Chapter 126 Finishing Touches

After much persuasion, they finally managed to stop Meng Chang from quitting.

Whether or not Meng Chang would continue to threaten to leave would depend on the effectiveness of Pei Qian's promotional plan for the next month. But that was a problem for next month.

Even the system couldn't stump me, let alone a small Meng Chang?

In fact, the promotional task that Pei Qian gave to Meng Chang was just a weakened version of what the system required.

The system required a comprehensive loss, while Meng Chang's promotional task only needed to ensure that the promotional plan for a certain industry was ineffective.

Pei Qian could handle even more difficult challenges with ease. This simplified version of the challenge, as long as he didn't pursue the highest difficulty level of 200,000 yuan in commission, should be a sure thing… right?

Now that things had come to this, thinking about next month was meaningless.

He should focus on the present.

Meng Chang's promotional plan was a complete failure. He could wash his hands of it and lie down to collect his commission, but Pei Qian couldn't.

Poor Boss Pei still had to figure out how to clean up this mess.

The current situation was that the outside world was buzzing with rumors. Netizens and many game media outlets had taken Qiao Laoshi's gameplay video as a sequel to "Repent and Be Saved," calling it "Eternal Reincarnation," and the rumors were getting more and more outrageous.

Players who were eagerly waiting to play "Eternal Reincarnation" were a little obsessed, and even started spamming "Eternal Reincarnation" under any news related to Tengda.

For example, when the official Weibo shared an ultra-wide wallpaper of all GOG heroes, players would comment: "Understood! The official is hinting that the plot of 'Eternal Reincarnation' will be an extended version, at least twice as long as a normal game!"

When the official Weibo posted a photo of a cosplaying girl, players would comment: "Understood! The official is hinting that there will be cute girls in 'Eternal Reincarnation,' and there will be a dating simulation system!"

If this continued, the rumors would probably become more and more outrageous, and who knew what players would imagine.

There were other projects to be launched in the next month or so. If this popularity continued and more chain reactions were produced after the rumors spread, bringing huge popularity to "Eternal Reincarnation," what would happen if this DLC became popular before it was even released?

The current rumors were already quite outrageous. If they continued to spread for another two months, who knew what terrible things would happen.

He had to clarify a little, reduce the feverish attention, and prevent players from having such unrealistic expectations, so as to calm down the impact of this matter as soon as possible.

This way, when Pei Qian made other promotional plans next month, he could clear a little bit of obstacle in advance.

But how to cool down the hype?

Pei Qian thought for a while, he had to clarify at least two points.

First, "Eternal Reincarnation" was not a sequel to "Repent and Be Saved," but just a normal DLC, much smaller in scale. Second, Qiao Laoshi was not playing "Eternal Reincarnation." To be precise, "Eternal Reincarnation" had not even been officially launched. Not even a new folder had been created yet. Formal development would have to wait until August.

As long as these two points were clarified, players wouldn't be too disappointed, but their enthusiasm would definitely plummet, right?

This was like going to a high-end restaurant for dinner. Originally, you thought that a highly acclaimed main course would be served in five minutes, so you would be particularly excited, taking out your phone to prepare to take photos and post them on WeChat Moments.

But then the waiter suddenly came over and said, "I'm sorry, the dish that will be served soon is not the main course, but just an ordinary appetizer, and the main course will have to wait another half an hour."

Although you would still be thinking about it, your expectations would definitely be greatly reduced.

Previously, Pei Qian couldn't clarify because this behavior would affect Meng Chang's promotional plan. If Meng Chang messed things up, he would blame himself again.

But now that Meng Chang had given up, he naturally didn't need to care about the impact of this matter on him.

Seeing that Meng Chang was about to leave, Pei Qian quickly stopped him.

"Are you leaving just like that?"

"I'm not saying this, but you always only consider the immediate consequences of your actions. When you see that the promotional plan has failed, you just walk away, completely ignoring the possible negative consequences."

