Pei Qian is very envious of Eric's "achievements" in the past few months.
It was obvious that I had been burning money, but after burning for a long time, let alone making money or grabbing market share, there was not even a splash. It can be said that it was burning silently.
This kind of state is beyond Pei Qian's reach.
Pei Qian had the idea of poaching Eric, but this idea was quickly abandoned.
Can a person who can reach a high-level position in a multinational company be a loser with nothing to do?
The possibility is actually very low.
Then why did Eric fail miserably after he came to China to take charge of the ioi national server?
Pei Qian feels that this probably has nothing to do with his personal ability, but mainly depends on the current market situation.
The current situation of the ioi national server is already a bit difficult to save.
When Yangyang Games was operating the ioi national server, wasn't it also beaten to a pulp by GOG? Even Pei Qian himself rolled up his sleeves and went into battle, and Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou racked their brains and tried their best to launch a game.
A series of marketing activities, but in the end it was still useless.
The root cause of the failure is that the ioi game itself has lagged behind GOG, and GOG has occupied most of the domestic market share. In this case, no matter how good the marketing plan is, it cannot change fate.
This cannot be roughly attributed to Eric's incompetence.
What if after digging, all Eric's pent-up energy is released and out of control?
Besides, Eric is a senior executive of a multinational company. In terms of salary, shares, non-competition agreement, cultural background, etc., Dayak Company has an absolute advantage, and the possibility of poaching him is extremely low.
Therefore, Pei Qian did not plan to poach people, but had other plans.
Eric is just no longer in charge of the ioi national server. With his qualifications and status, he will not be beaten to the end after returning. He will still be a senior executive of Dayak Company and will still have a high level of influence on ioi's operational issues.
The right to speak.
When he goes back this time, he will definitely have to report his work to the senior management of Dayak Company, and he may also be held accountable.
No matter what, Eric will definitely report all the situations during his time in charge of the ioi national server, including the intelligence collected on GOG and Tenda.
In this way, isn't Eric equivalent to a messenger between Pei Qian and Dayak's senior executives?
Before Eric left, he made a special trip to Jingzhou to take crazy photos at the GPL league venue. He was obviously collecting information to use as a bargaining chip for his comeback.
The richer the information and the more complete the details he collects from Tenda Group and GOG promotion, the more he can reduce his responsibilities and even influence the decision-making of Dayak's senior management.
Pei Qian felt that, in this case, why not use Eric to help him convey some information to Dayak's senior management?
He is now worried about Dayak Company's hindsight.
Not to mention the domestic market, the ioi national server is almost out of date, and the few remaining players are still being lost every day; the overseas market GOG is also growing by leaps and bounds, and if Pei Qian hadn’t deliberately separated out the people from Yangyang Games, half of them would be dragged behind
If the expansion speed is slowed down, the situation of overseas ioi will not be optimistic.
From Pei Qian's point of view, ioi's situation is already very dangerous, which makes him very worried.
But even so, Dayak Company was still slow to respond and did not provide any reliable solutions.
In the final analysis, it is because Dayak Company is too arrogant and sincerely looks down on Tengda, a "small company" in China, just like Eric did when he first came to Jingzhou.
The difference is that Eric has been beaten awake, but Dayak's senior executives have not.
Therefore, Pei Qian hopes to use this dinner party to let Eric become his mouthpiece and influence the policies of the top management of Dayak Group to some extent.
Eric looks calm on the surface, but in fact his brain is working rapidly.
Mr. Pei's behavior seems a bit unnecessary. It is absolutely impossible to say that it is for favors.
Business practices are impersonal.
Or, just for the sake of a moment of pleasure at the wine table, make a few sarcastic remarks to satisfy your cravings?
Eric doesn't think Pei will always be that naive.
Then, the only possibility is that Mr. Pei also wants to take this opportunity to obtain some information from himself!
Now the person in charge of the ioi national server has changed, which means that Tenda Group is about to face a new opponent. Mr. Pei probably also wanted to get some information about this, so he invited him to this meal.
At present, although Tenda Group is winning steadily, the company is relatively small after all, and the overall situation with Dayak Company is still unclear.
Then, it makes sense that Mr. Pei was prepared for a rainy day and wanted to get some information about the Dayak Group's next move from himself.
Both sides have the desire to obtain information from the other party, but who will obtain true information and who will obtain false information? It is difficult to say.
Eric hesitated for a few seconds, then immediately put on a smile and nodded: "Of course, it is my honor to dine with Mr. Pei."
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Ten minutes later, everyone arrived at a high-end restaurant in the mall.
Although Yuanda Tiandi is a large shopping mall in the core area of Jingzhou, the overall price level of restaurants is still quite different from places like Wuming Restaurant or Mingfu Family Banquet. The more expensive restaurants only cost about 200 per person.
