Hearing Meng Chang’s prompt response, Pei Qian was a bit surprised and somewhat delighted.

Oh, the young man seemed quite confident!

From Meng Chang’s demeanor, it didn’t seem like blind confidence—he appeared to have something up his sleeve.

Pei Qian asked, “Do you have a general plan?”

Meng Chang nodded, “Yes, I’ve been thinking about it for several days, and I already have some ideas. I’ll go to the game department in a bit to discuss with the project’s lead designer; we’ll need their cooperation.”

Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction.

Good, Meng Chang was becoming more and more reliable!

Before, he would passively accept tasks and make promotional plans at the mercy of fate, with his month-end commission depending entirely on luck.

Now he had transformed into someone who actively anticipated tasks, planned promotional strategies in advance, and earned his commission through genuine ability.

Not bad. This spirit of constantly fighting against fate showed my influence.

The training hadn’t been wasted!

“Alright, I won’t ask about the specific plan for now. You have free rein to proceed.”

“The head of the game department has just been replaced, but don’t worry about that; say whatever you need to say. After all, I’ve already issued a notice that all departments must unconditionally cooperate with your promotion plans.”

Meng Chang nodded, “Thank you, Mr. Pei.”

“Then I’ll go get busy now.”

Pei Qian nodded, “Mm, go ahead. If you encounter any problems, feel free to come to me anytime.”

“Oh, and don’t forget what I asked you to do.”

Meng Chang hurriedly nodded, “About Young Master Tian, right? I definitely won’t forget.”

After seeing Meng Chang off, Pei Qian’s mood improved slightly.

The cultivation of Meng Chang had finally succeeded.

Although the issue with the Morning Dew gaming platform indicated that Meng Chang’s reverse promotion method still had certain loopholes and problems, this was just a coincidence, and Meng Chang still had room to grow.

Letting Meng Chang continue to be responsible for a few more projects, refining his skills further, such mishaps would definitely become fewer and fewer!

Pei Qian temporarily stopped dwelling on this issue and turned to consider how the Morning Dew gaming platform could still be salvaged.

Hmm, this would probably waste quite a few brain cells again.

…

After leaving Mr. Pei’s office, Meng Chang headed straight to Tenda’s game department upstairs.

While waiting for the elevator, Meng Chang began to ponder Mr. Pei’s instructions regarding “Young Master Tian.”

“Mr. Pei is right; my application of the final step of the Pei-style promotion method was indeed a bit careless.”

“The main issue is that this time the risk was very high, and it wasn’t very secure.”

“After all, Young Master Tian is a new account, and the persona hasn’t really been established—it’s too thin.”

“If Qiao Laoshi hadn’t shared it, this video might have been buried directly.”

“To ensure security in the future, Young Master Tian’s account needs to be developed into an account at the same level as ‘Qiao Laoshi,’ with a unique style, recognition, and a batch of loyal fans.”

“Hmm… this is a long-term task, but we can’t be lazy about it.”

Meng Chang reflected carefully on Mr. Pei’s words and increasingly felt that behind this success lurked numerous hidden dangers.

The new account’s exposure was still too limited. Without Qiao Laoshi’s share, Young Master Tian’s video would likely have been buried.

Even with Qiao Laoshi’s share, there was still a chance the video would be buried.

Therefore, to control the situation freely and ignite the previously buried heat with 100% stability, Young Master Tian needed to be developed into an account with sufficient influence. This meant not only continuously producing high-quality content but also having a specific persona, personality, areas of expertise, while maintaining a certain level of prestige while still being relatable.

“Ah, the Pei-style promotion method is indeed profound. I previously thought I had mastered 70-80% of it, but looking at it now, I was blindly confident.”

“Indeed, as Mr. Pei said, I need to think carefully about what kind of person Young Master Tian really is and dig deeper.”

“And this matter is urgent and can’t be delayed, because the next time I use Young Master Tian’s account to post a video, I might not be as lucky as this time.”

Thinking about this, Meng Chang arrived at Tenda’s game department.

