August 9th, Wednesday…
In the afternoon…
Pei Qian took two sips of cola after finishing the employee packed lunch delivered by Fish-Catching Take-Out. He felt very satisfied and lay motionless on the executive office chair for a while.
The Fish-Catching Take-Out was one of Pei Qian's most satisfying services. Not only could it settle the meals of all employees perfectly, but it was also losing money steadily. It showed no signs of possible profits.
The only problem was that its development depended on that of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. It could only cater to the regions around the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and thus could not expand in scale at a similar speed as the Upwind Courier stations.
However, Pei Qian was not anxious about that. As long as the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 plan could commence quickly, the market for the Fish-Catching Take-Out would expand further; and the loss it suffered would also increase rapidly naturally. After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Pei Qian closed the Repent and be Saved window on his computer.
He had suffered yet another tormenting morning, but he could almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Pei Qian was already very familiar with the 'Pudu' weapon. If he could persevere for around a week and clear the ending segments of the six realms of rebirth and existence, he could then consider himself as achieving a huge success.
Not only would he be free and did not have to open the game and suffer ever again, but that also meant that the game had finally reached the system's requirements and could successfully be released.
When the sales of the game flopped and it caused the company to suffer a huge loss, the happy times could finally begin for Pei Qian!
Whenever he thought about that, Pei Qian could not stop a smile from creeping up his face.
He opened Aili Island and planned to watch a few random funny short videos while letting the food he had eaten digest.
First, he ignored the 99+ private messages that were urging him to upload another video.
Being a famous UP Master on a website like Aili Island was pretty troublesome. Every time he opened the web page, there would be tons of messages. Most of those were private messages that urged him to upload more videos.
Boss Pei had so much work to do every day. How could he find time to upload new videos daily?
Currently, Hardcore Reviews had been destroying digital products for the past dozens of videos. Even Pei Qian was a little bored of making the series. However, the viewers were not tired of that at all. Every time a new digital product was released, they would urge him to upload a video regarding that new product. They wanted Pei Qian to continue destroying this and that and were not tired of watching those videos at
all.
Furthermore, everyone had been having increasingly inflated expectations. Initially, the viewers were only asking him to destroy cell phones that cost around three to five thousand yuan, and yet they were now eyeing laptops and headphones that cost more than ten thousand yuan.
If not for the money he earned from Aili Island's incentive plan, Pei Qian would have quit long ago! Pei Qian planned to destroy a new digital product every now and then once he saw a new release to maintain his popularity on the platform. That was especially so for the free products that Shenhua sent to him.
Anyways, when this cycle ended, the hundreds of thousands that he had lost would be enough for him to spend. There was no longer a need for him to upload those videos so painstakingly anymore. After that, Pei Qian watched Fei Huang Workspace's new video—the fourth episode of A Day in a Great Inventor's Life-at the electronics area of the website.
Fei Huang Workspace had been very consistent in their uploads. Although the video was evidently much longer than Boss Pei's Daily Life, they still managed to upload a new episode weekly. That was considered relatively more hardworking as compared to other UP Masters in Aili Island.
After all, many UP Masters were part-time content creators while Fei Huang Workspace was a company that could work on the videos on a full-time basis. They had the manpower and money; thus, they could produce their videos even faster and upload them more frequently.
Pei Qian did not click on the video. The main reason was that he was afraid his heart could not handle it.
If the video series really managed to receive sponsored partnerships from some international huge brands someday, that was similar to the end of the world to Boss Pei. He could picture himself having to eat an immediate-release aspirin tablet before clicking into every episode. Moreover, Pei Qian did not have a good solution to stop them. Therefore, the only thing he could do was to bury his head into the sand and pretend as though he did not see anything.
Pei Qian looked at the updates section of the website to see if there were any new videos by the funny UP Masters that he had subscribed to.
Finally, Pei Qian looked at his favorite otoMAD area where video creators would parody or remix videos and audio clips that have been edited and re-arranged mainly for comical effect.
OtoMAD was the path to progress for the human population. However, Pei Qian noticed something different when he opened the otoMAD area this time.
There was a newcomer in the otoMAD all-stars!
He scanned through the titles of the recently uploaded otoMAD videos. It was clear to see who the new lucky fellow was.
Pei Qian clicked on a few random videos and found the songs to be quite nice.
Moreover, the views for these videos were also pretty high. It should almost be confirmed that Zhang Zuting was officially a member of the otoMAD all-stars team.
The only uncertain thing was if there would be a video that exceeded three million views and sent him directly into the annual hall of fame for the otoMAD section.
Pei Qian was smiling happily. All of a sudden, he stopped smiling.
He opened the platform statistics for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version and took a closer look.
After closer inspection, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief.
Huff…
Fortunately, there were no drastic changes to the statistics.
Although the statistics took a turn for the better, it was still far from the numbers needed to recover the production cost.
That was within Pei Qian's expectations. After all, they had been placing so many advertisements. The quality of the game was pretty good, and the game had an incredible reputation among advanced players. It would be impossible for the statistics of the game to remain unchanged after such a long time.
Pei Qian was content as long as the increase in the statistics was sufficiently slow.
Evidently, the advertisements and mini-client acted as two huge filters that sieved a large group of players. The number of players who truly downloaded and played the game was less than two- or three-tenths of the total number of people who clicked into the advertisements.
Therefore, Pei Qian was currently still at ease. Even if the otoMAD video went viral, there was still nothing he had to worry about currently.
Maybe I'm overthinking.
Zhang Jiahui's otoMAD videos were also very popular then. Almost everyone heard about that. However, how many B-site viewers would try out the game that Zhang Jiahui advertised for just because of an otoMAD video?
There were definitely some who did that, but I'm sure that's not the majority. After he released the psychological burden he had, Pei Qian clicked on the search results for the keyword 'Zha Zhuti' with interest and started viewing the relevant videos.
There were huge numbers of otoMAD videos. Other than the videos produced by marketing accounts that tried to ride the wave of popularity, there were also some interview recordings of Zhang Zuting.
Zhang Zuting did not spend his time lazing around. Although he was less popular than before, he had earned several supporting roles in many movies.
In one of the interview recordings, the interviewer asked for his opinions about his nickname 'Zha Zhuti' which meant fried pig trotter.
In the video, Zhang Zuting appeared reluctant and helpless.
"Everyone in the country is laughing at me now.
