Chapter 17 Unexpected Analysis

After reading Qiao Liang's reply, Meng Chang was very surprised, but deep down, he had a feeling of "it really is so."

He had previously simply described the situation to Qiao Liang, hoping that this would give him inspiration, but he didn't really expect that there was anything hidden behind it.

He didn't expect Qiao Liang to actually analyze something!

"Perhaps this is the so-called 'the bystander sees more than the player'?"

"Because I'm in the middle of it, constantly thinking about the commission, I can't think rationally and objectively, so I haven't been able to understand the deeper meaning behind this."

"And Qiao Liang, as an outsider, can rely on his understanding of Boss Pei and his analysis of the game to think of some possibilities that I can't."

Meng Chang would definitely not admit that he was dumber than Qiao Liang, or rather, he didn't think he was dumber than anyone else in the world.

Except for the unfathomable Boss Pei.

But in many things involving himself, he had to admit that Qiao Laoshi, as an outsider, could see more clearly.

A truly intelligent person shouldn't refuse to listen to other people's advice in a conceited manner. On the contrary, they should understand that everyone's ability has a limit, and sometimes, in certain specific fields, it's necessary to seek help from professionals in that field.

After all, a monster like Boss Pei, who is proficient in all fields, strategizes, and plans far ahead, cannot be used as a model to emulate.

Having figured this out, Meng Chang felt much better.

Qiao Liang's words were like a life-saving straw, rekindling a glimmer of confidence in Meng Chang, who was drowning, in the Pei-style propaganda method that he had summarized.

Maybe it wasn't that there was a problem with the Pei-style propaganda method, but that the Pei-style propaganda method that he had summarized wasn't comprehensive enough?

"So... what are the two aspects of Boss Pei's deeper meaning? Can you briefly reveal them?" Meng Chang couldn't restrain his curiosity.

After a while, Qiao Liang replied.

"I can't explain it too clearly at the moment, I still have to go back and sort it out."

"But I can simply talk about the general direction: one is the physical experience that the game process brings to the players, and the other is the relationship between the product and marketing. However, these two points may ultimately be the same thing."

Meng Chang carefully pondered Qiao Laoshi's words.

Although he still had no clue, it was clear that in Qiao Laoshi's view, Boss Pei's crude interference with the promotional plan was clearly directly related to Meng Chang.

"Okay, thank you very much."

"Then I'll wait for your new video."

Meng Chang expressed his gratitude to Qiao Liang from the bottom of his heart.

Unconsciously, Meng Chang's attitude towards Qiao Liang had gradually changed.

In the beginning, Meng Chang felt that Qiao Liang was a stumbling block, because Qiao Liang could always interpret the deeper meaning of Boss Pei's projects through videos or other means, causing the projects to quickly become popular, and also causing Meng Chang's carefully prepared reverse propaganda plans to fall through.

To this end, Meng Chang tried his best to divert Qiao Liang's attention, but the results were always contrary to his wishes.

Now, Meng Chang had unknowingly stood on the same front as Qiao Liang, and realized that what Qiao Liang was doing was actually beneficial to him.

Qiao Liang lived up to his name, like a bridge, building a bridge of understanding towards Boss Pei.

Through Qiao Liang's analysis, Boss Pei was no longer a terrifying existence that was indescribable, elusive, and impossible to resist in Meng Chang's heart, but had become someone who, although incredibly intelligent, could be tried to be understood and analyzed.

As Meng Chang's understanding of Boss Pei deepened, he began to gradually grasp Boss Pei's behavior patterns and the deep meaning behind some seemingly bizarre behaviors, which in turn helped his promotional plans and led to the summary of the "Pei-style propaganda method."

When Meng Chang's confidence in the Pei-style propaganda method wavered, he could use Qiao Liang to supplement and revise it.

Now was a process of supplementation and revision, and although the outcome was still unknown, it at least gave Meng Chang some hope.

In any case, this month's commission was already gone, so Meng Chang could calm down and wait for Qiao Laoshi's video, while at the same time conducting a review and reflection on the Pei-style propaganda method.

Perhaps a more correct interpretation of the Pei-style propaganda method was brewing within it.

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September 17th, Monday.

Pei Qian sat in his office, drinking coffee and reviewing the work reports sent by various departments.

After seeing the Tengda Games department report sent by Yu Fei, Pei Qian's brows first relaxed, and then furrowed again.

"Damn..."

For a moment, he couldn't find a particularly suitable word to describe his current feelings.

Last Friday, *Eternal Reincarnation* had its second update.

According to Pei Qian's requirements, *Eternal Reincarnation* updated the combat system ahead of schedule, which was originally scheduled to be updated at the end of the month.

He thought that this difficulty would make the players jump with anger, but the feedback after the update was quite positive. Many players said that this combat rule was very novel and completely exceeded their expectations.

"Well, plans can't keep up with changes."

"But thinking on the bright side, at least it didn't trigger the worst-case scenario."

In fact, the combat system of *Eternal Reincarnation* shouldn't have received such good reviews so quickly. At least it should have been scolded for a while at the beginning.

Because the combat of *Eternal Reincarnation* was very difficult both in terms of numerical values and mechanisms. Not only did the numerical values increase the strength of the monsters, but the new complex mechanisms also had extremely high learning costs for players, and couldn't be mastered by suffering for a day or two.

