Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

March 21st, Thursday.

Pei Qian ended his liaison with himself again. He took off his wrist guards and stretched in satisfaction.

"Very good, progress is fast."

"It's almost half done!"

From the looks of the current situation, everything was going smoothly. There was even ample progress.

If this speed could be maintained, it would not be a problem to submit the manuscript on the 10th of next month. He could even make simple edits before submitting the manuscript.

However, the price was… Pei Qian felt completely isolated from the world.

In order to increase the efficiency of his thesis writing, Pei Qian had no choice but to force himself to cut off the internet. He also instructed Assistant Xin not to inform him unless it was a last resort.

From the looks of the current situation, there seemed to be no other choice.

Pei Qian switched off his cell phone's flight mode again and prepared to come into contact with some information from the outside world. He wanted to see if anything major had happened during his seclusion.

"Eh, the promotional video that Meng Chang shot for GOG and IOI is out."

"However… I think it was scolded."

"He might be taking the blame for me but no matter what, he has obtained the commission. It's worth celebrating."

"It looks like Meng Chang's understanding is deepening. I'm very comforted!"

The promotional video that Meng Chang filmed for GOG and IOI looked stable overall.

In the promotional video, two players were selected to represent GOG and IOI.

Both of them were playing games in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, giving close-up shots of GOG and IOI.

However, in the next second, a magical thing happened. Both of them were surprised to find their game characters walk into each other's game and start fighting side by side!

Meng Chang also chose the heroes representing the two games in the choice of hero characters. They were Modest and the Storm Swordsman.

Immediately after, the armor of Modest and the Storm Swordsman appeared on the two players. The scene in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe also became a battlefield. A large number of enemy heroes and small soldiers surrounded them.

The two of them fought side by side and broke out of the siege. Finally, they smiled at each other, creating an atmosphere of close comrades fighting side by side.

To be fair, this promotional video was not bad.

The scene of the last two players fighting side by side in the game world was especially outstanding. It was obvious that they had spent a lot of money.

However, the players did not buy it.

It was still because of the previous reason that everyone did not want to merge!

This promotional video was not bad, but it further confirmed the news that the two games would definitely merge. It was no different from pulling out those gamers who strongly objected to the merging again and whipping their corpses.

Thus, no matter how well they filmed, gamers who were very resistant to merging would not buy it.

Not only that, some players also distorted the meaning of the promotional video.

That was because GOG and IOI's two gamers were fighting side by side in the second half of the promotional video. They were playing the classic antagonist heroes in GOG and IOI.

This was normal from the content of the promotional video alone. There had to be enemies after all, right? They could not be all random soldiers, right?

It was normal to choose a few antagonist heroes in the game to play calefares in the promotional video.

However, many people interpreted it as: These antagonist heroes were hinting to gamers like us who were against the merging of GOG and IOI!

Look, the two players who had transformed into Modest and the Storm Swordsman had fought side by side. They represented the players who supported the merging of GOG and IOI. There was nothing wrong with that, right?

Who was the force that besieged them?

Dayak Corporation and Finger Games? Obviously not! Dayak Corporation had already sold IOI. Finger Games was now completely under Tengda's control. It was completely unrelated to the antagonist.

Wouldn't the biggest resistance to the merging of GOG and IOI be the veteran gamers who objected to the merging?

Therefore, this promotional video had smuggled goods! indirect criticism!

Most players were still observing the merging of GOG and IOI. They also felt that this interpretation of the promotional video was a little far-fetched and over-interpreted. However, they had to admit that this voice did exist and it was not small.

That was because the gamers' resentment had not been relieved.

Many players were protesting the merging of GOG and IOI, but Tengda's official platform did not appease or say much. They only treated the merging of GOG and IOI as something that had to be done. Thus, it was normal for players to have resentment.

Pei Qian could not help but exclaim that Meng Chang was a little smart!

This reverse publicity was becoming more and more natural. There were less and less traces.

Now, Meng Chang already knew how to adapt to the situation. He would make a publicity plan that looked alright on the surface but would always be scolded in some strange place based on the characteristics of the project.

It was becoming more and more reassuring!

Pei Qian nodded slightly and looked at Tengda's various departments.

"Eh? The low-level activities are already underway? The various department heads quickly completed the handover on Monday. The efficiency is quite high!"

"The name list of the person-in-charge…"

"Something seems wrong?!"

Pei Qian had wanted to praise Tengda's execution. However, after taking a closer look at the name list of the substitute people in charge, he felt a little dizzy.

