Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1216: Boss Pei’s ‘Remedy’ Method

That was because Yu Fei had only been the chief designer for a month and was relatively inexperienced. Thus, he had a problem when arranging work.

It was a huge and cumbersome task to divide the content of a game into four parts and update it in turn.

He had to keep the original basic design. Otherwise, the game might be stuck and collapse for various unknown reasons, bringing players a bad experience. They might not even be able to operate it.

What’s more, the various scenes, monsters, gameplay and mechanisms in the game were closely related. He had to be careful when disassembling them.

In addition, Yu Fei’s plan had not been explained in detail, so the designer in charge of disassembly ignored the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword under the huge workload, letting it be updated in the first part with the lower level mechanism.

This looked inconspicuous, but it caused a suffocating chain reaction.

The game’s system design had been updated, but the combat mechanism had not been updated. Thus, players were actually using Repent and be Saved’s traditional combat mechanism to fight monsters that had been strengthened. That was why the difficulty had suddenly increased. What’s more, some newbies who had not played Repent and be Saved were also playing Eternal Reincarnation.

That way, the number of players who could not defeat the monsters would increase.

They would not be able to get any weapons. They would only be able to hold the demon sword and die over and over again, right?

If the combat system was updated, players would be able to do all sorts of block movements. This would form a natural and perfect cover effect.

That was because players could manually block. Thus, an automatic block that happened by chance would not attract much attention. Players would think that they had accidentally pressed it and would not consider the game mechanism.

However, players could not block at all. The occasional automatic block would naturally become particularly eye-catching. As long as players saw it, they would definitely become suspicious!

Thus, after a series of coincidences, the demon sword automatically blocked the hidden mechanism. It was even exposed before the combat system…

He could only say that plans could not keep up with changes. This was a sad story.

Who could he blame?

Should he blame Meng Chang? Or Yu Fei? Or the other designers?

It seemed like they all had a little responsibility, but it was not the main one.

Pei Qian had made the decision to promote Yu Hang to chief designer. He had even hoped for some mistakes in work.

It did not seem appropriate to blame it on flying now.

Not only should he not be blamed, but he should also be encouraged. That was because work failures would cause losses most of the time. Only very small cases would cause profits.

He should comfort Yu Fei and let him maintain his current state. Perhaps he would be able to incur losses the next time he made a work mistake?

No, wait.

The publicity plan that Meng Chang mentioned just now…

Pei Qian was originally thinking about the exposure of the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword when an idea flashed in his mind. He realized that there seemed to be a huge problem with Meng Chang’s publicity plan!

Meng Chang briefly explained his publicity plan when he reported. He divided the game into four parts and updated the combat system at the end.

Of course, Meng Chang did not say the specific intentions of such a plan. After all, Meng Chang had tacitly recognized Boss Pei as the master of Boss Pei’s publicity method. Boss Pei would definitely understand such intentions without any explanation.

However, even the dry publicity plan was enough to make Pei Qian wary.

“Something’s not right. According to Meng Chang’s publicity plan, it can indeed cause some criticism from players in the beginning. It can even last until he takes a commission… However, wouldn’t it be equally popular once the combat system is updated? It might even be more popular than ordinary updates!”

“Meng Chang, this fellow, the publicity plan that he came up with this time is evil!”

Pei Qian suddenly realized a serious problem.

The publicity plan that Meng Chang arranged for Dawn games platform previously was a plan that satisfied Pei Qian. Even though the final outcome was not good, it was mainly because Young Master Tian was causing trouble.

Meng Chang’s plan might have a little flaw and there was room for improvement, but it was not a big deal overall.

It was different this time. How could Meng Chang do something like that?

If this plan was really executed perfectly, Meng Chang would indeed be able to get a commission. However, wouldn’t Pei Qian be scammed?

At that thought, Pei Qian’s expression darkened. He looked at Meng Chang with hostility.

Meng Chang looked at Boss Pei in deep thought for a long time before looking at him with a strange expression. His heart could not help but skip a beat. He did not know what Boss Pei meant.

Did he express his dissatisfaction with the publicity work?

Or was it for some other reason?

Pei Qian said with a serious expression, “I trusted you very much before, so I didn’t ask too much about the publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation.”

“I didn’t expect you to come up with such a plan! I wouldn’t have noticed if something went wrong during the execution.”

“Think about it carefully. Is this publicity plan suitable?”

Meng Chang was stunned and looked confused.

Was the plan suitable?

It would definitely be suitable!

Boss Pei, I have followed your Pei Family’s publicity plan and had succeeded once. How could it not be suitable?

Meng Chang subconsciously wanted to defend himself, but he swallowed his words silently seeing Boss Pei’s unfriendly expression.

Something was amiss. Boss Pei must have seen the huge problem in the plan. That was why he was so serious.

It would be both rash and stupid to fight Boss Pei to the death now.

After some consideration, Meng Chang felt that he could not ask or explain because it would make him look stupid and unable to understand Boss Pei’s intentions. It would also make him look irresponsible.

Thus, he decided to solve the problem by asking, “Boss Pei, I know I was wrong. Then… how should we deal with this situation?”

He did not know what he had done wrong, but as long as he obediently admitted his mistakes, calmed Boss Pei’s anger, and consulted Boss Pei on how to deal with it, he would be able to find out where his mistakes were through reverse analysis of this method.

