Chapter 199 Seeing the Trend

Min Jingchao stared at the activity for a while longer, making sure that there were no major problems or bugs. He also looked at the general feedback from the players.

Once all of this was done, it was almost time to get off work, go home, and enjoy the holiday.

Before leaving, Min Jingchao looked at the data on the GOG side again.

Sure enough, the number of online players and other data had declined to some extent.

This was to be expected. After all, the purpose of this activity was to lure players to IOI by any means possible. The rewards for the activity were so good, it would be strange if the players didn't go.

Considering the performance of their computers, most players would definitely not choose to run both games at the same time. If they went to play IOI, they would naturally log off from GOG.

Min Jingchao knew that this was normal, but he was still a little worried.

After all, as a game designer, he was very accustomed to using data to view the current state of the game, and often relied more on the performance of the data than on player feedback.

After all, player opinions often only represent individuals, while data can represent a group of people.

Although data may also lie or be very one-sided, data is a necessary factor for designers to understand the game.

Now that he saw the data declining, Min Jingchao felt worried even though he knew that this was the inevitable result of the activity.

His mood was conflicted. Since he already knew that this activity was approved by President Pei, he certainly hoped that its popularity would be as high as possible. But seeing that the higher the popularity, the fewer online players GOG had, he would instinctively worry.

"Forget it, I won't think about this for now."

"Seeing President Pei's confident look, there should be a backup plan for this activity. There's no need to worry too much."

"I should just enjoy the holiday first, and then consult President Pei if I find any problems."

Min Jingchao struggled for a while, then chose to stop looking at the data, turned off the computer, and left work.

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October 2nd, Tuesday.

Pei Qian woke up naturally again and lay on the bed playing with his phone very comfortably.

This mentality was quite strange. Although he usually didn't go to the company much and could sleep as late as he wanted, no matter how he slept, it wasn't as sound as sleeping during this long holiday.

Perhaps it was because during workdays, the image of his employees working diligently would always appear in his mind, so he could never truly rest.

It was like an elementary school student pretending to be sick to avoid going to school. Although they were staying at home, they would still feel very anxious when they thought about the other children learning in the classroom.

Only during holidays, when there was no burden, could he achieve complete mental relaxation.

"From yesterday's report, the number of online players seems to be gradually decreasing. That's a good thing."

"It seems that this activity has had a good effect."

"I wonder what the data will be like today. I'll know in a while."

Before the holiday, Pei Qian had instructed Min Jingchao to pay attention to the "Gods' Choice" activity and pay him three times his salary for working overtime during the holiday.

Min Jingchao was also very responsible. Every morning when he woke up, he would organize the data from the entire previous day, make a brief report of a few lines, and send it to Pei Qian.

The 30th, 1st, and 2nd...unconsciously, this activity had been going on for more than two days. Judging from the data of the previous two days, although the number of online players in GOG had fluctuated, it was still declining overall.

Now it was the National Day holiday, and there should be more people playing games.

So the result was clear. These players must have been diverted to IOI by the activity!

Pei Qian couldn't see the data on the IOI side, but he imagined that it would be very good.

Of course, what Pei Qian was currently seeing was only the data from the Chinese server. The data from servers in other regions of the world needed to be compiled and sent by the local operators. This was more troublesome and required a dedicated person in the company to handle it. Since it was a holiday, there was no need to bother.

However, the data from the Chinese server should be able to roughly deduce the situation in other regions.

Because the Chinese server was completely hell-level for IOI. The gap between it and GOG was the largest, and it was the most difficult to poach players.

If this activity could achieve such good results in the Chinese server, then the effect should be even better in other regions.

Pei Qian looked at the time. It was almost 11 o'clock. Min Jingchao would sort out and summarize the data of the Chinese server GOG in the morning and usually send it over after 12 o'clock.

He wasn't in a hurry. Anyway, the data was there and wouldn't run away.

He had an appointment with Ma Yang to go out for dinner today, so it was about time to get moving.

...

Fifteen minutes later, Pei Qian and Ma Yang arrived at a relatively high-end buffet restaurant near the school to eat barbecue.

As for why they chose this place... there were mainly two reasons.

The first was that they had eaten too many good things, and sometimes they had to eat some simple and crude barbecue. Although it wasn't healthy or exquisite, it could improve their sense of happiness.

It was like how many people wouldn't mind eating fast food after eating many so-called high-end restaurants.

The second was to be a little nostalgic.

Pei Qian couldn't help but recall that when he pulled Lao Ma to be the first employee of Tengda Games, after *Ghost General* unfortunately became a hit, he fulfilled his promise and took Lao Ma to eat a buffet near the school that cost more than thirty yuan.

Now, unconsciously, they were about to graduate.

With the start of the new semester, Pei Qian and Ma Yang had officially entered their senior year.