"They are imitating how I speak. Hello, eberyone! I am Zha Zhuti. If you're my brother, come nibble at me…
"Many of my fans asked me this question. Why was I so awkward in the commercial when I won the best actor in the Film Award?
"Actually, I treated my performance bery seriously that day. During the first take, I was so passionate and devoted to my performance. However, the business partner wanted me to be more languid and casual. They wanted me to be less serious so I can appear more approachable to the viewers.
"After that, I just said my lines very casually. Never did I expect that take would be used.
"I have emphasized and suggested that we should find a dubbing actor. I do not really speak good Mandarin Chinese. (Many Hong Kongers speak Cantonese, which is a Chinese dialect, instead of Mandarin Chinese.) However, they did not do so in the end and just used my original recording. I do not really understand what happened either.
"When the advertisement became viral, I suggested that we should replace some shots, and yet the business partner declined the offer. That's how things turned out dis way. "Actually, I am also still very unsure why tings turned out dis way either."
The interview was laughing at his accent. "Have you ever thought about terminating the partnership with the other party?"
Zhang Zuting shook his head reluctantly. "No. Other than this advertisement, I had enjoyed working with the business partner. They were great.
"Since everyone likes to call me Zha Zhuti, just go ahead with it as long as that makes everyone happy. If everyone thinks that the nickname was more approachable and fun, you can just call me that. I'm fine with that."
The interviewer asked, "So, the advertisement did not actually cause such a huge burden to you, is that so?"
Zhang Zuting did not know how to answer that question instantly. He thought for a while before replying, "Burden… not really. The most troubling thing for me was that my friends are laughing at me for that, including Ah Jian, Ah Xiong, and Jiaqiang.
"Every time we went out to eat together, they would bring up this issue. That's just really annoying."
As Pei Qian closed the video, he felt a little apologetic.
Haiz. Although that commercial helped Old Zhang gain some popularity, it also embarrassed him in front of his friends. Pei Qian was a little apologetic to him.
If that's the case, Pei Qian felt that he was Old Zhang's friend; and he must help him with the problem.
Pei Qian looked up those friends that Zhang Zuting mentioned.
He discovered that birds of a feather did flock together. Those friends of his were all celebrity has-beens, too.
Zhang Zuting was at least a best-actor winner. His friends mostly acted as supporting roles. They were now worse off than him and could not even secure a supporting role nowadays, much less a commercial.
Some even had to perform at property-launching ceremonies.
The person living the most miserably was not stuck in a contract dispute with his current management company because he could not secure roles in any shows. He was having trouble making ends meet and had to depend on Zhang Zuting and other friends for his day-to-day expenses. Of course, although some of Zhang Zuting's friends were better off than the rest, they were very close to one another. They definitely did not mean it when they mocked Zhang Zuting because of the commercial. Those were all jokes among the group of friends.
When Pei Qian looked up the current plight of those people, he started to tear up.
Life was tough.
As a kind-hearted person, Pei Qian decided to offer them a helping hand.
Pei Qian randomly selected four of them who were closer to Zhang Zuting and handed the name list to Lin Wan. Those whom he selected were the ones who were named by Zhang Zuting in the video.
"I'll give you another two million yuan. Get those four to shoot a commercial for the Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version and play the commercials simultaneously."
Those four were celebrity has-beens; thus, the prices to invite them were not very high. The cost of a two-year endorsement for the game should be around five hundred thousand yuan for each of them.
Good friends should stick together.
In that case, Zhang Zuting would not be mocked by them anymore; and the financial situation of those friends of his would turn for the better.
Killing two birds with one stone. Splendid!
Pei Qian could not help but reflect on how benevolent he was.
Chapter 261 Bao Xu: I Am Being Autistic. Do Not Disturb.
At Shang Yang Games…
Everyone was pumped and excited.
Boss Pei's two million yuan publicity fund was akin to a cardiac stimulant! After its release, the sales records of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had been bad. Everyone saw that and was originally very anxious about that.
Initially, they were all lost. The fortunate thing was that Director Lin decided to develop a mobile version of the game where data in both the mobile version and client-side desktop version were interconnected. That gave everyone a direction to work to.
However, even if the mobile version was released, was it able to turn the tables in their favor? No one was sure about that.
From the current looks of things, the biggest problem when creating the mobile version was not money but was instead time.
If they failed, that was akin to adding salt on their wounds.
However, Boss Pei had many praises for this game. He forked out another two million publicity funds. That showed how much confidence Boss Pei had in everyone!
Everyone was extremely motivated. They were determined to succeed in creating a mobile version for the Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version.
There were assigned employees who had already contacted the Hong Kong celebrities in the name list that Boss Pei handed over.
Wang Xiaobin looked at the name list and commented, "I have to say that Boss Pei is indeed very experienced in choosing the right people. These choices must have undergone serious consideration.
"Zhang Zuting and these people are all previous-generation Hong Kong celebrities. Their movies have a great influence on the current middle-aged players. It has a great publicity effect on our target players. "Zhang Zuting is the most expensive person to invite. We let him shoot a viral clip first before using the same amount to invite four other Hong Kong celebrities who were less pricey. Not only was that highly cost-effective, but it could also achieve a cluster effect and achieve the best publicity results.
"I have to say that Boss Pei's move is really smart."
Ye Zhizhou, who was standing beside him, agreed wholeheartedly. "Yes. Boss Pei is definitely a genius when it comes to publicity. He represents the ceiling of what the domestic games market can achieve in terms of publicity.
"The only thing I am ashamed of and find a little pitiful is that our game could have been better produced. The current state of our game is a letdown given how much publicity funds Boss Pei invested in it."
Wang Xiaobin consoled him. "That's alright. Aren't we in the middle of producing a mobile version? When the mobile version is published, these advertisements will still come into effect. The popularity that the game had garnered would ultimately explode."
Ye Zhizhou nodded his head fervently. "Yes, that's correct! We must work harder so we won't let Boss Pei down!"
September 11th, Monday…
When Bao Xu stepped foot into Jingzhou City once again, he felt a mix of emotions. He's finally back! During the month-long paid leave, Bao Xu flew to Europe and toured four or five cities. He went to a different city almost every week.
All in all, it was a long story! Bao Xu desperately wanted to delete and reformat all the exotic sights in his mind. That month had been nothing but a nightmare to him.
