Moyu Internet Cafe, Handong University Branch.

After lunch, Pei Qian sipped his coffee and reviewed his previous mind map, connecting lines between departments such as Tenda Games, Shang Yang Games, Moyu Internet Cafe, and DGE Esports Club, recording their recent interactions.

Looking at the ever-increasing, dense network of lines, Pei Qian felt each one was a stab in his back.

"Think of it positively, this mind map is still somewhat useful."

"At least this time, I successfully predicted things based on this mind map!"

"...Although I was two hours late."

"But I'll definitely improve next time!"

Pei Qian closed his laptop, suddenly struck by the urge to take a walk around the gaming area of Moyu Internet Cafe.

After a lap, Pei Qian suddenly realized something seemed off.

Thinking back carefully...

It seemed like there were many more people playing *GOG* than *IOI* at Moyu Internet Cafe? The data seemed to show a crushing trend!

That didn't make sense.

Pei Qian pondered, it seemed that Shang Yang Games had contacted these internet cafes first, and offered more money, so how could this happen?

"Could it be because of Xiao Peng?"

"Come to think of it, Moyu Internet Cafe 3.0 was entirely tailored for *GOG*, so it seems normal that other Moyu Internet Cafes are affected, and more people are playing *GOG*."

"Xiao Peng probably thinks that *GOG* is Tenda's own game, while *IOI* is ultimately an adopted son game that they're just representing, so he's more biased towards *GOG* in his heart?"

"Yeah, that's probably it."

"But, the situation in other internet cafes should be the opposite, right?"

Pei Qian immediately got up and headed to another large chain internet cafe nearby, Xing Le Internet Cafe.

Speaking of which, Xing Le Internet Cafe was an internet cafe invested in by Manager Li, originally to compete with Moyu Internet Cafe for profit.

But as they competed, they went from eating meat to drinking soup.

Who knows what happened.

In any case, as things stand, Xing Le Internet Cafe should be the second-largest chain internet cafe brand in Jingzhou, second only to Moyu Internet Cafe. Its overall configuration is much higher than those small internet cafes, and the situation inside should be very representative.

A few minutes later, Pei Qian arrived at the nearest Xing Le Internet Cafe, pretending to be looking for someone, and took a stroll around.

After Pei Qian finished looking at the games on the last computer, he fell into deep thought.

Why did *GOG* still have an absolute advantage?

That's not right, the script shouldn't be written like this, right?

What happened to money can do anything?

Did Shang Yang Games not talk to Xing Le Internet Cafe about cooperation?

That didn't make sense.

Pei Qian clearly saw on the display board at the entrance of Xing Le Internet Cafe that both *GOG* and *IOI* could enjoy free trials of in-game skins and free internet fees.

Moreover, *IOI* had even more free internet fees.

So what did that mean? Money was useless?

Pei Qian went to the front desk and asked the cashier about this issue, feeling confused.

The cashier happened to be free and smiled, "I can tell you don't play games much, do you?"

Pei Qian: "?"

The cashier explained, "IOI does have free internet fees, but *GOG* also has free internet fees! Although it's not much, most people have their heroes and skins in *GOG*, so how could they switch to *IOI* just for a few bucks in internet fees?"

"Besides, everyone comes to internet cafes to play games mainly to play together, to have more fun. How could they learn a new game from scratch just to save a little money?"

"What's more..."

The cashier paused, lowering her voice, "I'll tell you an inside secret, don't spread it around."

Pei Qian quickly nodded, "Yeah, I won't spread it around."

The cashier whispered, "Although these two games are both Tenda's games, they're not treated the same!"

"*GOG* is the beloved son, *IOI* is the adopted son. From all aspects, Tenda really wants to promote *GOG*. In the future, *GOG* will definitely be the pillar of internet cafe revenue, so we definitely have to promote *GOG* more!"

Pei Qian was a little confused, "Where did you get this inside information...?"

The cashier said very proudly, "Our boss told us!"

Pei Qian: "Then who did your boss hear it from?"

The cashier said even more proudly, "People from Tenda Games personally talked to our boss!"

