Losing Money to Be a Chapter 355 - Guessing Boss Pei’s Intention-Difficulty Level

Chapter 355 Guessing Boss Pei’s Intention-Difficulty Level High

At the sa ti as the interview going on in Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd....

Dream Realization Ventures... Boss Ma did not turn up again today.

Boss Ma’s whereabouts had always been erratic, and the company did have no money for new investnts. Nonetheless, the fact that Boss Ma did not turn up made He Desheng and the others worry.

Many of them would lose their jobs on the spot if Boss Ma lost interest in the rigged gas! Even if they only fell out of favor, that would an their career prospects were dim.

Therefore, these professional gars—who accompany Boss Ma in gaming and invest on the sidelines—were feeling a little anxious.

The first thing He Desheng did when he went to work was to open his mailbox to check his email.

The modification suggestions they sent to Finger Gas of the ga last Friday should have received a reply by now since it was already Monday, right?

There was indeed an unread email from Finger Gas.

He Desheng briefly browsed through it. He could only say, as expected of being a shareholder...

Finger Gas had already replied to the email on Saturday. Dream Realization Ventures was on holiday during the weekend so no one was working overti. He Desheng did not check his email during the weekend, which was why it was left unread until today. In any case, to reply in just a day showed how much importance Finger Gas attached to their shareholder and local agent.

There was a lot of content in the email. The tone was very polite and was filled with respectful terms.

However, while the tone was rather euphemistic, the aning between the lines was clear. There were three key points after being translated.

They were very grateful for the support and love Dream Realization Ventures gave to IOI.

They were also thankful to Dream Realization Ventures for their valuable comnts on the ga, which sparked the inspiration for their ga design. However, due to so reasons that were difficult to be clearly expressed in the email, they would not be able to promise to make changes based on this as the ga design was done as a whole. Of course, if conditions were to permit, these modifications were not completely impossible to consider.

He Desheng sighed silently and closed the email after reading this rather standard reply. He had no other way. Their attitude was clear; it was impossible to change.

Dream Realization Ventures might have bought into the shares of Finger Gas and obtained the exclusive agency rights in China, but it was impossible for them to dictate what Finger Gas should do.

Moreover, Finger Gas’ attitude towards their investors was the sa. Their determination to maintain independence was rather firm.

It was already pretty good to receive such a polite reply in a short ti. Finger Gas probably would not even give a d*mn about such opinions if it was put forth by other companies.

It was rather normal if soone thought about it. Dream Realization Ventures was an investnt firm. How could Finger Gas change the contents of its ga just because of so advice from an investnt firm?

Dream Realization Ventures’ backer might be Tengda, but Tengda did not possess much influence overseas. Finger Gas’ answer would probably still be the sa.

In short, this route was dead. They would have given up if it was any other matter. However, this concerned everyone’s job security. He Desheng felt he had to use gas to win back Boss Ma’s trust.

Was there any similar ga to IOI then?

He Desheng gave it so thoughts when a light bulb lit up suddenly. “Isn’t Tengda Gas developing a similar ga? It should be easier to talk to our sister company than to talk to Finger Gas, right?”

He Desheng did not have any way of contacting Li Yada, but he could reach out to Assistant Xin.

He Desheng sent the modification plan to Li Yada after he obtained Li Yada’s contact information from Assistant Xin.

Would Li Yada, the head from Tengda, accept this plan?

He Desheng could not say for sure.

Tengda Gas was indeed a sister company, but they made gas for profit as well.

It is impossible for the head to completely violate her design philosophy and make major changes to the ga just because of favor, especially if this modification plan was contrary to Tengda’s previous design direction.

Anyway, he could ask first.

Who knows? Perhaps the head would be interested in this modification plan.

Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.... “Boss Pei, sorry to interrupt. “Boss Pei, can you give us a brief outline of what you want for the haunted house? “Hao Qiong and I might have so thoughts, but we are afraid that we may not be able to fulfill your expectations.”

Pei Qian fell into deep thoughts seeing the ssages from Chen Kangtuo. He didn’t manage to fool them. They took the initiative to ask him. What should he do now?

Pei Qian did not want to ‘point the way’ because he felt like he had a lucky mouth that would turn anything he said into facts. Every bad idea he gave beca a golden goose.