But the bad thing was that the magic sword auto-parry mechanism that Boss Pei used to skip class was exposed in advance due to a faulty update!

This was坑爹 [kēng diē - lit. pit father, meaning "screwed over"]!

According to Pei Qian's original plan, the players would definitely turn the game upside down to find a weapon similar to "Pudu." In this process, no matter how hard they tried, they wouldn't be able to find it. In addition, the unfamiliarity with the new combat system and the suffering caused by the powerful monsters would definitely make their emotions gradually irritable, and even make them curse.

But now, with the safety net of the magic sword auto-parry mechanism, the players were equivalent to eating a reassuring pill. They knew that even if they kept dying, as long as they persisted in suffering and pushing forward, the magic sword would always lead them to clear the game.

This mentality was immediately different!

In other words, Meng Chang's坑爹 [kēng diē - lit. pit father, meaning "screwed over"] split plan and the loopholes that appeared in the splitting process caused Pei Qian's plan to make the players suffer to partially fail, and the original good plan became a mess.

But thinking on the bright side, at least it didn't trigger the worst-case scenario.

If Meng Chang's original plan had been followed, then the result could be expected: first update the scenes and monsters of *Eternal Reincarnation*, but not update the combat system. As a result, players would suffer desperately and accumulate negative emotions, and the topic of *Eternal Reincarnation* on the Internet would become very high, accumulating a lot of negative buzz.

Finally, the combat system of *Eternal Reincarnation* would be updated, and the entire game experience would suddenly undergo earth-shaking changes. This novel combat experience would have the effect of turning decay into magic, allowing all the negative emotions accumulated before to be reversed into positive buzz, and the players would say that it was really good...

That would be a big problem.

I'm afraid that the situation of Chaolu Games platform would appear again: everything was great before Meng Chang got the commission, and it collapsed on the spot after Meng Chang got the commission.

Huh, why say "again"? These two promotional plans are clearly essentially different.

In short, this time he escaped a disaster.

Pei Qian forcibly intervened and detonated the buzz that was originally going to explode at the beginning of next month in advance, spreading it to the second half of this month.

Both are explosions, but the latter is much less harmful.

In this way, Pei Qian's bottom-line goal, which was to use *Eternal Reincarnation* to reduce the sales of *Be a Real Man* and achieve the goal of being free, should still be achievable.

This was also a silver lining.

Pei Qian didn't have any more requirements for *Eternal Reincarnation*. The reason why he frowned was mainly because he saw the part of the report that Min Jingchao was responsible for.

This weekend, the new hero of gog, Zhenyu Zhe (The Warden of Hell), was also launched and was well received.

Logically speaking, this wasn't a big problem, but the key was that it seriously affected the situation between gog and ioi!

This was a bit unacceptable.

Every time ioi lost some players, Pei Qian felt like he was being cut with a knife, and his heart ached!

Ever since Eric returned from the headquarters of Dayak Corporation, things had been a little wrong. ioi had begun to frequently release some krypton gold activities, obviously not planning to continue playing with gog, but focusing on making money on hand.

Pei Qian had been thinking about how to help his brother, but after thinking about it, he had no idea.

If they raised prices together, the two brothers could indeed be scolded together, but how much more money would Tengda make? Pei Qian had already tried his best to lower the skin profits of gog to a very low level. With a casual price increase, the income would roll upwards.

But if they didn't raise prices together, they could only watch their good brother go away forever.

Pei Qian was in a dilemma and couldn't think of a good solution. He could only pin his hopes on Dayak Corporation's large family and business, and hoped that they could last for a few more months.

As long as he could come up with a countermeasure in these few months, his good brother could still be saved.

But the launch of Zhenyu Zhe (The Warden of Hell) further intensified the conflict.

gog didn't have any pressure. Min Jingchao spent his days browsing the forum and looking for interesting hero designs. He arranged the game content updates step by step, and devoted all his attention to studying the gameplay.

More and more players, more and more hero design reserves on the forum, and the increasingly popular gpL league all formed a positive feedback, allowing Min Jingchao to carefully steer the ship, and gog could sail far with the wind.

But ioi was completely different. Eric had to complete the performance indicators given by the superiors, and the development team of 指头 [zhǐ tou - Finger] Company also spent a lot of energy on the design of new skins and krypton gold activities. There were even some differences within Dayak Corporation.

In this case, how could they concentrate on making better content?

In addition, the ioi player base was originally thin, lacking the same player crowdfunding design mechanism as gog, and various other problems. With the ebb and flow of strength, even if Eric was paddling desperately with the oars, the ship would only spin in place.

The launch of the new hero Zhenyu Zhe (The Warden of Hell) was not a big deal in itself, but it became a sign, a microcosm of the ebb and flow of strength between the two games, and the growing gap in strength.

Because of the new version, the number of online players in gog reached a new high, which also meant that the days of ioi must be getting worse and worse.

"What to do, I can't delay any longer, if I delay any longer, my good brother may not be able to hold on at any time."

"Once it collapses, then there will really be no room for recovery."

"I have to think of a way quickly..."

Pei Qian frowned tightly and fell into deep thought.