Chapter 71 Crisis!

March 15th, Tuesday.

3 PM.

Pei Qian slept well last night and didn't wake up until noon.

After lunch, he came to the company and first checked the sales of *BeQuiet*.

The game was still in a lukewarm state. Some people online were discussing the gameplay itself, but the attention was not high. Most players were still arguing about the pre-challenge.

As for the game's rating, it was currently 8.5 on the tpdb website, which was not low, but not very high either.

Because the gameplay itself was relatively complex and there were fewer players, no one had really figured out the game yet, so the word-of-mouth couldn't ferment so quickly.

As for the "Academic Master, Come Quick" project, there was no news yet.

It seemed like everything was fine.

Pei Qian looked at the calendar. This week was crucial.

Because most of the projects would produce results this week, whether they made money or lost it, it would all be decided in one fell swoop!

Pei Qian was calculating these projects when he suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked something recently.

On the GOG side, he wondered how the development was going.

Speaking of which, the development time of GOG was surprisingly long, which was completely beyond Pei Qian's expectations.

He originally only intended to make a game to rip off IOI, and then be smoothly defeated by IOI, with all the R&D funds going down the drain, so as to achieve the goal.

As a result, GOG's R&D efficiency was too low, and it still hadn't been officially launched.

But Pei Qian didn't think much about it, because the development environment at Tenda Games was indeed quite difficult...

On the one hand, the project's chief planner, Li Yada, and the core member, Bao Xu, were both arranged to travel, and the project lacked a backbone. On the other hand, with Tang Yishu in charge, the project would definitely be full of bugs, and just fixing the bugs would be enough to make people feel overwhelmed.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for the situation of Tenda Games.

"Should I go and offer my condolences?"

"After all, the game department has been performing well recently, completely changing the bad habit of working overtime, and has performed well in several zero-overtime competitions, and the R&D progress is so slow, which is very pleasing to me."

Pei Qian got up and left the office, preparing to take a walk upstairs.

For Pei Qian, it was best for each project to produce a product in the week before settlement, so that he could ensure that these products would only be sold for a week and make less money.

But the problem was that it was difficult to control the construction period so perfectly.

Whether it was developing games or doing other projects, delays due to unexpected situations were the norm, and completing them on schedule was relatively rare.

Therefore, Pei Qian had to give these projects a lead time, setting the deadline two or three weeks or even earlier before the settlement, so as not to cause the project to be unfinished and the settlement to be delayed.

But in this way, new problems would arise, that was, what if a project was completed on schedule, or even completed ahead of schedule?

Then Pei Qian had no choice but to reluctantly let them be released early. After all, the project had already been completed, and even if he wanted to delay it, he couldn't find a good reason.

*BeQuiet* was one of those that was completed too quickly, so Pei Qian came up with a pre-event to remedy it.

It seemed that the remedy was quite successful.

The GOG project was obviously completed relatively slowly, which was more in line with Pei Qian's initial expectations.

Soon, Pei Qian came to the Tenda Games department upstairs.

After entering the door, he was a little dazed.

There were not many familiar faces in the entire Tenda Games department!

There was no way, the game department had always been successful, and every game they made was a hit. The outstanding old employees who had left an impression on Pei Qian had basically been sent away. Even the important position of executive planner had been changed several times.

Huang Sibao and Lu Mingliang were one in Fei Huang Workshop and one in Nifeng Logistics. Now that Li Yada and Bao Xu had gone out to travel again, Pei Qian didn't know who to look for.

There were a few old employees who looked familiar, but Pei Qian couldn't remember their names...

This was a bit embarrassing.

But fortunately, everyone knew President Pei.

Seeing President Pei come in, the three employees who were gathering together quickly greeted him.

These three people were Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhang Nan, who were now the acting executive planner, the numerical planner, and the planner in charge of skin functions of Tenda Games, respectively. They were the three people who Li Yada had handed over her work to before leaving.

"President Pei! Why are you here?"

"I'm Hu Xianbin, and I'm currently the acting executive planner of the game department. You can ask me any questions at any time."

Hu Xianbin and the other two introduced themselves one by one.

Pei Qian tried his best to remember the names and appearances of the three of them, and searched his memory perfunctorily.

Well... they seemed to be quite new faces.

Li Yada found three complete newcomers to take over her work? No wonder GOG's R&D progress was so slow.

But for President Pei, this was obviously a good thing!

If this Hu Xianbin's work was completed to President Pei's liking, then Pei Qian wouldn't mind letting Li Yada retire early.

Uh, retire at twenty-five, will the system approve it?

Pei Qian said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm just here to take a look around. How is the GOG project going? Is it going smoothly? Can we play it at Mo Yu Internet Cafe before next week?" (Mo Yu Internet Cafe = Touching Fish Internet Cafe, "Touching Fish" is a slang term for slacking off)

Hu Xianbin quickly said: "For the GOG PC game, our original plan was to officially launch it next Monday. Because there seem to be more bugs in this game, we have been fixing them, and the progress has been slightly delayed."