After all, it was 2011, and the overall price level had not yet inflated that much.
The reason why he didn't go to Mingfu's family dinner was because Eric was leaving by plane in the afternoon and didn't have much time, so he decided to have the dinner at a restaurant in the shopping mall.
I randomly ordered a few more expensive dishes and ordered a bottle of the most expensive XO, but in the end I still didn't spend much money, which made Pei Qian feel a little regretful.
However, everyone’s purpose is not to eat.
After chatting casually for a while and clinking glasses a few times, Eric decided to get down to business.
He knew very well that when dealing with a smart person like Mr. Pei, it was meaningless to try to get close or to rely on a "drunk gaffe".
If you want to get information from Mr. Pei, you must take the initiative to release some information. This is the only way to play the game with more skilled opponents.
So, Eric shook the wine glass in his hand slightly: "Mr. Pei, everyone is smart, so I won't talk in circles anymore."
"We all know that the other party has the information we want, otherwise it would be impossible to eat at the same table at this time."
"In this case, we might as well be more direct and save each other's time."
"After I go back, I will have to report to the top management of Dayak Group. If it is the worst case scenario, I may be demoted or marginalized. Once I am transferred to a marginal department, it is almost impossible for me to climb back up and take charge.
Important business.”
"So, I have to save myself. And the way to save myself is to get more information."
"We take turns asking each other three questions, taking turns answering them, and exchanging information that is of interest to each other. If the person being asked finds the question difficult to answer, the person asking the question can change the question. What do you think, Mr. Pei?"
Pei Qian originally asked Eric to be the mouthpiece between himself and the Dayak Group, but he was afraid that the topic would start too abruptly and arouse Eric's vigilance.
Now that Eric proposed it, Pei Qian certainly wanted it, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay."
Seeing Mr. Pei agreeing so simply, Eric became even more sure of his conclusion.
He did not emphasize that each other should give true answers, because even if he emphasized this point, it would not be able to bind both parties, and it would be in vain.
But since both parties take turns asking questions, if one party does not give an answer that satisfies the questioner, this game will not continue.
Therefore, the optimal solution is to release some true information that has little impact, and mix it with some false information to mislead the other party.
This depends on the ability of both parties to screen information.
Even misinformation is valuable to Eric because misinformation can be screened, filtered, and correct information can be inferred from it.
Eric felt that Mr. Pei must be well aware of this, so he agreed so simply.
Zhang Yuan, Lin Wan and others all pricked up their ears and felt a little nervous.
Sure enough, Mr. Pei had some special purpose for inviting Eric to dinner!
There are not so many tricks when masters compete with each other. They are all smart people. The efficiency of this communication is too high.
Each asked three questions. To put it bluntly, it was some form of intelligence war. But Eric seemed to be wily and calculating. Can Mr. Pei win?
Although they were full of confidence in Mr. Pei, everyone still couldn't help but sweat.
At this time, Pei Qian was not nervous at all.
Because he doesn't need to be nervous at all.
Pei Qian didn't expect to get any useful information from Eric at all. Anyway, no matter how Dayak Company acted in the future, Pei Qian would just throw money as usual and keep the same in response to changes.
Moreover, Pei Qian is not afraid of leaking real information to Eric, because he has no secrets at all except the system itself.
Pei Qian even wanted to tell the truth, which would stimulate Dayak Company to continue burning money.
If Dayak Company starts a price war with Tenda, it will be too late for Pei Qian to be happy!
However, in order not to make Eric suspicious, Pei Qian still had to put on a very serious expression.
Eric said: "To show my sincerity, Mr. Pei, you can ask first."
Pei Qian thought for a while, and he didn't seem to have any good questions, so he asked casually: "What is the name of the person sent by the Dayak Group to replace you? Tell me his information."
Eric didn't think about it for too long: "Chretien, the former senior executive of Zhitou Company, has been responsible for the promotion and marketing of the European market. He has a relatively high say within Zhitou Company and can make certain changes to the game content.
In terms of professionalism, he is better than me."
"His personality is relatively conservative and he attaches great importance to the localization of games. This time he is responsible for the ioi national server and may cooperate with local game companies for promotion."
Eric knows very well that this information is all information that Mr. Pei can collect, so there is no need to hide it. Speaking out will appear more sincere.
Pei Qian nodded: "It's your turn to ask questions."
Eric thought for a while and said: "I have collected some information about Tenda. I know that a key reason why GOG can maintain its leading position is that Mr. Pei, you are really willing to spend money on it.
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"Even now, even though GOG has occupied such a huge market share, the game still fluctuates between a small amount of profit and a loss due to excessively low pricing strategies and large marketing expenses."
"I roughly know how much money you spent on the GOG game, but what puzzles me is why you are so brave to spend money?"