February 2nd, Thursday …
Pei Qian continued to consider the work arrangements of the various departments in his office.
The new cell phone and smart fitness drying rack had directly solved the three departments of Otto Technologies, Shang Yang Games, and Deposit Fitness. Pei Qian was very satisfied.
Pei Qian was especially satisfied with the setting of the smart fitness drying rack.
This thing should not be able to be sold no matter what angle he looked at it from, right?
Pei Qian could not help but feel proud at the thought that this idea could solve three departments that might stab him in the back at the same time.
However, the task was still heavy.
That was because there were too many industries and departments in Tengda Corporation. It was basically difficult for Pei Qian to take care of all of them. However, he could not let his guard down. That was because he did not know which department was planning something big. He would be forced to earn money if he was not careful.
Pei Qian still browsed through the work reports of the various departments. As he looked for clues, he thought about which projects that would definitely incur losses and let these profitable departments do them.
Pei Qian felt a headache coming on after reading for a while. He took out his cell phone and scrolled through the news.
"Eh?"
"Finger Games' upper echelons have changed? Two data balancers who came into contact with FRY Club in private have been fired. The original person-in-charge of the China region, Chrétien, has been removed and replaced by Eric … "
"Eric is back again?"
Pei Qian could not help but feel a little surprised when he saw this news.
Eric, an old friend!
IOI's global finals might have ended but the popularity of this competition had not subsided. After FV Team won the championship, their popularity and attention had increased unprecedentedly. They had turned from an unknown small club to a world-famous team.
IOI's market share in the country might have been squeezed out by GOG, but FV was a domestic team after all. Many GOG players were also paying attention to it after it won the championship. Not to mention in the world, foreign players basically knew this team and its five members.
After the competition, all sorts of surrounding news about FV Team were dug out.
On one hand, it was because FV Team had always been low-key and had a lot of information to dig out. On the other hand, it was because FV's official Weibo continued to work, which also helped FV Team gain a lot of attention.
Thus, FV Team was treated differently by Long Yu Corporation, Boss Pei provided them with top-notch food, accommodation, logistical support, the strongest coaching team in history, and so on. All of these were discussed repeatedly.
In the end, the news that two official statisticians of Finger Games had gone to the FRY team to help formulate tactics was exposed. It completely ignited public opinion!
It wasn't just the local players who were protesting. Players from other countries were also expressing that this was unacceptable.
FRY Team lost even more miserably because of this matter!
Losing 3: 0 in the finals was already very unsightly. Now that they had accepted the tactical guidance of the official statistician and still lost 3: 0, it was even more unsightly!
After such an incident was exposed, foreign players felt embarrassed. Therefore, they were pressuring Dayak Corporation and Finger Games.
Within the Dayak Corporation, the people who were eyeing Chrétien's faction, led by Eric, also took this opportunity to start internal strife.
After such a long time, the official personnel change announcement meant that the power struggle within the Dayak Corporation had finally come to an end.
There might still be many players who were dissatisfied with this outcome but Finger Games had already fired two statisticians and gotten rid of a higher-up after all. They had done enough, and the voices of condemnation gradually subsided.
However, the negative impact this incident had on Finger Games and GOG would probably not be able to make up for it for a long time.
Pei Qian did not know what kind of power struggle Finger Games had experienced, but from the outcome, it was not a bad thing for Eric to be the person-in-charge of the China region again.
That was because Eric was more direct than Chrétien. Chrétien liked to play tricks on the gameplay, while Eric liked to burn money directly, which was more in line with Pei Qian's intentions.
"Eric being able to return to the position of the person-in-charge of the China region this time means that the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation have also approved of his plan. So … is the real money-burning war about to begin? "
"I'm suddenly looking forward to it!"
Pei Qian suddenly looked forward to Eric taking over IOI's local server.
Come, burn money with me!
I was just worried about not having a reason!
…
At the same time, in the headquarters of Long Yu Corporation in Shanghai …
Zhao Xuming was all smiles as he welcomed Eric into the conference room.
"Mr. Eric, hello, hello!"
"You've been on the plane for more than ten hours. You must be tired, right? Do you want to have some tea and rest first before we get down to business? "
Eric waved his hand. "No need, I'm in good spirits now. Let's get straight to the point and talk about the latest cooperation with IOI's local server."