Pei Qian was very satisfied with this time, and said with a smile: "No, no, no, it's not slow at all, this time is just right!"

"As the saying goes, good craftsmanship comes from slow work. Fix more bugs during the R&D period, and there will be fewer bugs after the launch."

"Wait, you just said, GOG PC game?"

Pei Qian keenly noticed some problems from Hu Xianbin's words.

GOG was originally a PC game, so why emphasize it?

Hu Xianbin smiled: "Yes, President Pei, because the mobile game has already been launched today."

Three question marks slowly floated above Pei Qian's head.

???

"Mobile game? What mobile game?"

Hu Xianbin was also stunned: "The GOG mobile game."

Pei Qian: "..."

What's going on?

Was this déjà vu?

Pei Qian instantly recalled the scene when the mobile version of *Blood Battle Song* was launched. At that time, he was having dinner with the people from Mingyun Private Kitchen and Shang Yang Games, and the news was like a bolt from the blue, petrifying him instantly.

The situation was similar this time, and Pei Qian couldn't turn the corner for a while.

After a while, he reacted and quickly asked: "So what's the situation now?"

Hu Xianbin said very proudly: "President Pei, take a look for yourself!"

On the computer that the three people were surrounding before, the real-time data of GOG was displayed. In short, the number of downloads, active users, recharge users, etc., were all skyrocketing!

Pei Qian felt his legs go weak and sat down on the chair.

He quickly pulled the chair closer and checked the specific data.

That's right, all the data was skyrocketing!

What shocked Pei Qian was that the mobile version of GOG was not only launched on the official platform, but also on some other channels, such as the Shenhua Mobile App Store and some other mobile phone platforms.

Pei Qian asked: "Have these platform cooperations been discussed for a long time?"

Hu Xianbin shook his head: "No, they took the initiative to come to us."

Pei Qian: "???"

Hu Xianbin briefly explained a few words, and Pei Qian understood instantly.

Tenda had a good reputation, and the GOG mobile game itself was of high quality, so there was no need to talk to these platforms about cooperation or beg them to put their own games on. Instead, these platforms came to beg Tenda!

Tenda's games included single-player games and online games, and each one was a success. In terms of online games, there were successful projects such as *Sea Fortress* and *Blood Battle Song*. It was natural for the GOG game to go smoothly when it came to discussing cooperation with these platforms.

Even many platforms would take the initiative to give concessions and increase Tenda's share in order to win the opportunity to launch the GOG game on their own platform.

The GOG game itself was also a hot commodity!

So far, *Awakening*, IOI, and GOG each had their own advantages and disadvantages in the PC game field. IOI did not have a national server, and players had to use an accelerator to connect to foreign servers. GOG had not yet been officially launched and was only in public beta, so the situation on the PC game side was still confusing, and it was difficult to say who would be the final winner.

But neither *Awakening* nor IOI had any plans to enter the mobile game field, so GOG became a unique seedling, a hot commodity!

Of course, no one could guarantee that this game mode would be successful if it was changed to a mobile game, but in the eyes of many game platforms and channels, this was obviously a promising direction worth investing a lot of resources to try.

Because once the attempt was successful, the rewards would be unimaginable!

For these two reasons, Hu Xianbin and the others didn't bother to find channels or promote the game. They just revealed a little bit of information, and these game platforms immediately took the initiative to come to them and offered various favorable conditions.

There was no need to worry about how to promote it, just lie down and enjoy!

Hu Xianbin said very excitedly: "Sister Li didn't tell me how to find platform cooperation when she left. I was a little worried at first, thinking about asking her online these two days."

"As a result, I was completely overthinking it!"

"President Pei, I can only say that the foundation you laid for Tenda is too good. Now those game channels are rushing to launch our games. This is the effect of reputation!"

Pei Qian was speechless for a while.

What does this have to do with me!

He looked at the data in the background and didn't know what to say for a while.

A big crisis had appeared, and he had to quickly think of a countermeasure!

Pei Qian couldn't sit still, and silently stood up, intending to go back to the office to browse the web and see how the players were reacting to the GOG mobile game.

If the players were scolding the game, then there was still hope!

Seeing President Pei stand up to leave, Hu Xianbin quickly asked: "President Pei, do you have any other instructions?"

Pei Qian was very speechless: "No."

Looking at President Pei's departing back, Hu Xianbin was a little disappointed.

The data was obviously pretty good, but he still couldn't get a compliment from President Pei?

Alas, President Pei's requirements are really strict!

It seems that he can't be complacent and proud, he has to continue to work hard and strive to get President Pei's approval as soon as possible!

Hu Xianbin, who was originally a little bit carried away by the good data of the GOG mobile game launch, calmed down and continued to work on the development of the GOG PC game.