“You let Ah Wan handle the industries that seem like it might fall on the surface, but you actually know beforehand that both the game and the cell phone would be huge successes? Why else would you use the other industries to help them?
“As far as I know, you are personally responsible for the promotion of Be Quiet. All sorts of benefits from cell phone advertisements also benefited from other industries.
“Could it be that… you actually don’t want Ah Wan to leave?”
Pei Qian’s face turned black. “No such thing!
“Lin Wan is the director of two departments. She is very familiar with the other department heads. She had the authority to demand benefits from the other departments and to coordinate the overall situation.
“As for Be Quiet… it was an accident.
“Boss Lin, believe me, of all people; I want Lin Wan to go home more than anyone else.”
Pei Qian’s expression was extremely sincere.
Lin Chang looked at Pei Qian without a word but had suspicion in his gaze.
That was normal. Your suspicion would also grow if someone banged their chest and promised you something, and yet they failed many times because of some other ‘subjective reasons’ or ‘unexpected factors’…
However, Pei Qian was definitely wronged in this case. Then again, it would seem as though no defense would have any effect now that things had come to such a state…
He could only continue to formulate goals for the next stage. He must persuade Lin Wan to leave this time!
However, Lin Chang’s next sentence threw him off-guard while he thought of his next goal.
Lin Chang sighed gently. “Alright, Boss Pei. I’m not here to push responsibility today. I have another matter on hand. To be honest, the situation has changed.
“Lin Wan has been showing off in our family chat over the past few days especially about the Otto mobile phone successfully selling for 8,000 yuan. It was a price that even the flagship mobile phone that my elder sister is responsible for did not reach.
“There was a huge difference in the sales volume, but Ah Wan has only been making mobile phones for a few months, and my eldest sister has been doing it for several years after all…
“In short, the scene is very chaotic.”
Pei Qian thought for a while. “Then… Will the Old Master allow her to continue doing her thing?”
“As expected, Boss Pei always gets to the core of the issue. This is the key to the change in the situation,” Lin Chang said with a grin.
“Not only is the Old Master not angry, but he is also very happy. I’ll tell you the truth, Boss Pei.
“Old Master was very upset that Ah Wan came out to work out of anger previously. He knows the situation with the workplaces outside and felt that Ah Wan was wasting time. That was why he kept trying to get Ah Wan back to inherit the family business.
“Ah Wan was working on games previously without much progress. Mobile games might have made some money, but it was nothing much after all so Old Master’s attitude did not undergo any change.
“However, Ah Wan said that she made a cell phone priced at 8,000 yuan. The Old Master is suddenly very interested!
“He, therefore, got someone to understand a bit more about Otto cell phones and Tengda Corporation. Guess what happened?”
The corners of Pei Qian’s mouth twitched. He had a very bad premonition. “What?”
Lin Chang had a very complicated expression. “Old Master understood the process of how the cell phone became popular and how it managed to sell it to a price of 8,000 yuan. He has nothing but praise for you!
“You boldly used Chang You and priced it as a high-end product right from the beginning. You did subtle publicity in the movie and used Tengda’s other industries to push the cell phone’s popularity. You’ve also made a way out for yourself in this saturated market…”
“Any wrong step would have called the Otto cell phone to fail!
“Especially at the news conference. Old Master felt very surprised since no domestic producers had ever done that before. The Old Master mentioned that this news conference had saved hundreds of thousands in advertising fees!
“Old Master knew that most of the strategies must have been Chang You’s and your merit, but Ah Wan would definitely be able to grow even if she is only handling a small portion
“And then Old Master obtained a simple understanding of the Tengda Corporation’s other industries including the Upwind Logistics, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, etc….”
Pei Qian was starting to feel even worse. “Just tell me the end results…”
Lin Chang paused before saying. “The Old Master changed his mind.”
Pei Qian, “?”
“Changed his mind? He does not want Lin Wan to go back?”
Lin Chang had a complicated expression. “Yes.
“Old Master originally wanted Ah Wan back because he felt that the companies outside are not reliable. He felt that Ah Wan was completely wasting her time working for these companies.
“However, Old Master’s biased opinion against these companies was slightly shifted seeing Ah Wan’s spectacular results… oh, that doesn’t sound too accurate. I should say his bias against Tengda has shifted.
“Old Master admires you and feels that Ah Wan will be able to learn a lot under you. He felt that it wouldn’t be bad for her to train here for a few years before going back to inherit the family business.
Pei Qian, “???!”
It wouldn’t be bad to train here for a few years before going back? What do you mean by ‘won’t be bad’? That obviously can’t do! What would become of my company if she were to stay here for another few years!
‘Getting Lin Wan back to the family business front lines’ was such an insignificant goal in the face of just one small success?
Old Master Lin, can’t you stand firm on your grounds?!
“What did Lin Yu say then?” Pei Qian asked hurriedly.
Lin Chang shrugged. “What can she say? She has to listen to Old Master.
