Boss Pei would probably take turns to toast him with the others to get him drunk. In the end, Boss Pei did not seem to have any intention of doing so.
Instead, he was' drinking first to show respect '?
That made Eric feel confused. He was stunned for a moment before drinking the wine.
He felt that things were going too smoothly. It was even a little beyond his expectations.
Boss Pei seemed to be in high spirits. After casually eating two mouthfuls of food, he said, "Mr. Eric, do you know how you lost in the process of promoting IOI's local server?"
Eric, who had just finished drinking, was stunned again.
He was still struggling with how to change the topic to GOG and IOI, but Boss Pei actually took the initiative to mention it?
Eric thought for a moment and said, "I'm not capable enough."
Pei Qian smiled. "No, no, no, it has nothing to do with your ability. Mr. Eric, you're purely being held back by the higher-ups of Dayak Company. "
"Actually, there's only one fundamental reason why IOI's local server can't be promoted: money! How can you poach players if you can't bear to spend money? "
Eric was a little confused. "Boss Pei, don't lie to me. I've done a lot of research and research."
"We've invested a huge amount of money in the operation and promotion of the game. How can you say that we can't bear to spend money?"
"What's more, as far as I know, GOG's success is not just because of spending money. You've promoted it through various methods such as internet cafe activities, buying IP, and crowdfunding heroes. These are not problems that can be solved by spending money alone. "
Pei Qian smiled and shook his head. "Your understanding is too shallow.
"Do you think that only spending money to organize competitions and activities is considered burning money?
"GOG's heroes are all free, and the skins are all cheap. On the other hand, the cheapest skin in IOI costs thirty to forty yuan. Isn't this burning money?
"In order to promote GOG, we specially opened a 3.0 model of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Isn't this burning money?
"You only saw us acquiring Hurricane Comics Company and advertising in Times Square, but you didn't see that even though GOG has a dominant position in the domestic market, we have no intention of raising prices at all. To put it bluntly, this is burning money!
"Earning less money is equivalent to burning money.
"You're promoting IOI.
You didn't burn as much money as we did in the domestic server. IOI's heroes and skins are still charging the original price. How can you win?
"You want to burn money to expand your market share, but you're not resolute enough. That's why you're burning money for nothing."
A trace of shock flashed across Eric's face.
He had thought about these things a long time ago, but he was powerless to change it. That was because the price of IOI's domestic server's skins had to be linked to the international server. They could not possibly sell the same skin for ten US dollars in the international server and only ten yuan in the domestic server, right?
If that happened, the players in the international server would rebel.
However, it would be unacceptable for both Finger Games and Dayak Corporation if all the skins were to be sold at a low price like GOG.
Thus, even if Eric wanted to reduce the price of IOI's domestic server's skins, Dayak Corporation's senior management would not agree.
That was indeed one of the key reasons why IOI could not beat GOG.
Eric was a little confused. "Boss Pei, why are you telling me this? We're still enemies at the moment. Aren't you afraid that I'll use this information to threaten GOG's market share? "
Pei Qian smiled. "Of course I'm not afraid because Dayak Corporation wouldn't dare.
"You're too concerned about the cost-performance ratio of burning money. You don't dare to burn money that is not worth it. Thus, there's nothing you can do even if I tell you.
"Would you dare to spend tens of millions of yuan to buy an IP? Would you dare to open internet cafes to promote games? Would you dare to lower the price of the skins to the same standard as GOG? Would you dare to spend hundreds of millions of yuan to organize an e-sports competition?
"If you don't dare, what can I do even if I tell you?
"What's more, GOG has already occupied an advantageous position. It's only a matter of time before it obtains the remaining market share.
"Mr. Eric, we've already won.
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