Losing Money to Be a Chapter 543 - Thinking of Tricks for Shang Yang Games

Chapter 543 Thinking of Tricks for Shang Yang Gas

June 9th, Thursday... After planning for the manufacturing of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine on Monday, Pei Qian had more free ti over the next two days.

Every now and then, he checked in on Tengda Gas, Deposit Fitness, and Fish-Catching Take-Out. Everything looked peaceful and calm.

At noon, Pei Qian ate lunch at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as usual. As he sipped his coffee, he organized his mind map of inter-departntal relationships.

Ding. His cell phone rang. Pei Qian picked it up and frowned at once. It was a ssage from the Managent Trainee at Ming Yun Private Kitchen.

“Boss Pei, there has been an obvious increase in the number of foreigners making reservations at Ming Yun Private Kitchen over the past two days.”

An obvious increase in the number of foreigners? Sothing seed fishy!

Pei Qian imdiately beca cautious.

Before this, during their eting, he had repeatedly instructed all Managent Trainees to report any ‘abnormalities’ to him imdiately and not to wait until the next Managent Trainee eting. That way, Pei Qian could greatly minimize the chances of any ‘delayed back-stabbing’.

After all, for many types of threats, a day’s delay in realizing could make a world of difference.

The Managent Trainee at Ming Yun Private Kitchen was obviously doing a good job.

“Do you know the reason?” Pei Qian replied at once.

The Managent Trainee answered, “I’m not sure. I’m guessing that a particularly influential foreigner ca and had a al here and then shared this restaurant with his or her friends.

“Branch Manager Lin has been focusing a lot on service during this period. The foreigners are having a better dining experience in this restaurant. Explaining the dishes and our country’s traditional food culture in English has been especially effective.”

Pei Qian remained silent for a mont and then answered, “Well done. Thank you.”

Pei Qian was very satisfied with this Managent Trainee’s report.

See, this is what I call a professional underling!

I have to single this Managent Trainee out and praise him at the next eting, so that the other Managent Trainees will learn from him!

After getting hold of this important ssage, Pei Qian began to analyze the situation very seriously. He had not expected that Lin Canrong’s decision to make all waiters learn English would be this effective.

However, from the looks of the current situation, things didn’t look that serious.

Lin Canrong was spending more money training his waiters and making them learn foreign languages. However, Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s prices remained the sa, and it was still fully booked every day.

So what if there were more foreigners reserving tables? They would not generate more profit for the restaurant, would they? “Hmm... on the surface, it’s not that dangerous. Still, I can’t afford to be careless. What if there’s a hidden and unexpected threat?”

Pei Qian glanced at his watch.

“It’s almost 1 PM. I should stick to my original plan and drop by Shang Yang Gas. After that, I’ll figure out exactly what’s happening at Ming Yun Private Kitchen.”

Pei Qian considered it for a long ti but could not figure out how an improvent in Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s reputation would pose any real danger to himself. Thus, he cast it aside for now.

In the afternoon, Pei Qian arrived at Shang Yang Gas. On the way here, Pei Qian took ti to surf the web on his phone and study what netizens thought about the ‘arms race’ between GOG and IOI.

He could only say that the situation did not look good!

If the competition between the two gas could be split into two stages, GOG would have already won both stages and put an end to the competition.

In the first stage, GOG had won over the majority of gars who had been sitting back to observe the industry by turning the ga into a dual-terminal ga, maintaining a smooth network, enabling quick matching, giving out cash at the end of each competition season, and the like.

On the other hand, IOI had only opened its local server after GOG finished distributing cash, and it did not even have a mobile version.

In the second stage, IOI kick-started the arms race by updating the ga at top speed and releasing two new heroes each month, in the hopes of stealing so of GOG’s players away.

However, GOG began crowdsourcing heroes, and subsequently released two incredibly popular heroes, Traveller Bao Xu and the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. It also distributed generous rewards as part of its crowdsourcing efforts, thus keeping its players focused on GOG’s new heroes.

All in all, IOI was updating its ga very quickly, but it still could not poach many gars over.

Although the ‘arms race’ between both gas would continue for the next few months or even a year—from the looks of the current situation, there was already a clear winner.

As long as Min Jingchao did not ss up, GOG could continue crowdsourcing heroes to maintain the quality of their heroes and hold the gars’ attention.

In summary, the entire Internet did not think things would go well for IOI.

Pei Qian was troubled. No matter whether it was GOG or IOI that beca popular, he would still generate profits. However, Pei Qian was still rooting for IOI a bit more for now.

After all, he had to send Lin Wan away first.

No matter how much his own ga earned, things would still be within his control. He could still distribute cash and share profits with gars to diffuse the situation.

However, the betrayal by Lin Wan and her siblings was unpredictable. They posed the greatest threat! Just speaking about it made Pei Qian furious. Thanks to Lin Chang, Tomorrow is Beautiful had participated in a film festival, won an award, had its overseas screening extended, and made millions of US dollars. What’s more, it was still a long way from being taken down.

It was clear where the biggest threat lay!

Pei Qian knew full well that everyone in Shang Yang Gas was feeling discouraged. It was the perfect ti for Boss Pei to offer so encouragent. Once he arrived at Shang Yang Gas, Pei Qian walked straight into the conference room.

He already inford them of his visit in advance, and all the core mbers of Shang Yang Gas were already waiting in the conference room.

“Boss Pei.”

Everyone stood up as a form of respect, but they had disappointed expressions. Lin Wan was no exception.

Pei Qian’s heart thudded.

What’s up with all of your faces? Don’t you dare give up!

