Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1269: Waiting To Take The Bait

Pei Qian almost laughed out loud seeing the players’ resistance.

Such a good thing actually existed?

Indeed, he should trust professionals. Eric was reliable!

Initially, Pei Qian had thought that the increase in income would definitely skyrocket. However, from the looks of the current situation, that might not be the case.

That was because GOG’s gamers were already used to the previous pricing. Even if it increased, it could not increase too much. A 30% increase was already a lot.

It was indeed possible for players to buy it while cursing, but the premise was that the price could not be too ridiculous.

Even players who were not sensitive to prices felt uncomfortable now. It caused widespread resistance online. Raising prices might not bring more profits.

In fact, there was other content in the ‘Descent of Light’ event. It was mainly in the game.

For example, using the skin to engage in a certain number of rounds and achieve certain conditions could unlock new rewards.

These rewards were not displayed directly, but most players could guess.

That was because such activities were very common. Many games had done it before. The rewards might be unimportant things like head portraits, avatars, expressions, and so on as additional promotional methods.

Therefore, the players did not buy it at all.

I spent money on skins, and yet I have to spend time on it?

You’re going to give me some head portraits and expressions as rewards after you’re done?

Ridiculous!

Boycott, he had to boycott!

Whoever bought the skins for this event would be the public enemy!

Once he entered the game and saw someone using a new skin, he would definitely not hold back!

That was because buying skins from these people would be equivalent to fueling the arrogance of the game merchants. It would make them more confident in increasing the price in the future.

They could not let it go even if it was Tengda, they had to criticize what needs to be criticized!

He had to let Boss Pei see the public opinion online and quickly remove Eric. Otherwise, with this person around, GOG would definitely not do well in the future!

Pei Qian was elated when he saw the fierce public opinion online.

Good job, Eric! I didn’t poach you for nothing!

…

The next morning, Pei Qian went straight to GOG project team after waking up.

He was not there to criticize or reward him.

Pei Qian was very happy. Those who could make him earn less money were his loved ones and brothers.

However, it was not appropriate to reward him. After all, the event had been so big on the internet. No matter how he looked at it, it was a mistake in Eric’s work. It would be too obvious to reward him now.

Pei Qian was here to observe and appease them.

First, he wanted to observe the entire GOG project team’s reaction to this incident. He wanted to see if they would complain about Eric and affect his work in the future.

If he really had complaints, he would appease everyone and tell them not to complain even if they met with problems. They had to listen to the arrangements of the person-in-charge, Eric.

All in all, he did not support this specific incident. However, on the surface, he was still very supportive of Eric and helped Eric solidify his position in the project team.

Eric would have to put in a lot of effort in the future to help Pei Qian incur losses. How could he be restrained?

After changing the person-in-charge, the entire GOG project team had been moved out of Tengda Games to the 22nd floor of the building.

He had already rented the 23rd floor so that he could expand his employees in the future.

At the moment, all the moving work for the new workstations had been completed. Apart from the original GOG project team, the operations team and the people in charge of communication with the E-Sports Department were also here. The recruitment plan for the expansion of people had also been put on the agenda.

Pei Qian scanned the work desks and did not find anything strange.

Everyone was working normally. They did not look like they had a deep feud and wanted to overthrow Eric.

However, Pei Qian was still worried because this might just be on the surface.

Even if they did not like the new leader and were dissatisfied with this event, who would write this matter on their faces?

Pei Qian thought about it and decided to talk to Eric and ask about the situation.

If Eric felt that there was no problem, the project team would listen to him. There would be no need for the follow-up segment. If Eric felt that it was not good and someone did not cooperate, Pei Qian would support him and appease the employees.

Eric and Zhao Xuming had a special office mainly to separate them from the other employees and maintain their pureness.

Pei Qian came to the office door and knocked lightly.

…

At the same time, Eric and Zhao Xuming were reading the feedback of the players on the forum in their office.

“We are indeed scolded quite badly. It’s worse than I imagined.” Zhao Xuming was a little worried. “The situation is a little serious. Will there be a problem?”

Zhao Xuming was obviously timid compared to Eric. He was more afraid of taking the blame if something went wrong.

Eric shook his head. “I’ve already shown the plan to Boss Pei. Boss Pei did not say that he wanted to change it. That means he supports our plan.”

“What’s more, if we want to lead the enemy into an ambush, we have to pretend to escape. It’s inevitable that there would be some casualties.”

