Pei Qian came to the company early and opened the backend to check.
The purchase data of "be quiet" is still zero!
Obviously, in just one day, the players did not make any breakthrough progress.
Of course, this is all part of Mr. Pei’s plan!
This string of passwords is hidden in "The Lonely Desert Highway" and can be found by driving in three hours. If only one person can find it, everyone can participate in solving the puzzle.
If you simply want to dissuade players, requiring all players to complete the eight- or even sixteen-hour journey of "Lonely Desert Highway" seems to be a more effective method, but the system obviously does not allow it.
Therefore, Pei Qian must pay attention to the difficulty when setting these difficult problems.
The difficulty is too high and not reasonable enough, so that players cannot obtain the purchase conditions at all, and the system will not allow it;
The difficulty is too low to form a threshold. Players will be able to buy it quickly, and Pei Qian's work will be in vain.
Pei Qian's main goal in setting up this screening is to reduce the number of players who are eligible to purchase as much as possible before the settlement of this cycle, that is, in less than a month, thereby reducing game sales.
As for what to do in the next cycle, let’s talk about it in the next cycle.
Pei Qian's ideal situation is that this puzzle can delay players for a month, so that there will be no sales this month.
The game is already online. Players cannot buy it because they have not solved the puzzles. It is not because Mr. Pei’s game has not been completed, so it does not count as an unfinished project and will not lead to delayed settlement.
Even if it can't be delayed for a month, it's still better to delay it for two or three weeks than to open it up and let players buy it!
Players on the forum have come up with many solutions to this password, and a number of big players have emerged.
The solutions include grouping, converting English to numbers, converting numbers to nine palaces, reverse order, crossover, sequence, ascii, hexadecimal, etc., which is dazzling.
In fact, Pei Qian is just an ordinary person. He has never learned any of those very complicated encryption methods. The solution ideas he uses are completely derived from relatively simple puzzles that can be seen in daily life.
It's just a little more steps.
The correct ideas did appear in the players' solutions, but because the last step of the decryption method is relatively unpopular and magical, some players mistakenly thought it was a dead end after solving this step and stopped delving further.
Therefore, this correct solution path has not received much attention.
gaiccccccacbiadbhcea
After observation, we can see that abc appears very frequently here, and the letter at the bottom of the order is i. Arranged according to the alphabet a=1, b=2, i is exactly equal to 9, indicating that this string
English was originally converted from a string of numbers.
71933333313291428351
If you continue to observe this string of numbers, you will find that every other digit has a pattern.
71/93/33/33/31/32/91/42/83/51
The last digit does not exceed 4, which is a very common nine-square grid for mobile phones.
71 represents the first letter of the 7 button in the nine-square grid of the mobile phone, which is p. In the same way, all subsequent letters can also find the corresponding letters on the nine-square grid of the mobile phone.
pyffdewhvj
But there seemed to be no rules at this point, so players who thought of this path before could not continue to deduce it. Judging from the posts and comments of other players, many people obviously did not realize that this was correct.
solution.
This step is actually not a complicated password. Its broad categories are very common in reality, but this branch is extremely rare, so the number of people who understand it is too small.
Pei Qian also accidentally learned something out of interest, so he used the password on a whim. Unexpectedly, the effect was unexpectedly good.
Moreover, even if the code is solved, only one-third of the puzzle-solving process has passed.
"Everyone, keep working hard. If you can't figure it out, I'm going to lose money this settlement cycle!" Pei Qian couldn't help but squealed.
Otto mobile phone will hold a press conference this weekend. Pei Qian has to go to the press conference to take a look to make sure everything is safe.
But before that, Pei Qian sent a message to the programmer responsible for solving the puzzle.
"The clue of "The Lonely Desert Highway" has been found. The time required to find the clue can be adjusted from three hours to 15 minutes."
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Sunday, March 6th.
Oasis Four Seasons Hotel, the largest five-star hotel in Jingzhou City.
Many of Tengda's previous activities, including high-standard business receptions, personnel recruitment and entry examinations, annual meetings, etc., were all cooperated with this hotel.
This press conference is also held in the banquet hall of this hotel. Many technology media have been invited in advance and rooms have been reserved for them. Food, accommodation and round-trip transportation are included for the day.
As for the others, they all directly approached customers of Moyu Internet Cafe, Headwind Logistics and other businesses for free tickets.
Anyway, there is no problem filling the entire venue.
The press conference officially started at 3 pm. Pei Qian quietly walked to the hotel venue around 2 pm and found a corner seat to sit down.
If he wanted to, he could sit in the front row, but this press conference was arranged for cameras to be broadcast live. If Pei Qian wanted to sit in the front row, he would definitely have to be on camera. Wouldn't he be exposed by then?