Bao Xu was not referring to the places of interest which he had visited. As long as Bao Xu had to leave Jingzhou City, he would feel like he was living in a nightmare no matter how beautiful and green the city he went to was.
Fortunately, although Bao Xu had been addicted to the internet when he attended university, he had entered the university based on his abilities. His English standard was quite good, and he had brought an electronic translator along with him on the trip. Therefore, he had finally managed to complete the overseas travel tasks given to him.
No matter what, Bao Xu still felt a huge sense of despair when his trip finally ended.
He reached Jingzhou City around midnight. Bao Xu first headed to his rented apartment to take a nap. When he woke up in the afternoon, he decided to head over to Tengda in the evening to have a look.
During the trip, he bought some local snacks and goods as gifts. He had to give it to his coworkers at the office.
Moreover, he had been away for a month; and he knew nothing about the current progress of Repent and be Saved. Li Yada took over the role of chief planner in the middle of the game development. He did not know if she could handle the job well.
When he arrived at the company, he noticed that everyone seemed busy. Noticing that Bao Xu had returned, everyone welcomed him warmly.
"Brother Bao is back!"
"Brother Bao, how was Europe?"
"He seems to have turned slightly tanner."
"Did his hair grow longer again?"
"Around this season, I think Europe should be quite cold, isn't it?"
Bao Xu greeted everyone back and distributed the gifts he bought.
Li Yada was originally concentrated on editing the documents. When she saw that Bao Xu had returned, she stood up hurriedly and said, "Brother Bao! You have returned at such great timing. I have some questions to consult you about!"
Bao Xu's face turned pale instantly. "I'm too tired! Let's talk about it another day!"
"Ah, okay." Li Yada nodded her head and felt a little bewildered.
Bao Xu seemed really tired. Was Bao Xu less energetic than usual after returning from this trip? Previously, if anyone faced any problems about the game designs or if anyone had things to consult him about, he would be very eager to help.
Furthermore, Bao Xu would repeatedly try out the latest games that they were developing and would find the respective designers directly if he had any suggestions on how to improve the game.
The previous time he returned from his trip, he tried out the games on the day he returned and could enter his 'work mode' very quickly.
However, Bao Xu seemed disinterested in working today. Very soon, Bao Xu finished distributing all his souvenirs to everyone, including Boss Pei who was trying out a game in his office.
After that, he returned to his work desk, clicked open an overseas Triple-A game, wore his headphones, and switched on his 'autistic model.
He had come up with that idea during his month-long torture. The first thing that he would do when he returned to the company was hide his abilities! As a partially autistic person, Bao Xu was resented every moment in Europe when he tried to communicate with foreigners using his broken English. His tears then were the water that went into his head earlier!
When he recalled what happened then, Bao Xu realized that the outcome of him coming in second during the Outstanding Employee Selection might have come unexpected but was foreseeable.
He should have predicted such a terrible outcome!
Lu Mingliang was the chief planner and had spent the most effort in producing the game. Who was the next in line?
It was definitely Bao Xu.
Bao Xu had the greatest workload and contribution within the design team. Since Ocean Stronghold, he had been responsible for the creative elements of the games. He would offer many suggestions in areas such as the gameplay, details, and balance of the games.
He had such a strong presence within the team. How could anyone not vote for him?
This time, after he came back, Bao Xu thought about it deeply. If this continued, there were only two possibilities for him during the next Best Employee Selection.
One, he would leave with the one million yuan Dream Fund, just like what Lu Mingliang did.
This outcome was acceptable to him. However, Bao Xu could not bear to part with his coworkers if he had to leave the design team.
Two, he received another month-long paid leave and went on another trip.
That was the scary part!
Although he had received the paid trip twice, there were still many places unexplored in the world. Bao Xu did not think that there will be an end to this torture.
Therefore, Bao Xu set his mind. He was going to be a slacker!
He would bury his head and game all day. That would lower his presence in the office.
Although he was very worried if Li Yada could handle the job as the chief planner, he would definitely not help her in front of everyone. He would only help her with her questions secretly and privately.
He must not attract everyone's attention!
Bao Xu was actually very apprehensive on the inside. He felt that him slacking off could disappoint Boss Pei.
However, he had no choice. To prevent a similar misfortune from happening during the next Best Employee Selection, he must try his best to slack off. At the very least, he must be able to trick most employees. After gaming for half an hour, Bao Xu exited the game and peered over his work desk. He observed his surroundings carefully.
Boss Pei was still in his office.
The others were focused on their work. No one was noticing what was happening over here.
Bao Xu sent Li Yada a message secretly: "If you have any problem, privately message me about it. Do not tell this to anyone else."
In the office, Pei Qian was eating the biscuits and chocolate that Bao Xu gave him while scrolling through Aili Island casually.
His torture for the day was over. There were only two bosses left before he could complete the six realms of rebirth and existence and reach the conclusion.
There were roughly three more weeks until the release of Repent and be Saved. He had ample time.
Therefore, Pei Qian was not worried at all. On Aili Island's website, a new video compilation was featured on the home page.
Brainwashing Bloody Battle Song Advertisement Compilation!
There was initially only Zhang Zuting. However, now it had turned into a family portrait. There were Zhang Zuting and his four brothers.
They were all clad in similarly awkward costumes, holding similarly awkward props, and speaking in a similarly awkward Hong Kong accent. Their style was highly similar. Although the names of the others did not produce good memes like 'Zha Zhuti', that did not affect the enthusiasm of others. That could be seen from the number of comments, bullet screen comments, and popularity of the videos. "What a shock! I am watching advertisements on Aili Island!"
"I would normally consider fifteen seconds to be way too long for a commercial, and yet I willingly watched one that was ten minutes long…"
"Indeed, others would skip the advertisements, and yet I would search for it."
"I can only say that this game merchant is truly an advertisement genius. Each of them only had less than two minutes of clips, and yet the advertisements were made into dozens of different versions!"
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"The advertisement lines are way too brainwashing. ROFL!".
"I did not even dare to press the pause button when this video is in full screen. It would be terrible if I was directed to the webpage."
"I am Zha Zhuti. If you are my brother, come nibble at me… and my four brothers!"
After watching the latest advertisement, Pei Qian nodded his head in approval.
Yes. Good friends should stick together!