“This time will not be too long. According to my previous estimates, it will be within one or two days. Thereafter, the final reward for our event will be unlocked in two days.”

Zhao Xuming asked, “How confident are you of this event?”

Eric chuckled. “About seventy percent.”

“Actually, the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation have been trying to increase the price of IOI’s skin. However, they have not found a good opportunity.”

“They have basically given up on a direct confrontation with GOG, but that does not mean that they are not paying attention to GOG’s activities. On the contrary, they are paying more attention to it than before.”

“It’s precisely because they want to increase the price that they have to pay more attention to GOG’s movements. They have to be cautious about many things and choose the right time to salvage their reputation.”

“If we happen to bump into Tengda’s promotional event when we raise the price, wouldn’t we be sending ourselves to the edge?”

“Therefore, they must also be paying attention to 1024 Digital Day and have prepared the corresponding activities. They can’t possibly do nothing and let their market share be snatched up too much.”

“Even if the event is done, it won’t be released immediately. Most likely, we’ll wait and see. We’ll see the specific content of GOG’s event and make some minor adjustments to the content of our own event.”

“If GOG’s activities are very conscientious, they can only lower the discount on the skin, at least on the surface.”

“What if GOG’s price increases?”

“They probably won’t let this opportunity go either.”

“Of course, this is all my guess. The other party might not take the bait. They might not even be able to react so quickly due to their slow efficiency.”

“However, it doesn’t matter even if the other party did not take the bait. This event would not be harmful to us. We can continue to fight for IOI’s market share.”

Zhao Xuming nodded.

He knew very well that IOI would not let go of this opportunity.

That was because Dayak Corporation desperately wanted to obtain more profits as soon as possible after realizing that they could not defeat GOG or even IOI’s own market share in the short term.

However, they would be scolded every time they raised the price of the skin. They could not act rashly.

However, what if GOG took the initiative to increase the price and the increase was huge?

That would give IOI an opportunity to increase its price!

Many things were afraid of comparison. If GOG’s skin increased in price, and IOI’s skin increased in price, but the increase was not that big, they might be able to achieve a situation where both the price increased and the reputation improved.

This was obviously a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Dayak Corporation. They would not miss it again.

What’s more, the event had been prepared in advance. They just had to change a few numbers before going online. Ordinary people would find it difficult to resist such temptation with such low cost and high returns.

What’s more, just as Eric had said, even if the other party did not take the bait, the event itself would not be too bad. It could still seize market share as a normal marketing event.

Zhao Xuming felt that the only problem with the entire situation was Boss Pei’s attitude.

The two of them were newcomers after all. They had just taken over GOG. It had only been less than a week, but they had already changed Min Jingchao’s original plan for the event. They had also changed it very boldly. GOG had even received a lot of criticism in the early stages of the event. It was ultimately a little irregular.

If this had been any other company, Pei Qian would not have done this.

However, Tengda was obviously not an ordinary company. Thus, he felt that there was no problem with this. Instead, it was more reasonable.

Zhao Xuming was still struggling when he heard a knock on the door.

Once he said ‘come in’, he saw Boss Pei enter.

Zhao Xuming and Eric quickly stood up. “Boss Pei!”

Boss Pei walked in happily. “Take a seat. There’s nothing else. I just came to take a look.”

“The changes to the new activity are quite bold. It looks like you’ve adapted to Tengda’s working model.”

“However, I still have to ask one more question. Did you encounter any situation where the old employees are not cooperating during the work process? If you do, you have to tell me. I’ll help you solve it.”

This might be a very difficult problem for others. If there was a conflict between superiors and subordinates, they had to support their superiors. However, it was difficult to guarantee that their subordinates would not feel angry.

However, this problem did not exist for Pei Qian because all the employees trusted him too much. With one word from Pei Qian, all the employees would support Eric’s work from the bottom of their hearts.

Eric quickly shook his head. “Thank you, Boss Pei, but we haven’t encountered such a situation.”

“Tengda’s employees are the best at their job. They are very efficient and never ask too many questions. They are much more efficient than we were before. We have not even encountered a situation of procrastination, much less deliberately not cooperating.”

Pei Qian nodded subtly.

It looked like there were benefits to Tengda’s employees’ style of not asking too much.

At the very least, sending a leader who could incur losses would ensure that these employees would seriously carry out his loss-incurring policy. It would be much less troublesome.

Pei Qian felt much more relieved. He asked again, “I think the event was scolded badly.”

