After confirming that "Ghost General 2" basically had no major problems and could be developed as scheduled, Pei Qian felt much more at ease.
Bao Xu will keep an eye out for a few more days and will leave for Shennongjia soon, so there should be no need to worry about things on the suffering trip side for the time being.
You can now concentrate your energy on solving the key issues at this stage.
That is, poaching people!
Eric returned to Europe last Friday. I don't know when he will be back. It may be as soon as two or three days, or as slowly as a week.
Of course, it is also possible that after thinking about it, he still wants to stay in the Dayak Group. This is also a possibility, but the possibility is not high.
Because when Pei Qian had dinner with Eric, Eric's attitude had obviously wavered. As a person who has no real power and still takes the blame, Eric cannot be without complaints.
So next, besides waiting for Eric, Pei Qian also has to think about how to dig out the living treasure Zhao Xuming.
There is only one Eric, which is still a bit dangerous after all.
What if he was sidelined by others under his command?
You know, Eric is now facing the most ferocious group of employees in history. They are deeply baptized by the Tengda spirit and have a strong sense of honor and mission. They all have two big words written on their foreheads: success!
In this environment, if Eric is assimilated, it will be troublesome.
Therefore, it is also very important to recruit Zhao Xuming to help Eric, so that this golden pair can bring their "successful" experience in Longyu Group to Tengda.
Sometimes, two swords can be most effective when combined.
But how Zhao Xuming digs it is a big problem.
Eric took advantage of this and didn't have to worry about the non-competition agreement, but Zhao Xuming couldn't.
He is a serious senior executive of the Longyu Group, and the competition agreement definitely prohibits him from switching jobs to a domestic gaming company.
Let him resign first due to physical reasons?
These high-level officials have been working for a long time and have some physical problems. It should be easy to get a physical examination report to fool them.
But the problem is that Zhao Xuming can resign, but he cannot join Tengda.
Once he joins the company, Longyu Group is not stupid and will definitely sue him immediately.
Moreover, even if the agreement was signed in black and white, even if the best lawyers in the country were invited, it would be in vain and the case would still be lost.
Not to mention whether the liquidated damages system will provide liquidated damages at that time, if liquidated damages are paid, Longyu Group will still require continued enforcement and prevent Zhao Xuming from working at Tenda?
This is very possible.
Pei Qian thought about it and felt that there was no way to force this matter.
Because of emotion, law and reason, it would not be right to dig up Zhao Xuming secretly.
Then the only way is to talk to Longyu Group and let them voluntarily give up Zhao Xuming through some kind of exchange of interests.
They are all mature companies and they do things based on interests and don't act out of impulse.
As long as the conditions given are enough to make Longyu Group's heart flutter, they will surely be eager to send Zhao Xuming over immediately, oh no, with drums and gongs.
But here comes the question: What conditions can make Longyu Group excited?
Pei Qian really doesn't know.
Give a Tenda game to Longyu Group as an agent?
That definitely won't work.
The Longyu Group would definitely agree, but Pei Qian felt that the sacrifice would be too great. Zhao Xuming could not afford to make such a big sacrifice.
Although Pei Qian is thirsty for "virtuous people", he is not thirsty to this extent.
Let’s not talk about whether it will damage Tengda’s image. The key point is that it is hard to cover the extra money!
Let's let Longyu Group make the request.
Wait until they make the request, and then haggle over the price accordingly. As long as an agreement can be reached without violating the system's regulations, then there will be no problem.
After Pei Qian thought carefully, he decided to call Zhou Muyan from Tianhuo Studio.
Pei Qian is not familiar with the boss and senior management of Longyu Group because he has no business dealings with them, and they are quite unhappy because of the ioi incident.
It would be more embarrassing to go directly to the door, and the communication efficiency may be lower.
As far as Pei Qian knows, Longyu Group once represented Tianhuo Studio's games. The two parties had a relatively in-depth cooperation, and Zhou Muyan also had a relatively good relationship there.
Let Zhou Muyan be the middleman and matchmaker, and the effect may be better.
After dialing the phone, Pei Qian briefly talked about his thoughts.
The meaning is very clear: You communicate with Longyu Group, I want to recruit Zhao Xuming, let them set a price!
Focus on being upright and aboveboard, and don't mince words.
Zhou Muyan was also surprised, not because of Mr. Pei's blatant poaching behavior. After all, this kind of thing is not common but not uncommon either.
What surprised him was that Mr. Pei actually went to such trouble to poach Zhao Xuming?
Does Tengda need such a person?
GOG has clearly beaten ioi to the point where it can't be found. Even if there is a vacancy in the position, wouldn't it be done by just promoting him from within Tenda? Why go to poach Zhao Xuming?
In Zhou Muyan's impression, although this Zhao Xuming can be regarded as a fairly reliable person, but is he very capable? So strong that Mr. Pei wants to hire people by name? That's hard to say.
"Mr. Pei, are you sure you want to poach Zhao Xuming? Longyu Group will definitely not let him go easily. What if the lion opens his mouth?" Zhou Muyan asked.
