What was more, there was a bug called OTTO Technologies which was connected to almost all existing departments…
The dense black lines represented the unsalvageable relationship between the various departments. The entire mind map had become a spiderweb with various explanations and small prints. It seemed to be rather troublesome.
Pei Qian tried to draw a red line between the two unrelated departments to predict special relationships that could exist between them. He nearly went crazy after drawing a few lines.
There seemed to be theoretical possibilities of linkages between all departments!
Pei Qian was only trying to imagine the worst-case scenario after the two departments were linked. He marked them with a red line.
They would not be marked out if they were some ambiguous and specious connections. There were too many lines, and adding on would only mix up his point of view.
Pei Qian looked at the relationship diagram between the two departments that he had spent two hours adjusting. He could not help but lean back on the chair with a hand to his forehead.
“How did things become like this…?
“My company has reached such a bad state without me knowing?
“Even I cannot fully understand the intricate relationship between these departments.”
If there were only three or five departments, their relationships would be simple and could be straightened out.
However, there were more than a dozen departments now. Who knew which of these departments would develop some inexplicable linkage?
It was impossible for Boss Pei’s employees to report everything to him for his decision. Boss Pei would not be able to have his own time and rest if he were to patronize these trivial matters every day.
In the current situation, he could only focus on the key departments and let the rest go.
“If I were to look at it optimistically, the situation is actually still alright. I’ve lost money in the last cycle and slowly figured out how to lose money. It should be easier in the future.
“The Manage Loss Trainees should have already infiltrated the various departments. I’ll gather them next Saturday to have a thorough understanding of the situation in all the departments.
“I’ll use the intelligence gathered by the Manage Loss Trainees to perfect this mind map. I would at least be able to have a preliminary understanding of the departments and be able to obtain early warnings. The risk is better controlled as compared to before…
“There is too much information in this mind map and no use being urgent about it. I’ll take my time to perfect it.”
Pei Qian carefully saved and backed up this mind map so that he could check it at any time and reflect on it to prevent any possible dangers that might happen.
He could not help but sigh. Creating a loss seemed to be becoming more technical.
He was about to rest and watch a show when a knock came from the door. Lin Canrong entered carefully after obtaining permission to ‘enter’.
Pei Qian was a little surprised. Why was Chef Lin here?
Lin Canrong was the manager of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He had worked hard at his post in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and later at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He had never been to Tengda’s headquarters.
He would only report to Boss Pei by phone or wait until Boss Pei went to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for dinner before reporting. What was wrong today? Why come to the office?
“Is there anything with Ming Yun Private Kitchen?” Pei Qian asked with slight anticipation.
Pei Qian disliked those who came to report from a profitable department. Most of these departments came to ask Boss Pei on how to spend money, which was very annoying. However, Ming Yun Private Kitchen was different.
That was because Ming Yun Private Kitchen had no more room for improvement!
They were full every day, and the seats had been reserved until next month. They might be making money, but there were only so many seats. Its income had stabilized long ago and had no other room to increase.
That was why Pei Qian felt that there might be something wrong with Ming Yun Private Kitchen for Branch Manager Lin to come all the way here. Could it be losing money?
How exciting!
Lin Canrong seemed to be in a bind and struggled internally before he started. “Boss Pei, you seemed to have made Fish-Catching Take-Out independent and encouraged them to open new branches. A special Gourmet Laboratory seemed to have been set up to research new menus?”
The matter with Fish-Catching Take-Out was arranged two weeks ago. Pei Qian’s consideration was for Fish-Catching Take-Out to open more branches and generate more losses. He, therefore, encouraged them to expand.
Two weeks had gone by so it should be in full swing now.
Lin Canrong was in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out previously and was Rui Yuchen’s boss. It was naturally impossible to hide the situation with Fish-Catching Take-Out from him.
However, Lin Canrong was now in charge of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. What did he mean, deliberately coming all the way here about Fish-Catching Take-Out?
Pei Qian nodded, slightly confused. “Yes, so?”
Lin Canrong seemed to be emotional. “Boss Pei, that isn’t fair!
“I know that Fish-Catching Take-Out plays a very important role in the group’s industries. It’s making losses temporarily to gain market traction, cultivate customer consumption habits, and for greater profit. I have no opinion on the expansion of Fish-Catching Take-Out, but…”
Lin Canrong paused, and the corners of Pei Qian’s mouth twitched.
What do you mean by making losses temporarily to gain market traction, cultivate customer consumption habits, and for greater profits!
Don’t over-interpret it!
Lin Canrong continued. “The Ming Yun Private Kitchen is equally important! Why is Fish-Catching Take-Out opening so many branches even though it is losing money while Ming Yun Private Kitchen, which had been profitable and unmet demand, does not have any plans of branching out?
“The quality of Ming House is not as good as Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but it has made quite a lot of money. That meant to say that the demand of high-end diners has yet to be satisfied; there is still a move for profit!
