Chapter 112 No Publicity

Leaving Zhongdian Chinese Website, Pei Qian returned to Tenda's office area.

With the release date approaching, everyone seemed both excited and expectant.

Some employees, including Li Yada, were still carefully running through the game.

The game had already been tested, and even if bugs still existed, the chances of encountering them were very small. However, everyone was clearly still worried. This final test, like checking before handing in an exam paper, was more of a psychological comfort.

And Bao Xu...

Was still playing other games, seemingly with no intention of participating in these tests.

Pei Qian couldn't help but nod slightly.

Excellent!

This was the scene I wanted to see.

It seemed that Bao Xu had really figured it out. During his two paid vacations, he had obviously realized something, and now he willingly wanted to be a loafer.

Every time Pei Qian came, Bao Xu was either playing games or browsing web pages; not once was he seriously working.

This made Pei Qian trust Bao Xu even more.

In fact, according to Pei Qian's original plan, he had recruited Bao Xu, hoping that he would just play games and slack off at the company.

Although the process had experienced some twists and turns, the result still met his expectations.

If Bao Xu continued like this, perhaps he could be appropriately assigned some other work?

But before that, Pei Qian felt he needed to carefully observe him again.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian went to Bao Xu's side.

Bao Xu quickly turned around, "President Pei, is there anything I can help you with?"

"It's nothing. I just wanted to ask how the handling details of *Turn Back to the Shore* are being adjusted?" Pei Qian asked with a warm smile.

"This, well, it should..."

Bao Xu was about to say, "It should be fine," when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

The consequences of saying that would be very serious!

He had been secretly playing *Turn Back to the Shore* during this time, and then privately sent some minor issues to Li Yada. The others probably didn't know about it.

But if Bao Xu answered this question, and answered it knowledgeably, what would that mean?

It would mean that he was very familiar with the game's situation!

If that were the case, wouldn't Bao Xu's efforts to pretend to be a loafer all this time, to avoid being selected as an excellent employee again, have been in vain?

Bao Xu instantly broke out in a cold sweat. That was close!

He hurriedly changed his words, "This, well, you should...you should ask Li Yada, right? I'm not very clear about the specific situation."

"Oh, right." Pei Qian nodded and turned to go to Li Yada's workstation.

That's right, Bao Xu hadn't been very responsible for this aspect of work since returning from Europe!

If it had been the old him, he would definitely have played the game many times, carefully adjusting the game's feel and details, even if it wasn't his job.

But now, Bao Xu had completely gotten rid of this bad habit.

Truly gratifying!

Pei Qian felt relieved.

Bao Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

Too dangerous!

He seemed to see the serious consequences that saying the wrong thing could bring.

Perhaps in half a year, the Sahara Desert, the Nile River, and the pyramids would be waving at him, saying, "Welcome!"

But now, he had successfully avoided such a tragic fate.

"I really can't relax for a moment."

Bao Xu took a deep breath and opened the game again.

He was considering whether he should get a screen protector or cover to prevent others from spying on his monitor.

Just thinking about how these hard days would have to be maintained until the next excellent employee evaluation, Bao Xu felt a faint sadness.

...

Back in his office, Pei Qian opened his computer.

He was also very conflicted about whether or not to promote *Turn Back to the Shore*.

Promote it?

More players meant more risk.

Don't promote it?

With Tenda's current reputation, even without promotion, the game's attention wouldn't be low.

Moreover, a large-scale promotion could spend more money.

After struggling for a while, Pei Qian decided to forget it.

The lessons of Fried Pork Knuckle and *AWM: Iron Blood Song* made him feel that not promoting it was safer for the time being.

For the sake of spending a little more money, he was taking on too much risk; it wasn't worth it.

"It's better to keep a low profile, and it's best if not too many players pay attention."

"Although Tenda has a lot of loyal fans now, it's best to minimize publicity and have as few people know about it as possible."

"As long as I don't deliberately promote it, even if the first batch of players start discussing it, it should take two or three days after the release to form a hot topic, right?"

"One day later is one day later."

Pei Qian thought silently as he opened the official platform, wanting to see how *AWM: Iron Blood Song* was doing.

However, the biggest recommended spot on the homepage was not *AWM: Iron Blood Song*.

Pei Qian was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

Because *AWM: Iron Blood Song* had received an official recommendation some time ago and had been on the homepage recommendation spot ever since. In theory, the recommendation period hadn't reached a week yet. Why was it taken down?

He fixed his eyes on the title of the recommended spot.

