Monday, September 24th.
Longyu Group Headquarters.
Eric was sipping coffee while browsing online discussions about "Eternal Fall into Reincarnation".
Although it is just a DLC, the popularity of this DLC on the Internet is so high that it is difficult for Eric to ignore it and understand more or less.
Except for the new GOG-linked hero "Prisoner", this incident has nothing to do with ioi, but Eric still instinctively felt a little panic and fear.
Because the more this happens, the more powerful Mr. Pei is revealed!
There are so many people in Zhitou Company and Longyu Group who are racking their brains for ioi to find ways to defeat GOG. However, Mr. Pei did not need to spend too much energy to resolve all the offensives one by one, and even still had some energy left.
While launching a counterattack, do something else—for example, design a DLC that gets rave reviews.
The more Mr. Pei becomes at ease, the more Eric feels that his strength is unfathomable and too powerful to defeat.
Of course, from another perspective, it may be Mr. Pei’s achievements in other games that have given GOG a strong boost.
Initially, in the international market, GOG was completely suppressed by ioi because the characteristics of its heroes were too Chinese-style.
But soon, Mr. Pei reversed the decline by acquiring Hurricane Comics and launching a series of new characters that fit the aesthetics of foreign players.
At this stage, both GOG and ioi already have huge user groups, and it is difficult to have a decisive impact by just buying a few IPs.
In this case, original IP is crucial!
Taking advantage of the success of its other games, Tenda Group continues to use GOG to link up with other games and launch new heroes.
This is true whether it is the new hero "Skylark" launched in conjunction with "Mission and Choice" or the new hero "Prisoner" launched in conjunction with "Eternal Reincarnation".
They are not only diverting traffic to new games through the popularity of GOG, but also diverting traffic to GOG through the popularity of new games, or in other words, consolidating GOG's player base.
This is very difficult for ioi to achieve.
Although there are many game manufacturers making AAA masterpieces in the world, they all hold their own trump card IPs carefully in the palm of their hands, and it is impossible to sell them to takeaways.
Even if Zhidou Company wants to buy it, it can only buy some very marginal copyrights. How can Tenda launch a new game and link it with a new hero like GOG?
Moreover, due to Mr. Pei's careful design of different gameplays, these new heroes have very unique mechanics.
For example, the skills of the new hero "Prisoner" fit well with the novel combat mechanism of "Eternal Fall", which not only enriches the gameplay, but also creates a huge topic of discussion.
What's more, President Pei's plan is not just a new hero, a new game, the related publicity plan, and the linkage of various industries are all part of the plan.
This kind of compatibility is impossible to achieve just by buying IP.
This is the impact a business wizard and talented designer has on the war situation...
Although these current situations will not cause any extremely famous blow to ioi, Eric can already vaguely feel that the situation is getting worse bit by bit and uncontrollably.
Eric was deeply worried, but there was nothing he could do.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and it was Zhao Xuming who came.
Eric took a document from the desk and handed it over: "As for the cooperation proposal made by President Pei before, the headquarters has already given a reply. This is the condition they proposed."
Zhao Xuming reached out to take it and read it carefully.
Then, a rather surprised expression appeared on his face.
"This... is such a harsh condition!"
Although Zhao Xuming is on the side of ioi, he still feels that the conditions given by the top management of Dayak Group are simply too harsh.
It can be called an unequal treaty!
In this document, Dayak Group's senior management made very detailed provisions for this cooperation plan.
Scope of cooperation: All regional services worldwide.
Cooperation method: GOG and ioi have added a new section in their respective game clients. After players log in, they can register an account for another game through this section and bind the two accounts.
GOG needs to comply with the following terms:
Expose and promote the activities of this section in a prominent position on the client and official website homepage, with the eye-catching logo of ioi;
For players who register and enter ioi, GOG needs to give generous rewards in the game, including but not limited to rare skins, avatar frames, limited expressions, etc.;
These rewards are not issued in one go, but must last for a long enough time, at least two weeks. In addition, individual rewards must be received by making a small amount of consumption in ioi.
As for the terms that the ioi party needs to comply with, they are quite vague.
It didn’t say that GOG would be promoted on the client and the official homepage, nor did it say what specific rewards would be given to players from ioi to GOG.
Obviously, the rewards will not be very good, or even dispensable.
In layman's terms, this clause means: We arrange for our players to play at each other's place, but GOG needs to use great rewards to lure players to ioi, and there is a time limit. You can't just register and run away, it must be real.
I have been playing for a while; on the ioi side, I just do it casually. If no players come to play GOG, you can’t blame me.
Zhao Xuming shook his head frequently after reading the document.
"Mr. Pei is not stupid, how could he accept such a condition?"
"Even a three-year-old child can see that there is absolutely no sincerity in cooperation."
Eric nodded: "There is no sincerity in the first place, what do you think?"
"The headquarters is also very wary of Tengda. President Pei took the initiative to propose this kind of cooperation. To use your proverb, it is like 'a weasel giving a New Year greeting to a chicken'. It is definitely not a good thing."
"But if we refuse directly, it will appear that we are too timid and do not even dare to raise conditions."
"So, let's just put forward such a condition that the other party will never agree to and persuade him to quit."
Zhao Xuming nodded: "Yes, that's right."
"And if Mr. Pei really agrees, we shouldn't lose anything."
It's like someone has a very cherished family heirloom. When someone asks how much it costs, it would be a bit stupid to directly say that he doesn't want to sell it. The best way is to directly quote a sky-high price that the other party can never afford.
For example, this thing is obviously only worth 10 million, but the price is directly quoted at 200 million.
If the other party quits in the face of difficulties, then you can say that it's not that I don't want to sell, it's that you can't afford the price, and it's your lack of sincerity that's to blame; and if the other party really wants to buy, you can also take advantage of this lion event.
Open the door and get a very high premium.
Eric was stunned for a moment: "Do you think Pei will always agree?"
Zhao Xuming shook his head: "I don't know, but who can say for sure about this kind of thing? No one knows how Mr. Pei's brain circuit grows."
Eric was silent for a moment and nodded: "That's right."
"Although I have been sidelined now and have simply become a mouthpiece, it is not a bad thing. At least I no longer have to rack my brains to compete with Mr. Pei."
"I will send the document to Mr. Pei right now. Whether he accepts it or not is up to him."
Eric first sent an email to Mr. Pei, and after waiting for a while, made a phone call.
"Hello? Mr. Pei, regarding the cooperation plan you mentioned last time, the headquarters has already given a reply, and the specific requirements have been sent to your email."
"Haha, there are a lot of terms. If you think it's inappropriate, there's nothing you can do about it. After all, I can't make the final decision on this matter. It's all decided by the headquarters company."
Eric struck preemptively and blocked the possibility of bargaining.
However, after two seconds, Eric's smile froze on his face.
"What? Completely agree?!"
Eric looked at Zhao Xuming, who also looked at him with the same confused eyes.
They did think of the possibility that Mr. Pei agreed to, but that was probably based on some bargaining.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Pei agreed without saying a word!
The time was so short that it made people wonder whether he had carefully read the specific terms in the plan.
On the phone, Mr. Pei's voice seemed to be relaxed: "Yes, I completely agree."
"When can we start at the earliest? Once the time is set, I will let them arrange it."
Mr. Pei agreed so simply, which made Eric a little panicked.
Something doesn't feel right!
Chapter completed!