Once they reached their senior year, the whole school felt different.

On the one hand, they felt that they were the oldest group of people in the school (not counting graduate students). They had faded out of various student activities, and inexplicably felt a sense of things changing, having completely lost the freshness they had when they first entered the school as freshmen.

On the other hand, the number of courses had decreased, and there was basically no attendance taken in class anymore. The students who were going to be recommended for postgraduate studies were being recommended, those who were going to take the postgraduate entrance examination were taking it, and those who were going to find a job were finding one... Many students might not see each other a few times throughout the year, and there were basically no more social activities. The premonition of parting was even stronger.

In autumn, with the autumn wind and falling leaves, there was an even stronger feeling of the passage of time and no return.

Under such circumstances, Pei Qian expressed that he really admired Lao Ma for still insisting on going to class, and not missing a single one.

Especially considering that Lao Ma was now a "successful person" in every sense of the word, a veritable "President Ma", he could still insist on going to class, which was indeed quite admirable.

Ma Yang's long face was filled with a smile as he happily stuffed all kinds of barbecue into his mouth.

Pei Qian was sometimes particularly envious of Ma Yang. He enjoyed eating everything, and he didn't feel that his weight had changed significantly even after eating so much.

Maybe it all went to the length of his face.

"Brother Qian, I remembered again when you first invited me to join Tengda. We went out to eat very luxuriously, adding an egg to the fried rice and meat to the ramen very luxuriously, and talked about how to make *Ghost General* cards."

"At that time, I was a little suspicious of you, fearing that you would squander the 50,000 yuan given by your family."

"As a result, three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Tengda has unknowingly developed so well. I knew that I didn't misjudge you back then! You didn't misjudge me back then either!"

Pei Qian was slightly melancholy: "Emmm..."

If he hadn't assigned Lao Ma the task of writing card requirements, or accepted his suggestion of "changing all the martial generals to females" during the meal, would Ruan Guangjian not have been able to draw the highly praised original paintings of *Ghost General*?

Would the situation have changed?

Maybe I would have already lost money and achieved financial freedom!

Forget it, forget it, it's already like this, what's the use of thinking about those useless things.

Besides, thinking on the bright side, the current situation isn't too bad. I have food, drinks, and fun, and life is still quite happy.

Except for the occasional annoyance of being backstabbed, there's nothing else.

Pei Qian asked while eating meat, "How is the situation on the Rabbits Tail Live Streaming side?"

Ma Yang said confidently, "Don't worry, Brother Qian, the situation is very good! I even feel like I'm not needed anymore."

"Does the company have any other more important projects? Or more challenging tasks? Feel free to give them to me!"

Seeing that Lao Ma was still so confident, and hadn't changed at all after three years, Pei Qian felt relieved.

Three years, and so many people haven't been able to plant a B-tree in Lao Ma's heart!

In fact, Pei Qian had been observing the situation of Rabbits Tail Live Streaming through the reports sent by Chen Yufeng.

Asking Ma Yang this question was simply to test whether he had this B-tree in his heart.

Now that he had tested it out, he really didn't have it at all.

Ma Yang had been in charge of Rabbits Tail Live Streaming for several months, with significant results: the performance of Rabbits Tail Live Streaming had basically not changed at all, at most a small increase, as stable as an old dog.

It could only be said that he was indeed a good brother he could trust.

Originally, Rabbits Tail Live Streaming had a slight budding of popularity, but Pei Qian took decisive measures and forcibly added study time to Rabbits Tail Live Streaming, which led to the loss of a large number of users.

Later, although Chen Yufeng also held some activities, such as the "BP Proofing Tournament" and other saucy operations, to re-attract some viewers, it eventually withdrew from the most intense battlefield of several live streaming platforms and gradually stabilized as a second-tier, niche platform.

Now, the initial fierce battle between live streaming platforms had gradually come to an end.

The tragic money-burning war had entered the second half. Some platforms went bankrupt, some platforms were reorganized, and some platforms even disappeared silently.

Originally, there were so many live streaming platforms fighting for territory, but now the situation had gradually become clear. Only YY Live Streaming and Wolf Fang Live Streaming had grown stronger and stronger, while other platforms had obviously shown signs of decline.

The better ones barely maintained their façade and eked out an existence. The worse ones might disappear silently into the river of time.

After all, these platforms burned money too fiercely. The faster they burned money, the easier it was for the platform to collapse.

Of course, the benefits of persevering were also the greatest.

With the money-burning war of live streaming platforms, the number of platform users had repeatedly reached new highs, and the sky-high signing fees of streamers had shocked people's eyes time and time again.

Among these platforms, Rabbits Tail Live Streaming was an anomaly. It didn't poach streamers from other platforms, and other platforms were too lazy to poach streamers from Rabbits Tail, maintaining a very stable ecosystem.