He knew Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao, but Hu Xianbin was obviously not there.

Hu Xianbin had gone traveling, which was common knowledge.

So Meng Chang found Min Jingchao and asked who the new lead designer for “Eternal Cycle” was.

Min Jingchao pointed, “That one over there, the original novelist, Yu Fei.”

The original novelist?

Although Meng Chang had been at Tenda for some time and had seen many bizarre operations, this move of directly promoting a novelist to lead designer still took him by surprise.

However, Meng Chang quickly regained his composure and walked over to Yu Fei.

At this moment, Yu Fei was happily waiting for the handover.

Counting on his fingers, Hu Xianbin had been traveling for a month, so he should be coming back soon.

“Li Yada was lying; it doesn’t need to be a two-month substitution. It’s clearly just one month.”

“After Hu Xianbin comes back, won’t I be able to leave?”

After Yu Fei took over as lead designer, he had initially been nervous and apprehensive.

Being a lead designer in Tenda’s game department—was that something to be taken lightly?

Originally he was worried that he wouldn’t be able to handle it, that he would be overwhelmed every day, but unexpectedly, things had been much smoother than he had imagined.

Before leaving, Hu Xianbin had already arranged all the work, and Mr. Pei had also finalized the gameplay framework. The subsequent work, even if it needed revisions, was just modifying the storyline direction, process routes, and various scene and monster detail adjustments in the game.

These tasks were not difficult for Yu Fei, given his thorough understanding of the plot.

Moreover, he only needed to make decisions; the other designers would naturally complete the tasks without him having to do it himself.

Yu Fei had even developed the misconception that “Tenda department heads are actually quite easy to work as.”

Of course, he quickly came to his senses, realizing this was only because Hu Xianbin and Mr. Pei had designed the game in advance. He was just filling in; if he had to design from scratch, that would be completely unmanageable.

For Yu Fei, it was already an unexpected joy that he had been substituting for nearly a month without any major issues. He would wait for Hu Xianbin’s return, then quickly hand over the work, and return to happily writing his novels.

While lost in thought, he looked up and saw Meng Chang.

“Yu Fei? Hello, I’m Meng Chang from the advertising and promotion department. I’d like to discuss with you the promotional arrangements for ‘Eternal Cycle.’ Some details of the plan require cooperation from the game department.”

Yu Fei nodded, then shook his head.

“Ah, cooperation, of course we’ll cooperate.”

“But… I’m just a substitute, and I’ll be handing over the work in a couple of days. Why don’t you wait a bit, until Hu Xianbin returns in a few days, and talk to him directly?”

Yu Fei’s idea was to save Meng Chang some trouble.

Even if they could finalize the plan now, wouldn’t they have to communicate again when Hu Xianbin returned? It would unnecessarily increase communication costs, which seemed wasteful.

Meng Chang’s expression turned serious, “No, this matter is urgent. I’ve scheduled the time for each phase of the promotion plan, and we can’t wait.”

Yu Fei considered for a moment, then reluctantly nodded, “Alright, then I’ll listen to the general plan first, and then hand it over to Hu Xianbin later.”

The two of them went to the meeting room.

Although Yu Fei had only been the substitute department head for just a month, he knew many of the basic principles for being a Tenda department head.

Min Jingchao had taught him these.

As a department head, there were several guidelines, such as doing your utmost to accommodate requests from other departments, earnestly executing Mr. Pei’s orders without too many questions but with much speculation about the true intentions behind them, and so on.

So, after Meng Chang proposed to create a promotion plan for “Eternal Cycle,” Yu Fei didn’t think much about it and decided to fully cooperate, handing all the work in this area over to Meng Chang.

After Hu Xianbin returned, they would just hand it over.

So, now they were just going through the motions.

Meng Chang was well-prepared. He had conducted a large amount of detailed research on “Turn Back To Shore” and “Eternal Cycle,” and had gone through the entire Pei-style promotion method, so he was quite confident.

However, the specific implementation process still required Yu Fei’s cooperation.