Therefore, Pei Qian told Chang You that he would come, but did not tell him exactly where he would sit.
There were so many people at the scene that it would be extremely difficult to find Mr. Pei.
In this way, Mr. Pei will not expose himself, but also achieve the effect of supervising the battle in front of the battle. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone.
Soothing, soft music was playing at the scene, and it was crowded, with many people entering the venue one after another.
Maybe I arrived a little early and the big screen was still dark.
If it were a press conference for other mobile phone brands, some short videos would be played on the big screen to warm up the show, and then some promotional pictures of the spokespersons would be shown.
But Pei Qian thought about it and realized that Otto phones don’t seem to have these things?
Chang You seemed to have asked about the spokesperson before, but Pei Qian didn't think about it at that time, so he didn't tell Chang You about it.
Come to think of it, Chang You must have forgotten about this matter, right?
If there isn’t even a spokesperson, then there shouldn’t be a warm-up short film, right?
Well, that's good. Just talk dryly about the shortcomings of mobile phones for an hour, and then get off work at the speed of light, which is very consistent with Mr. Pei's wishes.
Pei Qian was thinking happily when the lights suddenly dimmed.
The big screen is on!
A logo full of technology appeared slowly on the big screen, just like the rising sun dispelling the darkness, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
The camera gradually zooms out, the logo becomes smaller and smaller, and a back figure appears in front of the camera, which just blocks the bright light and outlines a handsome outline.
Then, he stretched out his right hand and grabbed the ball of light in his hand.
A ray of light instantly burst out from his hand, and the logo was shrunk and engraved on the back of the phone, giving off a faint breathing light effect!
The back figure also turned around at this time. The handsome Lu Zhiyao looked at the venue through the screen. He was holding a very majestic-looking mobile phone in his hand. The logo on the back was flashing, full of technology.
This is not over yet, there are two more advertisements after that, including an advertisement for "drone delivery".
Finally, the picture was fixed on the promotional picture, with Lu Zhiyao holding an Otto mobile phone in his hand and a faint smile on his lips.
Pei Qian was stunned in his seat, forgetting to drink the mineral water he had just unscrewed in his hand.
"What the hell..."
"Isn't this an advertisement from "A Better Tomorrow"???"
Pei Qian couldn't help but think of the scene of watching "Better Tomorrow" in the cinema.
This moment is exactly like that moment.
Just as caught off guard, just as confused!
When Pei Qian was watching a movie before, he did see the advertisement and logo of this mobile phone, but it was different from the logo of Otto Technology in his impression, so he didn't take it too seriously.
As a result, how can I copy movies on my Otto phone?
Riding on the heat?
How shameless!
Moreover, when did Lu Zhiyao come to be the spokesperson?
It can be said that Lu Zhiyao is now very popular. After the release of "Better Tomorrow", his status as a "box office poison" was instantly cleared up. With his breakthrough acting skills and his already good reputation, he has once again firmly entered the ranks of the domestic first-line niche.
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If I win another award, it will be even more incredible.
Considering the achievements of "Better Tomorrow" for Lu Zhiyao, it seems reasonable for him to reciprocate his love and come over to endorse Otto mobile phones...
For Pei Qian, this should also be a surprise.
However, Pei Qian doesn't feel any surprise now, only fright!
This opening is much better than the ordinary warm-up video, because "A Better Tomorrow" is still in theaters and is quite popular, and many people present have already watched it.
These advertisements all appeared in "Better Tomorrow". They were carefully shot and had a distinctive style. They are obviously different from most of the current mobile phone commercials. When the audience sees this commercial, they will naturally think of the one in "Better Tomorrow".
A mobile phone brand full of futuristic technology.
Chang You had not disclosed this in the promotional materials before, so the audience at the scene was obviously surprised!
The venue, which was originally a bit lifeless, suddenly became lively!
The reporters from the technology media sitting in the front row were all whispering to each other. Obviously, just this commercial + Lu Zhiyao’s endorsement was already a good gimmick.
Pei Qian, on the other hand, was on pins and needles and panicked.
The start of this press conference was far from what I had imagined. This didn’t seem to be a good sign...
He unscrewed the bottle cap and took another sip of mineral water to calm down his shock.
"Calm down, calm down."
"The situation shouldn't be as bad as I thought."
“A good opening doesn’t necessarily mean it will be effective, but it may actually lead to the effect of suppressing the desire and then promoting it.”
"As long as Changyou makes a ppt in accordance with my request and completely goes against other mobile phone manufacturers, the criticism will get louder and louder."
"The cool thing at the beginning will turn into a black spot."
"So, don't worry too much now, everything will be fine!"