1249 Doesn't Anyone Have to Take Responsibility?
Bao Xu was very touched.
As expected of Boss Pei. He did not ask me to silently contribute and sacrifice. Instead, he found a perfect solution!
This time, Bao Xu had no more regrets and hung up happily.
After that, he conveyed Boss Pei's arrangements to Yu Fei.
"The matter has been resolved!"
"I'll briefly arrange the work here first. The Suffering Travels plan will be carried out as scheduled. I'll go to Tengda Games tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to study the design plan for Ghost General 2 with you."
Yu Fei was overjoyed. He immediately went back to organize the relevant information and waited for Bao Xu to arrive.
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Yu Fei returned to Tengda Games and found Hu Xianbin still there. He seemed to be waiting for news of his victory.
Indeed, Hu Xianbin immediately stood up expectantly after seeing Yu Fei. "How is it? What did Brother Bao say?"
This movement and expression were exactly the same as when Yu Fei saw Hu Xianbin return.
However, their roles seemed to have reversed.
Yu Fei grinned. "Brother Bao agreed to help!"
"Really? That's great!"
Hu Xianbin almost jumped with joy. Obviously, he was genuinely happy.
That was because the game had to be developed for at least half a year. If Bao Xu wanted to help here, it meant that he would not go to Shennongjia. Of course, they could suffer less under Sa Ziran.
Yu Fei added, "However, it might be a little different from the script you expected."
Hu Xianbin's smile froze on his face. "Huh? What's the difference?"
Yu Fei said, "Brother Bao will only stay in Jingzhou for a week. He will go to Shennongjia after helping me complete the design draft."
Hu Xianbin froze.
However, he immediately patted his chest and heaved a sigh of relief.
It was alright, it was alright. He would be making a profit if he could skip a week.
The first two weeks of the trip to Shennongjia was for wilderness survival, and the second two weeks were for tourism.
In other words, the first week of wilderness survival in these two weeks was relatively easy.
Yu Fei continued, "At first, Brother Bao was already prepared to give up on going to Shennongjia. However, Boss Pei said that this is also a serious job. He cannot suffer and travel because of the games department. Thus, even though Brother Bao went a week later, he would make up for it in the end."
"In other words, the field survival content has been extended to three weeks. There will be two weeks in the first and one week in the last. The schedule to visit the famous scenic spots in the middle will not change."
Hu Xianbin froze.
Finished. Everything was finished!
He had tried to gain an advantage only to end up worse off!
He had thought that it would be easier if Bao Xu did not go. He had not expected Boss Pei to make up for it directly!
Compared to before, there was an additional week of wilderness survival!
Was this what they meant by you reap what you sow?
After a long time, he finally recovered and said to Yu Fei, "Brother, let's discuss. You have to keep this a secret for me. Don't let other people in charge know…"
If others found out that an additional week of wilderness survival was because of Hu Xianbin's suggestion, the consequences would be dire!
Hu Xianbin did not want to be beaten to death in Shennongjia by the angry people in charge…
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October 11th, Thursday…
Pei Qian refreshed IOI's official website like a routine and once again posted the soulful question.
"What are these people doing!"
"What are Eric and Zhao Xuming thinking?"
"No, I have to call and ask."
Pei Qian could not sit still anymore.
The original plan for the 'Gods' Fantasy, Coexistence At The Peak' event was for two weeks. It was already at the end stage.
The first week was during the holiday. Eric, Zhao Xuming, and the others might be on holiday or might not be very sensitive to data changes. They did not come up with any plans. That was fine.
However, they should have already started working normally during the second week?
It was already Thursday and there was still no movement. Was something wrong?
The original intention of this event was to give IOI some fresh blood. However, because of that loophole, it became a flow between the two games.
A large number of IOI loyal gamers had registered for GOG's account in order to obtain rewards. In order to participate in the event and obtain rewards, they had to go through the newbie process.
During this process, it was inevitable to play with some real friends.
Many of IOI's loyal gamers in reality knew how to play GOG. Even though they could only start the event after completing the newbie match, there was no level restriction for the initial teams.
If his own liver was still his liver, why not play with his friends in the online game?
In the end, this event became more and more problematic.
On GOG's side, there were fewer and fewer gamers going to IOI. There were still two or three days before the event ended, but gamers who insisted on going online to get rewards were just one step away. They had already met all sorts of requirements like online time. They were just waiting to go online on the last day to get rewards.
On the other hand, on IOI's side, the gamers who came to GOG were showing signs of being overwhelmed. They did not seem to want to go back.
There was not much difference in the prizes between the two sides in this event, but GOG's daily benefits were much more intense than IOI's!
In addition, there were many players. The matching mechanism would be more effective. Thus, overall, the game experience would be better.
All these situations were displayed on the data.
It was obvious that IOI's data was still higher than before the event but it was gradually going downhill. IOI's data would probably fall drastically when the event ended and GOG gamers obtained the reward in GOG as they wished.