"*The Light of Domestic Games*: Tenda's New Work is About to be Released!"

Pei Qian: "???"

What does the official platform mean by this!

Did I ask for a recommendation spot? Why are you forcing it on me?

Pei Qian was speechless. Now he didn't have to struggle with the question of whether or not to promote it in the early stages, because the official platform had already maxed out the early promotion work!

There was no such thing as a hot topic being triggered two or three days after the game's release. The hype was already brewing!

All because of the recommendation spot that the official had arranged in advance!

Pei Qian was very speechless. What did this mean? The official platform's recommendation spot was very important. Directly giving it to a game that hadn't even been released yet, wasn't this a joke?

But on second thought, he understood.

*Turn Back to the Shore* had to be submitted for review before it was released. It could only be released after it passed the review.

And after the review, the official platform's staff would have already understood some of the details of the game.

Of course, the staff responsible for the review wouldn't really play through the whole game. They would prepare an official cheat and a game instruction document when submitting for review, to ensure that each reviewer could quickly complete every ending.

The reviewers had obviously seen the Chinese cultural content contained in the game, which added a lot of points invisibly!

As Tenda, which had developed a series of games such as *Sea Fortress* and *Game Producer*, had always been a key focus of the official platform, they always received official recommendation spots until their hands were soft.

So, with excellent works in the past, and this game being a Chinese-style game of good quality, the official directly gave it a pre-release recommendation spot!

Pei Qian was speechless.

Official, you're really something.

I'm already like this, why do you keep giving me special treatment?

I just want to be a small, transparent game producer, is that okay?

Pei Qian clicked on the recommendation spot with sorrow and took a look.

After clicking, it directly jumped to the game details interface after *Turn Back to the Shore* went online. But so far, there wasn't much substantive content on this interface, only the game name, a simple game introduction, and a few original paintings.

The official release time was October 1st.

And in the comments section, many players were already staking their claim.

"Impressive! A new game that hasn't even been released yet gets a homepage recommendation spot? Tenda is awesome!"

"After all, it's the treatment of the official's own son."

"I guess Tenda's operations staff is very perceptive and knows how to maintain a good relationship with the official."

"Do you need to maintain a good relationship? This is strength, understand? *Game Producer* directly became a god, this kind of treatment is what Tenda deserves. Other game companies don't agree? Then you also make a similar game!"

"Ah, really envious."

Pei Qian's eyelids twitched, and his head hurt a little.

Impressive, my ass!

Envious, my ass!

He continued to read.

"What kind of game is this?"

"Looking at these pictures, it seems to be a Chinese-style RPG game?"

"Is Tenda finally starting to work towards large-scale 3A masterpieces? I'm really looking forward to it."

"Indeed. The official has already reviewed the game content and put it on the recommendation, which should mean that the game is well-made and worth looking forward to!"

After browsing through the top comments in the comments section, Pei Qian felt a little blocked, but couldn't help but smile slightly.

You guys are all so optimistic?

Hehe, I can't arrange the official, but I can arrange you guys?

Pei Qian felt that he was like a butcher holding a kitchen knife, and these players were like bamboo rats who knew nothing about the objective situation, still gnawing on bamboo, completely unaware that their death was approaching.

"Forget it, let everyone be happy for two more days."

"The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment."

"When they see the game, they will definitely hate it because of their love for it, and curse the game?"

Pei Qian imagined the scene and felt very comfortable.

"So, just wait for the official release of the game?"

"Hmm...I still feel a little uneasy."

"Although sharpening the knife at the last minute is meaningless, it's always good to sharpen it."

"And spend some more money by the way."

Since the official has already helped with the promotion, there's no point in hiding it anymore.

Pei Qian planned to find another place to spend some money.

He opened the Aili Island website and found Xiaohu Reviews.

Pei Qian decided to spend money to buy some shills!

Although Pei Qian was very disappointed with the shills found by Xiaohu Reviews last time, the blame couldn't be entirely placed on the shills. After all, they were just doing things for money.

To be precise, President Pei himself was more responsible.

What's more, the other party had returned the 1,000 yuan for buying the shills, which made Pei Qian very satisfied with their attitude.

The other party was so frank, giving him a second chance wouldn't be too much, right?

Considering that the last time he bought shills, the result was quite a failure, Pei Qian decided to slightly change the way he used shills this time.

Whether or not it would change the result was another matter. The main thing was that he couldn't pay out of his own pocket this time.

In fact, this behavior couldn't be strictly considered buying shills.

As long as the reason was good, there was nothing to fear the system wouldn't reimburse!