The progress of these companies was different. Some were fast, some were slow. Some were working hard on their products, and some were racking their brains every day on how to market.
The founders' personalities were different, and the company's style of doing things was naturally different.
Based on the current situation, Meng Chang was indeed quite capable. To be able to open his first shop in such a short period of time and do well in all aspects, forming quite a good popularity on the internet, that was enough to explain the problem.
The Cold-Faced Lady was considered the best performer among all the projects that Dream Realization Ventures had invested in. What's more, it was the fastest to burn money.
Soon, all the projects were reported. Two companies discovered a small problem. After Jing Haibing pointed it out, the finance department of the two companies immediately recorded it and prepared to correct it after the meeting.
The video signals were cut off at the end of the meeting.
He Desheng said, "Boss Pei, are we still going to follow the previous guidelines strictly? If we continue to invest after burning all the money, then … based on the Cold-Faced Lady's current spending rate, we might have to invest again next month. "
Pei Qian nodded. "Yes, keep the original plan the same. We'll invest when we have to! Just let me know the next time you invest money into the Cold-Faced Lady. "
He Desheng nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei."
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November 25th, Friday …
After lunch, Pei Qian specially went to the office again and pulled out the results of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test from the backend.
There were a total of four chances for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. New employees would enter the trial period after they joined the company for a month. There would be a chance to test every Friday.
If they passed any of the four tests, they would officially join the company. If they failed all of them, they would have to leave.
However, since these new employees needed different amounts of time to complete the resignation procedures at their original employers, they joined Tengda at different times.
About a quarter of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test this time were people who failed the previous test. The rest were taking part in the test for the first time.
Pei Qian did not have much hope for this at first. After all, it had only been a week since the last test. What changes could there be?
Even if what he said at the gathering of the person-in-charge had a subtle impact on the entire company's atmosphere, it should not have such an immediate effect.
Pei Qian opened the platform to check.
"Eh?"
"The passing rate seems to have decreased, right?"
"It has indeed dropped!"
Pei Qian could not help but smile. This was a pleasant surprise!
The backend of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test would show the passing rate of each test, as well as the passing rates of the first, second, and third tests.
In other words, in this batch of new employees, the approximate percentage of people who passed the test twice and other detailed data would also be calculated.
There seemed to be a clear downward trend.
"Could it be that such a good thing really exists?"
"No, I can't get carried away."
"Although the passing rate for this term has indeed decreased, the people taking the exam each time are different, so the passing rate will naturally fluctuate."
"This kind of thing still needs to be observed for a long time. We can't jump to conclusions."
Pei Qian silently looked through the data again, prepared to continue observing for a while longer. He would wait for all the new employees to complete the Tengda Spirit test before making a decision after seeing the final passing rate.
Pei Qian casually browsed through the recent news online after closing the platform of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test.
Suddenly, he saw a keyword at the bottom of the hot searches: 'IOI's new version'.
"Eh? Does that mean that IOI's new version has already leaked out? "Pei Qian immediately clicked on it.
Some time ago, Shang Yang Games had already found out about some changes to IOI's local server strategy. After all, Shang Yang Games definitely had more channels to obtain news in the industry than ordinary netizens.
However, since Shang Yang Games could find out about this information, it must mean that these changes were already in production. It was basically a done deal. Then, it was not surprising that the news would leak and be exposed on the internet.
Shang Yang Games would indeed be more well-informed, but it would only be one or two weeks faster at most.
Pei Qian searched for relevant information about IOI's new version online and found that the news had spread because IOI had updated these changes on the test server.
It immediately caused a huge controversy among the players when the test server was updated, and the major games media also reposted it.
IOI might be relatively unpopular in the country, but its market share in the world was still considerable. There was no reason for the games media to let go of such a huge piece of news.
The changes to the IOI test server this time were mainly in terms of gameplay, including the adjustment of the reverse compensation mechanism, changes in the hero's bounty, rich map resources, and so on. There were some differences from the changes that Lin Wan had mentioned previously, but they were similar.
However, the old gamers did not buy it after the update. Finger Games' official social platform was instantly drowned by the old gamers' objections.
Before Finger Games could explain, another wave arose.
Some games media had obtained some internal information from some unknown channel and revealed Finger Games' operational strategy for IOI's local server.
The local server would be changed to a low-priced zone. The price of heroes and skins would be lowered to about 1/2 to 1/3 of the international server;
The local server, IOI, would cooperate with the domestic Long Yu Corporation. Long Yu Corporation would be in charge of the localization of IOI's local server;
In addition, it was said that Finger Games had finally decided to start preparing for the first world finals. What's more, the person-in-charge of IOI's local server, Chrétien, and the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation were contacting the local clubs that still had IOI branches.
