Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter Four.

Pei Qian looked blankly at the computer screen, his right hand stiffly scrolling the mouse wheel, clicking the mouse, and browsing the web page by page.

He didn't sleep well last night, as the overwhelming online news about Mission and Choice and Fantasy Wars Remastered hit him very hard.

All night long, Pei Qian tossed and turned, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he was haunted by the terrible comments on the internet.

"Mission and Choice hangs off Fantasy Warfare Remastered!"

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!"

"The National Tour of Shame has become the National Tour of Light and must be bought to burst!"

"Here's a refund for Fantasy Wars Remastered to buy Mission and Choice!"

He hadn't slept well all night and knew that when he woke up in the morning, Pei Qian still couldn't accept that fact.

"How do you recreate a game this crap?"

"It doesn't make sense at all!"

People can't figure out why Fantasy Wars Remastered can be so crap, and Pei Qian can't figure it out even more!

But who's to say that something this outrageous just happened?

"Ding."

The phone on the table rang, Pei Qian picked it up and saw that it was a message from He An.

The old man was rather well-bred and always went to bed early and woke up early, so apparently he must have just learned of the Fantasy War Remastered not long ago.

Hoan looked very excited and sent several voice messages in a row.

"Hooray Page, is it in your plan that Fantasy Wars Remastered will be made to look as sparse as it is now?"

"Why else would you dare confidently release Mission & Choice and Fantasy Wars Remastered on the same day?"

"Well, actually, now that I think about it, there were some signs of the failure of Fantasy Warfare Remastered, and I could see some clues beforehand."

"For example, the few games that have come out in recent years have deteriorated, gradually losing their reputation of 'producing the best'; and appearing arrogant when dealing with player feedback, always 'teaching players to play the game' ......"

"Also, Fantasy Wars Remastered has always been secretive in its previous disclosures, and some negative news has popped up."

"It's just that people trust this game so much that they ignore the minor negatives and wishfully assume that this game will continue to be a classic ......"

"Is it possible that you, Pei, can determine that there is a high probability that Fantasy Wars Remastered will fail, and fail miserably, based on this information alone? Is that why you moved up the release date of Mission and Choice to this date?"

"Wait, it's such a coincidence that the schedule is so tight, you didn't think about it from the beginning when you decided on the game type and theme, did you? The Fantasy Warfare Remastered release was only announced last month, but various gossip had already come out before, did you estimate the game's approximate release date and determine the development time for Mission and Choice ......"

He An is old and slow to type, but still quick to send voice messages, and one by one the messages quickly brushed the screen.

And you could tell from his tone of voice that he was very excited and thrilled right now.

What an eyebrow-raising thing for a homegrown game to have beaten Fantasy Wars Remastered head-on, and to have done it head-on and crushed it in every way!

In the days when they were active, it would have been unthinkable!

Of course, the main reason it's positively dry-crushed is because Fantasy Warfare Remastered is so crotch-pulling that it's a piece of garbage, but dry-crushed is dry-crushed anyway.

Not to mention the quality of Mission & Choice is solid enough!

He An originally thought that Mission and Choice was definitely going to be cool when it hit Fantasy Warfare Remastered, but now it turns out that instead the other side is cool, and the heat is all being sucked out of Mission and Choice!

Thinking back to Pei's confident and taboo appearance before, He An instantly felt as if this was all within Pei's plan.

Pei Qian's expression became even more stunned as he listened to the voice message sent by He An.

What are you talking about!

Old and confused? I asked you to decide on the type of game and the theme yourself!

How is this part of my plan again?

I can take the blame for the game's success, but I have nothing to do with choosing the genre or theme of the game!

Pei Qian immediately replied, "How is that possible, aren't you the one who set the game type, game theme, story background and even some of the design details?"

He An quickly returned, "Don't be modest, Mr. Pei, I'm now recalling the scene, you must have used a special psychological suggestion technique, right?"

"You asked me what the coolest genre of games is right now, and at the same time Tengda doesn't happen to be developing RTS games at the moment, so subconsciously I was led to the RTS genre!"

"It's more or less the same after that, you've already worked out the details of the game's design, Pei, but preferring to say a scheme that looks less difficult, you deliberately lured me into saying a scheme with a higher difficulty, but in reality you've already planned out the highest difficulty scheme!"

"So, while I ostensibly determined the general framework and many of the details of Mission and Choice, it was actually with your step-by-step guidance and psychological nudges that I determined those details."

"How else could you make such a successful game just by bringing all the elements of failure together? It just doesn't make sense!"

He An spoke with absolute certainty, as if he had completely seen through Pei Qian's despicable little mind.

However, Pei Qian's mouth was slightly open, and he was simply at a loss for words.

"I'm fucking ......"

He An's analysis, which was like a series of pearls, directly shot Pei Qian silly, and even couldn't think of how to refute it at the moment.

It was obvious that in He An's mind, he had already adjusted Pei Qian's layers to an infinitely high level, and even if Pei Qian tried to explain, it was no longer useful.

He An continued, "Although you've been given another joke, I'm still very happy! I didn't know you could actually turn things around and turn things around again after bringing together these elements of inevitable failure!"

"I'm truly happy that a genius like you can appear in a Chinese game! Not to mention, I've already bought my tickets, so I'm inviting some of my old friends to a second brush with Mission and Choice today!"

Pei Qian: "......"

It's hopeless.

The Mission and Choice movie and game went up in flames together, and gamers want to go brush up on the movie again, and those who have seen the movie want to come down and play the game ......

The players gained double the pleasure, leaving only double the pain for Pei.

Pei Qian stood up and walked around the living room twice in quick succession.

"We can't go on like this, we have to find a way to remedy the situation."

"Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid that the game and the movie are going to be on fire, it will be a while before the box office revenue from the movie arrives, but the revenue from the game will be here soon ......"

"All that money we spent before will soon be rolling back and we'll have to find another way to spend it!"

"But it seems a little too late to open another new industry, it's still more than three months away from settlement, and opening a new industry is likely to trigger more chain reactions and induce a bigger crisis ......"

"A joint gaming division with Shenhua Group is something to consider, it should cost a fortune."

"Is there any other way ......"

"What other departments are missing from Tengda right now?"

Pei Qian turned around again and suddenly brightened up.

"There it is, the sales department!"

"Tundra doesn't even have a sales department yet!"

Pei Qian suddenly found a blind spot.

For the sales department, he had always been disdainful, because for a company like Tengda, which had no intention of selling any products at all, it was too late to hide them, what was the use of the sales department?

But Pei Qian suddenly thought, to have a sales department, does not necessarily need to sell it!

How nice to spend sales department funds under the guise of a sales department, while actually doing the work of discouraging customers!

"I'm a fucking genius!"

Pei Qian suddenly didn't feel so bad as he suddenly thought of a great way to spend his money!