Chapter 121 A Perfect Example of Sincerity Creating a Win-Win!

December 2nd, Friday.

At Moyu Internet Cafe, Pei Qian sipped his coffee while reviewing the weekly work reports submitted by each department.

For some reason, he felt like he was reviewing imperial edicts.

Now, Pei Qian was beginning to understand why those ancient corrupt emperors didn't like attending court or reviewing memorials. It was indeed a troublesome task. It was much more enjoyable to be a hands-off manager, eating, drinking, and having fun every day!

Tengda now had many industries, and it was becoming difficult for all the department heads to come and report their work. Moreover, Pei Qian didn't want that, as he needed his freedom.

Therefore, Pei Qian currently supervised the work of Tengda's various departments mainly through two methods:

The first was that each department submitted a weekly work report, condensing the week's work into a few dozen words of highly generalized summary. This allowed Pei Qian to have a rough idea of what these departments were planning and take preventative measures in advance.

The second was the bi-weekly meeting reports given by Guan Peisheng. These reports were slightly more detailed and could also corroborate the weekly work reports from each department, ensuring the accuracy of the information.

Pei Qian flipped through the weekly reports from each department and stopped at the one from Shang Yang Games.

"Oh, the new DLCs for *Lonely Desert Road* and *Game Producer* were officially launched yesterday?"

"Good news."

"...Am I the last to know about this?"

In the past few days, in addition to attending classes, Pei Qian had spent a lot of time cramming for exams.

Because exam week was next month, the third-year courses were relatively more difficult than the first and second years, and there were more subjects to test.

He was always outscored by Ma Yang, that slacker, which Pei Qian found humiliating.

Surely he could finally wash away his shame this time, right?

Ma Yang was very busy now, both doing live-streaming "sales" and giving away money on Weibo. He had become a celebrity at school, and people even recognized him on the street. Many students respectfully called him CEO Ma when they saw his long face.

Despite all this, Ma Yang still had to find time to study hard and prepare for exams.

As for Pei Qian, although everyone in Tengda Group thought that CEO Pei was ten times busier than CEO Ma, Pei Qian knew in his heart that his actual working hours each day were probably only two hours.

It was only in the month before the settlement that he was truly busy.

Therefore, Pei Qian felt that if he still couldn't outscore Ma Yang in this situation, it would really be unreasonable.

What's more, Pei Qian had even managed to borrow notes from several of the best female students in the class, so he could be said to be well-prepared.

After failing to outscore Ma Yang before, Pei Qian had seriously reflected on the situation and realized that it was mainly because his study method was wrong.

Studying with Ma Yang's notes would only allow him to get the same score as him; how could he possibly surpass him?

If Ma Yang's notes had an upper limit of 70 points, it would be impossible to break through 70 points no matter how hard he studied!

So this time, Pei Qian had very cunningly borrowed other people's notes, hoping to overtake him on a curve and surpass Ma Yang's score for once.

Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to be outscored by that slacker Ma Yang every time! It would make it seem like Pei Qian didn't even know how to slack off properly.

Pei Qian, who had been focusing on studying these past few days, hadn't paid attention to the launch of the DLCs for these two old games. He only realized it belatedly, when he saw Shang Yang Games' weekly work report the day after the DLCs were launched.

"Let me see the sales..."

"These two broken games have been out for so long, everyone must be tired of them. Surely no one is still buying their DLCs, right? No way, right?"

"Damn it! What's going on?"

Pei Qian opened the background and instantly became agitated.

The two DLCs that were launched yesterday, the *Lonely Desert Road* DLC had already sold 250,000 copies, and the *Game Producer* DLC had already sold 130,000 copies!

Based on the prices of 5 yuan and 18 yuan respectively, roughly estimating after deducting commissions and taxes, these two DLCs had brought Tengda Games a net income of more than two million in one day!

Moreover, this was only the income for one day.

In the coming week or even month, these DLCs would continue to generate revenue, and in the following days, with the spread of influence, the sales might even show signs of increasing!

Pei Qian was in a daze.

What the hell was going on!

He really couldn't understand the current situation. How long had these two games been out? They should have been gathering dust in the players' game libraries by now, right?

What did they mean by clinging to these two broken games? They were still buying the DLCs, were they sick!

Pei Qian decided to make these DLCs for the old games with two intentions:

The first was to disperse the manpower of Shang Yang Games, so that Wang Xiaobin, who was not good at designing gameplay, could make these DLCs, which would slow down gog's overseas operations slightly and give ioi a chance to breathe.

The second was to feel that no one was playing the old games anymore, so quietly updating a DLC would both cost money and not generate any sales, a win-win situation.