That made Boss Pei feel very confused and troubled.

That was why he did not say much to Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong this ti. He wanted them to try it out and see if he could deceive them.

In the end, both of them felt sothing was wrong and still took the initiative to ask after one weekend.

Pei Qian did not want to ‘point the way out for them’, but it did not seem appropriate to say nothing.

Hm, just one sentence then.

Pei Qian thought for a while before he typed his reply: “Make it a destination for the courageous without spending much and where the timid could only watch on in fear without entering.”

Chen Kangtuo replied in less than two minutes: “Boss Pei, can you please explain a little more...?”

Obviously, he thought hard for two minutes after reading this sentence carefully. However, he did not fully understand what it ant so he had no choice but to ask again.

Boss Pei might think of him as useless if he asked, but it was a huge project of 10 million yuan. Chen Kangtuo did not dare to execute it with no clear route.

Pei Qian laughed.

Explain?

It was very simple. He ant courageous ones could co and play casually so the ticket fee should be low to the point of not making a profit. Timid ones would not dare to co at all, so there would be no way for them to contribute inco to the haunted house.

The timid dare not co, the courageous would not need to spend much money. Wouldn’t this haunted house make a great loss?

However, that certainly could not be said clearly.

Pei Qian did not dare explain anymore for the fear that any wrong word would cause them to think too much in the wrong direction.

At such tis, silence would triumph.

Therefore, Pei Qian only replied three simple words: “Comprehend it yourself.” Chen Kangtuo, “...Alright, Boss Pei, I understand now.”

He passed the cell phone to Hao Qiong. Both of them looked at the screen with Boss Pei’s reply ‘comprehend it yourself’ and were speechless.

Comprehend it yourself, ha...

The hint was just one sentence. Wasn’t it too difficult to comprehend?

Hao Qiong heard that Boss Pei’s general direction usually had three to four points, and they were generally relatively clear.

However, it had now concentrated to just one point. It was really too baffling!

Teacher, that was super out of the line!

Chen Kangtuo felt his head spin. “H-how are we to comprehend this?”

Hao Qiong sucked a deep breath. “Calm down, calm down. Director Lin once told us how to analyze Boss Pei’s intentions. Wait a bit, let

recall what she said.

“The first step is to clarify a belief. No matter how absurd Boss Pei’s words are, they must be right...”

Hao Qiong began to analyze the deep aning behind the words of Boss Pei with Lin Wan’s thod.

The bold and the timid. These should be the potential custors of the haunted house. The attitude of these custors towards the haunted house would directly determine the success or failure of the haunted house.

They should be able to create fun for both the courageous and timid custors according to common sense. They should pay for it.

However, the demands of these two types of custors were different. The more courageous custors would need a more thrilling experience. For example, the staff roleplaying ghosts and frightening them up close. The ti custors were easily dissuaded from such thrilling projects. They might not even dare to enter, which ant that they would naturally not spend their money there.

How to then bridge the demands of these custors?

Chen Kangtuo felt that the answer must be hidden in Boss Pei’s words!

Make it a destination for the courageous without spending much and where the timid could only watch on in fear without entering.

In other words, make the haunted house extrely scary and set a low price? That way, the timid would not dare to enter so they would naturally watch on in fear while those with courage could co and enjoy as they pleased...

That seed to be in line with Boss Pei’s words.

However, the problem was that it would not be profitable so it wasn’t reasonable.

Why discourage the timid from coming? Wouldn’t it be better for them to spend their money with us? Why should we scare them away?

It was definitely not as simple as that. Therefore, this thinking had to be completely overturned. They had to re-excavate the deep aning behind Boss Pei’s words!

The two of them thought hard for a long ti.

Chen Kangtuo suddenly had a ‘eureka’ mont. He slapped his thigh suddenly and said, “Yes! I understand it now! I’ll briefly tell you my thoughts. Listen to them and see if they make sense.”

Hao Qiong nodded with his ears pricked.

Chen Kangtuo said with slight agitation, “To put it bluntly, what we said just now was super scary effect plus low ticket prices. That would inevitably cause huge losses for the haunted house. It would definitely be a dead end.

