Chapter 253 - Stubborn Director Lin and Overjoyed Boss Pei (1/2)
Finished!
After hearing Ye Zhizhou’s words, Wang Xiaobin could forget about receiving his bonus.
If they only allowed players of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version to write reviews, their reputation might be good. That was because the game was made good-heartedly.
However, games media and ordinary netizens were also allowed to write reviews on TPDb. These netizens did not have to play the game for too long before writing the reviews. They could just rate the game based on the ‘I am Zha Zhuti’ advertisement. It would be strange if they rated the game highly.
The first game produced by Shang Yang Games after being bought over by Boss Pei failed immediately. Of course, everyone felt ashamed of themselves.
Are we really late-stage cancer patients? Every game produced by Boss Pei succeeded; they had high sales volumes and were extremely well-reputed. Would even such a talented creator like him fail to bring Shang Yang Games to glory?
That was hard to accept.
“Everyone, come to the conference room. I want to say a few words.”
Lin Wan looked disappointed as well. It was obvious she had seen the game’s figures. She knew full well that the situation did not look good.
However, she was different from everyone else. Lin Wan was not disappointed to the point of helplessness. Instead, she retained her composure. It was almost like she had already been prepared for this.
In the conference room, everyone took their seats.
Lin Wan scanned the room and said sincerely, “Everyone must have seen the figures for day one of our game’s release. They don’t look
good.”
Everyone remained silent.
In fact, everyone was used to situations like these. When the ex-boss-Du Ruijie—was still around, he would often call for meetings like that after seeing bad figures for games. He would primarily shift the blame and encourage everyone.
If there was a problem with the game, it would show signs of being a flop after being released. That meant that something must have gone very wrong somewhere. Of course, the boss would have to share the blame.
Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version’s problem was that they had chosen the wrong path when they made it a mini-client.
Wang Xiaobin was the first to think of making the game a mini-client, but everyone had agreed to it. What’s more, Director Lin and Boss Pei had agreed to it as well.
How would Director Lin split the responsibility?
Thus, everyone guessed that she would not spend too much time trying to shift the blame. Instead, she would probably skip to the encouraging part as soon as she could.
From the way things were going with the game, everyone guessed that they would have to work overtime in order to turn the situation around.
If the ex-boss, Du Ruijie, and the ex-chief planner, Old Liu, were still around; they would have told everyone to slog tirelessly under the 996 system and make as many changes to the game as possible. Of course, they would do so at no additional pay. After all, the company had already been on the brink of death. It was one thing not to tide through difficult periods with the company but quite another to demand overtime pay.
A few old employees sighed quietly.
After all, ever since Boss Pei bought over the company, he did not make any changes to the structure. The moment something went wrong with company operations, they would be right back where they started.
Everyone’s hearts sank as they prepared themselves to work overtime for the coming weeks.
However, Lin Wan’s tone changed. “This is not your fault. Don’t blame yourselves.”
Everyone immediately felt strange.
Director Lin was not trying to shift the blame?
This was a good thing, but the game had failed after all. Someone had to step out and take the blame for it, right? Someone had to decide how they should move forward.
They all looked up and listened closely.
Lin Wan continued, “Think about it, everyone. Boss Pei has never done a web-based game. He has always specialized in high-quality standalone games. Yet, why did he buy Shang Yang Games even though it was incurring losses? After that, why did he insist on working on Bloody Battle Song, a game with paywalls?
“He has been using Bloody Battle Song to do something very risky. He’s conducting a test that no one has ever thought about conducting!
“Boss Pei wanted gamers to stop being slaves to money. He wanted to alter their tastes, so that even if they do not top up money into games, they would be able to enjoy a gaming experience that used to be exclusive to ballers.
“From production to advertising, Boss Pei has been consistently moving towards this goal.
“We should have been well-prepared for this heaven-defying move to fail. I believe that Boss Pei was prepared for this as well.”
When Lin Wan first arrived at Shang Yang Games, she was confused about this very same problem. However, she understood it later on.
Boss Pei hired Zhang Zuting to film the advertisement so that he would be able to attract more web-based gamers. He opted for a mini-client, created the ‘Chosen One’ system, and took away purchase options, all to nurture healthy spending habits in web-based gamers.
This motivation was noble, but it did go against web-based gamers’ nature. It was natural for the game to fail.
To die a hero was not shameful!
Lin Wan looked determined. “Thus, do not feel defeated by this failure. We were not producing a money-making web-based game to begin with. We were working on a noble project. Whether we succeed or fail in the end, we are all heroes!”
After hearing Lin Wan’s speech, everyone felt much better.
They were not failures! They were heaven-defying heroes!
Director Lin had indeed worked with Boss Pei for a long time. Even the angle from which she viewed this problem was different.
Compared to their ex-boss Du Ruijie, she was so much better.
Ye Zhizhou cheered up as well. The desperation and helplessness he felt were half gone by now.
However, even though his spirits had more or less recovered, he had to do what needed to be done. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was not generating profit. He had to solve this problem.