Zhang Zuting's status in web-based games should be more or less indisputable. As for the others, they would be the four little kings of web-based games. Combined, they could debut as an old-aged Hong Kong accent dream team. Seeing how awkward those four friends of Zhang Zuting were when they shot the web-based game commercial, Pei Qian was assured. Zhang Zuting should be able to hold his head high in front of them during their next gathering.
After all, everyone shot this embarrassing commercial together; and Zhang Zuting's endorsement fee was the highest amongst them.
Zhang Zuting should be able to feel that his net worth exceeded that of his four brothers.
Having lent Old Zhang a helping hand casually, Pei Qian only had one thought. He felt greatly satisfied!
Zhang Zuting should be very thankful to him, wouldn't he?
Satisfied, Pei Qian closed the website. Out of habit, he opened the platform for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version and took a look to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Although these recent advertisements caused a rise in the statistics, the numbers were still far away from the danger line currently.
Pei Qian did not know what Ye Zhizhou and Lin Wan were busy with all day. However, from the looks of things, it was likely that they have yet to come up with a plan to salvage the situation. Anyways, as long as the statistics did not turn for the better, everything was going smoothly.
After checking that the numbers were still in the safe zone, Pei Qian stood up and was prepared to leave.
Although he had been feeling restless lately, Pei Qian did not know what to do next. He could only wait patiently for the new stores of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to open and also wait for the release of Repent and be Saved.
As he left the office, Pei Qian glanced over in Bao Xu's direction involuntarily. Since the overseas trip, Bao Xu was evidently tanner and appeared healthier than before.
Pei Qian did not know if he was seeing things, but he felt that Bao Xu's receding hairline was growing back. The reforestation project on his head seemed to be taking effect.
At this rate, if he were to go on a few more trips, would he become a long-haired artist? Hmm… that might be quite an interesting sight.
Huh? He's not trying out Repent and be Saved?
Pei Qian was sharp, and he noticed a blind spot.
Bao Xu was playing an overseas Triple-A masterpiece. He seemed to be playing it very casually and was not taking screenshots every now and then or recording its details down on his notepad.
It meant that he was not researching on other games and was instead simply… playing it for fun.
According to Bao Xu's previous habits, he should be proactively playing Repent and be Saved, find tons of problems in the game, and raise those issues for others to solve them.
However, this time around, Bao Xu seemed like a completely different person after the trip. He had his headphones on and seemed as though he did not care about what was happening around him at all.
He almost had the words 'I am being autistic' written on his face. Pei Qian contemplated for a while and understood what was going on.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Bao Xu was worried that he would once again be voted as an outstanding employee. Therefore, he turned on his 'slacking mode' and steered others' attention away from himself. In that case, the other employees would definitely not vote for him again.
In that case, he did not have to suffer another month of torturous paid leave.
When Pei Qian realized that Bao Xu was slacking, he was not angry at all. Instead, a comforted smile appeared on his face.
As expected, my Best Employee Selection indeed had its effects!
Although the process was different from how he had expected, it achieved his desired results perfectly!
The first-place-elimination system should indeed be continued and be used as Tengda's core guidelines.
Great. Bao Xu, you should keep up the good work. I will definitely raise your salary in the future!
Even such a motivated employee like Bao Xu had been turned into a slacker by me, what more the others.
Pei Qian was in a great mood. He put down his worries and left.
When Bao Xu saw Boss Pei head to the elevator and left with the corner of his eyes, he heaved a sigh of relief.
He had no choice. Bao Xu had to be cautious around everyone in the company! He was not targeting Boss Pei. No matter who walked by, Bao Xu would be on his guard and would switch to the games window immediately. He looked around him and made sure that no one was watching him. Then, he switched from the games window back to the document that he was editing and continued working on it.
"This feels a little strange," Bao Xu dissed himself internally.
He had to hide from everyone when he was merely doing the work that he was supposed to complete. What the hell!
Chapter 262 Why did the Purpose of the Epitaph Change?
September 16th, Thursday…
Pei Qian headed over to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's Handong University branch once again to take a look at Teacher Qiao's progress with the game.
Pei Qian came with a completely different mindset from before.
That was because… he had cleared all the stages!
Of course, those stages were merely at easy difficulty. He used the 'Pudu' and jumped from the Road to the Underworld to the six realms of rebirth and existence. After clearing the boss there, he had finished his job.
If Pei Qian had to complete one whole round, he might be helpless. The initial difficulty level of the second round was hard enough. Moreover, 'Pudu' was different from other weapons in the second round. Because it could not be upgraded, it would slowly fall behind other weapons. Using it to fight would simply be a suicidal act.
However, that did not concern Pei Qian. He had completed the system's tasks and felt that the weights were off his chest.
Over on the other side, the matters regarding the new stores for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were almost all settled.
The location that they chose was the biggest shopping mall in Jingzhou City. The rent was not cheap. It was 12 yuan per square meter. That was the most expensive place that Pei Qian had rented.
Although that was nothing compared to rent ten years later, it was already shockingly high.
The area of this shop was around 800 square meters. The store was not as spacious as before as it was located within a mall.
After they have decided not to offer coffee and drinks services, that saved a huge space in the store. Pei Qian specially allocated an area to be the public leisure and entertainment area. He set up a projector there. The rest of the space could fit 150 computers.
Pei Qian estimated that the monthly rent would be around 300,000 yuan. He needed to hire two cashiers and four internet cafe administrators. That would cost him thirty to forty thousand yuan each month. Adding internet fees, cleaning, and other expenses; the internet cafe would spend about 400,000 yuan each month.
Currently, the occupancy ratio of the computers at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes was at thirty to forty percent. The standard operating duration was from 0800 to 2400 daily. If he continued charging 10 yuan per hour for the computers, he could at most earn 300,000 yuan.
Of course, many internet cafes operate 24/7. However, Pei Qian did not plan on doing so.
It was not because the mall would close at night.
Even if the mall was closed, the movie theaters in many malls all had midnight slots. There would still be customers around two to three in the morning. They were not affected by the closure of the mall.
The mall simply had to keep its doors open. That was not a new occurrence.
Pei Qian's purpose for opening the internet cafe was to lose money. He would, of course, try his best to reduce the operation duration.
Thinking about it from another perspectivewith the current expenses, the internet cafe needed to achieve a computer occupancy ratio of about sixty percent to profit. Pei Qian thought that the target was almost impossible to hit.
After all, even though the flagship store for Fish-Catching Internet Cafes was very popular, it did not reach that number either.
