Chapter 1271 All According to Plan

Thursday, October 25th.

Pei Qian ordered a "slacking off" meal delivery and ate while considering the recent situation of each department.

"I wonder how things are going with the Suffering Travel?"

After Bao Xu stayed to help Yu Fei design "Ghost General 2," he set off for Shennongjia. Calculating the time, the suffering of those department heads should be entering its most exciting part.

Because Bao Xu stayed for a week, the Suffering Travel's itinerary was a total of five weeks. The first week was wilderness survival led by Sa Ziran, the second week was wilderness survival led by Bao Xu, the third and fourth weeks were sightseeing at nearby attractions, and the fifth week was again wilderness survival led by Bao Xu.

It should be in the late middle stage of the second week now. Compared to the "darkness before dawn" of the fifth week, this should be the most despairing time for the department heads.

Pei Qian suddenly wanted to see how things were going, so he sent Bao Xu a message.

"I wonder if the signal there is good enough to receive it."

After a while, Pei Qian realized that his worries were unnecessary because Bao Xu replied and even sent a video.

After all, the domestic signal coverage is very extensive now, and Bao Xu and the others didn't go to any particularly remote places. Safety issues still had to be considered in terms of site selection, ensuring that they could be sent to a nearby hospital as soon as possible in case of an accident.

Pei Qian opened the video to view it.

The video showed a natural rock wall. Compared with the specially made simulated rock wall in the training base, its shape was obviously much more complicated, but the slope was not so steep.

The rock wall in the training base was basically vertical, while the rock wall here was about seventy or eighty degrees.

But even so, the difficulty of outdoor rock climbing and rappelling was definitely much higher than indoors.

At this time, several department heads were climbing up the rock wall one by one under the care and protection of Sa Ziran, and then rappelling down after they had all reached the top of the mountain.

The department heads were all lined up, shivering.

And Bao Xu was standing at the foot of the mountain in the best shooting position, filming such a video for Pei Qian.

Considering how quickly he replied, Pei Qian highly suspected that he hadn't just taken the video after seeing the message.

It was possible that he had already taken such a video and sent it over when he saw President Pei asking; it was also possible that Bao Xu had just chosen a perfect spot to watch these department heads suffer, and happened to record such a clip after seeing President Pei's message.

But no matter which situation it was, it showed that Bao Xu had chosen an excellent viewing position for himself and was clearly enjoying it.

Seeing Bao Xu so happy, Pei Qian felt relieved.

What could make a boss happier than bringing joy to his employees?

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh silently, ah, I'm really a kind person, a good boss.

He immediately replied, "Great job, keep it up!"

He also looked at the date and calculated that Meng Chang should be coming back soon.

Meng Chang had gone to Shennongjia with the others on the Suffering Travel to develop the marketing plan for this project. In nearly two weeks, Meng Chang's efficiency should have been enough to cut out the promotional video.

There was still a week left until the end of the month, and Meng Chang would definitely release the promotional video, otherwise, he would have no chance of getting a commission.

There were no particularly detailed regulations regarding the release time of Meng Chang's promotional plan, but in general, both earlier and later releases had their own advantages.

Early releases made it easier to accumulate heat, while later releases might detonate instantaneous heat. In any case, the difficulty of getting a commission was about the same, regardless of whether it was early or late.

"I wonder if Meng Chang will be able to get a commission this time, I wish him well."

Pei Qian wasn't in a hurry, anyway, given Meng Chang's efficiency, it would probably be within the next day or two.

Then, Pei Qian opened the forum again to check the situation of the GOG and IOI events.

After GOG launched the "Light Descends" event for the 1024 Digital Festival yesterday, it caused huge controversy online.

The price increase of skins triggered player dissatisfaction, coupled with the impact of IOI's event, and the fueling of some people, it can now be regarded as a hot topic of no small magnitude.