Meng Chang said, “As far as I know, as a DLC for ‘Turn Back To Shore,’ ‘Eternal Cycle’s’ main changes are in the combat system, correct?”

“Given the current progress, how far along are the modifications to the scenes, monsters, and the reworking of the combat system, respectively?”

Yu Fei answered truthfully, “These two areas are being worked on simultaneously by different designers. Overall, the modifications to scenes and monsters are progressing faster, since they’re utilizing existing resources.”

“The progress of the combat system is also not bad; we’ve completed the initial design, but some details still need repeated polishing.”

“At the normal pace, the scene and monster modifications should be fully completed before mid-month, and 80% of the combat system will be done too, making it playable, just not as smooth an experience. By the end of the month, everything should be complete.”

Meng Chang nodded; this aligned with his planning.

“My promotion plan has certain requirements for the release rules of this DLC. Simply put… it needs to be released in parts.”

Yu Fei was stunned, “Released in parts?”

Although Yu Fei was a novelist, he was also a game player and had some basic knowledge.

Game DLCs—when were they ever released in parts?

Weren’t they all updated completely at once?

Even mobile game version updates were completed in one go; he had never heard of content being squeezed out bit by bit.

Meng Chang nodded, “Yes, I know this doesn’t conform to tradition, but it’s necessary for the promotional work.”

“Simply put, the release of ‘Eternal Cycle’ DLC will be divided into four parts, or four stages. Starting this week, every weekend we’ll update a portion of the content, with a notation of the current update percentage.”

“This week we’ll update about one-third of the DLC scenes, monsters, and DLC weapons; next week and the week after, we’ll update the remaining content.”

“By the end of the month, we’ll update the DLC’s combat system, as well as the plot-related content.”

“With each update, we’ll inform the players of the current progress of the DLC update, from 25% to 50%, then to 75%, and finally 100%.”

“According to Mr. Pei’s requirements, ‘Eternal Cycle’ will be a prerequisite for ‘Turn Back To Shore,’ meaning players need to buy ‘Eternal Cycle’ first before they can buy ‘Turn Back To Shore.'”

“Therefore, we need to use a pre-order approach to let players pay in advance. After players pre-order, in the first three stages, we’ll update this content into ‘Turn Back To Shore,’ allowing players to experience it freely.”

“Once the fourth part is updated, that is, when all the DLC content has been updated, the DLC will be separated from the main game. Players will be able to purchase ‘Eternal Cycle’ content separately, after which they can then buy ‘Turn Back To Shore,’ just as Mr. Pei required.”

These rules sounded quite complex, but fortunately, Yu Fei’s comprehension skills were decent. After careful consideration, he understood.

But that made him even more confused.

“Doesn’t that mean we have to produce four different update packages?” Yu Fei said, “This needlessly increases a lot of workload.”

Meng Chang nodded, “I know, that’s why we need your cooperation.”

“The workload has indeed increased, but to achieve a better promotional effect, it’s very worthwhile.”

Yu Fei considered for a moment.

Meng Chang’s plan, on the surface, seemed to simply divide the DLC content into four parts, with scenes and monsters split into three parts, and the last part being the combat system and plot.

It sounded easy, but in practice, it was quite troublesome.

For instance, how exactly should different scenes be divided? Where should the cuts be made? How to ensure the gaming experience after the division? These were all issues Yu Fei needed to consider.

But on second thought, he decided to just do what he could while still in the position.

Currently, Hu Xianbin hadn’t returned yet, and since he was the substitute lead designer, these responsibilities fell on him.

He thought for a moment and said, “I can do this, but I might not be able to divide it perfectly, which could affect the players’ gaming experience.”

Meng Chang smiled slightly, “That’s completely fine!”

“Whether the first few parts affect the gaming experience has no essential impact on the promotional plan. You can fearlessly divide it as you see fit.”

“If any issues arise, I’ll take responsibility.”

Seeing that Meng Chang had spoken so resolutely, Yu Fei couldn’t refuse any further and could only nod, “Alright, then I’ll stand my last post and do my best!”