Chapter 194 - The Plan in the Notebook
Chapter 194 The Plan in the Notebook
At Tengda Games…
Pei Qian flipped through his little notebook. There were two more people he had to make arrangements for.
Actually, the first name on Boss Pei’s little notebook was not Lin Wan. After all, Lin Wan had only helped him save hundreds of thousands of yuan in rent. He could easily spend all of that money now.
What’s more, considering the two hundred thousand yuan Lin Chang gave to him, Boss Pei had to be lenient in dealing with Lin Wan.
The first name on the little notebook was Qiao Liang!
The week before last, when The Lonely Desert Road was updated, Teacher Qiao praised Tengda once again. As a result, Pei Qian nearly hired someone to murder Teacher Qiao.
Ever since Tengda Games released The Lonely Desert Road until it released Game Designer and the new downloadable content, Teacher Qiao had been like a relentless ghost.
Ever since he began looking into Teacher Qiao earlier, Pei Qian had not figured out a good way to deal with him.
Qiao Liang lived in Beijing, but he was not a local of Beijing. This made him a mere migrant worker there.
He should have been living a difficult life in the beginning. After joining Aili Island, his living standards improved significantly because he was able to depend on the incentive plan and everyday sponsored partnerships. He could even afford to decline low-end sponsored partnerships.
Basically, ever since he recommended Game Designer under the Products of the Gods series, Teacher Qiao freeloaded off ‘performance-art-style of marketing’. After that, he unknowingly managed to rake in sponsored partnerships without doing much else.
It was all very strange. Other UP Masters were scolded as they accepted sponsored partnerships. However, when Teacher Qiao did the same, the bullet screen comments were filled with praise for his ‘good performance’ or ‘good artwork’!
When other UP Masters saw this, they became overwhelmingly envious.
Yet, someone as special as Teacher Qiao was unique. There would be no second Teacher Qiao.
For this exact reason, Teacher Qiao was immensely grateful towards Tengda Games. After all, he had only been a slightly popular UP Master before this. Now, he was one of the most popular UP Masters on Aili Island’s games channel. This was all because he stood on Tengda Games’ shoulders.
For all Pei Qian knew-once they released their new game, Teacher Qiao would jump onto it at lightning speed.
At first, Pei Qian wanted to use money to orchestrate the collapse of Teacher Qiao. This was possible, but there was still the problem of what would happen after that.
It was true that Teacher Qiao was in need of money, but what would Pei Qian ask him to do after buying him over?
Could Pei Qian ask him to produce videos that dissed Tengda’s games?
That would be very unreasonable. What’s more, Pei Qian feared that no matter how hard Teacher Qiao tried to diss the games, the audience would see it as large-scale performance art.
Could he ask Teacher Qiao never to create videos about Tengda’s games again?
If he spent money purely for this purpose, Teacher Qiao might begin to doubt Pei Qian’s true motives. This would run contrary to his objective to keep the System’s existence hidden.
Thus, Pei Qian found himself caught in a deadlock.
Asking Teacher Qiao to praise Tengda would be increasing publicity for it.
Asking Teacher Qiao to diss Tengda would also be increasing publicity for it.
This was disastrous.
Pei Qian understood that he could use money to orchestrate Teacher Qiao’s collapse. He could even make sure that Teacher Qiao would never be able to stand on his own two feet again. However, even if Teacher Qiao tried to make money lying down, it would be of no help to Pei Qian.
That was the most hurtful thing.
However, no matter what, he had to take revenge!
“Once the new game is published, I will use the rest of the budget to make sure Teacher Qiao completes the game a hundred times. That would be the only way to dispel the hatred in my heart!”
Pei Qian quietly looked down at the name in the second line of the notebook: Lin Wan.
Before this, he had already decided to send Lin Wan to Shang Yang Games. Now was the best time.
Shang Yang Games’ current framework was quite complete. Between Ye Zhizhou’s creativity and Wang Xiaobin’s experienced planning, they were not lacking people-at least for now.
However, Wang Xiaobin was the chief systems designer after all. He was wearing multiple hats. The current framework was somewhat unreasonable.
