In the office, Pei Qian, who was using the air conditioner, sneezed inexplicably.
"Strange, is the air conditioner turning on too much cold air?"
Pei Qian wrapped himself in a small blanket, turned off the TV series, and planned to take a nap while leaning on the boss's chair.
There was a knock on the door, it was Lu Mingliang.
"Mr. Pei, I have a few things to report to you."
Pei Qian nodded: "Tell me."
Lu Mingliang couldn't help but feel a little moved when he saw Pei Qian wrapped in a blanket and looking like he was about to sleep.
Mr. Pei seems to be feeling unwell. He can obviously go home and rest, but he still insists on working with us at work!
Sure enough, no matter how successful you are, you still have to maintain your fighting spirit!
Lv Mingliang was afraid of delaying Mr. Pei's rest, so he hurriedly reported it.
"The first thing is the new version."
"Currently, the development of the new version is going smoothly. However, for some reason, news about the limited edition of the new epic weapons in "Sea Fortress" has spread, and players are currently protesting strongly."
"Mr. Pei, look, how about we relax the limit of weapons a little bit? For example... five thousand?"
Pei Qian shook his head decisively: "No."
Five thousand?
What a joke!
What is 5000×888? Can you count?
Pei Qian said sternly: "A limited quantity is a limited quantity. If it's like Chinese cabbage, then what's the point of limited sales?"
"Don't care what they shout, 500 is 500. If you sell one more, I lose."
Seeing Mr. Pei's firm attitude, Lu Mingliang had no choice but to nod: "Okay, Mr. Pei."
"The second thing is the work problem of Ma Yiqun."
"He has reported to me several times and strongly hopes that he can participate in the development of the new version."
"I thought about it. The new version updates of "Ghost General" and "Game Producer" do have a lot of copywriting content that needs professionals like him to do."
"How about letting him try it out first and practice his skills?"
Pei Qian didn't answer immediately.
I can't find any good reason to refuse.
But don't refuse, Pei Qian is very reluctant to let Ma Yiqun actually do these copywriting.
Ma Yiqun’s writing skills are excellent, and the several copywriting packages he has done for Yangyang Games before are all very brilliant. If this is the icing on the cake for "Ghost General" and "Game Producer", the consequences will be very serious!
But how to refuse?
Ma Yiqun came to the company in March, and it has been two months now. It is a bit unreasonable to allow him to continue studying.
If Ma Yiqun is not allowed to do the copywriting content of the game, he must be assigned something else to do.
Send it to Huang Sibo to shoot a short video? It doesn’t seem possible. I’m afraid his writing style can also work in a short video.
Send it to Moyu Internet Cafe? This is not bad, but the name is unfair and there is no suitable reason.
After thinking for a moment, Pei Qian didn't think of any good solution, so he reluctantly nodded: "Okay, I should have learned enough during this period, let him be responsible for some basic work."
Pei Qian said reluctantly.
Lu Mingliang nodded quickly: "Okay, Mr. Pei. You can continue to rest, I'll go work first."
Pei Qian leaned on the chair and wrapped himself in a small blanket. He felt a little restless and couldn't sleep even if he wanted to.
"Strange, where does this feeling of danger come from?"
"It can't be from Yangyang Games, right?"
Pei Qian quickly ran through several projects in his mind.
For Tenda, the new version will probably make money, but no matter how much you make, it should be within control and no big deal;
Feihuang Studio said they would make a documentary, but there was no sign yet;
Moyu Internet Cafe is a traditional advantage project. The two new stores have just been renovated and are ready to open. I just visited the flagship store more than a week ago and found no hidden dangers.
After thinking about it, Yangyang games are the riskiest!
Pei Qian asked them to cut off all the payment points in the two games, leaving only one. This was indeed a risky move.
Cutting off payment points will improve the game’s reputation, that’s for sure.
But reputation and revenue are two different things.
A game like "War Song" has rubbish graphics and mediocre gameplay. Its only advantage is that the rich can kill people in it after spending money. In other words, the core advantage of this game is "selling hatred".
If you cut me off, if I have money, I will recharge it immediately and cut it back. This is the core advantage of similar games.
It is precisely because this game is "selling hatred" and stimulating players' negative emotions that no matter how bad the graphics and gameplay are, people will still play it.
If Pei Qian doesn't change anything, it's still possible for this game to come back to its glory days, and the possibility is not small.
As long as Ye Zhizhou does a little promotion and plans to return old players to return the game to its original profit level, then Pei Qian will not lose money.
Therefore, Pei Qian directly cut off the payment points of the game.
"War Hymn" has no advantages over other games in terms of graphics or gameplay. It is a fool's errand to attract new players.
Even if it becomes fair and the reputation improves, so what?
As long as it doesn't make money, that's fine.
Of course, what if this game attracts a large number of new players due to its overwhelming reputation, and the player base is too large, pushing up profits?
It cannot be said that this possibility does not exist at all, I can only say that the possibility is very small.
Pei Qian thought about it and realized that there seemed to be risks only in Yangyang Games, so he decided to focus on it.
