The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more suitable Tang Yishu seemed.

He couldn’t wait to start the gaming platform and lose money!

However, starting a gaming platform wasn’t that simple. They needed to apply for the appropriate qualifications from the authorities, secure initial funding, rent servers, and develop an operating system program for the official platform…

In short, some preparation work was still needed.

But for the current Tenda, these were all problems that could be easily solved.

Professional matters could be handled by professionals, and Tenda had no shortage of professional talent in this area. They could simply transfer some people from various departments to be Tang Yishu’s tool people, ensuring that the gaming platform could run normally.

The only difficult part was how to keep this matter as secret as possible, so that no one would know about the relationship between the Morning Dew Gaming Platform and Tenda.

With this in mind, Pei Qian sent a message to Tang Yishu, calling her to his office.

Not long after, Tang Yishu knocked gently on the door: “Senior, you were looking for me?”

Seeing Tang Yishu, Pei Qian couldn’t help but smile.

“Come, sit down first.”

This secret weapon, Little Tang, hadn’t been deployed for a long time, mainly because Pei Qian wanted to keep her in Tenda Games to maximize her effectiveness.

Because Tenda’s game department projects often had the largest investments and the highest profit risks, having Tang Yishu oversee them would allow her to influence two crucial projects: “Mission and Choice” and GOG.

Therefore, Pei Qian had avoided sending her elsewhere for more than half a year, hoping to hinder “Mission and Choice” and GOG as much as possible.

Now it seemed the results weren’t very significant.

Of course, it was also possible that she had already had an effect, but Pei Qian just hadn’t noticed.

Although “Mission and Choice” had become popular and GOG had been developing smoothly, making it seem on the surface that Tang Yishu hadn’t had much effect, perhaps… if not for Tang Yishu, these two projects would have been even more outrageously successful?

This possibility couldn’t be ruled out.

Now that “Mission and Choice” had been officially released and everything had been settled, it was time to let Tang Yishu play her role in a more critical place.

“I plan to reassign you to a new position.”

“Tenda is about to launch a new gaming platform. How would you feel about working there?”

Tang Yishu’s first reaction was to shake her head: “I can’t, Senior. I don’t know anything about games.”

Pei Qian smiled slightly: “That’s alright. This job doesn’t require special knowledge about games.”

“With your experience at Tenda for more than a year, absorbing knowledge by osmosis, you should be able to handle this job.”

“Even if you encounter some small problems, you can figure them out and learn gradually.”

Tang Yishu thought for a moment, then nodded: “Alright, Senior. I’ll go there with a learning mindset for my internship. Who will be my direct supervisor?”

Pei Qian pointed to himself: “Me.”

“Huh?” Tang Yishu was a bit confused. “What I mean is, if I’m going there for an internship, shouldn’t I be working under the person in charge of the gaming platform? Who is in charge?”

Pei Qian pointed at her: “You.”

Tang Yishu looked incredulous: “Me? Aren’t I going there as an intern?”

Pei Qian shook his head: “Who said you’re going as an intern? From the beginning, you were meant to be the person in charge there.”

Tang Yishu’s face turned slightly red, and she waved her hands repeatedly: “I can’t, Senior. How could I be in charge? I don’t know anything, and besides, I’m only a sophomore!”

Pei Qian was unfazed: “What’s wrong with being a sophomore?”

“When I was a sophomore, I was already managing hundreds of employees at Tenda and had made several games.”

Tang Yishu quickly said: “How can I compare to you, Senior? I really don’t know anything about games, and besides, I still have my studies…”

Pei Qian thought to himself, “You think I understand games? If I did, would every game I make become a hit? Besides, it’s precisely because you don’t understand that I’m choosing you!”

Having anticipated that Tang Yishu would decline, Pei Qian had already prepared his arguments: “Trust me, you’ll definitely be fine.”

“Everyone who goes out from Tenda can stand on their own!”

“Moreover, this job isn’t as difficult as you imagine; it’s actually very simple.”

“I’ll assign some employees to assist you. If there’s anything you don’t understand, just ask them. And if you really can’t handle something, you can always come to me. What’s there to worry about?”

“As for your studies…”

“This job won’t be very demanding. You just need to occasionally spare some time to handle things. Besides, for a top student like you, even if you study two hours less every day, you’ll still get your scholarship without any problem.”

Tang Yishu fiddled with her fingers anxiously for a while before finally nodding: “Alright, Senior, I’ll give it a try.”

“But I have one request: can I bring along someone familiar to work with me? If worst comes to worst, she could replace me.”

Pei Qian nodded: “No problem.”

While saying there was no problem, Pei Qian was thinking that replacing her was absolutely impossible.

How could he trust anyone else to be in charge of this gaming platform?

But Pei Qian also knew that forcing her into the role wouldn’t have a high success rate, so he decided to accommodate Little Tang’s request as much as possible.

