Chapter 1274 The person who dumped the pot was dug out?
Afternoon, Magic City.
Chretien had just gotten off the plane and not long after turning on his phone, he received a barrage of messages.
Looking at the messages in English and Chinese, Chretien, who was dragging his suitcase out, stopped and frowned.
It's all bad news!
His face instantly became ugly and his mood became even worse.
"Mr. Chretien! Hello, we meet again."
"Welcome back!"
There are already people waiting at the airport pick-up gate.
Chretien looked up and saw that this person he had an impression of was Jin Yong. He was Zhao Xuming's right-hand man in the ioi Operations Cooperation Department.
Since the ioi Operations Cooperation Department is considered a key department within Longyu Group, Jin Yong's position is actually not low. Although he is not at the level of Zhao Xuming, he is still considered a senior manager.
As early as when Zhitou Company and Longyu Group had just reached a cooperation on the operation of the ioi national server, Chretien was the person in charge of the Greater China Region, so he had already dealt with this group of people.
"Let's get in the car first and talk while walking. A lot of things have happened in the past half a year..." Jin Yong's tone was obviously quite emotional.
Chretien nodded, followed Jin Yong and the driver accompanying him to the parking lot, and got into the commercial vehicle.
He was appointed just a few days ago and became the head of the Greater China Region again.
But for Chretien, he was not happy at all.
Because the situation this time is even worse than when he was the person in charge!
When he first succeeded Eric as the person in charge of the Greater China Region, he was still very ambitious. He cooperated with Longyu Group to hold the first ioi Global Finals and implemented a series of measures as a result, all because of him.
I firmly believe that my successful experience in the European market can bring the ioi national server back to life.
But now?
There is no such illusion at all.
Since the ioi finals did not perform well and was replaced by Eric, Chretien returned to Finger Company to continue doing his job and be responsible for the subsequent development of the game.
For him, this result is not unacceptable. After all, fighting back and forth with GOG in the Chinese server has made him a little exhausted physically and mentally.
Of course, in his eyes, it was a fight, but in the eyes of the higher-ups, it might be a one-sided beating.
So for Chretien, it is more comfortable to go back and continue designing games quietly.
But gradually, he discovered that something was wrong.
He began to receive frequent development needs directly from the top management of Dayak Group, such as new paid content, operational activities, etc.
Immediately afterwards, bad news came one after another from ioi.
Although Chretien and Eric have different ideas, he also knows very well that Eric is definitely a capable person.
If Eric has devoted himself to researching Tengda for so long, but still can't make things turn around, there probably won't be any turning around in the future...
The Dayak Group's increasingly frequent interventions revealed increasingly strong profit intentions, which also made Chretien feel uneasy.
This time he took over as the person in charge, it was not a promotion, it was simply because everyone knew that the ioi national server had become a mess, and the person in charge of the Greater China Region had become a scapegoat, so no one was willing to come.
Chretien knew very well that as the person in charge of the Greater China Region, he would probably not have any say. He would definitely carry out whatever tasks were assigned by the senior management of the Dayak Group.
Just like this event.
Tenda's 1024 Digital Festival-related game promotions were carried out simultaneously around the world. People from Dayak Group, Zhidou Company and Longyu Group were all watching, so they got the news immediately.
Since the position of the person in charge of the Greater China Region is temporarily vacant and Chretien has not yet had time to take up the post, this decision was made jointly by the top management of the three parties.
After the three parties communicated remotely, they immediately decided to take this opportunity to launch a new skin that had been prepared for a long time and take the opportunity to increase the price.
Of course, the opinions of Dayak Group's senior executives may account for more than 70% of this decision.
Chretien instinctively felt that this matter might be fraudulent. After all, he had dealt with Mr. Pei before, and Mr. Pei's unconventional but deadly style left a very deep impression on him.
But after all, he has been away from the operation position for some time. He is not clear about the current situation and cannot guess what tactics Tenda is going to play.
What's more, even if he expressed concerns, this suggestion was dispensable to the top management of Dayak Group. It was impossible to give up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to increase prices just because of Chretien's concerns.
As a result, it became what it is now.
Chrétien found that even before he got off the plane, this scapegoat was already hanging over his head, and he couldn't help but collapse.
Sitting in the business car, Chretien sighed softly.