First, I went to the official forum of "Blooded War Song" and took a look.
Indeed, it seems that the popularity has increased somewhat, the reputation has reversed, and some old players have returned.
However, Pei Qian did not panic and immediately sent a message to Ye Zhizhou: "Send me the background recharge data of "War Song" for me to take a look at."
A few minutes later, Ye Zhizhou sent a screenshot.
This is the background recharge data of "War Song". Pei Qian scanned it casually and saw that the per capita payment rate has indeed increased, and it has increased a lot, but the total recharge amount has dropped significantly, by 70 to 80%!
Based on this estimate, it is doubtful whether the monthly income of "War Hymn" will reach 100,000 yuan.
Well, don’t panic, it’s still within the plan!
For a game to survive, the most important thing is to make profits, so there are so many companies that promote recharge consumption activities even in spite of the criticism from players, just to achieve the goal of profitability.
What's the use of having a good reputation if the game keeps losing money?
The modified "Blooded War Song" is indeed conscientious, but the key is to see who you compete with!
Compared with krypton gold games, the local tycoons are not as happy here, and their income is greatly reduced;
Compared with other conscientious games, such as "Fantasy World", "War Song" has rubbish graphics, mediocre gameplay, and is uncompetitive.
This is called not paying attention to both ends.
"Not bad, keep it up."
After replying to Ye Zhizhou, Pei Qian felt relieved, wrapped himself in a blanket, and fell asleep happily.
In two days, two new stores will open, and he will have to inspect them then to feel at ease.
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Yangyang Games.
Ye Zhizhou looked at the message sent by Mr. Pei and felt inexplicably warm in his heart.
Although Mr. Pei has many things to do and is busy with his affairs, he still pays attention to Shangyang Games!
Although our game revenue is currently plummeting, this is obviously within Mr. Pei’s plan, so Mr. Pei lets us continue to maintain it!
This shows that we are on the right track!
Ye Zhizhou instantly felt full of energy.
Sure enough, is this the qualitative change that a good boss brings to the company?
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May 20th.
Two Moyu Internet Cafe branches officially opened!
Pei Qian, Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan, the three managers of Moyu Internet Cafe, naturally wanted to be there to celebrate.
But the situation at the scene was a little embarrassing.
It’s so deserted!
It was a little more deserted than when the Moyu Internet Cafe flagship store opened.
The key point is that the location of these two branches is worse than that of the flagship store. Pei Qian repeatedly warned that when opening the store, he must not do any tricks, set off firecrackers, or hand out flyers, and he should be as low-key as possible.
Opening business quietly in such a remote place, it is naturally very deserted.
Pei Qian was very comfortable, drinking coffee in the deserted coffee area and looking outside, enjoying the warm sunshine.
The two store managers were a little embarrassed, but after all, they were transferred from the flagship store. They had seen this kind of scene many times, and they knew that Mr. Pei would not blame them, so they didn't panic at all.
On the contrary, the newly recruited waiters had never seen such a bizarre scene. They all felt that they had nowhere to put their hands and feet. They always felt that there was something evil everywhere in this store.
In the corner of the Internet cafe, Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan whispered.
"Why are you stopping me?" Ma Yang looked confused.
Just now, Ma Yang felt that this scene was too cold and morale was low, so he wanted to share with Pei Qian the good news about the recent fishing internet cafe.
Thanks to Chen Lei's hard work, the Internet cafe's wine sales are increasing every day, and the customer flow has also increased significantly!
Ma Yang feels that this model can be extended to all Moyu Internet cafes.
But before he could say anything, he was stopped by Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan obviously knew what he wanted to say, and whispered: "Brother Ma, it's not that I don't let you say it, it's just that the time is not right now, it's too rash."
Ma Yang was stunned: "Huh? What's the matter?"
"Brother Ma, we only have a slight increase in wine sales. If we estimate, we can earn an extra two to thirty thousand yuan per month. Compared with the Internet cafe's monthly loss of three hundred thousand yuan, this hole is still huge.
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"It's such a big achievement, it doesn't sound loud at all!"
"When the time comes, you brag and Mr. Pei asks: 'You did a good job, how much money did you make?' Then you say: 'You're still losing money.' How boring!"
"It's better not to brag. This bragging has raised Mr. Pei's expectations. Isn't he even more disappointed?"
"Let me tell you, when we turn losses into profits, we will tell Mr. Pei and give him a surprise. In this way, we and Moyu Internet Cafe will have a higher status in Mr. Pei's heart, and we will have more confidence!"
"Brother Ma, tell me, is this true?"
Ma Yang thought about it, and it seemed like this was the case.
There is still a long way to go before turning losses into profits. Telling Pei Qian the good news now is indeed meaningless. It also seems that he is a person who wants to take credit and comes to show off even a small achievement.
It's really inappropriate.
Ma Yang nodded: "Well, that makes sense. Let's talk about this later. When the Moyu Internet Cafe flagship store actually turns a profit, I will give Brother Qian a surprise!"