“Moreover, I think that Ming Yun Private Kitchen should also set up a Gourmet Laboratory! “Fish-Catching Take-Out had to think about how to better satisfy the taste of the public, but Ming Yun Private Kitchen also had to think about how to satisfy the tastes of the high-end diners!
“Therefore… I came here with two requests.”
“First, is to make good use of the ‘nameless restaurant’ brand. We’ll open a branch after selecting the location on the pretext that the quality is assured.
“Second, establish a Gourmet Laboratory dedicated to providing better dishes for diners.”
Pei Qian remained silent. He had been happy over nothing So it was to propose more money-making methods to me! Branch Manager Lin, I’ll definitely not promise you that…
Your analysis was on the dot.
Ming House was profitable; diners had to wait in line to dine at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. That all showed that demand for high-end dining had not been satisfied.
However, branching out Fish-Catching Take-Out was because it was not profitable!
One Ming Yun Private Kitchen was profitable enough. You want me to open another branch to make even more money?
Don’t create more burden for me, I beg you!
Pei Qian was in distress over this as well. He could only eat at Ming Yun Private Kitchen at certain times after Ming Yun Private Kitchen gained popularity. He could only dine in the largest private room once per week and book the entire place on the 20th of every month.
TOO
However, Pei Qian would rather wait then to open another store and earn more.
Open branches? Dream on!
The Gourmet Laboratory should not be done as well.
Fish-Catching Take-Out was to suit the
taste of the public. The ingredients were relatively cheap. Most people would not pursue fanciful dishes. The level of improvement possible for a gourmet laboratory was relatively small.
However, Ming Yun Private Kitchen was aimed at high-end diners. If I really were to let those powerful chefs set up a gourmet laboratory to study metaphysical dishes such as ‘air-fried dishes’, they will definitely be more famous and go out of control!
Therefore, Pei Qian was very resistant to these requirements and would not agree to it. Of course, Lin Canrong proposed that Ming Yun Private Kitchen could also open a Gourmet Laboratory. That was reasonable and not easy to refute bluntly. He could only find a nice way to decline.
He thought for a moment and said. “Are you asking to open a branch because you think that Ming Yun Private Kitchen has achieved the best you can now?”
Lin Canrong was momentarily stunned. He did not know how to answer.
Achieved the best they could now?
If he really thought so, it was obviously complacency because there was no ‘best’ in this industry.
But what if he said that they had not done their best yet?
Lin Canrong felt that the service of Ming Yun Private Kitchen was much better than that of most high-end restaurants. However, it was very difficult for it to achieve a better price-quality ratio.
“It might not be the best, but opening branches and gourmet laboratories can be considered as on the path to pursue the best, right?” Lin Canrong said after much consideration.
Pei Qian: “…”
That made sense.
No, no, he should not be convinced. He would have to make even more profits if he were convinced!
Pei Qian coughed lightly. “You can freely control the money earned by Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but you cannot open a branch.
“As for the Gourmet Laboratory. It cannot be achieved with the current size of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. How could the chefs have extra energy to engage in research if they had to cook for the guests every day?
“Your first goal has to be to make sure the dining experience of the customers is good. Don’t reduce the quality of the dishes to study new dishes. Don’t go too far.
“I’ll only allow you to use the research results from the Gourmet Laboratory from Fish-Catching Take-Out.”
Pei Qian had now learned a very good way of refusal: come up with reasons for those that he wanted to reject, even if the reasons were a bit far-fetched.
Enforce those that he could not think of a reason for.
Everyone possessed such a high level of imagination now. They would think that Boss Pei had a different meaning even if Boss Pei put forward an unreasonable request. They would only think that their thinking was too shallow if they messed things up.
It could only be regarded as an accidental windfall after being misinterpreted so many times.
Sure enough, the expression on Lin Canrong’s face changed. It seemed like he had a lot to say, but in the end, he swallowed them silently and replied in one sentence: “Okay, Boss Pei.”
Chapter 501 - Tengda Games’ Counterattack
April 27th, Wednesday…
At Shang Yang Games…
Pei Qian made a special trip to Shang Yang Games with the intention to learn a little about the current situation in the promotion of the IOI domestic server. Pei Qian had handed over this task to Lin Wan at the beginning of the month with full confidence.
The current momentum of IOI abroad could be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds. It would only be a matter of time before the domestic server and international servers become the masters of games.
Pei Qian had been helping Lin Wan in the dark as well.
Hu Xianbin anxiously sought Boss Pei out, in hopes to increase their manpower as a countermeasure to IOI’s crazy update plan. It was declined by Boss Pei.
“It should be enough to help them out just a little with the ability of Shang Yang Games and Lin Wan, right?”
Pei Qian was fully aware of the principle of ‘in the world of kung fu, speed defines the winner.’ In his memory, Finger Games had embarked on this path, and the effect would definitely be immediate.