He cleared his throat and said, “It seems like publicity for IOI’s local server hasn’t been going well recently. Don’t worry, everyone. Don’t look so dejected. Say whatever’s on your mind.”

Everyone exchanged knowing looks. At last, Lin Wan spoke first.

“Now, we understand what it’s like being competitors of Tengda. There’s nothing we can do about it. Our own family mbers are often the hardest people to deal with. What’s more, we have a useless teammate.”

Pei Qian’s heart sank. “A useless teammate?”

Are they referring to ? Do they know that I was the one who ca up with the Literary Genius of the Winds?

Pei Qian began to panic inside

Wang Xiaobin explained, “We’re referring to Finger Gas, Boss Pei. We already knew that we would not be able to compete with GOG if things carried on this way, and so we wrote a couple of emails to Finger Gas to give them our suggestions. “Yet, from their replies, it was clear that they were rejecting them.

“What’s more, they seed to be blaming us. Their emails seed to imply that IOI has been doing well and receiving good feedback in every other region around the world except for ours. Obviously, they think that there’s a problem with our managent strategy.”

Pei Qian heaved a long sigh. Oh, it’s not . That’s fine, then. You gave

a scare. I thought I was exposed.

Lin Wan shrugged. “They can’t bla us. After all, people who have not experienced being Tengda’s opponents would never understand how terrifying Tengda really is. “Now, I can say that I understand what it’s like.”

She sighed softly. “On top of that... Boss Pei, just a line or two from you can turn the entire situation around.

“Er...” Pei Qian cleared his throat. “What are you talking about? I’m fair and just.” Ye Zhizhou spoke with heavy insinuations. “Min Jingchao originally thought about recruiting more people to speed up GOG’s production of new heroes, but you rejected him, didn’t you, Boss Pei? How would he have thought of crowdsourcing heroes if you had not given him hints?”

Pei Qian: “...this is a misunderstanding.”

A knowing look appeared on everyone’s face. Pei Qian was speechless. This is really a misunderstanding! My heart has always been on your side!

What’s more, even if I did secretly help them, it was not by providing the crowdsourcing idea...

It’s too late; there was no way for Pei Qian to clarify the situation. He decided not to get caught up in this problem. Anyway, he had already beco used to this attitude.

Now, Finger Gas was not allowing IOI to be modified. Shang Yang Gas could only think of other resolutions.

“So, what are your thoughts about the future operating strategy?” Pei Qian asked.

Everyone exchanged confused looks, but no one said anything.

Lin Wan sighed. “Boss Pei, we’re still trying hard to co up with sothing.”

That sounded bad to Pei Qian.

It was obvious that they had all lost their fighting spirit. They probably thought that GOG was leading by far too much, and even Finger Gas was unwilling to modify the ga. How could they win based on publicity alone?

Boss Pei had been the one who had given them this task. Of course, no one would say anything as discouraging as ‘we can’t win’. Still, they could not co up with a better solution.

At any mont, Pei Qian expected Lin Wan to say sothing like ‘I don’t think I’m capable enough. I want to remain in Tengda to learn more.’

Quickly! I have to rack my brains to co up with a plan for Shang Yang Gas.

Pei Qian thought as hard as he could. All of a sudden, a light bulb switched on. He had an idea. If all else failed, distributing cash would solve the problem!

GOG only beca popular at the start because it distributed cash, right? Then, IOI should do the sa!

Since they could not modify the ga, they could resort to overwhelming marketing strategies to oppress GOG.

Pei Qian cleared his throat. “As we said before, 50% of each departnt’s profit can be freely used for the departnt’s various expenses. Set that sum aside, and I will allocate another special fund for you.

“The fund will be used for two things: marketing by live strears and internet cafes! “Look for so live strears and UP Masters and then sponsor them to produce content relating to IOI. They can do things like introduce new heroes and create tutorials, as long as they focus on creating the impression that the ga is extrely popular overseas.

“After that, enter partnerships with various internet cafes. Let those who play IOI use the majority of skins for free and enjoy a stipulated discount on their per-hour charges.

“Snatch the spotlight back by force!”

Based on Pei Qian’s mory, that was how LOL had marketed their ga as well, and it had indeed been effective. He could not go wrong by copying others’ howork, right? At his first eting with the Managent Trainees, they had reported an important piece of news: all departnts had a large-scale plan to spend money, which included supplenting salaries, purchasing office supplies, and the like.

Pei Qian guessed that the various departnt heads had finally understood the aning behind the Tengda Cornerstone Award. As they envied Upwind Logistics, they each ca up with a plan to spend money on a larger scale.

Since that was the case, Pei Qian had to lend them a helping hand!

Thus, he decided to let all departnts freely use 50% of their profit on its various expenses, to help them spend money quicker.

Of course, Pei Qian also provided additional funds for loss-incurring businesses like Upwind Logistics and Fish-Catching Take-Out to increase their losses.

Until now, Shang Yang Gas was still generating profits from gas like Bloody Battle Song and Be Quiet. It was also earning inco from IOI’s local server.

In addition to 50% of those profits, Boss Pei’s special fund would pave the way for them to spend more money, conduct aggressive marketing, and fight their way through!

Ye Zhizhou pondered for a long while. Suddenly, a realization dawned on him. “So that’s it! I’ve learned another trick from Boss Pei. When there’s no special way out, don’t hesitate to resort to brute force! “Is this what martial artists an when they say ‘not moving trumps any trick’?

Pei Qian: “...more or less.”

He had not intended for it to be so complex, but Ye Zhizhou’s bootlicking was not far off.

Lin Wan’s brow furrowed as she asked, “Well... Boss Pei, if GOG mindlessly follows suit and burns money together with us, what should we do?”