Pei Qian felt a little better seeing Meng Chang’s sincere repentance.

Yes, it was great that he knew his mistakes.

Fortunately, he had discovered it early this time and did not cause more damage. He should still have time to remedy it.

As long as Meng Chang remembered this lesson and stopped playing such tricks in the future, he would still be Boss Pei’s good brother.

Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, “Post an announcement to admit your mistake. The game’s combat system will be urgently updated next week.”

“Since the demon sword’s automatic block has been discovered, it’s impossible to continue hiding. We should publicize it however we want.”

“Of course, there’s no need to make the announcement so clear. Just be more sincere.”

Since the mechanism of the demon sword had been exposed, there was no way he could hide it anymore.

Pei Qian only had one important thing now: to disrupt Meng Chang’s original publicity plan!

That was because according to the original plan, Eternal Reincarnation would definitely become popular at the end of next month. There would be no accidents.

The development of the combat system had been completed. The reason why Meng Chang placed it in the last update was purely to gain more popularity.

Pei Qian requested for the combat system to be updated in advance. It would also explode in popularity, but it would be equivalent to spreading the popularity of Eternal Reincarnation for a month. There would not be that explosive popularity.

To Pei Qian, this was the best option.

Of course, it might be more awkward for Meng Chang. The commission this month would probably leave him again.

However, who asked him to mess around?

Pei Qian was also trying to teach him a lesson so that he would not do such bad things that harmed others and benefited himself in the future.

Meng Chang had happily gotten a commission at the cost of my huge profits. How could that be?

He had to stop this evil trend!

Pei Qian originally thought that Meng Chang would immediately jump up and down in protest.

After all, in the current situation, Meng Chang might be able to get a commission if he were to put up a resistance and do some tricks to forcefully continue with the previous publicity plan. However, according to Pei Qian’s method, the entire publicity plan would be wasted. He would probably not get a single commission.

However, Meng Chang did not say much. He only looked a little pained.

“Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. I’ll arrange it now.”

Meng Chang was just about to leave when Pei Qian stopped him.

“That’s right, remember to appease Yu Fei. He’s just the person-in-charge after all. He’s not familiar with many businesses. He needs to take it slow. What’s more, it’s not a big problem this time. Tell him not to blame himself.”

Pei Qian was very worried that Yu Fei would run away.

Meng Chang nodded. “Alright, Boss Pei.”

Pei Qian could not help but feel a little heartache and a little strange after watching Meng Chang leave the office.

The part that hurt was that he only had this one good brother in the company after all. Even though he was up to no good this time and almost cheated him with some dirty tricks, the punishment for letting him return his commission to zero this month was indeed not small.

The strange thing was that Meng Chang should not be so accommodating.

Shouldn’t he be holding the contract and arguing with him now, saying that even Boss Pei had no right to interfere and that the plan had to continue?

Why did he give up on the commission so obediently and change it according to his instructions?

Hmm… Perhaps Meng Chang also felt that he was in the wrong? Or perhaps it was because the mechanism of the demon sword had been exposed and Meng Chang felt that he could not hide it anymore, so he decided to give up?

Pei Qian thought about it and felt that it was possible.

He should continue to observe the follow-up development of Eternal Reincarnation.

…

Meng Chang went straight to Tengda Games department upstairs after coming out of Boss Pei’s office.

Meng Chang had been thinking about why Boss Pei arranged it this way when he was climbing the stairs.

If the combat system was updated in advance, wouldn’t that completely destroy the entire publicity plan?

Why did Boss Pei make such a decision?

Obviously, there must be a huge loophole in his publicity plan which made Boss Pei very angry. He might even overturn the entire plan.

However, Meng Chang did not know where the loophole was and did not know why Boss Pei’s current actions could plug this loophole. He was very confused.

He could only take one step at a time.

Thus, Meng Chang found Yu Fei and explained Boss Pei’s request.

Yu Fei was very embarrassed. “I’m sorry, Brother Meng. I made a mistake in my work, causing your plan to be affected. I can only redo it…”

Meng Chang shook his head. “You don’t have to blame yourself.”

“Boss Pei’s attitude has already made it clear that there is a problem with my plan. There might be a problem with the execution level but this would expose the problem earlier.”

“Therefore, this is actually a good thing.”

“What’s more, Boss Pei said that you’re just the person-in-charge. It’s inevitable that there would be some mistakes. This is very normal. Just let nature take its course.”

Yu Fei could not help but feel moved.

Why did Boss Pei trust him so much?

Wouldn’t it be irresponsible of him to leave?

He immediately nodded. “Don’t worry, Brother Meng. I’ll definitely put in 120% effort this time to complete the task assigned by Boss Pei. I won’t be as careless as the last time!”

“I’ll make arrangements to draft an announcement for the update of the combat system next week!”

“By the way, Boss Pei said that since we can’t hide the matter about the demon sword anymore, we should publicize it as much as possible.”

“Can we also arrange for the Prison Keeper of GOG’s new hero to be released? Min Jingchao has already done it. He’s been waiting.”

Meng Chang thought for a moment. “I think so.”

Yu Fei nodded. “Alright, I’ll let Min Jingchao know now.”