Pei Qian’s main intention in sending Lin Wan in would be to allow her to experience how painful the life of a chief planner was. At the same time, he would introduce a bit of the Tengda Games’ spirit into Shang Yang Games.
The best outcome would be that Shang Yang Games failed—even after Lin Wan worked her behind off, day and night. Pei Qian wanted her to lose hope in the game industry and go home to take over her family business.
An average outcome would be that Lin Wan failed to achieve anything there. She could keep working hard, but Shang Yang Games would continue to incur losses. What’s more, Lin Wan would not be able to suddenly give Pei Qian a discount on rent. That would spare him a sudden heart attack.
The worst outcome would be that Lin Wan and Shang Yang Games both became popular for no reason. That would greatly boost her confidence.
However, Pei Qian thought that this was unlikely to happen.
At that thought, Pei Qian called Lin Wan into his office and briefly explained his plan. Unexpectedly, Lin Wan immediately shook her head and turned his offer down.
“I’m not going.”
Pei Qian was slightly confused. Why was she so decisive?
When others found out that they were getting promoted, most of them would be so moved that their eyes would well up on the spot. Lin Wan, on the other hand, was not moved in the least bit. She was even turning Pei Qian down so decisively.
Lin Wan replied seriously, “Boss Pei, thank you for your kind intentions. However, I’m not good enough at the moment.
“I hope to be able to remain in Tengda. At the very least, I want to stay until Repent and be Saved is published. I want to accumulate more experience.”
Pei Qian was speechless.
Indeed, she was a rich second-generation heir. What a letdown!
Lin Wan did not care about promotions at all. She could not possibly advance as quickly as if she went home and asked for money to become her own boss.
What Lin Wan wanted was experience and lessons in creating premium games. She wanted to experience working side-by-side with her colleagues. She was happily working on the projects in Tengda. She had no desire to be moved elsewhere.
Pei Qian did not think that the time-tested first-place elimination system would meet with such an unexpected setback!
Was this the superpower of rich second-generation heirs?
However, Pei Qian would not be defeated by such a minor problem. The cogs in his wheel spun at rapid speed. Almost immediately, he thought of another way to present the idea.
“The people in our company love to underestimate their own abilities. Of course, this is normal. When you’re working with so many outstanding colleagues, it’s easy to develop the feeling that you suck. However, you must believe that you are good enough to take over this role.”
Pei Qian paused and faced Lin Wan with a somber expression. “The role in Shang Yang Games is extremely important. No one else can take it up but you.”
Lin Wan hesitated. “Huh? Is that so?”
Once she heard the words ‘no one else can take it up but you’, Lin Wan could not help but feel curious.
Pei Qian stood up and took two steps forward. Then, he explained, “Shang Yang Games has been incurring losses. Now that Tengda has bought over the company, we naturally have to change it from the inside out.
“However, we cannot rush these changes. We have to take them step by step. After all, a company cannot change its culture overnight.
“You would be carrying two important responsibilities on your shoulders:
“First, you would become the point of communication between Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games. The person in charge over there is Ye Zhizhou. He is overly cautious. Therefore, you have to make the decision for him when he does not dare to do so. Then, you must communicate these decisions to me. What I’m most afraid of is that they would be afraid to spend money!
“Second, you would be the carrier of the Tengda Games’ spirit. I hope that you can bring the Tengda Games’ spirit into Shang Yang Games slowly. Whether you bring them for team-building activities or increase their salaries and welfare, I hope you can slowly help them emulate Tengda Games’ example.
“If you do achieve some results, it would prove that you have the ability to handle a project on your own. Then, you wouldn’t be too far from realizing your dreams.
“That is why this role would be an extremely rigorous challenge for you. Are you going to back away in the face of a challenge?”
Lin Wan immediately shook her head. “Of course not!”
She hesitated for a second and added, “Then… can I still come back to Tengda in the future?”
Pei Qian smiled slightly. “Of course. Tengda will always be your home. We will keep your work desk empty. You can come back any time you want.”
Lin Wan pondered for a while and nodded, saying, “Alright! I accept this task!”