Seeing the players' resistance, Pei Qian almost laughed out loud.
Is there such a good thing?
Sure enough, you should really trust professionals, Eric is reliable!
Originally, Pei Qian thought that the income from this price increase would definitely skyrocket, but judging from the current situation, this is not necessarily the case.
Because GOG players have become accustomed to the previous pricing, even if it increases, it certainly cannot go up too much. A 30% increase is already a lot.
It is indeed possible for players to buy while cursing, but the premise is that this price increase cannot be too outrageous.
As it is now, even some players who are not price-sensitive feel uncomfortable, causing widespread resistance online. Price increases may not necessarily bring more profits.
In fact, this "Light Comes" event also has some other activities, mainly in-game.
For example, if you play a certain number of games with a skin and meet certain conditions, you can unlock some new rewards.
These rewards are not directly displayed, but most players can guess them.
Because this kind of activity is very common, many games have done it, and the rewards may be some insignificant things such as avatar frames, avatars, expressions, etc., as an additional promotional method.
Therefore, players simply don’t buy it.
I spent money to buy skin, but I still have to spend time to remove the liver?
After the liver is over, you give me some avatar frames and expressions that should have been given to me as a reward?
That’s not true!
Boycott, must boycott!
As for this event skin, whoever buys it will be the public enemy!
If you enter the game and see someone using a new skin, don’t be polite!
Because these people bought the skins, they fueled the arrogance of the game companies and made them more confident in raising prices in the future.
Even Tengda must not be spoiled, you have to spray when you need to spray!
Mr. Pei must be allowed to see the public opinion on the Internet and remove Eric immediately. Otherwise, with this person here, the GOG game will never get better in the future!
Seeing the fierce public opinion on the Internet, Pei Qian was happy.
Well done Eric, I didn’t poach you in vain!
…
Early the next morning, Pei Qian got up and went straight to the GOG project team.
It's not to raise troops to hold people accountable, nor to commend them.
It would definitely not be possible to raise an army to investigate, and Pei Qian was happy in his heart. Those who could make him less money were his beloved relatives, friends, and brothers.
But commendation is not appropriate. After all, this event has caused such a big fuss on the Internet, and it seems that it is Eric's work error. At this time, commendation is a bit too obvious.
The purpose of Pei Qian's visit this time is to observe and comfort.
First, let’s observe the reaction of the entire GOG project team to this incident. Will it be full of complaints against Eric and affect Eric’s future work?
If there are really complaints, then appease everyone and tell them not to complain when encountering problems, but to follow the arrangements of Eric, the person in charge.
In short, I do not support the specific incident this time, but I generally expressed my support for Eric and helped Eric consolidate his position in the project team.
In the future, Eric will show off his talents and help Pei Qian suffer a lot of losses. How can he restrain his hands?
After changing the person in charge, the entire GOG project team has been moved out of the Tenda Game Department and moved to the 22nd floor of the building.
The 23rd floor has also been rented to facilitate future staff expansion.
At present, the relocation of the new work stations has been completed. In addition to the personnel of the original GOG project team, the operations team and the personnel responsible for communicating with the e-sports division are also here, and recruitment plans for staff expansion have also been put forward.
schedule.
Pei Qian scanned the workstation and found nothing unusual.
Everyone was working normally and did not show any expressions of bitterness and hatred or wanting to overthrow Eric.
But Pei Qian is still worried because this may be just a superficial phenomenon.
Even if they don’t like the new leader and are dissatisfied with this event, who would have it written on their face?
Pei Qian thought for a while and decided to talk to Eric first and ask about the situation.
If Eric thinks there is no problem and everyone in the project team listens to him, then there is no need for follow-up steps; if Eric thinks it is not OK and some people are uncooperative, then Pei Qian will step in to help him stand up and reassure him.
Employees.
Eric and Zhao Xuming have special offices, mainly to separate them from other employees and maintain their purity.
Pei Qian came to the door of the office and knocked gently.
…
At the same time, Eric and Zhao Xuming were in the office looking through the feedback from players on the forum.
"Sure enough, I was scolded quite miserably, even worse than I imagined." Zhao Xuming was a little worried, "The situation is a little serious, will there be any problems?"
Compared to Eric, Zhao Xuming is obviously more timid and more afraid of taking the blame if something goes wrong.
Eric shook his head: "The plan has been shown to Mr. Pei. Mr. Pei did not say that he wanted to change it, which shows that he supports our plan."
"Besides, if you want to lure the enemy into an ambush, you have to pretend to flee first, which will inevitably lead to some casualties."
