Pei Qian rather hoped that all players would be so short-sighted, frantically removing all games from the platform just to purchase them at half price. If that happened, this gaming platform would likely crash and burn at light speed, truly becoming “Morning Dew” in more than just name.

Unfortunately, such good fortune was clearly unlikely to happen unless all the platform’s users were paramecia, only able to see the insignificant immediate benefits before them, blind to future DLC updates, version adjustments, and discount sales, and completely inconsiderate of other players.

It was foreseeable that this system wouldn’t have much impact on those truly excellent games.

Nothing could be done about that. Excellent games would be popular anywhere, and Pei Qian couldn’t find suitable reasons to eliminate them.

This mechanism was mainly designed to get rid of lower quality games, with some collateral damage to mediocre ones.

No matter how terrible a game was, there would always be some players who would buy it, generating revenue from the commission. The more games that were removed, the less money would be made.

Considering that initially this would be a small, unknown, garbage platform with a cutthroat 50/50 revenue split, it should only attract trash games.

Thus, most games would be frantically removed by players, and after all the coming and going, the platform wouldn’t make a penny—wouldn’t that be wonderful?

If players really were like paramecia, recklessly removing games without concern just to get 50% off, causing the platform to fail even faster, that would be even more perfect!

Tang Yishu put away her notebook. “Senior, I’ve noted everything down.”

Pei Qian nodded. He felt quite assured about Little Tang.

He trusted her both in terms of following instructions and in her ability to crash the gaming platform.

“Have you decided who you want to work with you on managing the gaming platform?” Pei Qian asked.

Tang Yishu had clearly already given it thought: “I want to work with Sister Ya Da!”

Pei Qian: “?”

Well, well, waiting to spring this on me?

Li Ya Da was also one of Tenda Games’ lead designers. After handing over her responsibilities to Hu Xianbin, she had been withdrawn from the frontlines for quite some time.

Taking Li Ya Da to be a leader for the gaming platform?

No wonder Little Tang had said “if I can’t handle it, someone else can take over”—it had been planned all along!

This put Pei Qian in a difficult position.

But on second thought, he had already agreed. If he refused now, Little Tang might back out as well.

Besides, while on the surface it appeared that Li Ya Da had retired from the fast lane and started slacking off, who knew if she wasn’t secretly embedded in the Tenda Games department, causing trouble behind the scenes?

Moving her away from the Games department to assist Little Tang at the gaming platform might be detrimental to the platform, but it would be good news for Tenda Games.

Li Ya Da was the least visible among Tenda’s successive lead designers. Few people outside the company knew her, and even within the company, not many from other departments recognized her.

After all, Tenda had developed too quickly. After Li Ya Da “abdicated,” Tenda Group had rapidly expanded, bringing in many new employees.

At least they wouldn’t have to worry about revealing the relationship between Morning Dew gaming platform and Tenda.

Thinking it through, it seemed acceptable.

Of course, everything had to be premised on the fact that Little Tang would be making the decisions for the gaming platform.

Pei Qian eventually nodded: “Fine, but with one condition: you can’t consult Li Ya Da on everything. She’s only there to assist you, and after a month or two, once the gaming platform is on track and you can formally take charge, she’ll have to come back.”

Tang Yishu nodded gently: “Yes, Senior.”

She thought to herself that she’d go for a month or two to see how things went. If she really couldn’t handle the job, they could discuss it later.

…

Ten minutes later, Tang Yishu went upstairs and called Li Ya Da to the meeting room.

She then explained the establishment of a new company and the creation of the Morning Dew gaming platform.

Li Ya Da pushed up her thick glasses, her face filled with shock.

“Creating a gaming platform while completely disassociating from Tenda?”

Setting aside the issue of Little Tang being in charge and specifically requesting her help, the gaming platform itself seemed extremely bizarre to Li Ya Da.

In her view, it made perfect sense for Tenda to create a gaming platform.

With so many popular and acclaimed games and a large base of loyal players, a gaming platform would effortlessly generate profits. They should have done this long ago!

But the question was, if they were creating a gaming platform, why cut ties with Tenda?

This way, Tenda’s reputation, player resources, games, and so on couldn’t be utilized. The gaming platform would essentially be starting from scratch, with nothing but money.

Creating a gaming platform certainly required money, but money alone was far from sufficient.

They could have played on easy mode, but instead, they were choosing hell difficulty—what was the point?

Another puzzling aspect was the shareholding structure.

To create the gaming platform, they were establishing a new company, funded by Dream Realization Investment, but it wouldn’t be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tenda. Instead, Tenda would only hold 70% of the shares. The remaining 30% would be distributed among all core and veteran employees.

Li Ya Da would naturally have a share in this.

Although shares were basically useless until the company developed and couldn’t be converted to cash, they were still shares.

In short, Li Ya Da felt something was odd about this arrangement. It didn’t seem like Mr. Pei’s usual style when expanding into new industries.

But thinking more deeply, it also seemed like something Mr. Pei would do. After all, Mr. Pei had always been unconventional. If people could easily guess his intentions, he wouldn’t be Mr. Pei.

Li Ya Da tried hard to think but still couldn’t make sense of it.

“Did Mr. Pei explain why he wanted to do this?” Li Ya Da asked.

Tang Yishu shook her head: “No, Senior just said that I would understand in the future.”

Indeed, it was Mr. Pei’s typical style.

After considering for a moment, Li Ya Da nodded: “Alright, I’ll go with you.”

“The reason I stepped down as the person in charge before was mainly because I felt the games department was full of talented people and didn’t need me anymore.”

“But now, since there’s a place where I can be useful, of course I’ll step up without hesitation!”

