Feng Jie wholeheartedly agreed, but he still asked with some worry, "President Ye, do we really not need to do anything?"
"No need," Ye Zhi said calmly. "Instead of thinking about how to bring down the opponent with various minor tactics every day, why not think about how to improve your own business capabilities?"
Feng Jie was speechless. Ye Zhi was truly unlike Ou Minghan.
If it were Ou Minghan, he would probably be scheming various conspiracies by now.
Afterward, Feng Jie returned to the game department.
He found Bai Xuan, the lead programmer, and Yun Shi, the lead artist, and conveyed Ye Zhi's intentions to them.
"Ah?" Bai Xuan immediately panicked. "I, I can't do it. When I see strangers, I don't know what to say..."
"Just think of those strangers as carrots and don't take them seriously," Feng Jie encouraged.
"No, no," Bai Xuan said with distress. "Carrots that can talk and laugh are even scarier. Assistant Feng, please tell President Ye to find someone else."
"It's hard to change what President Ye has decided," Feng Jie frowned. "How about this, I'll find someone to help you write a script. Memorize it thoroughly, and then just recite it without thinking about anything else. After you're done, Yun Shi will go up next to take over the introduction."
"I have no problem with that," Yun Shi said. "Sister Xuan, how about I supervise you memorizing the script?"
"Alright then..." Bai Xuan sighed helplessly. "I'll do my best, and I hope nothing goes wrong then."
Feng Jie's heart skipped a beat. If nothing went wrong... No, nothing would go wrong.
Soon, advertisements for Taoxun Games' press conference filled the homepages of major websites.
"Revisiting Journey to the West, see you next Monday!" Looking at the massive pop-up on the webpage, Yao Hongbo felt his eyelids twitch.
The last time Taoxun heavily promoted their games, Ye Zhi secretly made a big move and acquired Shunda.
Now she was starting again? Did she have another big move planned?
Yao Hongbo was truly conflicted. As Ye Zhi had guessed, his relationship with Feitong was very unpleasant.
Although the previous meeting had decided that Qianbai would also do direct operations, Yao Hongbo knew that the situation with Qianbai and Taoxun was fundamentally different!
Shunda was Taoxun's own, so at most, it was an internal profit distribution. But Feitong was not Qianbai's!
It meant that investors would have to invest in Feitong again, and after Qianbai established its direct operation system, it would still have to send money to Feitong. Feitong would get all the benefits, wasn't this feeding Feitong with Qianbai's blood?
Yao Hongbo understood clearly that Yang Xu of Feitong actually didn't care about Qianbai's survival. He was just desperately trying to suck investors' blood to expand Feitong Express, making Feitong the undisputed leader in the express industry.
Those investors weren't blind to Feitong's ambition. However, since they had also invested in Feitong, Feitong monopolizing the market was also beneficial to them.
But this was not a good thing for Qianbai.
What Yao Hongbo could do now was to stall.
He could only stall for now, delaying cooperation with Feitong, and then persuade individual investors privately. It was fine to strengthen Feitong, but sacrificing Qianbai was unnecessary.
Only...
What was Taoxun planning to do this time? He was really curious!
Yao Hongbo was troubled for a while, and he decided to ask directly. He flipped through his contacts and found Feng Jie's number.
Feng Jie was also quite surprised when he received Yao Hongbo's call.
He and Yao Hongbo were in the same circle, and Yao Hongbo was his senior. However, they were only acquaintances, with some interaction but not much. Why would Yao Hongbo suddenly call him?
However, he still pressed the answer button.
After a few pleasantries, Yao Hongbo tentatively asked, "Brother Feng, your game has a lot of momentum. What kind of game is it?"
"Heh heh, Vice President Yao, if you're interested, you can pay attention to our press conference at 8 PM next Monday. I believe it won't disappoint you," Feng Jie's answer was impeccable.
Yao Hongbo sighed helplessly. "Brother Feng, Taoxun has been doing direct operations recently, right? Why are you suddenly promoting the game so vigorously?"
"Because our game is about to launch!" Feng Jie chuckled. "The most important thing is that we recently saved a sum of promotional expenses. President Ye personally instructed that it should be used for the game!"
Yao Hongbo: ...
This information didn't need to be told to him! He didn't want to hear it!
Yao Hongbo was frustrated. He had come to gather intelligence, not to get annoyed!
"Vice President Yao, actually, you want to ask if Taoxun has any other big moves recently, right?" Feng Jie asked directly. "You can just ask."
Yao Hongbo: ...
He remembered that Feng Jie used to be such a smooth operator. How did he become so outspoken now? Who did he learn from?
He paused for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "So... does Taoxun have any?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Feng Jie stated firmly. "We at Taoxun act with integrity, focus on improving our service quality, and are not interested in other matters!"
Yao Hongbo: ...
He didn't believe a single word of this!
It seemed that Taoxun definitely had a big move planned! So he would wait a bit longer and continue to stall. Perhaps when Taoxun made a real move, things might turn around.
"Heh heh, Brother Feng, thank you very much," Yao Hongbo said a few more polite words and hung up the phone.
After that, Yao Hongbo kept using various excuses, such as poor warehouse site selection, technology not up to par, insufficient personnel, and so on, to stall the direct operation matters.
After all, this was a cooperation between Qianbai and Feitong. Since he was stalling, the investors' investments in Feitong would naturally not arrive so quickly.
Yao Hongbo knew that Yang Xu was very dissatisfied with him, but he didn't care. He was now the Executive Vice President of Qianbai, and he had to be responsible for Qianbai.
He had already privately contacted several investors, and their attitudes had softened. Especially Zhan Li, who had explicitly expressed his intention to withdraw his investment from Feitong.
However, the difficult ones were Su Ming and Jin Kaiyuan. Jin Kaiyuan had lost face and was now very stubborn, insisting on crushing Taoxun and making it disappear to clear his black history. As for Su Ming, he had a good relationship with Jin Kaiyuan, and their families were related by marriage for generations, making him quite difficult to persuade.
Soon, it was the day of the game press conference, and Yao Hongbo turned on the live broadcast on time.
At the press conference venue, Bai Xuan, sitting backstage, had trembling fingers and chattering teeth.
She had memorized the script thoroughly, but she found that she really couldn't handle this kind of occasion!
"Take a deep breath, don't worry," Yun Shi said from the side. "Sister Xuan, when you go up, just recite the script and come down. I'll handle the rest!"
"What if they ask me questions?" Bai Xuan asked nervously.