Pei Qian immediately shook his head: “Of course not!”

“What I mean is that you’re currently focusing all your work on customers—every day is just receiving customers and introducing products to them. That’s too one-dimensional.”

“Actually, many customers just come to browse casually with no intention to buy.”

“I think you should do this: spend more time playing games and watching TV in the store, just like you would at home. Only by using the products for an extended period can you truly understand their shortcomings, right?”

“If customers come in, you don’t need to attend to them immediately. Let them look around freely. If they show interest in a product, then you can introduce it to them.”

“You must be reserved, understand? Don’t be like other salespeople who swarm around customers like flies as soon as they see them. That’s annoying. You must consider the customer’s feelings and only speak when the customer needs it.”

“Of course, don’t be too cold either. You’ll have to find the right balance yourselves.”

“I see you playing games in the store, which is a good sign. Play more games. The next time I come, I won’t ask about your sales performance, but I’ll ask about your game progress.”

Tian Mo’s mouth was slightly open, his eyes filled with bewilderment.

What was Mr. Pei saying?

As a salesperson, one must be reserved?

In the future, he wouldn’t ask about sales but about game progress?

These were all golden quotes!

Tian Mo instinctively felt that something wasn’t right, but he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was—or perhaps everything was wrong.

While Tian Mo was still confused, Mr. Pei had already smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and left.

Tian Mo scratched his head, momentarily bewildered. After thinking a bit, he still sat down on the sofa and picked up the controller to continue playing games.

…

After leaving the mall, Pei Qian was in a good mood.

Seeing how reliable Tian Mo was, he could now rest easy about the sales department.

Today was Sunday, and Pei Qian had impulsively decided to check on things, which already counted as overtime work. So he planned to have lunch at Slackin’ Internet Café and then go home for an afternoon nap.

Just as he sat down at Slackin’ Internet Café, his phone rang. It was Chen Yufeng from Banana Tail Live.

“Mr. Pei! The BP Verification Tournament generated a lot of buzz and had great results. I’m planning to strike while the iron is hot and pour all the promotional budget into it in the short term to drive more traffic to Banana Tail Live!”

“Since there’s a change in the promotional budget arrangement, I wanted to report to you in advance.”

Pei Qian was instantly alarmed: “Absolutely not!”

Chen Yufeng was taken aback: “Huh? Why not?”

Pei Qian was furious. You have the nerve to ask why?

Why didn’t you tell me earlier it was the BP Verification Tournament? You sneakily wrote “special mode,” ended up deceiving the audience, and fooled me too!

Originally, this promotional budget was meant to be spent slowly over a long period. But Chen Yufeng felt that with such great momentum, not seizing the opportunity to spend money on traffic would be a waste. So he wanted to use the promotional budget in the short term.

Pei Qian definitely disagreed!

He coughed lightly and said, “Spending it like that would make the promotion very inefficient. I think it’s better to spend it slowly, as we originally planned.”

Chen Yufeng was surprised: “How could that be? Mr. Pei, the BP Verification Tournament is trending right now. Spending on promotion would be riding the wave. The promotional effect would definitely be good…”

Pei Qian was getting a bit angry: “Stop talking so much. Do as I say.”

Although he still felt it was a pity, Chen Yufeng didn’t dare say more: “Alright, Mr. Pei. Sorry to bother you. We’ll stick to the original promotional plan.”

…

After hanging up, Chen Yufeng felt a bit regretful.

He shouldn’t have asked more questions.

If Mr. Pei said this promotion method was inefficient, he must have had his reasons. Asking further was showing distrust in Mr. Pei.

It seemed that with Banana Tail Live developing well recently, he had become a bit arrogant and even dared to question Mr. Pei’s understanding. He needed to go back and reflect on this.

Chen Yufeng stopped thinking about changing the promotional strategy and temporarily put all work matters aside as he rested in his living room.

After lunch, Chen Yufeng watched TV for a while. When he looked up, it was already three o’clock in the afternoon.

“Hmm? The GPL matches seem to be starting soon.”

“Today is Sunday. The ICL will also start at five o’clock, and the last match of the night features star teams—the main event. It should be quite exciting.”

“Which teams are playing in the first GPL match again?”

“Oh! I think it’s the team that was criticized for their ‘bizarre BP’ before.”