Tang Yishu was delighted: “That’s great, Sister Ya Da. With you around, I feel much more at ease!”

Li Ya Da smiled: “Don’t get too excited. I’ll strictly follow Mr. Pei’s requirements and only assist you, without offering too many ideas.”

“Mr. Pei chose you as the person in charge for a reason. It must be because you have qualities that we don’t possess.”

“So when facing problems, you need to think independently. Don’t rely on the established experiences of old employees like us; that might go against Mr. Pei’s expectations.”

“Ah…” Tang Yishu felt a bit disappointed. “But I don’t know anything about this.”

Li Ya Da said, “When I first became the person in charge of the games department, I didn’t know anything either. That’s normal.”

“Looking back, it might have been precisely because I knew nothing that I could do well. If I were to be in charge now, I might be too cautious and lack that drive.”

“Trust me, if Mr. Pei says you can do it, then you definitely can.”

Tang Yishu reluctantly nodded: “…Alright.”

She had originally thought that with Li Ya Da around, she could be a hands-off manager and not worry about anything.

Now it seemed things weren’t so simple.

However, Li Ya Da’s words did give her some confidence.

During her year and a half at Tenda, Tang Yishu had been involved in many projects. Her colleagues at Tenda were all nice people, and she was no longer as introverted and withdrawn as she had been at the beginning.

Since joining Tenda, Tang Yishu felt she had been well taken care of, but she had mostly been doing menial tasks like taking meeting notes, and her contributions didn’t quite match the intern salary she was receiving.

If she could truly make this gaming platform successful and help share Tenda’s burden, that would be quite nice.

“Alright, don’t worry about the gaming platform. I’ll help you with the initial preparations.”

“As the person in charge, you don’t need to get involved in these matters. Your main job is to understand Mr. Pei’s intentions.”

“Once you understand them thoroughly, success won’t be far away.”

Tang Yishu nodded: “Okay, okay.”

“You can go back and wait for my call. I’ll hand over my work here, and we’ll stay in touch by phone.”

After seeing Tang Yishu off, Li Ya Da returned to her desk and fell into deep thought.

Later, she called Hu Xianbin, who had gone traveling, had a brief chat, and then called the author of “Eternal Cycle” to come to Tenda Games.

Yu Fei had been in Jing Zhou, diligently revising the content of “Eternal Cycle” at the Inspiration Class. He had visited Tenda Games a few times and had communicated with several managers about game details, so they were already quite familiar with each other.

Half an hour later, Yu Fei arrived.

Li Ya Da took him to the meeting room.

“What’s up, Sister Li? Is there a problem with the game’s storyline that needs revision?” Yu Fei asked.

Li Ya Da shook her head: “It’s not about the storyline.”

“I called you here mainly to ask for your help. Of course, I’ll talk to the finance department about your payment, which will be settled daily.”

Yu Fei smiled: “Sister Li, what are you saying? If you need help, I’m more than willing. No need to talk about money.”

“Just tell me what you need help with.”

Li Ya Da paused: “To be the lead designer for two months.”

Yu Fei almost thought he misheard: “Huh?”

“Lead designer? Lead designer of what?”

Li Ya Da said, “Of Tenda Games, of course. Is there any other lead designer position?”

Yu Fei pointed at himself: “Me?”

“Me as the lead designer?”

“I know absolutely nothing about game design! How can I be the lead designer?!”

Yu Fei was shocked. If he hadn’t known Li Ya Da for a while, he would have thought she was joking.

Game design was a highly specialized job!

Yu Fei felt that he was just an ordinary author. It was already incredible luck that Mr. Pei had chosen his book. How could he possibly handle something like being a lead designer?

Li Ya Da explained: “It’s just temporary coverage.”

Yu Fei shook his head vigorously: “Even temporary is not possible!”

“Sister Li, this isn’t something to joke about! It’s very serious!”

Li Ya Da nodded: “I am serious!”

“Look, the situation is like this.”

“‘Eternal Cycle’ was originally Hu Xianbin’s responsibility, but he won second place in the outstanding employee awards and went traveling. He left in a hurry, so he entrusted this task to me.”

Yu Fei nodded; this made sense.

After all, Li Ya Da was the original lead designer of “There’s No Going Back.” It was logical for Hu Xianbin to hand over the work to her.

Li Ya Da continued: “But I’ve just been appointed to transfer to another department, and the work here is also very important.”

“So, I’ve communicated with Hu Xianbin, and we’d like you to oversee the ‘Eternal Cycle’ project until Hu Xianbin returns. Is that okay?”

“It’s not really that difficult. The design plan is already in place, and everyone knows what they’re supposed to do without needing you to push them. You just need to make decisions when problems arise.”

“If you’re unsure, you can always call me or Hu Xianbin.”

Yu Fei was speechless.

Though each step sounded reasonable, what kind of operation was it to have a web novel author serve as a lead designer?

Moreover, it was the lead designer position at the industry’s most prestigious Tenda Games department—it was absurd!

“Would… would Mr. Pei agree to this?” Yu Fei asked.

Li Ya Da thought for a moment: “It should be fine. Mr. Pei has always been unconventional in his hiring practices. He might even be quite pleased.”

“Let me call Mr. Pei and check.”

Li Ya Da took out her phone and reported the situation to Mr. Pei.

Soon, she hung up: “See, I told you Mr. Pei would definitely agree. He’s especially supportive!”

Yu Fei: “…”

Is this the magical Tenda?

The project was still in development, the lead designer had gone traveling, and they casually found a web novel author as a replacement—it was absurd!

But if Mr. Pei had nodded in approval, what more was there to say?

Yu Fei was actually quite interested in experiencing what it was like to be a lead designer.

“Alright then, I’ll fill in for a month and do my best.”