Pei Qian chuckled: "That's why I found you, and I need you to 'communicate' with them."
"I know how much Zhao Xuming weighs, you know it, and the Longyu Group also knows it."
"If Longyu Group makes a request that is not too excessive, then everyone will naturally be happy, everyone will get what they need, and the cooperation will be happy."
"If the lion of Longyu Group opens his mouth...you won't think that Tenda really needs Zhao Xuming to transfer, right?"
"The 1024 Digital Festival is coming soon. If I happen to be in a bad mood, I wouldn't mind organizing some activities for GOG and various games a few days in advance."
"I think Longyu Group should understand this. If they don't understand, Mr. Zhou, please help them understand."
Zhou Muyan: "..."
Good guy, I heard the threat in Mr. Pei’s words.
Mr. Pei's meaning is very clear. If the Longyu Group releases the person, the two companies can cooperate. If the lion opens his mouth or refuses to release the person, then if Mr. Pei is unhappy, he may have to target the Longyu Group.
Of course, there will not be any serious consequences. At most, GOG will engage in activities to cause the data and revenue of the ioi national server to plummet for a period of time, or target other games that Longyu Group is acting as an agent.
But there is no doubt that all this affects is money.
What Zhou Muyan has to do is to be a lobbyist, help Longyu Group clarify the interests involved, and at the same time coordinate to determine a compensation that is satisfactory to both parties.
As for what Zhao Xuming meant...
Zhou Muyan felt that he was not interested. President Pei asked for someone in person, so he should be doing somersaults in excitement.
And if you go to Tengda, your treatment and development prospects will definitely be better than those of Longyu Group.
Zhou Muyan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll give it a try. If there is any progress, I'll call you."
He and Mr. Pei are old acquaintances. Tianhuo Studio has its own GPL team and has received Mr. Pei's care in recent years. Small things like making a phone call and setting up a connection are not a big deal.
After hanging up the phone, Pei Qian looked through the work reports of each department and waited patiently.
…
More than an hour later, Zhou Muyan called back.
"Mr. Pei, the conditions from the Longyu Group are: Mr. Pei, you will design a game, and our Tianhuo Studio will be responsible for the development, and then hand it over to the Longyu Group for operation. The three of us will cooperate for a win-win situation, and the division of the game will be discussed."
"Actually, Longyu Group initially wanted to be a Tenda game agent. I said at the time that it would definitely not work. This request was too much. So after some negotiations, we decided on this condition."
"I think this condition is reasonable, what do you think, Mr. Pei?"
Pei Qian nodded slightly. It seemed that Zhou Muyan's "communication" was quite effective.
This condition is not excessive.
In Zhou Muyan's view, asking to be an agent for Tenda's existing games is basically tantamount to forcibly dividing money.
Tenda's games are all successful and profitable games that have been proven by the market. If Longyu Group acts as an agent, isn't it just a matter of spreading the money?
Even if Zhao Xuming is an executive, the liquidated damages are only a few million at most, and the revenue from a game can be far more than a few million.
So Zhou Muyan called back directly and told the Longyu Group that they were trying to make ends meet and that they must not play with fire in front of President Pei.
If Mr. Pei is angry, he may not be able to do anything.
But the current conditions are actually pretty good.
The development costs are jointly borne by Tianhuo Studio and Longyu Group. Pei Qian is only responsible for the design.
After the game is finished, the three companies will share the money together.
To be precise, Pei Qian is considered a "technical investor". Even if the game fails and he loses money, he does not have to bear any losses. Tianhuo Studio and Longyu Group will take care of all the losses.
Although there is a risk of failure, in the view of Longyu Group, this risk is obviously almost non-existent.
Who doesn't know that Pei is always a genius in game design? Make a popular one?
Even if you don't make a lot of money, you won't lose too much.
It would definitely not be a loss to trade Zhao Xuming for a game that might make money.
Pei Qian fell into silence. Apparently, everyone had some misunderstandings about his game design abilities...
Zhou Muyan and the Longyu Group must have thought that Mr. Pei's games were all designed with great effort, sleep and sleep.
But in fact, Pei Qian really didn't put much effort into it, and the design was very casual...
Pei Qian thought for a moment and said, "I can accept this condition, but I have three requirements."
"First, I don't guarantee the success of the game."
"Second, I will parachute a designer to your studio to complete my design, and you must develop it according to his requirements."
"Third, hand over the people first."
What Pei Qian means is, if you make ugly remarks in front of you, don't come to me if you lose money.
Moreover, the idea given by Pei Qian was relatively incomplete. If he had to hand it over to Zhou Muyan, Zhou Muyan would definitely be shocked and had no idea how to develop it.
So Pei Qian thought that he would arrange a job for Min Jingchao then.
After Eric and Zhao Xuming took over his job, Min Jingchao went to Tianhuo Studio to complete the design of the game. No matter whether he made money or not, he at least completed the development of the game.
In this case, it will be considered as fulfilling the contract.