Chen Yufeng turned on the TV, preparing to watch today’s matches.

A large portion of Banana Tail Live’s business relied on the GPL and ICL leagues, so as the person in charge, although Chen Yufeng couldn’t watch every match, it was part of his job to watch as many as possible.

Even though it was Sunday, the first afternoon match was at 3 PM, featuring weaker teams against each other, so it wouldn’t be particularly exciting.

So Chen Yufeng wasn’t watching attentively. He leisurely brewed tea at the coffee table while watching on and off.

The teams appeared on stage and soon entered the BP phase, everything proceeding in an orderly manner.

Chen Yufeng hadn’t paid much attention at first, but just after pouring out the first steeping of tea, he suddenly realized something was off.

Those few heroes already selected on the screen—why did they look so familiar?

Looking more carefully, this team that had been criticized for their “bizarre BP” seemed to have chosen that no-engage composition again!

Although the opponents were different and their selected heroes weren’t exactly the same, this team had once again chosen that heavily criticized “bizarre BP” composition.

Chen Yufeng instantly became alert and quickly opened the bullet comments.

Sure enough, the comments were exploding!

“Wow, the bizarre BP is back for another round?”

“Come on, haven’t you seen the recent BP Verification Tournament? It’s already been vindicated! When strong teams get this composition, it’s an advantage!”

“Could it be that this coach also watched the BP Verification Tournament? Is he proving himself right by picking it again?”

“Possibly. The coach probably doubted himself after being criticized so harshly, but now that this composition has been validated, he can bring it out to play again!”

“If they get crushed again, that would be awkward… wouldn’t that prove the coach isn’t the problem, but the players are?”

“I feel like this coach is here to train the players’ mentality.”

Originally, a match between two weak teams wouldn’t attract much attention, but with this BP, the bullet comments instantly exploded!

Because of the recent buzz from the BP Verification Tournament, many viewers had been discussing the strengths and weaknesses of this composition, its power spikes, early-game tactical arrangements, and other details. Since these discussions had been so extensive, most viewers were now familiar with all the details.

Now that this composition had been selected again, viewers felt like they understood it well and that this match happened to fall within their area of expertise, naturally heightening the discussion enthusiasm!

As soon as the match began, bullet comments started critiquing both sides’ playstyles.

“No level one invasion? Do they even know how to play?”

“Obviously, the other side is prepared too. All five are there. Forcing an invasion might result in giving away kills.”

“The early game is very stable, but they’re still contesting resources they should contest.”

“I have to say, getting this ‘bizarre BP’ again, they’re playing so much better than last time. They’re paying attention to almost all the details, and the tactics are being executed properly.”

“Both teams have clearly watched those two matches from the BP Verification Tournament. Their tactical level seems to have improved.”

“But the opponents are at a disadvantage because their composition is different from the one in the BP Verification Tournament. Some details can’t be directly copied…”

Under the scrutiny of countless armchair coaches in the bullet comments, the team that chose the “bizarre BP” composition again had fixed the shortcomings in their previous tactics. Instead of collapsing like before, they were actually getting better as the game progressed!

It even made people wonder if they were the same team as last week.

Chen Yufeng watched the match attentively and suddenly had a revelation.

“So that’s it!”

“I understand why Mr. Pei told me to take it slow. It’s because I don’t need to spend money for immediate buzz—if I just wait patiently, the buzz will come naturally!”

“The BP Verification Tournament used compositions from the GPL and ICL leagues, and the participants were all strong teams. This means that compositions that strong teams can’t execute will be abandoned, and compositions that strong teams can execute well, other teams will definitely learn from!”

“In other words, as long as the BP Verification Tournament goes well, the middle and lower-tier teams in these two leagues will definitely watch and learn…”

“This is equivalent to having the two leagues officially promote Banana Tail Live’s BP Verification Tournament!”

“With this kind of buzz, why bother with advertisements? It’s much more cost-effective to spend the promotional budget slowly!”

“As expected, Mr. Pei is so calculating, having foreseen this and stopped me. Otherwise, I might have impulsively wasted money!”

Chen Yufeng had been slightly reprimanded by Mr. Pei in the afternoon, which had put him in a not-so-good mood, but now he completely understood.

Mr. Pei was indeed always right!

Misunderstanding resolved!