Of course, Pei Qian did not completely trust the statistics as they were volatile.
Pei Qian did not rush to open many stores. He wanted to open one first and observe the situation there.
If the loss reached his expected amount, he would invest in a few more stores before the settlement. If the internet cafe managed to profit for some unknown reasons, he would find a way to stop that.
When Pei Qian reached the Handong University branch, he pulled out the chair beside Teacher Qiao and sat down. He sipped on his cocktail as he watched Teacher Qiao play the game. His original intent was to see Teacher Qiao suffer. That would add some excitement to his busy work and life.
Qiao Liang felt that he was being valued by Pei Qian and was instantly energetic. The main designer of the game was watching him play the game and was prepared to listen to his opinions and suggestions at any time. That was such a thing to be proud of!
Teacher Qiao was in high spirits. At that moment, Qiao Liang had finished updating the game. He opened the update list conveniently.
"Eh? The epitaph function is completed?"
Qiao Liang was pleasantly surprised. The problem that he raised previously had been quickly resolved by Boss Pei. That showed that Pei Qian really valued his opinions!
Pei Qian saw the update list, too. He said regrettably, "The epitaph function is only available at the beginning of the game. I don't think you will be able to use that unless you open a new account."
Qiao Liang entered the game as he replied, "That's alright. I have coincidentally reached the second round."
Pei Qian was speechless. "…"
What the f*ck?!
Teacher Qiao's words might have sounded nonchalant, but they were akin to a sharp knife that pierced into Boss Pei's heart. He had reached the second round? Pei Qian had indeed completed the first round. However, he relied on 'Pudu' and skipped many stages in the process. He might have only truly experienced about thirty to forty percent of the game.
However, Teacher Qiao was different. He completed the first round without skipping any stage. Moreover, he had experienced a huge challenge in the process. The weapon that he was familiar with was downgraded by an unscrupulous game designer, and he had to familiarize himself with a completely new weapon.
Even if that happened, Teacher Qiao's progress in the game was about the same as Boss Pei. That comparison made Pei Qian upset… He felt that his mood turned for the worse, and he was starting to doubt himself. He did not doubt his gaming abilities. Boss Pei knew that he was a noob, and he had never doubted that.
What he doubted was mainly the difficulty of the game.
How did Teacher Qiao manage to clear the game when the game's difficulty had been raised to such a level?
God knew how much effort I spent in increasing the difficulty level for the players when producing the game!
However, despite what he did, Teacher Qiao still managed to clear the game. That made Pei Qian extremely dejected.
Even his favorite cocktail appeared less fragrant than before.
However, the good news was that Teacher Qiao was about to challenge himself with the second round. The difficulty of the second round was evidently higher than the first round.
He entered the game.
The opening story plot was still similar to before. After the opening CG, the starting village appeared on the screen. Many villagers who had lost parts of their three souls and seven spirits were lingering around. At the mass grave near the village, the protagonist lifted open his coffin and sat up.
He was deemed to be a dead person, and yet he managed to wake up and head on the Road to the Underworld. According to the original story plot, the player should now pick up a broken sword and fight the monsters.
However, after the update, there was a new transition scene.
The protagonist stood in front of his tomb in the mass grave and saw a shabby tombstone. There were no words on it.
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The protagonist knelt down in front of his tomb and touched the coarse and shabby tombstone. He spoke in a low and husky voice, "There is no inscription. In that case, I shall write my own epitaph."
A text box appeared on the screen. Players could type whatever they want. The word limit was ten Chinese characters.
Qiao Liang scratched his head.
Naming was his biggest frustration. He was currently facing a serious challenge.
What kind of epitaph should he write?
A more optimistic one to encourage himself?
Or a resolute one to fit in with the solemn atmosphere?
Or, maybe he should try to be funny?
He squeezed his brain juices for some literary phrases, and yet he did not have the academic ability for that. Moreover, Boss Pei was watching him from the sides. If what he wrote was too long, it might appear as though he was trying to show off. That was not very appropriate.
Qiao Liang pondered for a while and wrote down four words: You can do it.
This simple sentence could serve as an encouragement to him!
After all, the difficulty level of the game was very high. If he died in the game, seeing that encouragement could boost his confidence and prepare him for the incoming challenges.
After another simple transition animation, the four-word epitaph written in ancient characters was ingrained into the tombstone; and the game had officially begun.
Round two, here I come!
Qiao Liang was extremely energetic. He was prepared to perform well in front of Boss Pei.
After all, he had been receiving Boss Pei's salary for such a long time. He must be bound to show some improvements.
Qiao Liang took out the mourning stick that he earned after defeating the Black and White Impermanence in the first round of the game. It was a two-handed weapon that looked like a long and thick rod. There were many white papers stuck on the rod.
It was a good heavy weapon, and its damage is quite high. Moreover, it had an additional weapon effect. After using it, the weapon could deal AOE damage to the enemies at the front and extract a small amount of their three souls and seven spirits.
I need to showcase my abilities properly in front of Boss Pei!
Qiao Liang was very confident. After all, he had completed round one with his own abilities. He had fought many bosses and was very experienced. Those few monsters in the newbie village did not pose a threat to him at all.
The protagonist rushed forward with his mourning stick.
Qiao Liang remembered clearly that those few monsters at the beginning of the game would just stand mindlessly at the mass grave. They would only fight back when they were attacked. Therefore, he rushed forward valiantly.
However, in the middle of his tracks, the three monsters near the mass grave turned and looked at him simultaneously. Then, they surrounded him!
Qiao Liang was shocked at what happened, but it was too late for him to retract. He tumbled on the ground instinctively and found himself directly in front of the monster's blade. The three monsters each slashed the protagonist once. Qiao Liang was instantly dead.
The screen turned gray. In the middle of the screen was the epitaph that he had written. The words were bloody red and were written in ancient Chinese.
"You can do it."
No. Wasn't the epitaph supposed to encourage me?
Why did the connotations of the same few words change?
It was a little awkward.
Qiao Liang scratched his head involuntarily.
He felt that he was using the weapon that was a reward for defeating the boss to fight little monsters. However, he had been killed in no time. When he lost, it felt as though there was a voice-over saying, "You can do it." Reading between the lines, those words were saying that he did great, considering that he was dominated by the little monsters even though he had the boss's weapon.
Qiao Liang was unsatisfied with the previous outcome.