But now it seemed that he was completely delusional!

These sales were a bit outrageous!

Pei Qian's biggest feelings now were confusion and bewilderment.

What happened to Wang Xiaobin not being good at designing gameplay? What happened to the old games that no one was playing anymore?

What was going on?

With confusion, Pei Qian went to browse the forum, and then he saw a passionate long review from a player.

*Tengda Games: A Perfect Example of Sincerity Creating a Win-Win!*

"Yesterday, when I heard that *Lonely Desert Road* and *Game Producer* had updated their DLCs, my first reaction was disbelief. These two games have been out of date for a long time, and the game itself is already free. Is it necessary to release DLCs? Can they really make money?"

"I was a little confused. Tengda has gog in its hands and is also developing new large-scale game projects. Why bother to take the time to develop DLCs for these old games that have completed their historical mission?"

"But now I understand that Tengda's operation is full of routines!"

"As everyone knows, *Lonely Desert Road* and *Game Producer* have long been free, so most people have already claimed them and added them to their libraries, right?"

"Originally, I thought this freebie was just a very common promotional strategy. After all, the game's life is coming to an end, and there aren't many sales left. Giving up those sales to expand the game's influence is a good choice."

"But now I realize that making the main game free and selling DLCs is also a good option! This is a complete trap!"

"It is precisely because the main games of the two games are free that the player base has been greatly expanded, so they can achieve such good sales when new DLCs are released!"

"And what is even more commendable is that, based on the original single-player gameplay, this DLC has added online gameplay, which has activated the potential of these two games and allowed old players to find new fun! Moreover, this game also buried easter eggs for Tengda's new games, so there is even more reason to buy it!"

"So I say that Tengda Games is a perfect example of sincerity creating a win-win situation."

"If it were other companies, they would definitely let the old games fend for themselves, and players would only be able to throw the games in their game libraries to collect dust."

"But Tengda is different. They are willing to update the old games every once in a while. On the one hand, this shows a strong sense of responsibility, making players feel that Tengda does not abandon any game; on the other hand, they use interesting gameplay and easter eggs to connect all the old games, turning them into a part of the Tengda game empire. The method of making the game free first and then selling DLCs has also achieved good sales and revenue."

"To be honest, this kind of sincerity is not something that is difficult to do, but most companies are unwilling to do it because they think it is unprofitable. But Tengda goes against the grain, which shows how maverick this company is!"

"I won't say any more, I'll buy these two DLCs as a sign of respect!"

Pei Qian looked at this long review, his expression frozen.

Free to sell more DLCs?

Don't mess with me, I don't mean that at all!

If the system didn't require new products to be priced, would you believe that I would make all the DLCs free?

Pei Qian originally thought that the worst thing that could happen was just earning some reputation, but he didn't expect that so many players would really be willing to pay money to buy it!

In fact, the proportion of players who are currently paying to buy DLCs as a percentage of the total sales of the main game is not high, but precisely because the main games of these two games are already free, too many people have claimed and played them, so now selling a DLC can activate new gameplay, which is why so many people are willing to buy it!

"There's no time to lose, this money must be spent as soon as possible."

"Take a trip to Dream Realization Ventures?"

Pei Qian felt uncomfortable all over when he thought that he had made money again.

Although there were still nearly two months until the settlement, these two DLCs would continue to make money.

What to do with this money, he still had to plan ahead and make plans early.

Pei Qian thought about it and decided that he still had to go to Dream Realization Ventures.

The first batch of companies he invested in should now be able to roughly see whether they are profitable or not. Sell the profitable ones quickly, reinvest in the unprofitable ones, and he should be able to spend this windfall.

…

Dream Realization Ventures, conference room.

He Desheng began to report the first round of investments to CEO Pei.

"CEO Pei, we have invested in a total of 11 companies. Two companies have shown obvious signs of profitability, one company has a clear trend of profitability, three companies have good popularity and have attracted the attention of other investors, and the remaining five companies have no movement, but the companies have a lot of money in their accounts and are not short of funds for the time being."

"Here is the detailed information of each company, please take a look."

Pei Qian reached out and took the information, only to find that it was full of complicated financial statements, which made him feel dizzy.

He put the information aside: "I don't look at these things. Just do it according to my previous regulations. Sell the ones that are already profitable immediately; don't invest any more money in the ones that are showing a trend of profitability, and sell them when they become profitable; continue to observe the ones that are not profitable; continue to reinvest in the ones that have run out of money."

"The money earned from selling will be directly invested in the companies in the following order, and the financial staff we sent can also be withdrawn and go to be responsible for other companies."