Chapter 10/22 Monday

Eric and Zhao Xuming arrived in Jingzhou last Wednesday. In the blink of an eye, three workdays had passed.

Today marks the first week that Eric and Zhao Xuming have taken over the operations of GOG.

The entire handover process was much faster than Eric and Zhao Xuming had imagined. They even had the illusion that they weren't ready yet, so how could Min Jingchao be leaving already?

In a typical company, like Longyu Corporation, such an important handover would take at least a month or two, right?

At the very least, two or three weeks would be necessary, wouldn't they?

GOG is currently Tenda's most profitable project with the most players. It even has a high chance of becoming the game with the most players worldwide, bar none, after defeating IOI in the future.

Because the combined number of GOG and IOI players has already achieved this goal. Once IOI falls, the vast majority of players will be absorbed by GOG.

How could Boss Pei be so hasty in handing over such an important project?

The three days last week were used for the handover, and the entire process was arranged a bit too tightly. The main items were as follows:

Splitting GOG's operations, with the domestic and international parts being handed over to Zhao Xuming and Eric respectively;

Introducing the daily operations to the two, as well as the principles for handling special situations;

Introducing the key members within the project and their main responsibilities, to facilitate future task assignments and work coordination;

Introducing the work content and corresponding core business leaders outside the project, mainly Zhang Yuan and the Esports Department, to facilitate future collaboration;

Finalizing the relocation plan for the entire GOG department. All GOG-related R&D and operations personnel will move to a new floor, and will also have an exclusive area when the Tenda headquarters building is completed in the future.

As for the vacant workstations after the move, except for Min Jingchao's workstation, which will be permanently reserved as a "cenotaph" like the workstations of other heads, all were transferred to Tenda Games' R&D department for new recruits.

So many things were arranged in just three days, leaving Eric and Zhao Xuming a little dazed.

They just kept following Min Jingchao and taking notes, barely figuring out the current operating mode of the entire GOG project team. To say that they had a thorough grasp of these tasks... that was impossible.

Who could master it so quickly!

Eric and Zhao Xuming were a little panicked and wanted Min Jingchao to teach them for a few more days, but Boss Pei was pushing them very urgently.

This was inevitable, because Pei Qian didn't want Min Jingchao to tell these two too much...

If these two really copied Min Jingchao's working mode 1:1 completely, then what would be the point of Pei Qian spending so much effort to dig them up?

In short, Min Jingchao quickly explained all the work during these three days, completed the handover, and then left.

Leaving only Eric and Zhao Xuming sitting at their workstations, continuously dazed, experiencing firsthand what was called "Tenda Speed."

At this moment, the two were sitting at their workstations, having just arranged the workstation move.

This weekend, all GOG-related R&D and operations personnel will move to the 22nd floor of the Shenhua Grand View Building. Considering the possible expansion in the future, the 23rd floor has also been reserved in advance.

Anyway, given Tenda's current expansion speed, renting one more floor or one less floor doesn't make much of a difference. Paying an extra month's rent doesn't matter, it will be filled with new hires before long.

After settling the workstation move, Eric and Zhao Xuming finally found an opportunity to sit down together and chat about the work here.

Zhao Xuming said with emotion, "The difference in work processes is too great!"

"GOG here is completely the person in charge's one-man show. Many tasks are arranged directly by Min Jingchao after he has an idea, without the need for meetings to demonstrate or experiments to explore, and often without even reporting to Boss Pei!"

"The key is that Boss Pei doesn't seem to care at all, only occasionally coming over to give some pointers, but that's just asking for a special event to be held."

"This is too much of a small work... uh, too efficient."

Zhao Xuming originally wanted to say "small workshop," but then he thought it wasn't right. Although this feeling was indeed quite like a small workshop, he had been beaten to the ground by the small workshop model in the past year, so thinking about it like this was too embarrassing.

The working mode of Tenda Corporation was in stark contrast to his time at Longyu Corporation.

Over there, if you wanted to do an operational activity, you first had to report the proposal to senior management, then communicate with the development team. If it was a game like IOI, which was distributed by a foreign company, you also had to communicate across borders.

Each level would offer some opinions, and the entire plan would have to be revised at least three or four times, and in the end, it could even be directly rejected by the head company.

Because many operational activities require developing functions within the game, and Longyu Corporation cannot arbitrarily modify the client, it must be approved by the head company in advance.

Back and forth, it was difficult to launch a new activity. Basically, more than half the time was spent running various processes.

