Chapter 543 - Thinking of Tricks for Shang Yang Games (1/2)

<strong>Chapter 543 Thinking of Tricks for Shang Yang Games</strong>

June 9th, Thursday… After planning for the manufacturing of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine on Monday, Pei Qian had more free time over the next two days.

Every now and then, he checked in on Tengda Games, Deposit Fitness, and Fish-Catching Take-Out. Everything looked peaceful and calm.

At noon, Pei Qian ate lunch at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as usual. As he sipped his coffee, he organized his mind map of inter-departmental relationships.

Ding. His cell phone rang. Pei Qian picked it up and frowned at once. It was a message from the Management Trainee at Ming Yun Private Kitchen.

“Boss Pei, there has been an obvious increase in the number of foreigners making reservations at Ming Yun Private Kitchen over the past two days.”

An obvious increase in the number of foreigners? Something seemed fishy!

Pei Qian immediately became cautious.

Before this, during their meeting, he had repeatedly instructed all Management Trainees to report any ‘abnormalities’ to him immediately and not to wait until the next Management Trainee meeting. That way, Pei Qian could greatly minimize the chances of any ‘delayed back-stabbing’.

After all, for many types of threats, a day’s delay in realizing could make a world of difference.

The Management Trainee at Ming Yun Private Kitchen was obviously doing a good job.

“Do you know the reason?” Pei Qian replied at once.

The Management Trainee answered, “I’m not sure. I’m guessing that a particularly influential foreigner came and had a meal here and then shared this restaurant with his or her friends.

“Branch Manager Lin has been focusing a lot on service during this period. The foreigners are having a better dining experience in this restaurant. Explaining the dishes and our country’s traditional food culture in English has been especially effective.”

Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then answered, “Well done. Thank you.”

Pei Qian was very satisfied with this Management Trainee’s report.

See, this is what I call a professional underling!

I have to single this Management Trainee out and praise him at the next meeting, so that the other Management Trainees will learn from him!

After getting hold of this important message, Pei Qian began to analyze the situation very seriously. He had not expected that Lin Canrong’s decision to make all waiters learn English would be this effective.

However, from the looks of the current situation, things didn’t look that serious.

Lin Canrong was spending more money training his waiters and making them learn foreign languages. However, Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s prices remained the same, and it was still fully booked every day.

So what if there were more foreigners reserving tables? They would not generate more profit for the restaurant, would they? “Hmm… on the surface, it’s not that dangerous. Still, I can’t afford to be careless. What if there’s a hidden and unexpected threat?”

Pei Qian glanced at his watch.

“It’s almost 1 PM. I should stick to my original plan and drop by Shang Yang Games. After that, I’ll figure out exactly what’s happening at Ming Yun Private Kitchen.”

Pei Qian considered it for a long time but could not figure out how an improvement in Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s reputation would pose any real danger to himself. Thus, he cast it aside for now.

In the afternoon, Pei Qian arrived at Shang Yang Games. On the way here, Pei Qian took time to surf the web on his phone and study what netizens thought about the ‘arms race’ between GOG and IOI.

He could only say that the situation did not look good!

If the competition between the two games could be split into two stages, GOG would have already won both stages and put an end to the competition.

In the first stage, GOG had won over the majority of gamers who had been sitting back to observe the industry by turning the game into a dual-terminal game, maintaining a smooth network, enabling quick matching, giving out cash at the end of each competition season, and the like.

On the other hand, IOI had only opened its local server after GOG finished distributing cash, and it did not even have a mobile version.

In the second stage, IOI kick-started the arms race by updating the game at top speed and releasing two new heroes each month, in the hopes of stealing some of GOG’s players away.

However, GOG began crowdsourcing heroes, and subsequently released two incredibly popular heroes, Traveller Bao Xu and the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. It also distributed generous rewards as part of its crowdsourcing efforts, thus keeping its players focused on GOG’s new heroes.

All in all, IOI was updating its game very quickly, but it still could not poach many gamers over.

Although the ‘arms race’ between both games would continue for the next few months or even a year—from the looks of the current situation, there was already a clear winner.

As long as Min Jingchao did not mess up, GOG could continue crowdsourcing heroes to maintain the quality of their heroes and hold the gamers’ attention.

In summary, the entire Internet did not think things would go well for IOI.

Pei Qian was troubled. No matter whether it was GOG or IOI that became popular, he would still generate profits. However, Pei Qian was still rooting for IOI a bit more for now.

After all, he had to send Lin Wan away first.

No matter how much his own game earned, things would still be within his control. He could still distribute cash and share profits with gamers to diffuse the situation.

However, the betrayal by Lin Wan and her siblings was unpredictable. They posed the greatest threat! Just speaking about it made Pei Qian furious. Thanks to Lin Chang, Tomorrow is Beautiful had participated in a film festival, won an award, had its overseas screening extended, and made millions of US dollars. What’s more, it was still a long way from being taken down.

It was clear where the biggest threat lay!

Pei Qian knew full well that everyone in Shang Yang Games was feeling discouraged. It was the perfect time for Boss Pei to offer some encouragement. Once he arrived at Shang Yang Games, Pei Qian walked straight into the conference room.

He already informed them of his visit in advance, and all the core members of Shang Yang Games were already waiting in the conference room.

“Boss Pei.”

Everyone stood up as a form of respect, but they had disappointed expressions. Lin Wan was no exception.