Pei Qian: "..."

Understood.

Min Jingchao sent lobbyists! No wonder the internet cafe owners were all fooled!

The situation in other internet cafes didn't need to be thought about, it was probably not much better.

These people are really too cunning!

If you can't outspend them, you just fool people? Is that something a human would do?

Pei Qian was silent for a moment, and asked, "Has your boss ever considered that this might be some kind of business tactic, and can't be fully believed?"

The cashier smiled meaningfully, "You don't believe it?"

"Then have you seen yesterday's news?"

"Why are the latest e-sports lifestyle halls of Moyu Internet Cafe all talking about *GOG*, the exhibition matches are also *GOG*, and all the players on site are playing *GOG*, but not a word about *IOI*?"

"The e-sports clubs formed by Tenda are also all *GOG* players, right?"

"Even Boss Pei's hero has been added to *GOG*!"

"Tell me, doesn't this show that Tenda executives, including Boss Pei, are more optimistic about *GOG*?"

"Spending money on *IOI* is just a method of raising Gu, creating pressure for *GOG*, how could they really support it?"

Pei Qian: "..."

For some reason, he suddenly felt that what this cashier said made a lot of sense!

Indeed, the fact that Boss Pei = Modest has already been known by many people.

If you don't particularly like the game *GOG*, would you put yourself in the game? Impossible!

Pei Qian wanted to ask, if I said I didn't know anything about this... would you believe me?

But on second thought, don't ask. If I were this cashier, I wouldn't believe it either...

He was really completely convinced by this cashier!

Silently walking out of Xing Le Internet Cafe, Pei Qian realized a very serious problem.

It seemed... that the idea he gave to Shang Yang Games was about to be declared a failure after less than a week of trying.

"It's simply shameless!"

"Whatever methods the competitor uses, you just follow blindly?"

"Is there any justice? Is there any law?"

"Is anyone in charge?"

Pei Qian was speechless. The idea that he had finally come up with was directly taken by the *GOG* side and used, and it was copied without reservation!

Pei Qian could now somewhat understand what it felt like for those small companies that were mindlessly "imitated". It was just infuriating, but there was nothing they could do!

It's just that this time, he was both the imitator and the imitated, which was very awkward.

The gap between *GOG* and *IOI* in the last settlement cycle didn't seem to have narrowed at all, but was getting bigger and bigger...

"No, I have to think of a way quickly."

"Shang Yang Games must be as desperate as I am now. I have to think of a way to let them turn the tables..."

"Or, more simply, transfer Lin Wan back to Tenda Games now and let her win easily?"

"No, no, this might backfire..."

Pei Qian knew very well that Lin Wan was a relatively proud person. If he transferred her to the *GOG* project now, she wouldn't think she was winning easily, but would only think that Boss Pei was asking her to "watch carefully and learn carefully."

She definitely wouldn't leave then!

Pei Qian thought left and right, and always felt that the more he thought about it, the smaller the chance of winning.

In fact, not to mention others, he himself hadn't played *IOI* a few times, because the heroes in this game were completely different from *LOL*, and the mechanisms weren't exactly the same, so he was too lazy to learn...

On the other hand, he was more familiar with *GOG*.

Pei Qian himself was just an ordinary passerby, at best he was stronger than Ma Yang, that slacker. Relatively speaking, *GOG*, which was easier to operate and could be played on the phone, was more suitable.

"No, I can't give up so easily..."

"What other aspects can I start from?"

"It's impossible to change the game mechanism, the game update speed is not slow, and the ground promotion of internet cafes has also been done..."

"Currently, the gap between *IOI* and *GOG* seems to be only in e-sports."

"Then, it seems that I can only start from this aspect."

"I don't believe it, I'll give *IOI* another sum of money and make up for the shortcomings of e-sports."

"If I still lose this time, I..."

"I'll just let *IOI* fend for itself..."

Pei Qian sighed silently, not knowing how things would turn out like this.

Originally, he was just thinking of lying down and losing money when he made *GOG*, but after a few months, why didn't this script follow the normal script at all?