But GOG is different. If you want to do an activity, the person in charge can make the call!

Previously, Zhao Xuming thought that the heads of Tenda's various departments were all puppets of Boss Pei, doing whatever Boss Pei told them to do.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all!

When Boss Pei has a need, they are indeed puppets, but this situation is not common in daily work. Sometimes Boss Pei makes two or three demands a month, and sometimes there are no demands for half a year in a row.

During the time when there is no demand, it is completely up to the person in charge to do it themselves!

Some activities targeting IOI were not Boss Pei's idea at all, but Min Jingchao's own ideas.

Of course, these two modes have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The Longyu Corporation model, although inefficient, has the greatest advantage of not easily making fatal mistakes, and everyone doesn't need to take the blame if something goes wrong, after all, it has been reviewed layer by layer.

In other words, the goal is not to do things the best, but to do them the least badly.

But with Tenda's model, once something goes wrong, it's a big problem, and the person in charge takes all the blame.

That is to say, the courage required is much greater than that of Longyu Corporation.

And the biggest advantage of this model is that it is efficient, and the plan will not be changed randomly!

As long as the person in charge believes that it is something that must be done, they can quickly concentrate the power of the entire department to do their best.

Zhao Xuming couldn't help but sigh, it's no wonder that IOI was always beaten to the ground when competing with GOG for activities.

In the world of martial arts, speed is paramount!

When IOI at Longyu Corporation was still going through the process, GOG's activities were already prepared. They were waiting at ease, and the efficiency and speed were completely different concepts!

Eric nodded: "Indeed, Tenda's structure can maximize the personal ability of the person in charge, and it often has miraculous effects when dealing with some companies with 'big company disease.'"

"Currently, it is the stage when GOG and IOI are fighting at close quarters, and it is no wonder that such a structure can be invincible."

Zhao Xuming complained: "That's true, but shouldn't we be given more time to hand over?"

"The person in charge has to bear such a heavy responsibility, but the handover was completed in just three days. Isn't that waiting for us to make mistakes?"

As a habitually scapegoating and naturally cautious person, Zhao Xuming keenly felt the heavy burden on his shoulders.

A large black pot seemed to be hanging over his head at any time. If he wasn't careful, it would be put on him, covering him tightly.

This made him feel very dangerous.

Eric shook his head: "I don't think Boss Pei's arrangement definitely doesn't mean that."

Zhao Xuming was stunned: "Huh? What does it mean?"

Eric said with emotion: "Looking at the opponent's behavior from a different perspective can often reveal more."

When he first came to be the person in charge of IOI, he had not yet partnered with Zhao Xuming, and fought against Tenda single-handedly, and was soon beaten to the ground.

Later, he began to consciously study Tenda, this unique company, and Boss Pei's strategies in business wars.

Gradually, he gained some understanding.

But no matter how hard he tried to study, he was still looking from the outside, and many things could not be seen.

Therefore, although he also grasped some situations, he was still half-baked, and often came to conclusions that were true.

But now that he has come inside Tenda and really come into contact with the core architecture, Eric suddenly understood many of the principles that he had not understood before.

Eric continued: "I have been thinking, why did Boss Pei want to dig up the two of us? Moreover, he seems to be willing to pay a certain price."

"This seems a bit unreasonable, because GOG has been winning, and Min Jingchao, as the person in charge, has arranged all the work in an orderly manner. What is the point of having the two of us, the defeated generals, come to split up his work?"

"It can't be because he doesn't like him, right?"

"Which boss wouldn't like an employee who doesn't have too many problems, completes his work perfectly, and has a strong subjective initiative?"

"Now, I probably understand."

"On the one hand, it is because Tenda's heads are quickly rotated to open up new territories in more important fields after they have been trained, and Min Jingchao has almost reached Boss Pei's requirements;"

"On the other hand, it is because after GOG develops to a certain stage, the two of us together can play a greater role than Min Jingchao. The two of us have our advantages."

Zhao Xuming nodded suddenly: "Well... indeed, this should be the only possibility."

In order to dig him up, Boss Pei even gave him an idea for a game, which is enough to show that there is some trait in him that Boss Pei values.

It's just that Zhao Xuming hasn't figured it out yet.

Eric continued: "We are definitely far inferior to Min Jingchao in terms of game design, but fortunately, we don't need to worry about GOG's version updates. Naturally, the designers of the original project team will be promoted to continue to be responsible for the new version and new heroes."

"Then our advantage must lie in game operations!"