“Old Master’s attitude now is since Ah Wan can learn something from here, then she can stay here for a while. Moreover, the Old Master hinted for us siblings to coordinate ourselves to lend her a helping hand in her career…”
Pei Qian’s mind was filled with question marks.
Bro, that’s no joking matter for a monster like Shenhua to ‘lend a helping hand’! You’ll probably break my arm! He recalled the past.
Lin Yu helped to promote the Bloody Battle Song on the Shenhua application store; Lin Zhou allowed them to use Shenhua View for free; Lin Chang publicized Tomorrow is Beautiful…
His thoughts turned to the future…
If you three responsible for cell phone, real estate, and entertainment were to join forces and Lin Wan’s career were to soar; then wouldn’t Boss Pei’s money loss-making machinery die on the spot?
Pei Qian rejected on the spot. “No need!”
Lin Chang nodded. “Yes, that’s what I told the Old Master!”
Pei Qian responded, “Huh?
Lin Chang said with the expression ‘I know Boss Pei best’: “I told old Master that Boss Pei built everything from scratch and is talented beyond doubt. You had always rejected such help. Moreover, Boss Pei’s every decision had gone through careful thought and had certain odds to win. We will just be adding to your trouble if we were to chip in.”
Pei Qian nodded very happily. “That’s right!”
Lin Chang, you do know me indeed! What you said is really what I want to hear!
You might have some problems understanding strategies, but everyone can still be good friends as long as you don’t do anything out of the ordinary!
Pei Qian gave it some thought and asked again, “Then, Boss Lin, did Old Master hint when does he want Lin Wan back?”
Lin Chang considered for a while. “If I were to guess from Old Master’s attitude… Lin Wan can go back when she can handle things by herself.”
“I think she is able
to handle things by herself now!” Pei Qian quickly said.
Lin Chang shook her head. “The Old Master doesn’t think so. Boss Pei, Tengda is still considered small to Old Master. The sales volume and profits of Otto cell phones cannot even compare to an ordinary private-labeled cell phone from Shenhua. It is still very far away from being able to handle things by herself in the eyes of the Old Master.
“I think Ah Wan has to be one of the top people in the area she is in before she can obtain recognition by the Old Master…”
Pei Qian’s expression darkened.
One of the top? For a cell phone to become ‘one of the top people’, that company would at least need to be worth billions of yuan, right?
Are you joking with me?
“What about other areas? For example, being one of the best in the world in the game industry. Would that count?” Pei Qian thought out loud.
“I guess so. Old Master does not have any biases against the game industry. However, a game like Bloody Battle Song will definitely not work. It has to be influential other than being profitable,” Lin Chang replied.
Pei Qian nodded, with some understanding in his heart. It would be done if he were to arrange for Lin Wan to be in charge of the domestic server for IOI!
The goal was still the same: to ‘get Lin Wan to go back and inherit the Lin family business’. Previously, it was to try to make the projects fail. Now, it was to make the project successful.
Of course, the success was in line with Boss Pei’s goal. Success did not mean earning a lot of money, but it could be to make things popular!
Pei Qian was just worrying about who he should put in charge of for the IOI domestic server, which was a sure win.
He was certain now. He would put Lin Wan and Shang Yang Games in charge!
He could at least kill three birds with one stone if he were to do that.
First, Shang Yang Games needed to avoid making good standalone games. They had already proven their ability with Be Quiet.
Then, the IOI domestic server would probably become a huge success no matter what. Since it was unavoidable, then he would throw Lin Wan into it so that Old Master Lin could quickly get her back to inherit their own business.
Finally, if IOI domestic servers were to succeed, it could defeat GOG—the big problem in his heart. Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games would go head-on with each other even though they were sibling companies. Little brother hit the elder brother hard. That fight would be very amusing indeed.
Pei Qian nodded. “Alright, I’ll try to make it so that Old Master Lin will get her back in half a year!”
Boss Pei really had no confidence in making sure a project would definitely fail. However, to make a project succeed, especially a reliable project like IOI… Boss Pei did have some confidence.
Lin Chang viewed Boss Pei with suspicion, especially since his expression changed so swiftly. “Eh… Boss Pei, you seem to have planned in advance.
“So… you were indeed just bluffing me when you told me that you wanted to make Ah Wan fail, right?
“Could you have guessed that the Old Master would change his mind if Ah Wan were to show her competence?” Pei Qian, “…Boss Lin, you’ll lose my friendship one day if you were to continue making wild guesses like this.”
Chapter 473 - Bow Down To Reality’ Game: Struggle
April 4th, Monday…
Pei Qian adjusted his targets at work for the next two days when he woke up.
First, he would make arrangements for the profitable Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games gaming departments!
Shang Yang Games would be pushing for the IOI domestic server with all their might.
Pei Qian would also find something for Tengda Games to work on. Otherwise, IOI might really not be able to beat GOG if Hu Xianbin continuously updated GOG, created new heroes, and increased their publicity efforts.
GOG had been working well on the domestic server after all. IOI had to think of a way to snatch all the players from GOG.