When he was revived, he decided to proceed steadily. He managed to successfully defeat the three monsters at the entrance of the mass grave. However, very soon, he was dead once again at the next turn.
"You can do it."
Those four bloody red words once again appeared on his screen.
Qiao Liang did not know what to say. "…"
He cupped his forehead and was starting to doubt himself.
What was happening…?
Pei Qian was watching everything from beside Qiao Liang. He was trying to hold in his laughter.
This epitaph was incredible. It had perfectly achieved his desired effect!
In reality, Pei Qian had already planned that the words on the epitaph would turn into a sarcastic comment no matter what the players wrote on it.
Even if the players wrote encouraging epitaphs such as 'Good job. You did great.', they would become a form of irony when the players died. If the epitaphs were already sarcastic—such as 'Noob', '?', 'Loser', or 'Hehe'; the effects would be much better.
That meant that no matter what the players wrote as their epitaphs, 99% of them would be toyed by Boss Pei and mocked repeatedly by him!
That would definitely create an excellent effect that discouraged the players from continuing with the game. Combined with the refund mechanism that never expired, Pei Qian would lose huge numbers of sales volume and money.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Thinking about it made Pei Qian extremely happy! Furthermore, seeing how Teacher Qiao was doubting himself, Pei Qian's mood turned for the better.
Pei Qian could only tell himself this:
Although inflicting harm onto each other was bad, it made him extremely happy!
Chapter 263 The Treatment That a Biological Daughter Gets!
September 17th…
At Shang Yang Games…
The mobile version of the Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had been developed. The data in the client-side desktop version were interconnected with the mobile version. Players could log in with their accounts directly.
The changes to the controls of the game were much lesser than expected. After all, the original controls simply included clicking on the screen repetitively.
After changing the user interface in the web-based version to suit the mobile version, Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou tested it out and found that the hand sensitivity of the game was quite good.
Comparing the gameplay and functions of the mobile and desktop versions, there was not much difference. The mobile version might even be more convenient than the desktop version.
Comparing the gaming experience, the mobile version was very successful in adapting the desktop version. Of course, the true success of the mobile version could only be determined from the players' reviews when the game was published.
While others were busy with the final alterations, Lin Wan had contacted the application store in-charge for the apps in Shenhua's cell phones. She had arranged for the best recommendation channels for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Currently, Shenhua Corporation's main focus was on their cell phones. They did not emphasize as much on mobile applications. The changes to the old application store were merely a step to explore and test the waters.
After all, the development of mobile games was at its peak. Every company that had its own customer base was considering developing app distribution platforms to monetize their user volume.
Shenhua's decision to create an application store and a games market was expected by everyone.
Because Shenhua was merely exploring and testing the waters, its application store was not perfect. Even if that was the case, Shenhua's customer base had many high-net-worth individuals. That resulted in every recommendation spot in their application store to become highly valuable.
All their recommendation spots had price tags attached to them. Some of the best recommendation spots could not even be bought with money. The games had to prove that they could attract users. After all—the more money the games earned, the higher the commission the platform could earn. If the game developers and publishers offered the same amount of money, obviously the game that had better user numbers would win the recommendation spot. Because of Lin Wan's connections, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version cleared most of the vetting processes smoothly. Lin Yu did not even have to settle the matter personally. She just had to notify the people in charge of the application store, and the matter would be settled by them.
In Lin Yu's perspective, the recommendation spot this time was merely a way to express her gratitude to Boss Pei and a method to slightly mend her relationship with Lin Wan.
She offered her the recommendation spot to 'coax' her and not because she fully supported Lin Wan in pursuing her aspirations in the game industry.
Lin Wan knew that clearly. Therefore, she placed even more anticipation in Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, hoping that it could achieve great results.
Firstly, completing this task would allow her to live up to Boss Pei's expectations and trust. Secondly, by being responsible for and publishing a successful project, she would have taken her first step towards achieving her aspirations in the game industry. Lastly, Lin Wan hoped to prove to Old Master Lin and Lin Yu that her choice to enter the game industry was not a rash decision. She wanted to show that she had the capabilities to make a name for herself in this area.
The decision to create a mobile version for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was Lin Wan's. If the mobile version failed terribly, it would be a heavy blow to her.
Maybe she would consider resigning then.
The recommendation spot had been confirmed. The success or failure of the game depended on its release tomorrow.
Ye Zhizhou ran the game once more and was now scrolling through the group chat for the game.
The guild chat group for Bloody Battle Song was never deleted. Players were still monitoring the recent developments of the game in the chat group.
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Initially, those players did not harbor much expectation for the game.
The web-based version of Bloody Battle Song was almost dead after what Old Liu did previously. Even if the game was to cease operating one day, the players would not be shocked by that at all.
However, the game that seemed like it was going to stop operating was slowly gaining vitality!
Firstly, there were drastic changes to the game's content. The 'Chosen One' system had an update. All of a sudden, it changed from a traditional web-based game that created hate and cheated players of their money into a fair game that even players that did not spend money in it could enjoy.
After that, the game producers invested a lot of resources in producing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. The art resources were completely renewed, and the producers found many celebrities to advertise the game.
Those signs showed that Shang Yang Games, the producer of the game, was suddenly not short of money!
Although everyone was unclear where Shang Yang Games's money came from, it was ultimately still good news. Having money meant that the producers could temporarily accept the loss. They could make huge changes to the game and spend money on publicity. Anyways, those signs all showed that the game was heading towards a bright future!
Meanwhile, there had been rumors claiming that the producers were about to release a mobile version in which data was interconnected with the desktop version. That made the players in the group chat excited.
In that case, they could be online in the game at any time and anywhere.
They could play it on the way to work or when they came home from work and were lying on their beds. If they wanted better quality graphics, they could also choose to open their computers to play the desktop version.
Anyways—in the past, not having a computer around when they were fighting the nation wars was a frustrating issue for them. However, that problem was now resolved! At the same time, the advertisements for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version went viral. That gave those former players an illusion.
It appeared as though the entire world heard of that game. Zhang Zuting and his four brothers created a trend on the internet. Their commercial compilation alone had two million views on Aili Island.
The 'Zha Zhuti' meme was even more popular on the internet. There were also many diss videos about the commercial and the game itself.
If this was not viral, what was considered viral?
Therefore, players were happily waiting for the release of the mobile version.
