After the meeting, the entire company’s thinking was basically unified.
Previously, everyone had harbored some reservations about Meng Chang, but after he precisely analyzed Mr. Pei’s intentions, everyone believed that he was indeed seriously creating promotional plans according to Mr. Pei’s requirements.
If that was the case, what was there to worry about?
Previously, many people who came to the Morning Dew gaming platform had some uncertainties in their hearts.
Because they couldn’t fully grasp Mr. Pei’s attitude toward this gaming platform.
If Mr. Pei was supportive, why conceal the relationship with Tenda and start from scratch in hell mode?
If Mr. Pei wasn’t supportive, why spend money on such a gaming platform and even transfer core members from various departments?
It was truly contradictory.
But after Meng Chang’s explanation, everyone understood.
It turned out that Mr. Pei wasn’t unsupportive or unappreciative of the Morning Dew gaming platform; he had deeper arrangements!
That being the case, there was nothing to worry about.
As long as they did their jobs well, this gaming platform would naturally become popular in the future. Mr. Pei had this kind of magical power!
So, everyone returned to their workstations and focused on their respective responsibilities.
Tang Yishu and Li Ya Da also went back to their workstations.
This office area originally had a private office. Li Ya Da hoped that Tang Yishu would work there, since Tang Yishu was, after all, the person in charge.
But Tang Yishu adamantly refused, insisting on staying with Li Ya Da and working together with everyone else in the public area.
Li Ya Da couldn’t persuade her otherwise, so she turned the private office into a reception room, specifically for meeting people from other gaming companies.
Although there was a large conference room, many meetings were just with two or three people, making the large conference room feel too empty. This small room was more suitable as a reception area.
After sitting down at her workstation, Li Ya Da began to brief Tang Yishu about the two gaming companies coming today.
These were two local gaming companies from Jing Zhou, not very well-known, both making smaller-scale mobile games.
One company’s game was already launched on several platforms and channels, had been operating stably for some time, and was performing reasonably well.
For developers, channels were never too many. After all, more channels meant more users, which naturally meant more revenue.
The other company’s game was still in development, in its final testing phase. Although it was of average quality and not a highly anticipated hot title, it was still a new game.
Li Ya Da briefly introduced the backgrounds of these two companies to Tang Yishu, as well as the basic gameplay of these two games.
Fortunately, they were both mobile games with relatively simple gameplay, so Tang Yishu easily understood.
Li Ya Da planned to be a supportive role. When negotiating partnerships with other gaming companies, she would not participate or even show her face.
After all, Mr. Pei’s task for her was just to be a supportive role.
Moreover, this was also to better prevent information leaks.
Logically, gaming companies in Jing Zhou basically wouldn’t recognize Li Ya Da.
Li Ya Da hadn’t been Tenda’s lead designer for very long, and she was extremely low-profile, rarely making public appearances. Tenda also almost never dealt with other gaming companies, let alone collaborated with them.
Li Ya Da hadn’t interacted with people from other companies during her work, nor had she given interviews. There was basically no information about her available online.
Furthermore, at Tenda, people always paid the most attention to Mr. Pei.
Just like those impressive studios—people might be familiar with the studio’s producer, but who would care about the producer’s right-hand person?
Especially when the right-hand person changed so frequently.
But then again, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
For safety’s sake, Li Ya Da decided to continue keeping a low profile, making others think she was just an ordinary, unremarkable employee. This would be safer.
It was obvious that Tang Yishu was quite nervous.
After all, she had to discuss cooperation with the owners of two gaming companies, an experience she had never had before.
Li Ya Da comforted her: “It’s okay, don’t be nervous.”
“In the current state of the domestic gaming industry, channel operators are the bosses. Most developers will be very polite to you. Don’t be afraid of offending them. At worst, one less game will be on the platform, it’s not a big deal.”
This was absolutely the truth.
In China, gaming developers like Tenda, who were so strong-willed and completely independent of any channels, focusing solely on official gaming platforms, were a minority.
Most small game developers, whose works weren’t enough to stand out on official platforms, could only strive to get on more channels to increase their chances of making money.
When a developer’s game didn’t have strong competitive power, the channel’s bargaining power naturally became infinitely magnified, as channels controlled resources and players.
Currently, small channel operators in China could be described as chaotic, with many channels possibly taking over 70% of the revenue.
So Morning Dew gaming platform’s 50/50 revenue split might seem harsh, but it wasn’t that harsh—it all depended on what you were comparing it to.
Tang Yishu was trying hard to memorize the basic information Li Ya Da had given her, but before she could, an employee came over and said: “Director Tang, people from the first company have arrived. They’re about ten minutes earlier than expected, probably because there wasn’t much traffic today.”
How to address Tang Yishu was also an issue.