Li Shi, Qiao Liang, Ruan Guangjian, Yao Bo, Chen Lei… they were all old acquaintances!

"Why are you here as the person-in-charge if you have nothing to do! Don't you have your own company!"

Pei Qian was speechless.

His original idea was to let these people in charge go on the streets to pull people over or find relatives or friends to replace him.

It was just like how Pei Qian pulled Tian Mo on the streets and established the sales department.

However, he did not expect to pull all of Pei Qian's enemies outside the company over!

Pei Qian had not thought about this possibility because these people were very busy!

Among the people on the list, apart from Qiao Liang, the no-show, who might be more free, which of them did not open their own companies? Which of them did not have work to do?

Li Shi had Fu Hui Investments, Ruan Guangjian had Halo Workspace, Yao Bo was the young boss of Jinding Corporation, Xue Zhebin still had to inherit his father's mine, and Chen Lei had just released a new video. He heard that he had to prepare for a concert a few months later…

Yet, these people insisted on pushing down their own jobs and wanted to be the person-in-charge of Tengda?

Mad, this world has gone mad!

Pei Qian had originally thought that by getting rid of this group of people in charge and letting them go down the base level to waste for two to three months, he would at least be able to give the anti-Tengda Alliance some breathing room. He would let them attack freely and seize some market status.

Yet… the new batch of people looked equally good at fighting!

What was the point of this lower level then? Was it just to change the way Boss Pei died?

"Calm down, calm down. Think on the bright side.

"The substitute person-in-charge might have the ability to change but they might not be familiar with Tengda's working model. What's more, they have their own company. It's difficult for them to take care of both sides."

"If something really happens to their own company, they will definitely put Tengda's matters aside and take care of themselves first."

"All in all, changing the person-in-charge of the lower level might not have the best effect in my plan, but I can't say that it's unacceptable."

"On the whole, the benefits outweigh the costs."

"At the very least, we should observe for a while before coming to a conclusion."

"Coincidentally, there's an event for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. I'll observe how Teacher Qiao, the substitute person-in-charge, is doing."

"If it is very successful, it means that the idea of this lower level is a complete mistake. I have to think of a way to remedy it."

"If it doesn't succeed, it means that there's no problem with my plan. We can continue."

Every person-in-charge had their own work plan. Some were more radical and proposed new plans, while others were more conservative and only continued the previous work content.

Amongst them, the situation of Bunny Tail Live-Stream where Qiao Liang was was was more special. That was because the live-stream competition for 'Safe and Civilized Driving' that Hu Xianbin had planned previously was about to take place as scheduled. Thus, Qiao Liang took over midway and became the first department to cause a huge commotion after the 'base level' event.

Pei Qian felt that he could use this opportunity to observe.

…

At the same time, in the guest room of Wolf Fang live-stream headquarters in Shanghai.

Wolf Fang Live-Stream's Vice-President, Zhu Yan, was discussing the next phase of the plan with Shengyun Corporation's Nie Yunsheng.

Tengda had suddenly changed everyone. Indeed, these big bosses were confused. They could not figure out what was on Boss Pei's mind.

However, even though he could not figure it out, he did not dare to not take it seriously.

Nie Yunsheng smiled and said, "Boss Zhu, Waiwai streaming platform has also preliminary reached a cooperation with us. At the moment, the two biggest live-stream platforms in the market are working together. They will definitely win! You shouldn't have any worries about this cooperation, right?"

Zhu Yan took a sip of tea and said, "Boss Nie has a lot of power. I didn't expect that we could still work together because of Bunny Tail Live-Stream after playing with Waiwai Live-Stream for so long."

Nie Yunsheng smiled and said, "This is perfectly normal. Bunny Tail Live-Stream might not have a lot of market share at the moment, but it relies on Tengda Corporation after all. It will show its true colors sooner or later! Recently, the few new functions of Bunny Tail Live-Stream are all trying to get through to Tengda Games. It's enough to show Boss Pei's ambition in this industry."

"Boss Zhu, the fact that you and Waiwai streaming platform could see through Boss Pei's intentions and react in advance definitely reflects your foresight!"

"Waiwai streaming platform has already said that as long as Wolf Fang live-stream takes action, they will follow immediately!"

"Many people boast that Bunny Tail Live-Stream is the live-stream platform with the most stickiness. However, in the live-stream industry, what real stickiness is there? As long as two live-stream platforms snatch the resources of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and poach the live-streamer of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, even if Boss Pei is god, he would not be able to maintain it!"

Zhu Yan was silent for a moment, and then said, "Waiwai streaming platform is quite smart, but… why are we the ones who started first?"