“We must have definitely misinterpreted Boss Pei’s aning.

“I’m thinking... are we missing so key information? Boss Pei deliberately hid a key ssage which is probably a test to us. Boss Pei did not say that there should only be one project for the haunted house.”

Hao Qiong’s eyes grew big with realization.

Yes, these two sentences did not necessarily refer to the sa project!

The initial investnt of the haunted house was huge, and there would be additional investnt in the future. Moreover, it was rather inconvenient to go anywhere in this old industrial zone. The only advantage was that there was a lot of land, and they could use the factory buildings as they liked. So, why did Boss Pei choose this site?

Obviously, he did not plan only to do one project from the start!

Chen Kangtuo continued. “Suppose we open two, or even three large projects to et the requirents of consurs? Make it a destination for the courageous without spending much ans we have to find ways to earn money from the timid. “Let the timid watch on in fear without entering, ans to satisfy the courageous with thrills and excitent.

“However, we mustn’t really scare the faint-hearted away. We have to make the courageous send our haunted house viral, have the timid watch on in fear, hesitate... until they finally transform into the courageous.

“That is Boss Pei’s final objective!”

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong continued to analyze until Boss Pei’s goal gradually beca clear.

These two sentences were simple but could be broken down into the following points:

To the bold players, this place should be terrifying yet cheap for them. This way they would send this place viral, recomnd it to their friends, and bring them here repeatedly.

To those who were timid, they would have psychological fear of this place. However, they must not be completely frightened as well.

They had to think of even more ways to make money from those who were timid!

How then could they charge less for the bold players and yet earn more from the timid players? Very simple, through discounts and refunds!

For example, the longer you stay in the haunted house, the cheaper the ticket. They could consider refunding 70% to 80% of the ticket cost if they could finish the haunted house or even make it free of charge depending on the situation.

Boss Pei’s requirents could be t this way!

However, that situation seed a little too idealistic. There had to be so loopholes. For the timid players to watch from outside ant that they had to co to the haunted house first. It would be impossible to achieve this effect if they did not even consider coming here to play.

Therefore, there must be sothing in the haunted house that was suitable for the timider to play.

This way, these timid people could play those less scary projects while seeing the bold people with very thrilling projects. Moreover, this thrilling project would also be exempted from paying according to the clearance ti. This way, the timid people would enter to try it out, but their expenses such as tickets would beco higher.

For example, they could sell sothing like a Buddha statue from ‘Repent and be Saved’ at the entrance. Not only could it illuminate the path, but they could also reduce the fright level caused by the roleplaying staff.

That was equivalent to a value-added service in a ga.

This way, both consur experiences could be taken into consideration! One project would be sothing that was not so scary but fun to attract the timid ones...

And a very scary project to attract the bold ones.

Once they attract the timid ones to visit, they would definitely beco curious about the scarier project. That would generate extra consumption. That way, the inco of the haunted house would naturally be higher than simply selling tickets. Profitability would be guaranteed.

The two originally lost people suddenly felt like a light dawned upon them as they thought of this.

“So that was it! Our mission is very clear now.

“This haunted house must have at least two or three major projects. One of them has to offer a lower degree of shock. However, it must have strong social attributes that are suitable for multiple people to play repeatedly. That would attract the timid consurs.

“There has to be a project where the degree of fear is very high to attract all horror lovers around the country. We’ll make exemptions and ticket price reductions according to the length of ti they stayed inside.

“As for the third project... it can be a transitional project. The jump in horror coefficient from the first to the third project was too large. So timid consurs might not dare to participate.

“Let them go through the first two projects to train their courage before taking on the challenge on the third project.”

The more they discussed, the more excited they beca. They then started writing out the business plan imdiately!

Hao Qiong typed and said with emotion, “You don’t say, Director Lin’s analysis thod is really good. We managed to analyze so many things at once!”

Chen Kangtuo nodded. “Yes, however, Boss Pei’s guidance is the key here. It looks like Boss Pei had an idea for this project.

“Not only did he predict the ultimate form of this project, but he also distilled the key points of the project’s success and hinted it to use in such a concise manner!

“Boss Pei is really amazing.

“What else do we have to be worried about if that’s the case? It will definitely be fine if we follow Boss Pei’s guidance!”