Generally, within Tenda, apart from a few people who were addressed as “Mr. X,” others were called by their names directly or as “Brother X” or “Sister X.” After all, Tenda’s work atmosphere was quite harmonious, with basically no hierarchy system. Everyone just had their own responsibilities and different specific work.
But the problem was that Tang Yishu was younger and had less work experience than these employees. Calling her “sister” seemed somewhat inappropriate, but calling her by her name directly or “Little Tang” was clearly even more inappropriate.
So, following Tenda’s custom, in this situation, she was called “Director.” This meant that Tang Yishu was nominally the company’s CEO but was actually representing Mr. Pei to supervise the department.
Tang Yishu immediately became flustered: “Huh? I haven’t memorized it yet…”
Li Ya Da said: “It’s okay. If you haven’t memorized it, you haven’t. Channels are the bosses, what are you afraid of? Go to the reception room to meet them, don’t keep them waiting too long.”
Tang Yishu hesitated a bit before standing up and nervously went to meet the representative from the gaming company.
…
In the reception room, an employee brought tea.
Tang Yishu sat on the sofa, forcing herself to straighten her back to display the authority of a department head.
Across from her was a man with a slightly receding hairline, appearing to be in his thirties, exuding a “feeling very good about himself” aura that made Tang Yishu instinctively uncomfortable.
Why uncomfortable?
Perhaps because this kind of presence was at odds with Tenda’s atmosphere!
Tenda employees, no matter how much they achieved, always maintained a humble demeanor. After all, no matter how excellent a person was or how outstanding their achievements, just thinking that Mr. Pei was above them naturally made them modest.
Despite the clash in presence, Tang Yishu still tried to show respect, as she couldn’t dismiss someone based on a stereotypical first impression.
“Hello, Director Tang. Nice to meet you. You can call me Old Liu.”
“Our boss is quite busy lately—our game is doing quite well, you know—he’s on a business trip and couldn’t get away. So, as the lead designer, I’m here in his place.”
“You might not know much about me. To be frank, forgive my presumption, but I was once the lead designer at Shangyang Games.”
“Also, our game is already on quite a few gaming channels and performing very well. I believe this cooperation will be a win-win choice!”
Old Liu spoke confidently to Tang Yishu.
Actually, when he first saw Tang Yishu, he was a bit surprised, even a little disappointed.
This young girl is actually the boss of this company?
Something seemed off!
To run a gaming platform, one needed either money or resources.
If one had neither, then experience was necessary to attract money from investors and resources from connections.
But seeing how young Tang Yishu was, how could she possibly have resources or experience?
Clearly, the only explanation was that she had money.
Another young, rich second-generation?
Wait, why say “another”…
Obviously, this combination of a new company, a young boss, and a wealthy background stirred up some unpleasant memories for Old Liu.
Years ago, when he went for an interview shortly after Tenda was established, he was directly rejected by such a combination, given the cold shoulder.
This made Old Liu instinctively feel that this Morning Dew gaming platform was somewhat unreliable.
But on second thought, he felt this might be a good thing.
Since the boss of this gaming platform was a young girl, didn’t that mean she might be easier to deceive?
With a bit of boasting, she probably wouldn’t be able to tell, right?
So Old Liu revealed directly that he had once been the lead designer at Shangyang Games.
Shangyang Games now had a great reputation in the gaming circle in Jing Zhou and even throughout the country.
Just saying he had been a lead designer at Shangyang Games would make anyone look at him differently.
And strictly speaking, Old Liu hadn’t lied. He had indeed been a lead designer at Shangyang Games, albeit before Tenda acquired Shangyang Games.
By saying this, the other party would surely be impressed without understanding, thinking that he and his developed game project were particularly outstanding, thereby increasing his negotiating leverage.
However, Tang Yishu had no reaction.
In fact, she felt very confused but didn’t show it.
Shangyang Games… had someone with the surname Liu? And this old?
She had no recollection.
Although Tang Yishu hadn’t visited Shangyang Games much, she often heard reports from management trainees and understood the basic situation there. It had always been Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin in charge. None of them had the surname Liu.
Seeing Tang Yishu’s expression, Old Liu felt something was amiss.
Logically, if she were truly impressed without understanding, she would at least say a few polite words, right?
However, this young girl showed no intention of being polite at all, and it was unclear what she was thinking.
Could it be that this young girl happened to know some inside information about Shangyang Games?
That couldn’t be, it seemed unlikely.
Could it be… she hadn’t even heard of Shangyang Games? She didn’t know how impressive this company was?
That would be quite absurd! Being in the gaming channel business and not having heard of Shangyang Games? How could that be?
Too amateurish!
This further reinforced his prejudice against this gaming platform, feeling it was very unreliable.
Old Liu instantly lost interest and changed the subject: “Nevermind… Director Tang, why don’t we get straight to looking at the game?”
Tang Yishu didn’t press the issue either and nodded: “Alright.”