No matter what, let's make peace with it as it comes.
If your destiny is to take the blame, then you have no choice but to carry the blame and move forward.
He looked at Jin Yong, and he was quite satisfied with this person.
Judging from the experience of working together before, Zhao Xuming is obviously a slippery old man. Although he has a good brain, he is also good at throwing the pot.
Chretien was born as a designer, and his ideas were inherently different from those of Zhao Xuming. After working together, he developed a strong opinion of him.
Jin Yong, on the other hand, is more pragmatic and quick in his work. He left a good impression on Chretien during their previous cooperation.
Thinking of this, Chretien said: "There is something I am hesitant to say."
Jin Yong was stunned for a moment: "That's all you say, we are all old acquaintances, we don't need to be so exposed."
After thinking for a moment, Chretien said: "I want to talk to the senior management of your Longyu Group and let you take over as the head of the ioi operation cooperation department. To be honest, Mr. Zhao and I don't seem to have a tacit understanding of cooperation. Continue
If we continue to cooperate, it may be a drag on both of us and not conducive to the development of our work."
He said it more tactfully, but in fact he just disliked Zhao Xuming for not being able to do his best.
Although Zhao Xuming is good at blaming others, he does it to those above him.
From the perspective of the management, Zhao Xuming has indeed thrown away the blame, and is clean and has no problems; but for his partner Chretien, the blame has been thrown on him!
Therefore, Chretien had a strong opinion of Zhao Xuming, and the first thing he wanted to do was to replace him.
This is not a very excessive request.
In the past, Longyu Group had a very good attitude towards Zhitou Company, basically responding to every request. After all, ioi is a project that Longyu Group attaches great importance to, and in this game, Zhitou Company has a great say.
Chrétien didn't want to beat Zhao Xuming to the end, he just wanted him to change his position, to a position that was more suitable for him.
The senior management of Longyu Group should be able to meet this requirement.
After hearing this, Jin Yong fell silent.
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Mr. Chretien, there is something I am hesitant to say."
Chretien couldn't help but laugh: "Didn't you just say that we are all old acquaintances and don't need to be so out of touch? That's it."
Jin Yong thought about it and said, "I am now the head of the ioi Operations Cooperation Department."
There was an expression of surprise on Chretien's face: "Really? What about Mr. Zhao? Has he been transferred to another department?"
In his opinion, this result is not very surprising.
How many times has Zhao Xuming lost in battles?
It's outrageous that he has made so many mistakes but still sits in the position of responsible person without being replaced.
I don’t know what the senior officials of Longyu Group are interested in in him, so he is so protective.
But things are getting better now. Longyu Group has finally figured it out.
There is a WeChat public account [Book Friends Base Camp] where you can receive red envelopes and coins on a first-come, first-served basis!
Although replacing Zhao Xuming could not fundamentally change the situation, Chretien thought that when the person in charge was replaced by Jin Yong, he could cooperate with peace of mind and save himself the trouble of going to the senior officials of Longyu Group.
I feel very happy.
This can be regarded as the only good news recently.
Jin Yong's expression was a little awkward: "Uh... I'd better say it directly. Mr. Zhao was poached by Tenda and is now the head of GOG's national server operations..."
Chretien's eyes widened incredulously, and his whole body froze.
He even doubted his ears.
What the hell?!
Zhao Xuming was poached by Tenda and became the head of GOG?
Does Tengda also want this kind of goods?
Why does Mr. Pei want to dig out his own defeated generals? Moreover, he has lost more than once and never won against his defeated generals?
If Jin Yong's expression wasn't very serious and serious, he almost thought Jin Yong was joking with him.
In order to prevent further misunderstandings, Jin Yong hurriedly finished the sentence at once: "It seems that Eric has also been poached by Mr. Pei."
Chretien fell into a long silence, seeming to fully digest this information.
It is so unreasonable that you will subconsciously resist it and find it difficult to accept it.
After a long time, he asked weakly: "Don't they have a competition agreement..."
Jin Yong explained: "I only know that Mr. Zhao's non-competition agreement has been properly resolved. Mr. Pei will definitely not poach people hard. He will not ignore such things as non-competition agreements."
Chretien fell silent again, with a complicated expression.
He also disliked Zhao Xuming, but Zhao Xuming went to GOG to be the person in charge!