The two of them were initially feeling hopeless, worried that they had ssed up big ti.

However, they were now filled to the brim with confidence and filled with anticipation for the haunted house that would be built in the future!

At night...

Tengda’s first recruitnt drive had co to an end.

There was still the Tengda Spirit compatibility test afterward, but that would not involve the interviewers and staff.

Those who had participated in the interview had been screened strictly. The duration of their interview was strictly controlled. The period was slightly extended, but it was not too different from the estimates.

However, they continued working until later than 5pm that afternoon. That was because the interviewers and staff would have to calculate and weigh the scores of all the interviewees, sort out the final list of candidates, and notify them.

Every departnt recruited a large number of new employees this ti. There were key position holders with rich experiences as well as college students who have just graduated or would graduate next year.

The person in charge of the departnt could not interview their candidates directly in the cross-interviews, but the results were basically satisfactory to everyone.

The head of departnts went happily for a al together as an expression of gratitude to each other after all the work was done. They only started to head ho after eating for an hour.

Li Yada took advantage of the dinner gathering to ask Lu Mingliang and Huang Sibo for so guidance. They might have a different understanding of Boss Pei’s intentions, but their endpoint seed to be similar.

It was not until the party ended when Li Yada found the chance to take out her cell phone. She saw He Desheng’s friend request and the proposed modification plan for the ga he sent.

“This plan... seems risky.”

Li Yada’s understanding of similar gas was not as profound as Bao Xu, but she had been leading the developnt of GOG for so long after all. She could gauge the pros and cons of the design rather easily. In the eyes of most, 5v5 competitive gas represented by Gods Rising were undoubtedly fair.

Since it was a competition—the higher the difficulty, the clearer the distinction between the professionals and the rookies. However, too high a difficulty would also lead to too high a threshold, discouraging so rookies.

Reducing the difficulty would no doubt make the ga experience better for the rookies. However, ‘ease of learning’ would probably make the professionals lose their sense of superiority...

In short, these suggestions seed to be reasonable, but they carried certain risks.

Li Yada found it difficult to make a decision. The result was the sa even after she brooded over it for quite so ti. She originally wanted to consult Bao Xu or Boss Pei, but she rembered what Lu Mingliang said during dinner.

Li Yada asked Lu Mingliang what he thought was the most important quality as a ga designer.

Lu Mingliang thought about it and answered that the most important quality was not to be too confident about himself.

Li Yada didn’t understand so Lu Mingliang explained.

According to Lu Mingliang, most of the designers were very full of themselves. That was because most of them were gaming enthusiasts and experienced gars before they beca designers and entered the ga industry. They move up step by step. Most designers would not have entered this industry if they were not confident.

Therefore, most of the designers were filled with confidence. Confidence was good, but it could sotis also blind soone.

Every player was an individual with different tastes and preferences. Not one ga could satisfy everyone. A good ga only needed to et the tastes and needs of a target group of players.

In that case, what if a designer likes sothing completely contrary to the target group of the ga he was designing? Many designers would fall into blind self-confidence. The gas they made would definitely fall through the cracks.

On the contrary, it was those designers who were not so confident about themselves that would listen to opinions humbly and make gas that were more in line with the tastes of most players and achieve success.

Therefore, not being too confident did not an doubting oneself, but it was to not blindly believe in oneself or to blindly follow others.

Observe the players as objectively as possible and strike a balance between personal preference and player demands.

Li Yada could not help but reflect when she thought about this.She did not follow blindly, but...

Was it not right to trust Bao Xu blindly as well?

Bao Xu was indeed experienced in similar gas, but he was just as likely to make the ‘overconfidence’ mistake that Lu Mingliang ntioned...

Li Yada made a decision after much consideration.

There was no need to ask Bao Xu or Boss Pei about this modification plan. Just make a new version directly! So proposed modifications such as last-hit bounty rewards were not difficult to do. Reducing the map size was a little more ti-consuming, but it could always be done in a few days. The more troubleso one would be to design new heroes suitable for novices and professionals. That would require long term planning, but it was not urgent either.

The basic settings could be modified at an early stage and made into another version to be updated at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.

They only need to compare the player data of both versions after so ti to know which version was better.