Although some people aimed the spearhead at Tengda, most players still thought that Eric should be responsible, which made Pei Qian feel a little regretful.

This shows that this storm may be difficult to affect other industries.

But you can't be too greedy, after all, this is a good start.

However, while Pei Qian was happily browsing posts scolding Eric, he suddenly saw a post.

The title was: "Holy crap! The reward for the 'Light Descends' event actually includes another skin!"

Pei Qian was stunned.

He instantly realized something!

The internal materials that the GOG project team showed him at the beginning stated that the theme of the event was "Light and Darkness," but after it was actually launched in the game, the name became Light Descends.

Pei Qian originally thought that the name change was because "Light and Darkness" didn't sound imposing enough, but now it seems that it was obviously not the case!

This "Light Descends" event is actually not complicated. Special product skins are put on the shelves in the game mall. Each of these heroes has a light-themed skin. No matter which one you buy, you can open an exclusive event page.

On this event page, some daily tasks will be refreshed, and there is a progress bar above.

The tasks are all very simple tasks, such as using this skin to play one or two games, or getting a certain number of kills or assists.

The progress bar increase is phased and unlocked on a daily basis, which means that after the daily tasks are completed every day, the rewards for the day will be unlocked.

The rewards are divided into seven stages, which means that this event will take at least seven days to complete.

However, the specific rewards for each day are not specified, but are marked with a question mark icon.

On the description page, it is noted that this event includes rewards such as avatars, avatar frames, emoticons, recall animations, and kill effects.

The first day only gave a very ordinary avatar, so it did not cause any discussion.

After all, players have seen similar events a lot. Manufacturers definitely sell skins as the main product for promotion, and as for the other rewards, they are at most just added extras.

In fact, most players don't care about this event at all, their eyes are all focused on the price of the skin.

Although many players are calling for resistance, GOG after all has such a huge player base, and there are many die-hard fans. Even if the price of this skin has increased, many players have still chosen to buy it.

As a result, today, after many people finished their daily tasks, they found that the reward unlocked today was actually another skin!

It's the dark version of the original light version skin that was purchased!

Many players couldn't believe it when they first saw it, until they entered the game and played a game.

These two skins are actually the most top-notch skins!

Although the light and dark versions of the skins have certain similarities in shape, the overall styles are very different. Especially under the contrast of the two special effects of light and darkness, it is particularly obvious.

Taking the classic hero Modeste as an example, his light form wears silver-white armor and has a halo like an angel on his head, shining with golden light; while his dark form wears demonic armor, has demon horns on his head, and is rising with black smoke all over his body.

This degree of change is definitely not something that can be achieved by simply changing the skin, it is equivalent to making another skin from scratch!

Many players didn't expect the activity rewards for the second day at all. They thought that most of them would be small rewards such as avatars or recall animations, but they found that it was actually a skin, and they couldn't believe their eyes.

Looking at the evaluation on the forum, it instantly took a 180-degree turn!

"Holy crap, buy one get one free? And the dark version skin sent is of the same quality and special effects as the light version, and is also the top level!"

"Now I understand why the pricing is so high, because these are originally two skins!"

"If it is a general event skin, the price is 45, considering the first week discount, it is also 36, two together 72, now it is only sold for 68, it is even cheaper!"

"Made a misunderstanding! I thought the price of the skin had increased, but it didn't increase at all, it was still the previous price."

"Damn, the description of this event is outrageous, what is 'This event includes rewards such as avatars, avatar frames, emoticons, recall animations, and kill effects'? You have 'etc.'ed the most important skin reward of this thing?"

"The official is simply fishing, who would have thought that this event would actually send another skin?"

"It's strange, wouldn't it be better to write it out clearly? Why hide it so tightly? Wouldn't it have a better publicity effect if you said it clearly from the beginning?"

"You don't understand this, this is the romance of Tengda Games, it can always bring new surprises to players!"