“However, it doesn’t matter. The person-in-charge has to be responsible. Most of the time, he has to withstand the pressure and do what he thinks is right.”

“Don’t deny yourself just because you were scolded. Most of the time, you have to stick to your inner thoughts.”

Pei Qian was afraid that Eric and Zhao Xuming’s skin would become thinner after arriving at Tengda. How could they change the event after being scolded by players?

However, Pei Qian could not say it too clearly. He could not directly say that they were continuing to mess around like this. He could only think about it indirectly so that both of them could “persevere”.

Eric nodded immediately. “Alright, Boss Pei. I know.”

Zhao Xuming’s previous worries had all dissipated. He was also ashamed of his superficial self.

What had Boss Pei not experienced before?

Boss Pei had created a ‘performance art-style publicity’ when he was developing Game Designer. He had spent money to buy over UP Masters to collect ‘Wa-Oh.

Hadn’t he been scolded like a dog before?

The tricks that he and Eric had thought of were insignificant to Boss Pei.

“Alright, since there’s nothing else, I’ll make a move first.”

“Don’t work too hard, focus on work-life balance.”

Pei Qian was very satisfied with the current state of the GOG project team. He felt that he had poached the right person, given a few simple instructions, and left.

After Boss Pei left, Eric said, “See, I told you that Boss Pei would definitely fully support this!”

“Tengda’s scale has not reached the level of supergiants, but as a leader, Boss Pei’s vision and decisiveness are definitely top-notch. He is not comparable to the mediocre upper echelons of large companies.”

Zhao Xuming agreed deeply.

Eric browsed the webpage again. “The next day will depend on whether IOI will be fooled.”

…

At noon, Pei Qian went to the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for lunch. At the same time, he browsed the gamers’ comments.

Indeed, the popularity seemed to have risen again.

After all, this event opened in the morning. Some players slept early because of various reasons. They only knew about this in the morning.

The popularity might have risen again but most players were still the same old. They either scolded Eric in the forum or called for resistance. There were no new tricks.

That disappointed Pei Qian.

How could you call yourself a keyboard warrior when you don’t even have the strength to criticize others?

Work harder! Do more tricks!

Speaking of this, Pei Qian especially missed the fake reviewers that he had previously paid for or publicized. He felt that these fake reviewers were indeed professionals. Their angles were very tricky.

If he were to find fake reviewers to reimburse him, Pei Qian would definitely arrange for 24 hours to maximize the effect of the show.

As he was browsing, he suddenly saw a new post.

“IOI next door is also having an event! I never thought that IOI’s event would be more conscientious than GOG one day…”

“Conscientious my a * s. IOI’s prices have also risen!”

“That’s still less than GOG!”

Pei Qian was stunned.

Eh?

There were activities and new skins there?

The timing was very tight!

He quickly opened IOI’s official website and found that the event had indeed just started. Of course, they were not called 1024 Digital Day, but another name. However, their intentions were obvious. They were to match GOG.

This event also produced new skins and increased the price.

Compared to the original skin, the new skin this time had some special effects and special movements. The price had increased by 30%.

Initially, gamers would have scolded them badly. However, with GOG in front, IOI’s reputation has improved!

Of course, looking at all the good comments and sentences, Pei Qian felt like he was looking at familiar fake reviewers.

Obviously, IOI had secretly hired fake reviewers to add fuel to the fire. They wanted to use this opportunity to increase the price of the skin and set up a memorial arch to snatch some players from GOG!

“The timing is very good, but don’t set it up again!”

“If we don’t raise the price or even offer discounts, wouldn’t it be a perfect counterattack?”

“Forget it, forget it. There are some flaws, but it’s not a big problem.”

Pei Qian’s first reaction was regret.

If IOI did not increase the price of the skin but took the opportunity to give a discount, wouldn’t it be able to create a comprehensive downturn on GOG? Wouldn’t Eric and Zhao Xuming be able to cooperate perfectly?

In the end, IOI took the opportunity to increase the price. That was a little suspicious.

However, on further thought, Dayak Corporation had to eat after all. They had been preparing for the price increase for a long time and could not hold it in anymore.

If he did not make use of this excellent opportunity to increase the price, it would be extremely difficult to increase the price in the future.

After all, one could say that Tengda’s IQ had lagged this time. What about next time?

He had to take this opportunity to set the price increase so that gamers could get used to the new price.

He could only say that the cooperation was not perfect, but it was not bad.

Pei Qian did not have high expectations. He only felt that IOI should be able to catch its breath this time.