Zhao Xuming did not dare to say anything else and quickly nodded. "Alright, no problem."
He didn't say it out loud, but he knew very well in his heart that Eric was in high spirits. He had to cooperate with him carefully.
Otherwise, he would be in even more danger.
Zhao Xuming and the public relations department of Long Yu Corporation were also exhausted after the public relations crisis was exposed. They did not do anything else during the entire Chinese New Year holiday. They were all doing crisis public relations.
Zhao Xuming was warned by the higher-ups even though the matter was barely suppressed.
If not for the fact that he was good at shifting the blame, he might have been fired along with Chrétien.
On the other hand, Eric had replaced Chrétien again. That was enough to show that he had completely obtained the trust and support of the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. Eric was definitely going to flex his muscles now. If Zhao Xuming was a burden, Eric could negotiate with the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation and replace Zhao Xuming at any time.
Thus, Zhao Xuming did not dare to be negligent at all. He knew very well that everything had to be decided by Eric now. He could not go head-on with Eric, or he would definitely be the one being carried away.
Eric looked Zhao Xuming up and down. "Mr. Zhao, I've heard some things about you. You seemed to have made many mistakes in the process of promoting IOI previously. "
"However, don't worry. I like to look forward, so I can let bygones be bygones."
"However, I want to emphasize here that Chrétien and I have two different styles of doing things. I hope you can cooperate with me."
Zhao Xuming quickly nodded. "Of course, this is my duty."
He knew Eric's subtext very well.
What Eric meant was that Zhao Xuming was also to blame for the poor promotion previously, and it was not a small one. If Eric was willing, he could replace Zhao Xuming at any time. However, Eric did not do that. Instead, he continued to let Zhao Xuming be the person-in-charge of IOI's operations and cooperation department. Obviously, he hoped that he would be 100% obedient.
That was Zhao Xuming's original plan. Naturally, he did not show any resistance.
Eric was very satisfied with this and continued, "Next, I'll briefly explain the new operation strategy for IOI's local server."
"The changes in the new version might have objectively reduced the difficulty of the game, attracted new players, and increased the viewing value of the competition, but it also had many negative effects. The biggest impact was that the design of IOI and GOG was similar, allowing FV Team, who used GOG's playstyle, to win the championship. Many players thought that GOG's game design and competitive standards were higher than IOI's. "
"That's difficult."
"However, it's impossible to change it back. On one hand, it would give gamers a bad impression that we are 'constantly changing' and 'confused'. On the other hand, it would also cause the game's threshold to increase, and the competition's viewing value to decrease."
"Therefore, we can only make some minor changes to the game content and take our time to think about it."
"However, I brought the winning Dharma treasure against Tengda this time."
"That is … burning money!"
"Tengda's trump card is burning money. If we want to defeat them, we have to burn more money than them!"
"I've already convinced the company's upper echelons to fight a global price war with GOG. From the next version onwards, all IOI heroes will be free. The price of all skins will be reduced to 30% of the original price. We will prepare generous in-game rewards for old players, returning players, and new players. We will also invest a lot of funds and resources in publicity to regain the market share that GOG snatched away! "
"This time, I've obtained a very high amount of authority and funds from the headquarters. I'll keep burning until Tengda's capital chain can't hold on!"
"As for Boss Zhao, your mission is to cooperate with me and do a good job in publicity in the China region."
"This action might also affect Long Yu Corporation's income, but I believe that Long Yu Corporation can distinguish between long-term interests and immediate interests, right?"
"If we allow GOG to continue the price war, IOI's market share will be eaten clean sooner or later. At that time, no one will be able to earn anything. If we can burn money to win against GOG, our prospects will be infinitely bright!"
"Boss Zhao, I'll have to trouble you to communicate with the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation."
Zhao Xuming quickly nodded. "Don't worry, I'll get it done."
He knew very well that Eric was being very polite when he said 'please communicate'. However, Long Yu Corporation did not have much room to refuse given Finger Games' strong position.
Zhao Xuming's heart pounded as he looked at Eric's confident expression.
Competing with Tengda Corporation in burning money?
Could it really work?
Zhao Xuming was very doubtful. However, he felt that there should be hope when he thought about how rich Dayak Corporation was.
In any case, it was very difficult for him to participate in a battle between immortals of this level. He might as well do his job and watch quietly from the side.
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