Pei Qian could not be said to be pleased. He would make profits no matter whether it was GOG or IOI gaining popularity. He only felt that this world was now operating in the right way and was developing in the direction that he wanted. He was secretly happy about that.
The staff realized that he was here immediately when he reached the office.
“Boss Pei!”
“Boss Pei, what are you doing here?”
“Please take a seat.”
“Apologies, we are busy publishing new heroes.”
The office seemed to be pretty busy. Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others were busy with their own affairs. They only took the time to greet Pei Qian before continuing typing away at their computers.
Pei Qian did not take it to heart. “I just came over to take a look. Continue your work.”
Lin Wan came out of her office with a document in her hand. She seemed to be on fire. “Rewrite the official announcement again. I’ve circled out a few places that I feel uncomfortable with.
“Also, I must emphasize that this is the first time the domestic server and international server would be synchronized. We are no longer playing with the old version of the world server. That is very important!
“…Boss Pei, what are you doing here?”
Lin Wan looked a little surprised since Boss Pei did not frequent Shang Yang Games. Boss Pei might have guided Shang Yang Games often, but it was usually when they encountered some huge difficulties and were asking for advice. Boss Pei would only say a few words and give hints. Whether one could understand or not would depend on his own ability to comprehend.
It was rare for him to come personally like how he did today.
Pei Qian could not help but smile looking at Lin Wan’s current posture. He was very satisfied. Yes, she had matured quickly from the newbie who knew nothing to someone who could run a department. An excellent designer!
Lin Wan should be able to prove her own ability and return to Shenhua to inherit the family business when IOI became a global hit, right?
There might be a serious deviation from the script he had in mind, but the results were the same.
With that being said, Lin Wan should be one of the rare ones in the company whose hard work did not cause any discomfort to Boss Pei.
“No problem, I’m just here to understand the current situation with IOI’s domestic server,” Pei Qian said.
Lin Wan nodded. “Okay, Boss Pei, please follow me to the guest room. I’ll give you a brief update.”
Pei Qian: “Do your work first.” Lin Wan smiled. “No problem. The work has been arranged. Moreover, the reporting will only take a few minutes.”
Pei Qian nodded and followed Lin Wan to the guest room.
“Boss Pei, we have found the trump card of our rival, GOG, shortly after receiving the task of operating the IOI domestic server. That is their update speed.
“Therefore, our operation model is mainly to cooperate with Finger Games to integrate the promotion of new heroes and the game. “Take this promotion for example. Finger Games gave a new hero, ‘Bloodthirsty Lonely Shadow Sharag’, a two-form werewolf.
“Finger Games provided a promotional animation for this hero. We have updated it to the client of the domestic server login. We’ve also bought some video and website advertising space to promote this new hero.
“The publicity offensive for the new hero will be held every two weeks. That could ensure the popularity of IOI could always maintain a higher position.
“At the same time, we are competing with Finger Games, asking them to seriously consider the situation of the domestic server. “We’ll have the same version for both the domestic and international servers once the domestic server vetting is done. A major shortcoming of IOI would be filled up this way!
“GOG will probably not be able to co
me out with new heroes if there are no accidents. That means there will definitely be more people who would switch to IOI due to the new updates.
“Boss Pei, you said that we have to go all out so we had absolutely no mercy for GOG!”
Pei Qian could not help but nod after the briefing.
Good, reliable! It was really the most effective for the staff in Shang Yang Games, especially Lin Wan, to stab GOG—which had been stabbing me in the back!
Pei Qian did not have a deep understanding of IOI’s domestic server situation before. He discovered that Shang Yang Games had done a lot of work in less than a month after listening to Lin Wan’s report!
Not only did they complete the most basic server launch, maintenance, and version update; they also facilitated the synchronization of the versions of the domestic and international servers. They had also seized the upper hand due to the slow update of GOG heroes.
Perfect!
Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. “Good job. However, you must not let your guard down. Guard against arrogance and rashness, understood?”
It was not like he thought of some way for GOG to counter this. He simply felt, from experience, that things would not be so simple. He had too much experience fighting with these people after all. He knew that they were best at counterattacks when pushed to the wall. They always suddenly turned the tables over when Boss Pei thought everything was ‘set’.
Lin Wan nodded. “Of course! Boss Pei, I feel that the battle with GOG will be a long-drawn one. I only have 50% confidence until now.”
Pei Qian was a little speechless. “50% confidence?”
It should not be so low even in prudency, right? It should be at least 70%. Lin Wan was stunned for a moment. “Why, Boss Pei, am I overestimating it? Do you think that we do not even have a 50% chance?” “Uh…” Pei Qian was speechless. They were not on the same frequency again.
Why was there no tacit understanding between my staff and me?
Pei Qian was about to explain when an urgent knock came from outside the guest room. Lin Wan was taken aback for a moment before looking at Pei Qian. Pei Qian nodded, signaling she could open the door. Lin Wan walked hurriedly to the door and found Ye Zhizhou on the opposite side of it.
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