Chapter 108 Encouraging Meng Chang

April 30th, Monday.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Pei Qian was in his office, reviewing work reports sent by various departments when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

After a short pause, the person outside opened the door and entered.

Pei Qian looked up and saw that it was Meng Chang.

Meng Chang's face was sallow, his eyes were lifeless, and his hair looked a little messy. Combined with the stubble on his chin, he looked quite dispirited, a stark contrast to his once high-spirited self.

Since joining Tengda Group, Meng Chang seemed to pay less and less attention to his personal appearance.

Back when he had just founded Cold Noodles Girl, he always met investors with a radiant and energetic demeanor, and his personal style and dress were always just right.

But now, he looked like a net-addicted teenager who had been in an internet cafe for a month.

Pei Qian was initially very angry because Meng Chang had messed up the promotion of *Mission and Choice* and wanted to scold him face-to-face, but seeing his miserable appearance, he couldn't help but feel a twinge of sympathy, and some words were difficult to say.

The two looked at each other in silence.

Pei Qian picked up the laptop from the side, opened the analysis report from last month, and handed it to Meng Chang.

Meng Chang silently took it, flipped through it, and saw the expected, familiar number.

Last month, he had at least received a commission of 1500 yuan. At that time, Meng Chang was only testing the waters and had achieved good results. This month, he had been eager to make a big splash, and successfully brought his commission back to zero.

Still the basic salary of 3000 yuan. In Meng Chang's memory, except for the commission he received last month after coming to Tengda, all other months were the basic salary of 3000, without exception.

Meng Chang's heart was unwavering, but he felt his body was completely drained.

In fact, in the middle of this month, when he saw the *Mission and Choice* promotion plan suddenly galloping in a direction completely out of his control, and the game and movie's popularity on the internet surpassing each other day by day, Meng Chang already knew that this month was over.

Some people were already dead in the middle of the month, only to be buried at the end.

Meng Chang didn't even bother to look closely at the details in the analysis report, because he didn't want to be whipped again. He just glanced at it to confirm the final, expected number, and handed the laptop back.

"President Pei, if there's nothing else, I'll go first."

Meng Chang turned to leave.

He really had nothing to say. He had decided on the promotion plan himself, and in the end, not only did it fail to achieve its goal, but it went straight to the bottom line. Although President Pei was probably behind it, what could he do except accept the bet and admit defeat?

What's more, Meng Chang had already been sarcastically mocked by President Pei the last time he received his basic salary. Was he going to stay and be mocked again?

That would be too much to bear.

However, Pei Qian immediately stopped him: "Wait a minute."

Meng Chang stopped.

Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang's "dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water" appearance and couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

"The previous few times, you had just come to Tengda not long ago and didn't know much about the company's various operations. It's understandable that some things didn't go as planned."

"I haven't said anything about you all this time. I just hoped that you could learn from your mistakes and summarize your experiences so that you could improve in the future."

"But what about now?"

"Last time you came to see me, you patted your chest and guaranteed that there would be absolutely no problems. And then? After the problem occurred, you just disappeared? Lying down and pretending to be dead?"

"You're a professional, at least have some professional ethics, right? Don't you think that it's easy for you to quit, but someone else has to clean up the mess you left behind?"

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the angrier he became.

It was Meng Chang who patted his chest and guaranteed that there would be absolutely no problems, and mysteriously said that he had a very complete plan that would definitely work, so Pei Qian believed him.

Until the popularity of *Mission and Choice* started to rise, Pei Qian was still expecting Meng Chang to keep his promise and turn the tide.

But after waiting and waiting, there was no news at all, and even Meng Chang couldn't be found!

He actually gave up so easily.

Pei Qian looked down on him in his heart, thinking, Haven't I encountered more setbacks than you? Didn't I get through them every time?

But you gave up so easily, and I have to rack my brains to spend the money you earned, it's simply outrageous!

Meng Chang's mouth opened slightly, and he was shocked. In fact, even the well-mannered man looked a little distraught.

He was completely shocked by President Pei's words.

If in a normal context, President Pei's words didn't seem to be a problem. It was just a supervisor scolding his subordinate for failing to meet his requirements repeatedly and not doing his job well.

But Meng Chang obviously didn't think this was a normal context!

He believed that he and President Pei had always been in a relationship of wits and courage. He relied on messing up the promotion to get commissions, while President Pei hoped that the product would sell well and make money.

In this case, President Pei would definitely try his best to hinder and sabotage his promotion plan in secret.

He had only been in Tengda Group for a few months and was only responsible for the promotion and marketing department. How could a small arm twist President Pei's thigh?