However, Ye Zhizhou had been lurking in the players' group chat, and he knew clearly that all of that were merely illusions.
On the surface, the game was gaining popularity. However, in reality, Shang Yang Games had been burning Boss Pei's money. Currently, the development and publicity of the game had cost him around ten million yuan.
Ten million yuan. That was not a small sum.
If they were to save some of that money, they could even create a mini client-side game or a good-quality unique game.
If the mobile version had been published and this fake popularity continued, it would be a huge blow to everyone.
September 18th…
On this day, the employees of Shang Yang Games arrived at the company very early and were all waiting anxiously.
They had all downloaded Shenhua's application store on their phones and were checking it out every now and then.
At 10 in the morning…
Ye Zhizhou refreshed the application store habitually once again and exclaimed, "It's there! It's there!"
Those around him surrounded him.
The Shenhua application store could be downloaded on all phone brands other than Pineapple phone. Meanwhile, it was in-built in all Shenhua cell phones.
Everyone started playing the 'find it' game. They started searching for the recommendation spot for the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song.
After looking through the app, everyone took in a deep breath.
That was definitely the treatment that a biological daughter would get!
It was totally beyond everyone's expectations!
On the homepage of the application store, there were four cover-page recommendations. One of them was Bloody Battle Song.
Zhang Zuting raised a huge sword and was about to slash it down.
Below it were five horizontal category bookmarks. Even further below were five popular and recommended apps that included an online purchase app, a video app, and more
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Bloody Battle Song was once again amongst those five apps.
The promotion picture was a head portrait of Zhang Zuting cosplaying a game character, and the caption was Bloody Battle Song (Available from 18th September, 10 a.m.)'.
Below it were some details of the game. The installation package was about 370M. The game had a four stars review. There was also an advertisement slogan: Endorsed by Zhang Zuting. Definitely a fair and green nation wars game!
After clicking on it, users would be directed to the game details page for Bloody Battle Song.
Every recommendation spot on the homepage of the application store was priceless.
Yet, Bloody Battle Song occupied two of those crucial spots!
Not only that, but on the 'Games Store' bookmark, the first in the 'Editors' Choice' list was still Bloody Battle Song!
When they clicked on the web-based games category, the top of the 'New Recommended Games of the Month' was still Bloody Battle Song!
The third bookmark was a ranking. It ranked all the apps and games in the market according to their recent and long-term download numbers, ratings, popularity, and profitability. Bloody Battle Song was the seventh on the list!
There was a caption below: 350,000 installed, 4.7 ratings. The most absurd part was the striking red 'Recommended!' icon after the caption.
This recommendation was produced by Shenhua. The company would reward this icon to good quality and popular games periodically. To Shenhua app store users, that icon symbolized that the game had been specially selected by Shenhua.
The various recommendation spots made everyone gasp in awe.
What kind of connections did they need to receive such a treatment!
Some recommendation spots could be bought with money, such as the little recommendation spot on the bookmark page.
However, for homepage recommendations, not only did they have to compete with other popular games; but they also had to beat other popular apps. There was no way they could win it without forking out enough money!
Of course, the homepage recommendation spot was not the most mind-blowing.
The most unbelievable part was that Bloody Battle Song had discreetly reached the seventh place in the rankings!
The seventh position was right at the bottom of the cell phone screen once the users clicked into the rankings. They could see the game without having to scroll down. The rankings mostly followed Shenhua's calculation and were mostly fair. After all, if the entire rankings were forged, that would be too obvious. The users could easily realize that the rankings were not completely reliable. Therefore, what most app stores did was to squeeze a few publicity projects into the rankings discreetly. They would also tweak some statistics of those apps that they were publicizing to fit their rankings. Anyways, most users did not know the criteria and rules of the rankings.
It was similar to the hot searches on Weibo.
Chapter 264 Boss Pei Should Be Happy Knowing that Bloody Battle Song's Popular
Bloody Battle Song had obviously been snuck in like that. Otherwise, how could it have been downloaded 350,000 times immediately after being released?
Everyone looked at one another, shocked and confused. What kind of background did Director Lin come from?
Director Lin had said before that she could obtain recommendation spots in Shenhua's application store. That was why she suggested changing the game into a mobile one.
Everyone had thought that they would be inconsequential recommendation spots. At the very most, they thought that the game would be displayed on the home page for one or two weeks.
However, it looked like they were all wrong!
Wang Xiaobin looked in the direction of Director Lin's office and could not help but feel moved. "All of Tengda's employees are freaks…"
Wang Xiaobin had worked in Shang Yang Games for many years; he had pretty good self-awareness.
In such a small city like Jingzhou, one's exposure would be limited.
Wang Xiaobin had thought that it was good enough to be the chief systems designer for a web-based game that could generate revenue.
However, ever since Tengda Games bought Shang Yang Games over, Wang Xiaobin had his pre-conceived ideas crushed into pieces again and again.
They casually poured five million yuan into research and development and then poured another few million yuan into hiring a celebrity to advertise the game. Now, they had even casually obtained such critical recommendation spots on Shenhua's application store.
Wang Xiaobin would never even have dared to imagine these things.
Apart from 'awesome', Wang Xiaobin had no other words to describe this.
Soon, many gamers began to leave comments on the game's details page in the application store. Many people also began discussing the game in forums and groups for mobile games and web-based games.
"Eh? Isn't this the game that Zha Zhuti advertised?"
"Why did Zha Zhuti produce a mobile game? Awesome, it's in such an eye-catching position as well. The company is so rich!"
"It seems perfectly logical for the game to earn so much money, given its advertising and the fact that it's a traditional web-based game."
"I don't think so. The game doesn't have many paywalls."
"A web-based game with no paywalls? Are you kidding me?" "Who knows? I heard this from others as well. I thought the mini-client was too big so I didn't download it."
"You can download the game on your cell phone, then. I don't have anything to do on the way to work anyway."
After the game was placed on Shenhua's application store, many people began to download Bloody Battle Song! On one hand, it was because the game had been converted from a web-based to a mobile one. The entire market was different. On the other hand, long-term advertising had allowed them to accumulate popularity. In the end, they were able to achieve fundamental change.
The original Bloody Battle Song was a mini-client. Unlike traditional web-based games, people could not open it and play as and when they wanted to. Yet, compared to traditional client-side games, their graphics and operations were far worse.
In addition, their paywall model ensured that they could not generate profits from a limited number of players.