Anyway, he’d first persuade her to take the position, and once she was aboard the ship, it would be hard for her to get off.

“Let me briefly explain the situation with this gaming platform. Please take some notes.”

Tang Yishu quickly said: “Just a moment, Senior. Let me get a notebook.”

She quickly left the office and returned moments later with a notebook.

Pei Qian nodded. Yes, a good memory isn’t as reliable as written notes; it’s always better to have things recorded clearly.

Although this gaming platform was being set up quite casually, there were still some basic rules that needed to be explained to Little Tang.

These rules would ensure that the gaming platform remained hidden for a longer time and burned more money.

“First, we need to register a new company. Tenda will invest through Dream Realization Venture Capital, holding a 70% stake. The remaining 30% will be collectively owned by all key employees of the new company.”

“Don’t disclose the relationship between this company and Tenda, and don’t create associations with Tenda’s various industries.”

“For example, don’t list Tenda’s games, don’t go on the TPDb website, don’t do joint promotions with Tenda’s peripheral industries, and so on.”

“Not just you, but all employees of the platform must remember this point.”

“As for why… don’t ask for now. You’ll understand in the future.”

Pei Qian had thought long and hard about how to separate the new business from Tenda.

Tenda’s funds would definitely need to enter these industries.

If it were a wholly-owned subsidiary, it would be easier to expose, but what if it were a company invested in by Dream Realization Venture Capital?

That would be relatively easier to conceal!

For instance, Che Rong’s Starbird Fitness and other companies invested in by Dream Realization Venture Capital… most people didn’t view them as part of the Tenda system.

After all, Dream Realization Venture Capital invested indiscriminately in too many companies, including many that performed mediocrely.

So, hiding the new business among companies invested in by Dream Realization Venture Capital could greatly reduce the risk of discovery, couldn’t it?

If they also deliberately instructed all employees to keep it confidential, just like Qiu Hong’s Desperate Path Plan before, then the possibility of discovery would be further reduced.

The TPDb website was a potential issue, as it had an employee entrance and all Tenda departments could be found there. But if it wasn’t a wholly-owned subsidiary, it wouldn’t appear on the TPDb website.

There were no websites like Tianyancha now, so if ordinary netizens didn’t dig too deeply, it would be very difficult for them to uncover the relationship between the Morning Dew Gaming Platform and Tenda Group.

Tang Yishu didn’t ask further questions and lowered her head to record in her notebook.

Pei Qian continued: “Then there’s the issue of game revenue sharing and trial periods…”

Simply put, listed games would have a 50-50 revenue split, and all games would go through a one-week trial period. If they didn’t pass the trial period, they would be removed and refunded.

Tang Yishu stopped writing halfway.

“Senior, I don’t quite understand this part.”

“The 50-50 split is easy to understand, and so is the trial period.”

“But if a game doesn’t pass the trial period, does that mean players won’t have the game to play anymore, and they’ll only get half their money back?”

Pei Qian shook his head: “Of course not.”

“Games have a refund time limit. If players haven’t exceeded this limit when playing the game, for example, if they’ve only played for two hours, then they follow the normal refund process and get a full refund.”

“But if they exceed this refund time limit, it means they’ve already enjoyed the game and may have experienced the most interesting parts of it. At this point, a full refund would obviously be unfair to the developers.”

“So, half of the money goes to the player, and half goes to the developer, meaning: although this game is of poor quality and will be removed, players can purchase it at half price and keep it in their game library. This way, neither players nor developers will lose too much.”

In any case, the money shouldn’t stay with the platform.

If it all went to the players, it would be too attractive to them; if it all went to the developers, it would also be quite attractive to them, and the deterrent effect wouldn’t be obvious. So, Pei Qian decided to split it, half for each side, which would deter both players and developers.

Tang Yishu nodded, indicating she understood.

But soon, she raised a new question.

“But in this case, if players gave ‘not recommended’ ratings to all games, causing all trial period games to be removed, wouldn’t that mean they could always buy games at half price?”

Pei Qian almost laughed out loud.

Could such a good thing happen?

You’re being too optimistic; I wouldn’t even dare to imagine such a scenario!

Clearly, Little Tang was still too naive and didn’t quite understand the intricacies involved.

Pei Qian explained: “Such people definitely exist, but they won’t be the mainstream of the player community.”

“If we consider this extreme case where players frantically give negative reviews during the trial period to get an excellent game removed so they can buy it at half price, the resulting problem is: this game will no longer receive any updates on our platform, which means no subsequent DLC or other content. Moreover, future players won’t be able to buy this game at all.”

“So, if you think a game is excellent and want to play it for a long time, you’d better not let it be removed. If you think a game isn’t very good and there’s no loss if it’s removed, then you can vote to have it removed.”

“We won’t guide players in making choices; players will make their own choices and bear the consequences.”

“Most players can distinguish between short-term benefits and long-term interests.”