On the other hand, GOG's figures had already caught up to their original figures two days ago. The drainage effect of this event was actually quite obvious considering that some players would return after the event ended.
Or rather, he had successfully converted a group of players who were originally extremely loyal to IOI and determined not to touch GOG…
Look at how things had turned out…
Pei Qian wanted to vomit blood. Everything was going wrong!
He had wanted to transfuse blood to IOI, but why were the blood veins flowing towards him after connecting?
All the preventive measures did not seem to be effective at all!
The most ridiculous thing was that even though there was a loophole in IOI, they still ignored it. Their slow reaction was simply incomprehensible.
Pei Qian could not wait any longer. After much consideration, he finally called Eric.
It did not matter even if the other party misunderstood him. He had to make this call.
If he could not figure out the truth, Pei Qian would not be able to eat and sleep well. He would die for no reason.
The phone rang for a while before picking up.
"Hello? Boss Pei." Eric's voice was calm on the other end of the line.
Pei Qian: "Er…"
If Eric had lashed out or sounded confused, Pei Qian would have had something to say. However, Eric's attitude seemed to be filled with nonchalance. Pei Qian did not know what to say for a moment.
Both of them remained silent for a few seconds.
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He could not be so awkward. He had to ask the questions that he had thought of.
"Don't you realize that this event is different from what we planned before? That's too strange."
Pei Qian regretted it immediately.
There seemed to be some ambiguity in his words…
Pei Qian's original intention was to ask sincerely, but to the other party, these words seemed to carry a sense of dullness after victory.
It seemed to be saying that I had buried a trap in the event. I thought that you could find the trap and add some fun to our battle. In the end, you stepped into it?!
However, since he had already said that, he could not explain it clearly.
Indeed, Eric had misunderstood.
"Boss Pei, your move is indeed brilliant. You deliberately led us to change the setting of an event, causing the entire event to have a completely opposite outcome from what we expected."
"However… I noticed this problem the day after the event began."
Pei Qian was confused. "Why didn't you do anything about it?"
Eric smiled helplessly. "That's because I'm powerless."
"Didn't I say it after I returned from my previous report? I might still be the person-in-charge of IOI in China in name, but I'm actually just a puppet."
"Dayak Corporation wants to strengthen their control over Finger Games and obtain more benefits from IOI. This event is in line with the higher-ups' expectations."
"What's more, IOI's local server is completely different from other servers."
"The other servers might also have loopholes, but the gap in the number of players is not that big. While the two-way flow is happening, IOI's local data is also increasing."
"For the upper echelons, there might be some small loopholes in this event, but it is operating well. The cost and negative impact of closing this loophole are too great. The loss outweighs the gain."
"All the data during the event was not bad. Who could predict that the data after the event would definitely plummet?"
"What's more, Boss Pei, not all companies have the same structure as Tengda."
"If someone is determined to block this loophole, he would have to take full responsibility once something goes wrong in the process. No one would do such a stupid thing."
"If we don't do anything, this is a decision made by everyone. Even if something goes wrong, we will bear the responsibility together."
"From the looks of the situation in the other regions, doing nothing is the best choice."
"Of course, the only exception is the China region. The consequences are dire because there is a huge gap in the number of players on both sides."
"However, I'll say it again. I'm just a mouthpiece. I can only choose to report such problems. What's more, this is a global event. It's definitely impossible to change the activities in the China region alone. That would make players feel that they were treated differently."
"Therefore, after I reported this question, the higher-ups did not give a clear answer. They could not reach a consensus."
Pei Qian: "…"
He had nothing to say.
Perhaps this was the so-called big company disease…
As he had been in Tengda for a long time, Pei Qian always had the illusion that the will of a certain company was actually shifted by the will of the leader.
In Tengda, Pei Qian's meaning was often misunderstood by the employees. However, overall, he still maintained absolute control of the entire company.
He could basically push whatever he wanted to do very smoothly. It would not be a problem even if it was something outrageous.
However, Dayak Corporation was different. They were a large corporation. High-level leaders would not pay attention to the activities of a certain subsidiary under them.
The upper echelons who were directly in charge saw that the activity was doing well elsewhere and lacked motivation. They did not want to take the blame because of rash actions.
Eric might have realized the problem, but he could not do much during the process.
In short, those who understood the problem might not be in charge. Those who had the final say were too far away and could not understand the seriousness of the problem.
Thus, after some time, he was stuck.
That made Pei Qian think of the famous joke.
In the first stage, we claim that nothing has happened;
In the second stage, something might happen, but we should not take action;
In the third stage, we might say that we should take action, but because of various problems, we actually can't do anything.
In the fourth stage, he said that he might have been able to do something back then, but it was too late now.
Pei Qian felt that this was very strange. "So, this is over? Isn't there anyone who would take responsibility for this?"
Eric: "There is."
Pei Qian: "Who?"
Eric sounded helpless. "Me."