Pei Qian silently left Xing Le Internet Cafe, deeply feeling the loneliness of life.

Just as Pei Qian left the entrance of Xing Le Internet Cafe, Li Shi happened to pass by.

"Huh? Isn't that Boss Pei?"

"Strange, am I seeing things? Why would Boss Pei come to Xing Le Internet Cafe?"

Li Shi originally wanted to say hello to Boss Pei, but then gave up the idea, and instead went straight into Xing Le Internet Cafe and asked the cashier at the front desk, "Did that young man just come to use the internet?"

The cashier quickly stood up, "Hello, Manager Li. That young man just walked around the internet cafe, and then... then asked me a few questions."

Although Manager Li was not the owner of Xing Le Internet Cafe, as an investor in the internet cafe, he had more say than the owner.

Li Shi instantly became serious, "What questions did he ask? Tell me quickly, recall carefully, don't say a single word wrong!"

The cashier's face turned pale, thinking that Li Shi was going to blame her for leaking internal information, "Manager Li, I I I I, I didn't say anything..."

Li Shi frowned, "Who asked you what you said, I'm asking what he said."

"He?" The cashier tried hard to recall, "He, he just asked, why are there more people playing *GOG* than *IOI*, and... and asked me, have I ever thought that 'Tenda values *GOG* more' is just a business tactic..."

Li Shi's brow furrowed, even more confused.

What did Boss Pei mean by this?

Everyone now knows that *GOG* is Tenda's beloved son, right?

Could it be that...

Li Shi suddenly realized, Boss Pei was testing them again! He was deliberately releasing fake news again, trying to shake the confidence of his partners!

The previous *Top Student, Come Here* and *Thriller Paradise* were also like this. On the surface, he was dissuading them, but in reality, he was thinking the opposite!

Boss Pei was testing Xing Le Internet Cafe's determination to cooperate with *GOG*!

Li Shi immediately waved his hand, "Immediately remove all promotional materials related to *IOI*, and Xing Le Internet Cafe will only promote *GOG* from now on!"

...

At the same time.

Liang Qingfan was still seriously considering whether there were any areas of the renovation plan that could be modified.

After completing the plan last week, the construction team officially entered the site for construction this week.

Regarding the recording, Liang Qingfan also found another famous studio in Jingzhou last weekend and hired a well-known videographer.

After watching a few of his previous works, they were all filmed very well, and completing this shooting task was definitely more than enough.

Liang Qingfan considered letting this videographer shoot all the raw footage first. After the shooting was completed, if Flying Yellow Studio had finished their vacation, he could also ask them to help with editing and post-production.

Before the construction team entered the site for construction, the videographer had already shot the most original footage of these houses. During the subsequent construction, he would go back to shoot once every period of time.

The construction period was very long, and the film might only be about half an hour long, so the videographer didn't need to call Liang Qingfan every time he went, he just needed to go once every period of time and shoot for ten minutes each time.

And Liang Qingfan wasn't always at the construction site, so the two of them had almost no chance to meet.

Liang Qingfan felt that he didn't need to supervise the work of this videographer, after all, he was a professional and knew more about this than himself.

What he needed to worry about now was the details of the renovation.

Sloth Apartment was a high-end brand, and the details must be perfect. More importantly, this renovation plan also included hard decoration, and the pressure on environmental protection was even greater.

Liang Qingfan decided to follow Boss Pei's requirements and choose the best environmentally friendly wall paint on the market, including a small amount of furniture, and try to choose environmentally friendly and healthy ones as much as possible.

Of course, neither wall paint nor furniture could be completely formaldehyde-free, but as long as the formaldehyde content met the national health standards, and after a long period of opening windows for ventilation and maintaining the ventilation of the fresh air system throughout the year, it would not be harmful to human health.

Liang Qingfan was quite satisfied with the management trainee next to him.

He often asked him to run errands for him and do some chores, and he was quite handy to use.

"Boss Pei is very considerate, it's equivalent to arranging a little assistant for me."

"It's a pity that he often has classes, and he has a lot of work to do, so sometimes I don't have time to take him to the site to see."