"This time will not be very long. According to my previous estimate, it will be within one or two days. Therefore, the final reward of our event will be unlocked in two days."
Zhao Xuming asked: "How confident are you about this event?"
Eric chuckled: "Seven points."
"Actually, the top management of Dayak Group has been trying to increase the price of ioi skins, but they have never found a good opportunity."
"Although they have basically given up the head-on confrontation with GOG, this does not mean that they do not pay attention to GOG's activities. On the contrary, they are more concerned than before."
"It is precisely because they want to increase prices that they have to pay more attention to GOG's trends, be cautious about many things, and choose the right time to restore a little bit of reputation."
"What if the price increase coincides with Tenda's fracture promotion, wouldn't you put your head under the knife's edge?"
"So, they must be paying attention to the 1024 Digital Festival and have prepared corresponding activities. They will not do nothing and let their market share be taken away too much."
"We won't launch the event right away once it's done. We'll probably wait and see first to see the specific content of GOG's event, and at the same time make some fine-tuning to the content of our own event."
"If GOG's activities are particularly conscientious, then they can only lower the discount on skins, at least on the surface."
"And what if the price of GOG increases?"
"They probably won't miss this opportunity."
"Of course, this is all my guess. The other party may not take the bait, and may even be unable to respond so quickly due to slow efficiency."
"But it doesn't matter even if the other party doesn't take the bait. This activity will not harm us. We can still continue to seize ioi's market share."
Zhao Xuming nodded.
He also knew very well that ioi would probably not miss this opportunity.
Because for the Dayak Group, after realizing that they could not defeat GOG in the short term, and even ioi's own market share was constantly losing, they were very eager to obtain more profits as soon as possible.
But if you raise the price of your skin, you will be scolded once, so you should not act rashly.
But what if GOG takes the initiative to increase prices, and the increase is huge?
This will provide ioi with an opportunity to increase prices!
Many things are afraid of comparison. If the price of GOG's skin increases a lot, and the price of ioi's skin also increases, but the increase is not that big, maybe we can achieve a situation where we can make money from the price increase and gain reputation at the same time.
For Dayak Group, this is obviously a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if you miss it, you will never see it again.
Moreover, the activities are all prepared in advance, and you only need to change a few numbers before going online. With such a low-cost and high-yield thing, it is difficult for ordinary people to resist this temptation.
And as Eric said, even if the other party doesn't take the bait, the event itself won't do much harm and can still be used as a normal marketing activity to capture market share.
Zhao Xuming felt that the only problem with the whole matter was Mr. Pei's attitude.
After all, the two of them were new here. Less than a week after taking over the GOG project, they changed Min Jingchao's original activity plan. The changes were very bold and even caused GOG to receive a lot of criticism in the early stages of the activity. After all, there was some disagreement.
rule.
If you were in another company, you definitely wouldn't be able to do this.
But Tenda is obviously not an ordinary company, so it feels that there is nothing wrong with doing so, but it is more reasonable.
Zhao Xuming was struggling when there was a knock on the door outside.
Just after saying "come in", I saw Mr. Pei pushing the door open and entering.
Zhao Xuming and Eric stood up quickly: "Mr. Pei!"
Mr. Pei walked in cheerfully: "You guys sit down, I don't have anything else to do, I just came to take a look."
"The changes in the new activities are quite bold. It seems that you have adapted to the working mode at Tenda."
"But I still want to ask one more question, have you ever encountered any situation where old employees are uncooperative during work? If so, be sure to tell me and I will help you solve it."
For others, this may be a difficult problem to solve. If there is a conflict between a boss and a subordinate, the boss must be supported, but it is difficult to ensure that the subordinate will not feel resentful.
But there is no such problem with Pei Qian, because all employees trust him too much. As long as Pei Qian says a word, all employees can really support Eric's work from the bottom of their hearts.
Eric quickly shook his head: "Thank you, Mr. Pei, but I have never encountered such a situation."
"The business capabilities of the employees at Tenda are the strongest I have ever seen. They are extremely efficient and never ask too many questions. Their efficiency is much higher than before. We have never encountered any delays, let alone deliberate delays."
I won’t cooperate anymore.”
Pei Qian nodded slightly.
It seems that the "don't ask too many questions" style of Tengda employees is beneficial.
At least parachute a leader who can lose money can ensure that these employees conscientiously implement his money-losing policy, saving a lot of trouble.
Pei Qian felt relieved and asked again: "I think the event seems to have been scolded quite badly."
"But it doesn't matter. People who are in charge have to be responsible. Many times they have to withstand pressure and do what they think is right."