"Take this matter as an example. Netizens are paying so much attention to 'Eternal Reincarnation' that they're almost obsessed. If you don't seize the time to deal with it now, the popularity will definitely explode after 'Eternal Reincarnation' is released. By then, will it be too late for you to make a promotional plan to reduce the popularity?"

"Doing a good job of cleaning up the aftermath of the previous project is also clearing obstacles for the next project!"

"You don't pay attention to details like this. Isn't it only natural that you fail?"

Meng Chang was stunned for a moment, a little confused.

His expression was a bit like a primary school student being lectured by his head teacher.

Boss Pei's reprimand made a lot of sense!

If this matter was allowed to continue to ferment, and the emotions of netizens were not vented, the popularity would definitely accumulate more and more, and some unknown chemical reactions would inevitably occur in the future.

An expert can tell whether it's there or not with just one move.

Meng Chang originally thought that Pei Qian was just joking with him, saying that he would give him a demonstration of how to make a promotional plan, but Boss Pei was a busy man, and he had so many industries to arrange. How could he spend all his energy on making promotional plans for himself?

Therefore, Meng Chang didn't expect too much.

But now, looking at Boss Pei's attitude towards details, he was obviously going to teach himself hand-by-hand?

Meng Chang was even a little flattered, and for a moment, he had the illusion that Boss Pei was very kind to him.

Of course, it was only for a moment.

"Then… Boss Pei, what should I do? Just tell me, and I'll do it." Meng Chang asked very humbly.

Pei Qian nodded slightly.

Yes, this child is teachable. This is the right attitude!

As long as Meng Chang knew how to learn humbly, he was still a promising talent.

Pei Qian thought for a while: "To quell the popularity, you must do it as simply and neatly as possible."

"Saying too much can easily trigger players' imaginations."

"So, just use Tengda's official Weibo to issue a clarification statement. The main thing is to clarify the two points I said before: 'Eternal Reincarnation' is just a DLC, and it will only be officially launched in August. In this way, players will no longer continue to pay attention to this matter, and the popularity can slowly decrease."

"It should be slightly concise and formal."

Although Tengda's official credibility was worrying because it had played the "boy who cried wolf" game too many times, this statement was more credible, and players should believe it.

Meng Chang was stunned for a moment: "Boss Pei, are you sure there's no problem with doing this?"

Pei Qian asked back: "What's the problem?"

"Uh… nothing."

Meng Chang vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was for a while.

Since it was Boss Pei's plan, he should just carry it out. Whether there was a problem or not, he would know in a moment.

…

Fifteen minutes later, Meng Chang came to knock on the door again.

"Boss Pei, the statement is written. Please take a look."

Pei Qian took the phone and looked at the text of the Weibo post.

"Tengda Group and Tengda Games Department have noticed the recent discussions among netizens and the reports from various game media about the 'sequel to Repent and Be Saved.' There is false information from unknown sources. In order to avoid misleading the majority of players, we hereby declare as follows:"

"'Eternal Reincarnation' is not a sequel to 'Repent and Be Saved,' but merely a regular DLC of 'Repent and Be Saved.' There is a huge difference in scale between the two. Tengda Games has no plans to develop a sequel to 'Repent and Be Saved' in the near future."

"'Eternal Reincarnation' has not yet entered the preparation stage for the project. The official project design time is after August, not the 'already in the testing stage' as rumored online."

"We hope that players can identify false information and not be deceived."

"We hereby declare to set the record straight."

The number of words was relatively large, so it needed to be published in a long Weibo post. Currently, the content had only been edited and saved as a draft, and had not been officially published.

Meng Chang was not sure whether the statement was written correctly, so he had to let Boss Pei make the decision.

Pei Qian nodded slightly.

Yes, it was written well.

Although it felt a little rigid and the official tone was a bit heavy, this also had its advantages. Players would definitely not think that this was a prank, and the credibility would be better.

Regardless of whether there was a problem with the wording of the statement, at least the goal had been achieved.

"Okay, post it." Pei Qian said.

Meng Chang took the phone and pressed the "Send" button.