Thus, even though they heavily advertised Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version online, they saw negligible results.
Although they advertised both versions of the game, the conversion rate for the mini-client was too low.
If players mistakenly clicked on advertisements for other web-based games, a window would pop up; and they would find themselves in the game at once. They could start playing immediately.
If they had nothing better to do, they probably would play the game.
However, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was completely different. If players mistakenly clicked the advertisement, they would be asked to download a 370-MB folder. Most people would close that window immediately.
Now that the game had moved to mobile platforms, the situation was completely different!
At the moment, traditional card games like Ghost General and Qute Three Kingdoms were considered more popular in the mobile industry. More serious games with complicated operations were still in developmental stages.
One could say that Bloody Battle Song was a whole level above the market for mobile games because of its graphics and operations!
It was like in Honor of Kings, when a player who was used to being tortured in the High-King Tier moved to the Bronze Tier and suddenly realized that everyone around him could not play at all.
What's more-after Zhang Zuting's commercial became popular, many people formed an impression of the game in their heads.
When they saw the game appear in their application store, players who had nothing better to do became curious.
They could not help but download the game so they could discover the truth behind the commercial. Since the commercial had become so popular, they wanted to see the game's true colors for themselves.
Once they entered the game, many people who had originally been prejudiced against it realized that it was completely different from what they had imagined!
In the afternoon…
Lin Wan sat in her office, watching the figures increase rapidly. She was over the moon. It looked like changing the game into a mobile one was the right move! Although they could not see much result in half a day, one thing was obvious.
Bloody Battle Song's mobile version had been the seventh-best mobile game at first, but it was now number six!
It was quite amazing.
Although the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had been in seventh place on the application store at first, it was only because the staff at Shenhua had created fake figures for it. It was almost the same as buying followers on Weibo.
However, the exact mechanics behind these rankings were vastly different from hot searches on Weibo.
The mobile version of Bloody Battle Song was ranked in seventh place because of fake figures. No matter how unpopular it was, it would still remain in seventh place. It would not descend any further.
However, if its true figures surpassed seventh place, it could continue to climb!
At first, Lin Wan thought that Shenhua's staff had adjusted the fake numbers. However, on second thought, she realized that was not logical.
Whether Bloody Battle Song was in first or seventh place, it would still be seen on the charts. Given that there were so many recommendation spots, it would not make any practical difference even if the game was moved up by one rank. The staff had no real reason to alter the fake figures, right?
Lin Wan pondered for a while and decided to contact the staff in charge of Shenhua's application store. She sent a message to ask about the chart.
The response came almost immediately.
"Director Lin, those are real figures! I thought it was incredible as well, but I just checked with my technical staff. The game made it to top ten on the charts in a single day!
"That's crazy. I've been in charge of Shenhua's application store for so long, and I've seen many explosive games. However, I've never seen anything like this!
"I'm going to open two more recommendation spots right now!"
Even through the cell phone screen, Lin Wan could sense that the staff was pleasantly surprised as well.
It was natural.
A single sentence from Boss Yu and the staff had to create so many recommendation spots for the former's little sister. Although she could not say anything out loud, she must have been cursing in his heart.
People had to pay for these recommendation spots!
Of course, the staff would not have received the money. However, these figures were akin to his report card. Just giving away these recommendation spots for free would affect his own achievements and bonuses.
COI???
He had to forcefully push down many other games and applications in order to give Bloody Battle Song that many recommendation spots. If Bloody Battle Song's figures turned out to be bad, the platform would lose out in the long term.
However, in one day alone, Bloody Battle Song's figures managed to blow up to such an extent. The situation was completely different. The staff could not even wait to give Bloody Battle Song more recommendation spots in order to maximize its exposure!
Lin Wan finally felt relieved when she heard the staff's response.
Great!
Ever since they began researching and developing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, they had experienced many difficulties and setbacks. All the anxiety she felt dissipated at that moment. Lin Wan felt like the clouds had finally parted, and the sun was finally shining bright.
She had not let Boss Pei down. She had not given up on her own dreams.
Although she was still a long way from becoming an elite game designer, the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had proven to be a success. Without a doubt, it was a great beginning!
Lin Wan's eyes began to well up. At that moment, the person she most wanted to thank was Boss Pei.
Before coming to Shang Yang Games, she would never have imagined becoming the leader of a game company, making important strategic decisions, and leading everyone to success.
Yet, Boss Pei had remained confident in her. He was the one who gave her these precious opportunities to prove herself.
One could say that without Boss Pei's encouragement, the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song would not have come so far!
At that moment, Lin Wan's phone vibrated.
She picked it up and saw that it was a message from Boss Pei.
"You've been working hard during this period. I'm going to hold a feast for employees of Shang Yang Games on the evening of the 20th. We'll meet at the same place." When she saw this message, Lin Wan perked up.
Did Boss Pei already know about the developments?
That seemed unlikely.
It was not expensive to create the mobile version of the game. What's more, Boss Pei had given Lin Wan free-reign to make changes to Bloody Battle Song. She was only required to consult him if she met with unresolvable problems.
Thus, Lin Wan had not informed Boss Pei about the decision to create a mobile version of Bloody Battle Song. To her, this was a matter she could resolve on her own.
Did someone else report the updates to Boss Pei?
That was unlikely, too. After all, nobody stood to gain from doing so.
What's more, Boss Pei was a busy man. He had many things to take care of. Lin Wan guessed that he would not have the energy to think about Shang Yang Games. Thus, she was quite sure that Boss Pei did not know about the good news.
After seeing how hard the employees of Shang Yang Games had been working, he probably arranged for this feast to encourage them.
If that was the case, Boss Pei's actions were heart-warming!
Shang Yang Games had spent a lot of money and achieved nothing. Other leaders would have been hopping mad by now.
Yet, not only did Boss Pei remain calm, but he also treated everyone with kindness and acceptance. He even wanted to encourage everyone with a feast!
Lin Wan was moved by this good leader. She immediately replied, "Alright, Boss Pei!"
Boss Pei may have been busy at work, but he had always paid a lot of attention to Shang Yang Games.
While they were researching and developing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, Boss Pei contributed to the game's name, gameplay, and advertising method.
Lin Wan would give Boss Pei a huge surprise during the meal. She would tell him that Bloody Battle Song finally rose from the dead. Losses had turned into profit. Boss Pei should be happy knowing that, right?