But that was all. The key was that President Pei always pretended to be on his side, as if he was even more anxious than he was.

It could only be said that an actor was an actor. His acting skills were so deceptive, virtual and real, true and false, seemingly fake but his expression was very real, seemingly sincere but on closer inspection, it was very fake.

So Meng Chang was speechless for a moment. It seemed wrong to refute, and it seemed wrong not to refute, so he was stuck.

Pei Qian became even angrier when he saw Meng Chang's bewildered expression: "Aren't you good at talking? Why aren't you talking now?"

"Forget it, maybe I'm being too strict with you."

"But can you be more attentive next time you make a promotion plan?"

"If you don't feel confident after making a promotion plan, can you at least let me take a look? Although I may not be more professional than you, I can give you some ideas."

Meng Chang opened his mouth, feeling very ridiculous.

Give me some ideas?

Haven't you tricked me enough?

But President Pei's expression was too sincere, seemingly full of sincerity, making Meng Chang not know what to say for a moment.

Pei Qian was speechless: "Say something! Don't you think you have any responsibility for things turning out the way they are now?"

Meng Chang was dizzy. Wasn't it you who was behind all this?

But he couldn't directly tear his face apart, and after hesitating for a long time, he said: "Yes, I will continue to work hard in the future."

Pei Qian finally got feedback and felt a little better, saying: "Okay, it's good that you know it yourself."

"There are some projects next month. The phones and fully automatic smart heckling machines from Ouhou Technology should be almost developed. You should learn about them in advance and prepare for them. Try to get more commissions next month."

"Although your success rate with promotion plans has been very low so far, I still trust you very much."

Meng Chang: "..."

He pondered for a long time, but still didn't know what to say, so he just said "Okay, President Pei" and turned to leave.

...

After Meng Chang left, Pei Qian calmed down and continued to read the work reports from various departments.

Looking back on this month's journey, it could be said to be full of ups and downs. The unexpected success of *Mission and Choice* caught Pei Qian a little off guard. Fortunately, the pressure was successfully relieved in the second half of the month by establishing the Slow Movement Studio and the sales department.

But next month, the pressure will come again.

The new phone developed by Ouhou Technology is about to be launched at a new press conference.

Pei Qian planned to go to Ouhou Technology tomorrow to see the prototype of the G1 phone, and then finalize the press conference.

In addition to that, there was another good news.

On May 1st, *Warship of the Furious Sea*, which had been hyped online for a long time, was finally going to be released!

Before that, *Warship of the Furious Sea* had been riding on the popularity of *Mission and Choice*, and enjoyed it. As a result, after *Mission and Choice* was released and received rave reviews, it made *Warship of the Furious Sea* look very cheap, and it was sprayed a lot online.

But after all, *Warship of the Furious Sea* hadn't been released yet, and no one knew how good the movie was. In theory, this movie had a huge investment and a luxurious cast, so even if the quality was a little worse, the box office would definitely be fine.

What's more, *Mission and Choice* chose a bad release window, while *Warship of the Furious Sea* chose the May Day Golden Week. By the time of May Day, *Mission and Choice* would have already entered the second half of its run, and its momentum would definitely be seriously insufficient. On the other hand, *Warship of the Furious Sea* had already invested so much in publicity on its opening day, and its opening day box office would definitely be very high, and it shouldn't be a problem to kill *Mission and Choice* in seconds.

So this was considered good news.

Pei Qian had already booked a movie ticket for tomorrow morning, planning to see how *Warship of the Furious Sea* was doing and to seek some psychological comfort for himself.

In fact, *Warship of the Furious Sea* also had midnight screenings, but Pei Qian didn't think it was necessary to be so hardcore. It was just a Hollywood blockbuster, so there was no need to watch it at midnight.

In the afternoon, Pei Qian planned to go to Ouhou Technology to see the phone's prototype and then finalize the phone press conference.

Although Pei Qian had also overseen the phone press conference before, there was still a problem in the end, and he didn't expect Chang You to turn it into a stand-up comedy show.

Pei Qian thought about it afterwards, and it should be Chang You's problem.

But now Chang You had already been transferred to another department and was no longer responsible for the phone business.

The new person in charge, Jiang Yuan, was a newcomer, and his eloquence was far worse than that of an old hand like Chang You. Moreover, Jiang Yuan's personality was a little introverted, and he definitely wouldn't be able to produce the effect of "stand-up comedy" at the press conference.

So Pei Qian felt that as long as he and Jiang Yuan went over the content of the press conference, it should be foolproof.