Why, co-authorship actually means that I am trying to get ahead?
Did I hold Zhao Xuming back?
I'm the clown myself?
Otherwise, why was I forced to come here to be the successor, while Zhao Xuming was promoted step by step, and even became the person in charge of GOG?
Anyone with eyes can see that being the person in charge of the GOG national server has a much better future than the ioi national server.
After all, one is at the height of its power, winning steadily, and has entered a perfect virtuous cycle, with its user base constantly expanding; while the other is dying.
Chretien was silent for a while, then decided to change the topic and not discuss this anymore.
After all, the more we discuss it, the more frustrated we become.
"Actually, as the person in charge of the Greater China Region, there is not much we can do now, but the tasks that need to be completed still need to be completed. We still need to cooperate well and complete the work conscientiously."
"Of course, to be honest, it is a bit difficult to fundamentally reverse the situation. I can only hope that the top management will take some actions."
Chretien knows that if the current situation is to be reversed, not only must the quality of the games keep up, but more importantly, the Dayak Group must be willing to provide resources and continue to spend money.
Otherwise, with the amount of money GOG spends, this tragedy may happen more than once.
This is just like marching to fight. In addition to the military's combat capabilities, the key is logistics supply. Tenda has always had a huge resource tilt towards GOG, and is willing to give up huge profits to seize the market. Against the likes of Dayak Group,
Those who are eager to make profits are simply a loser.
"Wait a moment."
"Could this event be carried out by Eric and Zhao Xuming?"
When he thought of this event, combined with the fact that Zhao Xuming was poached, Chretien suddenly had an idea and thought of this possibility.
He is not sure about the specific details of this event, after all, he was on the plane when the incident occurred.
But after briefly reading the information, I understood the cause and effect.
He felt desperate to clean up this mess when he first took office.
The key is that there is nothing we can do about it, so what can we do now? It is absolutely impossible to apologize and reduce the price, because the damaged reputation is difficult to recover. After the price is reduced, it is absolutely impossible to increase the price in the future.
Let the players enjoy the benefits, and players will scold you crazily when the price of the skin increases. How can we deal with it?
If he really did this, the top management of the Dayak Group would never be able to explain it to him.
And even if he said he would cut prices, it wouldn't count.
The final result of this incident is probably that nothing happened, no apology, no price change, just shrinking back and being scolded.
At least the price of skins has gone up.
The best Chretien can do is to organize some activities to compensate the players, but there is no other way.
When he thought that such a fatal blow came from Eric... Chretien's mood was very complicated, even a little sour.
Jin Yong thought for a while and said: "I don't know about this, but Mr. Zhao has only been here for a week, so he shouldn't take over the work so soon."
Chretien balanced it out a bit.
If he knew that it was Mr. Zhao who was killing everyone, his mentality would collapse!
Jin Yong added: "As for our side, don't worry, I am very clear about the current situation and will definitely do my best to cooperate with your work."
In fact, both of them are very clear about the current situation of ioi, but there are some things that they cannot say even if they are true.
Although Jin Yong could not feel the change in the attitude of the top management of Dayak Group from Zhidou Company like Chretien, he could feel the change in the attitude of the top management of Longyu Group.
The current ioi Operations Cooperation Department actually no longer receives that much attention.
Because the ioi national server is really dying, and there is no point in investing more resources and energy!
This time GOG can be said to have dealt a heavy blow to ioi, and the ioi national server has also been greatly affected.
It stands to reason that Longyu Group is the party whose interests have been harmed and should be gnashing its teeth in hatred over this matter. After all, the income of the ioi national server is likely to be severely hit again.
But the senior officials of Longyu Group were indifferent to this.
So what if you are angry? In its current state, the ioi national server is hopeless.
In this case, it is better to save the resources and prepare them for the new game jointly developed by Tianhuo Studio and Tenda.
Therefore, if Zhao Xuming is replaced with a new game, as long as this new game can be successful and can replace the ioi national server's position within the Longyu Group, it will be very profitable.
Next, as long as the data of this new game is good, Longyu Group will allocate most of ioi's resources to it.
Jin Yong also knew this, so he, like Chretien, followed the idea of "being a monk and hitting the clock every day" and completed his tasks step by step.
Chretien nodded: "Okay, let's go to the company first. I have to get a little familiar with the work here."