As to what kind of jobs should he give to Hu Xianbin…
Pei Qian decided to learn from his experiences to create a standalone game that no one would like!
The success of Tomorrow is Beautiful was a very hard hit on Pei Qian. It made him doubt life. Why wasn’t the audience angry even though he seemed to think that it would infuriate them? It wasn’t even reasonable!
Pei Qian came to a comprehension after deep thoughts.
It was his way of expression! If the audience were to put themselves in the shoes of the protagonist of Tomorrow is Beautiful, they would definitely feel sad and frustrated that they would rather die.
However, this was a movie.
Zhu Xiaoce used a special method to enable the audiences to maintain God’s view. None of them could feel the way the protagonists felt. That led them to be unable to read more into it and be more empathetic.
Therefore, the meaning changed immediately.
That was the greatest failure of Tomorrow is Beautiful to Pei Qian. There was just a thin line between making huge losses and making huge profits.
Therefore, Pei Qian concluded that giving poison to the audience itself was not a wrong view. Otherwise, no one would say ‘bow down to reality’. He had to be tactical about how he fed the poison.
He had to make the feeling very strong! As long as he could bring everyone into the tragic character, then it would definitely bring about his desired effect.
Pei Qian felt that he had found the crux of the problem why Tomorrow is Beautiful was profitable. He just needed to test his theory out.
However, how should he test it out…?
The Fei Huang Workspace was taken out by Pei Qian. Moreover, he would not want to touch movies again in the short term. Once bitten, twice shy. In comparison, games were a form of art to bring into! Some suffering in the movies would not arouse too much resentment. However, it would be different if the protagonist were to be bullied as the player.
Of course, some people might say that Repent and be Saved had not aroused the resentment of players but made the players very happy instead.
That was a complete misunderstanding.
Repent and be Saved was a game of suffering, but what players liked was not the feeling of suffering but the feeling of becoming stronger after suffering. In the end, it was the sense of accomplishment to overcome difficulties.
In other words, such players were not extreme masochists. On the contrary, they were extremely sadistic.
Almost all the games in the world had to give players enough positive feedback to have fun.
Pei Qian had already decided that this game would not give any players positive feedback. He would just pass on completely negative energy!
Wasn’t this ‘bowing down to reality’?
He had to make an extremely realistic game this time and definitely make it so that he had no friends!
This time, Boss Pei decided to do it personally or to write the story outline of the game himself to prevent Hu Xianbin from misinterpreting his intentions. He had to give the players a clear understanding!
Of course, Pei Qian also knew that it did not necessarily mean that this game would be able to make a loss. The failure of Game Designer was a very deep lesson to him. Pei Qian also thought that the narrative of Game Designer was abusive to the players, but the players were not angry at all. It became a huge plus.
Things spiraled out of control after Teacher Qiao over-interpreted it.
Pei Qian had thought of a countermeasure for these. He would never repeat these mistakes again, let alone fall twice into the same puddle!
In short, Pei Qian learned the experience and lessons of Tomorrow is Beautiful and Game Designer. He had to pin it all on this one!
In the guest room of the gaming department…
Hu Xianbin was obviously nervous. Pei Qian called Hu Xianbin to the guest room individually to tell him about the concept of this new game. Pei Qian did not call for the other more senior staff like Li Yada an
d Bao
Xu.
That was because these people had participated in the development of Game Designer and had a deep level of understanding of its success. Pei Qian was afraid that their participation would cause this new project to go wrong. Pei Qian, therefore, decided to isolate these senior staff.
He would get these seniors who had participated in the development of the Game Designer to maintain the GOG casually. He would then bring the new group of employees like Hu Xianbin who had no experience in standalone game development to be in charge of the new game. To ensure that the project could reach the level he expected, Pei Qian would explain everything to Hu Xianbin clearly this time to prevent him from using his imagination.
Pei Qian took a few sips of tea and started to talk about his idea.
“The name of this game is called ‘Struggle’. It will be an interactive game with realistic themes. All characters have to be made in high-definition motion capture, and the quality of the drawing should be in line with SA masterpieces.
“Of course, due to the short process of the game, it probably would not cost a lot, perhaps… prepare 40 million yuan first. I’ll add more if it isn’t enough.
“Temporarily set the development period to be five months. Let’s try to get it going on 1st September.”
Hu Xianbin was at a loss.
What was that? Interactive movie game with a realism theme? What kind of godly combination was this?
The so-called interactive movie game could be regarded as an adventure game with exquisite graphics. Players would be able to choose different routes and play different endings after the story began. They only needed to make decisions among a few options without actually needing to operate anything.
Some interactive movie games used game graphics while others used real scenery and actors for the shot. They were all costly.
However, Boss Pei’s request for all characters to be in high-definition motion capture and in line with 3A masterpieces… might cost more than the real set and actor shooting.
Forty million yuan was enough to make a movie…
Hu Xianbin felt huge pressure while being in a daze.
Why did it sound unreliable?!
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