"Could it be aimed at IOI? These two days, there are a lot of water armies concentrating their firepower on GOG, washing the ground for IOI's price increase."

"How could it be? GOG's event came first, and you see these two skins, one light and one dark, have common features in shape, obviously they were developed together, this event should have been arranged long ago."

"In other words, IOI took the initiative to come up to touch porcelain, but knocked itself down?"

"I can only say it deserves it! If IOI doesn't increase the price or even give a discount, even if GOG reverses, it will not pose any substantial blow to them, and the reputation earned in the early stage can still be retained a little; but now it is both increasing the price and touching porcelain, it is completely reduced to a joke!"

The players were obviously all amused by Tengda's set of operations.

Two top-level skins are sold in a package, but only one is promoted, and the other is hidden in the event, who can think of this!

The key is that it violates the intuition of many players, and game merchants have not done this before.

Other game merchants must promote the two together, wishing to shout it to the world, how could they put one and hide one, and let the players discover it themselves?

The event reward icon is marked with a question mark, and the reward description only emphasizes conventional rewards such as avatars and avatar frames, and also "etc." the skin, which has to be said to be very deceptive.

Some players suspect that this is aimed at IOI, but soon someone refutes it.

Because this event was first launched by GOG, and the skins were all made a long time ago. If it is said to be targeted, then it must be done in collusion with people inside IOI?

How could it cooperate so well?

But these players don't know the real situation inside Tengda.

Pei Qian thought about it for a while, and soon understood the cause and effect.

This is Eric targeting IOI!

Obviously, Eric and Zhao Xuming both know the research and development and operation of IOI very well, this event is a prediction.

Deliberately split the two skins, hide the dark skin in the event rewards, and fish!

The time limit for fishing is one week, which is 7 days.

If IOI does not take any action within these 7 days, the event will proceed as usual. In addition to being scolded, there will be no substantial loss. Anyway, after the skin comes out in the end, players will definitely still be fragrant.

Or, IOI launched an event, but the new skin was discounted, then the reversal of the GOG event will not cause substantial damage to them.

But now IOI not only increased the price of the skin, but also hired some water troops to bring the rhythm on the Internet, then this is embarrassing!

Killed on the spot, and the more happily you jumped at the time, the more painful the face will be now!

As for why the time is just right...obviously it is all calculated.

All the reward icons in the event are question marks, which means that what rewards are given every day can actually be adjusted.

Give whatever you want first.

If IOI discovers it on the first day and takes action, then GOG will change the reward for the second day to a skin;

If IOI only discovers it on the fifth day, then GOG will change the reward for the sixth day to a skin.

In short, whenever IOI takes the bait, GOG will release the skin!

The reason why this event was able to succeed is ultimately because Eric completely grasped the weakness of IOI, which is the price!

The high-level executives of the Dayak Group have always been eager to raise prices to make money, but they have been suffering from not finding a good opportunity, so Eric cleverly sent this opportunity to their door.

The high-level executives of the Dayak Group do not have a God's perspective. Seeing that GOG has already released the event and there is nothing abnormal, they think that GOG's market share is high enough and they plan to raise prices to cut leeks, so they immediately follow happily.

As a result, this follow-up caused a problem!

The online public opinion instantly reversed completely. Before, many people were still boasting that IOI was more conscientious, the quality of the skin was improved, there were many small rewards, and the price increase was not much.

But now GOG is directly buying one get one free, these people have nothing to say.

Because anyone can see that obviously GOG is more fragrant! Fragrant to the point of madness, fragrant to the point of incomprehension!

Many players performed Sichuan opera face changes on the spot, saying that they would buy up this set of skins.

As for IOI... I can only say that those who expect it to rise again will be disappointed again.

As for Pei Qian, he only has one idea at this time.

I was also tricked!

I originally thought that Eric should be very worry-free, after all, he and Zhao Xuming have rich experience in failure.

As a result, I didn't expect that this guy is more ruthless than Min Jingchao!