"Never deny yourself just because you are scolded. In many cases, you still have to stick to your inner thoughts."
Pei Qian was afraid that after Eric and Zhao Xuming arrived at Tengda, their skin would become thinner and they would change their activities if they were scolded by players. How could that be done?
But it's hard for Pei Qian to make it too clear. He can't directly say that you guys will continue to mess around like this. He can only make some indirect remarks so that the two of them can "stick to themselves."
Eric nodded immediately: "Okay, Mr. Pei, I know."
Zhao Xuming's previous worries disappeared and he felt ashamed of his shallowness.
Mr. Pei has never seen such big storms?
As early as when "Game Producer" was being developed, Mr. Pei had created a "performance art-style publicity" and paid UP owners to collectively "poach lotus roots".
When was there not a time when you were scolded like a dog first and then turned out to be really cute?
The little trick he and Eric came up with seemed to Mr. Pei to be just a small trick and not worth mentioning at all.
"Okay, since there's nothing else, I'll leave first."
"Don't work too hard and pay attention to the balance between work and rest."
Pei Qian was very satisfied with the current status of the GOG project team and felt that he had hired the right person, so he left with a few simple words of advice.
After Mr. Pei left, Eric said: "Just tell me, Mr. Pei will definitely support this matter!"
"Although Tengda's scale has not yet reached the level of a super giant, as a leader, Mr. Pei's vision and decisiveness are definitely the best, and he is definitely not comparable to the mediocre senior executives of large companies."
Zhao Xuming deeply agrees.
Eric browsed the webpage again: "In the next day, we will see if ioi will be fooled."
…
At noon, Pei Qian went to the nearby Moyu Internet Cafe to have dinner and read the comments from players.
Sure enough, the heat seems to be rising again.
After all, this event started in the early morning, and some players went to bed earlier for various reasons and didn't know about it until this morning.
Although the popularity has increased again, most players are still doing the same thing, either trolling Eric in the forum, or calling for a boycott, without any new tricks.
This made Pei Qian feel a little disappointed.
You don’t even have the energy to troll people, but you still call yourself a keyboard warrior?
Use more force! Use more tricks!
Speaking of this, Pei Qian particularly misses the navy soldiers he once bought either at his own expense or with public funds. He feels that these navy soldiers are indeed professionals who eat this bowl of rice, and they find very tricky angles.
If the navy is fully reimbursed, then Pei Qian will definitely have to arrange it 24 hours a day to maximize the effectiveness of the program for everyone.
While I was scrolling, I suddenly saw a new post.
"ioi is also having an event next door! I never expected that one day ioi's event would be more conscientious than GOG..."
"What a shame, ioi has also increased its price!"
“That’s less than the increase of GOG!”
Pei Qian couldn't help but be stunned.
Um?
There is actually an event over there, and new skins are out?
It’s okay to be stuck at this time!
I quickly opened the official website of ioi and found that there had indeed just been an event there. Of course, they didn't call it 1024 Digital Festival, but called it something else, but the intention was obvious, just to compete with GOG.
This event also released new skins and increased their prices.
Compared with the original skin, this new skin adds some special effects and exclusive actions, and the price has increased by 30%.
Originally, this matter would have been criticized by players, but with GOG blocking the front line, ioi's reputation has actually improved!
Of course, looking at these unanimously praised sentences, Pei Qian felt that he smelled familiar traces of the navy.
Obviously, ioi secretly hired trolls to add fuel to the flames. They wanted to take this opportunity to not only push up the price of skins, but also set up an archway to grab some players from GOG!
"The timing is good, but don't act too hastily!"
"If there is no price increase or even discount, wouldn't it be a perfect counterattack?"
"Forget it, it's slightly flawed, but it's not a big problem."
Pei Qian's first reaction was regret.
If ioi did not increase the price of skins, but took the opportunity to offer discounts, wouldn't it be possible to launch a comprehensive dimensionality reduction attack on GOG and form a perfect coordination with former colleagues Eric and Zhao Xuming?
As a result, ioi actually took the opportunity to raise prices, which is a bit suspicious.
But then I thought about it, after all, Dayak Group has to make money, and they have been planning to raise prices for a long time, and they can't hold it back any longer.
If you don't take advantage of this excellent price increase opportunity, it will be extremely difficult to increase prices in the future.
After all, it can be said that Tenda IQ dropped this time, but what about next time?
We must seize this opportunity to finalize the price increase and let players get used to the new price.
I can only say that the coordination is not perfect, but it is not bad.
Pei Qian's requirements are not high, he just feels that this time should give ioi some breathing space.