By the time Pei Qian noticed it, the news had already spread in the circle of IOI players.
"It's been exposed so quickly. They didn't do a good job of keeping it a secret."
"That's not right. They might have taken the initiative to expose it to test the players' reaction."
"Let's release some rumors first. There's no concrete evidence. If the players' reaction is not intense, they can stand up and admit it. If the players' reaction is intense, they can change to a more conservative plan according to public opinion."
Pei Qian had thought that the news would only be revealed in at least another week. He did not expect it to spread so quickly.
Long Yu Corporation was one of the top games companies in the country. The public relations department was not incompetent. When the news first broke out, they would definitely be able to suppress it if they wanted to.
However, not only did the news not suppress it, it spread quickly.
Pei Qian did not believe that there was no one behind the scenes adding fuel to the fire.
The key was that IOI's only competitor in the country was Tengda. Pei Qian knew very well that it could only be Finger Games if it was not done by Tengda.
On further thought, this was not a particularly difficult operation to understand.
Finger Games had decided to make such a change mainly to win over more new players. However, that would definitely change the gaming habits of old players.
After this operation was done, they would definitely be scolded. The only problem was how badly they would be scolded.
It would be worth it if they could create popularity and make more new players fall into the pit while being scolded.
Thus, Finger Games released some news that did not have concrete evidence for the time being. They allowed the games media to repost it and see how public opinion reacted.
If the public opinion's reaction was not too intense, they could continue to push it forward. If the reaction was especially intense, they could temporarily put aside the parts that everyone strongly resisted and only push them forward.
To put it bluntly, they wanted to leave themselves a way out through this operation. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing if he directly updated it and then changed it back to the original version after being scolded by others.
Of course, Pei Qian welcomed such changes with both hands.
An IOI that resisted fiercely and struggled with all its might was a good IOI. Otherwise, if GOG's market share continued to expand, wouldn't it become more and more difficult to incur losses in the future?
However, the gamers' reaction was not the same.
Of course, the public opinion on the internet was not one-sided. There were many gamers who supported such changes. Both sides were arguing very intensely.
"Don't change the gameplay. Is the designer out of his mind? I know you're jealous of GOG, but can't I just play GOG directly if you change it like this? "
"I object to all changes other than enriching the map resources! The game would definitely be different after the changes! "
"You people are so hard to please. You were the ones who said that the game was not exciting enough and that there were not enough gameplay. Now that the game wants to change its gameplay, you're the ones who jumped out to object. I think this change is quite good. I don't have to be so tired. If you really want to criticize, you have to wait until the test results are out, right? "
"Sigh, IOI's local server was already dead. A loyal old gamer like me had no hope of it becoming popular. I didn't expect it to become a hot search just because I saw it. Changing it to a low-priced area would indeed benefit new gamers. What about old gamers like us who spent a lot of money on it? "
"F * ck, the skins we just bought yesterday are going to depreciate so much? It's best if it's cut at the waist. At worst, it's going to be 1/3? Wait, are the fans laughing? I didn't tell you not to lower the price, but you lowered it so much. Do you really not treat old gamers as humans? "
"You're so hard to please. You make it sound like you old gamers won't benefit from the price reduction? You'll be able to buy skins cheaper in the future. "
"I heard that the external network has exploded. Many people are scolding Finger Games for being unfair, saying that they're licking the local server's players."
"They're feeling unbalanced."
"Not entirely. The main thing is that GOG's prices are as low as cabbages in China and overseas. If not for GOG, Finger Games might not have been scolded by so many people. However, there's a problem with this comparison …"
"Finger Games has finally thought it through. Hurry up and start the global finals! It's not like Dayak Corporation doesn't have money. The competition has been dragging on for more than two months. GOG's international invitational tournament has already been held, and the GPL is about to start! Finger Games is really too slow! "
"Are there any clubs that play IOI in the country? I'm quite suspicious …"
"Yes, yes. I heard that the IOI branches of a few veteran clubs are still around. I heard that Long Yu Corporation will fork out a sum of money to support these people. "
"I think these actions are a good thing. It's obvious that IOI can't beat GOG. If we don't make any changes, we'll die a slow death. We might as well take a gamble."
"If you have the ability, unify the local server and the world server. All the heroes will be free, and the price of the skins will be lower than GOG's. Then, burn money for the league, publicity, and even play games to get skins. Then, give the old gamers an additional exclusive skin or coupons as compensation. No one will scold you! Dayak Corporation is so rich. I'm in favor of burning money for publicity. Now, you want to take money from the players' pockets and get them to support you. What's up? "
"That's right. If you want to expand your market share, you have to sell your own blood. What's up with sucking blood from the old gamers?"
Players with different opinions were arguing on the internet.
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