Other issues?
There weren’t any other issues that needed solving—the current situation was perfectly fine!
Pei Qian hoped this situation would continue indefinitely; that would be perfect.
But since Little Tang had asked, he needed to give some kind of response. Otherwise, if she thought she had messed things up, she might quit, which would be problematic.
The failure of the Morning Dew Gaming Platform couldn’t be blamed on Little Tang, or she would definitely leave.
So who should take the blame?
Pei Qian would have loved to take the blame himself, but he couldn’t!
The entire Tenda Group now believed Mr. Pei was absolutely correct, and even if problems arose, it was because of execution issues with his subordinates.
Even if Mr. Pei actively said, “I’ll take the blame,” it would only be interpreted as him trying to comfort his employees.
So, he needed to find a suitable candidate.
Pei Qian quickly thought of someone.
Wasn’t Meng Chang the perfect choice?
That guy was born to be a scapegoat!
His reputation was already poor, many people had prejudices against him, and as the head of the publicity department, he floated between various projects—essentially a hit-and-run operator who could take the blame and leave without any lasting consequences.
As for Meng Chang himself, as long as he got his commission, he probably wouldn’t care about taking the blame.
Besides, Meng Chang’s interests aligned perfectly with his own. Throwing the blame at him wouldn’t cause any problems.
If someone else took the blame, they might be driven by the immense pressure and shame to work harder and suddenly turn the entire project profitable. But with Meng Chang taking the blame, he would calmly accept it, do nothing, and happily collect his commission.
Just like earlier, when the gaming platform encountered problems, both Tang Yishu and Li Yada were at a loss, but Meng Chang immediately had Little Tang call to share this good news with Mr. Pei.
What a perfect candidate!
Pei Qian made up his mind and said, “As for the other issues…”
“None of them are critical. Just let Meng Chang make the decisions.”
…
In the Morning Dew Gaming Platform’s conference room, a brief silence fell.
Li Yada had immediately followed Mr. Pei’s requirements and announced the revised plan in the group chat.
The designers in the group weren’t very accepting of it, but seeing that there was no further discussion, they had no choice but to disperse.
But Li Yada was also a designer—how could she not understand what the group was saying?
The plan Mr. Pei had provided was indeed somewhat imperfect.
No, that’s wrong. How could Mr. Pei’s plan be imperfect?
Obviously, she just hadn’t found the right approach yet.
But what exactly that approach was, she really couldn’t figure out.
She turned to look at Meng Chang.
Mr. Pei had said that the other issues weren’t critical and that Meng Chang should make the decisions.
But could Meng Chang really handle it?
Tang Yishu also looked at Meng Chang: “So… what should we do?”
Meng Chang was silent for a moment, then said, “You don’t need to do anything. Just wait.”
Li Yada was surprised: “Wait? This kind of thing… doesn’t seem like it can be solved just by waiting, right? Didn’t you say you had follow-up plans for promotion?”
Meng Chang made a “shh” gesture: “Don’t say it. If you talk about it, it won’t work.”
“This matter absolutely cannot be leaked. Even letting people know that follow-up plans exist could be fatal to the entire strategy.”
For Meng Chang, Mr. Pei had already planted the explosives, and was just waiting for Meng Chang to detonate them.
At this point, confidentiality was especially important.
Not only should people not know when and where to detonate, they shouldn’t even know the explosives existed.
Otherwise, when the explosion happened, it wouldn’t be as unexpected, and the effect would naturally be greatly diminished.
Li Yada felt somewhat helpless. This secretive approach made her uncomfortable.
Although Mr. Pei had a similar style, that was because of his confidence after careful planning—there was no need to worry about things going wrong.
When Meng Chang adopted this style, it became quite concerning.
But then she thought, since Mr. Pei had already said to leave it to Meng Chang, then leave it to Meng Chang!
Mr. Pei was excellent at judging people. He definitely knew what kind of person Meng Chang was. Since Mr. Pei chose to trust him, he must have been 100% confident.
Thinking of this, Li Yada nodded: “Alright, then we’ll wait patiently.”
…
…
August 23rd, Thursday.
Meng Chang didn’t return to the Morning Dew Gaming Platform but went to the Advertising and Marketing Department instead.
He had already handed over all routine promotional work for the gaming platform to Yu Yao. After all, these were just standard, ordinary promotional tasks that Yu Yao could completely handle.
Meng Chang needed to focus his energy on completing the most critical part of the entire promotional plan!
“Indeed, everything is within Mr. Pei’s plan, even the timing of when I would find this explosive point was roughly planned by him.”
“No, it might not have been planned, but rather he estimated when the malicious delisting phenomenon would appear on the platform. Once I saw this phenomenon, combined with Mr. Pei’s previous words, I would naturally associate this place as the explosive point…”
“Both scenarios are possible.”
“Anyway, there’s no point in dwelling on this. In any case, Mr. Pei has anticipated my plan, which is why he told Li Yada that I would be responsible for the entire strategy.”
“So… the timing is almost ripe. It’s about time to begin the final preparations!”
After this incident of players maliciously giving “not recommended” reviews and delisting games, and knowing Mr. Pei’s handling attitude and receiving his approval, Meng Chang was completely certain that his plan matched the standard answer Mr. Pei had planned.
It was about time to arrange the final work.
Although there was still a week until the end of the month, this work required early preparation.
After all, Meng Chang currently knew nothing about the situation with Qiao Laoshi. What if Qiao Laoshi had already noticed the Morning Dew Gaming Platform and had even prepared a video ready for release?
Now, the timing was ripe. Meng Chang prepared to contact Qiao Laoshi to proactively tell him about the explosive point. This way, Qiao Laoshi would certainly be grateful, and Meng Chang would naturally request Qiao Laoshi to postpone the video release until next month.
The reason for preparing a week in advance was mainly to prevent Qiao Laoshi from taking matters into his own hands and releasing the video early, which would waste Meng Chang’s commission.
Moreover, having a week to make the video was quite sufficient. It could ensure both timeliness and quality, which would achieve the best promotional effect.
It was foreseeable that by next month, all the accumulated heat from the early promotions and all the negative discussions would be reversed, and the Morning Dew Gaming Platform would soar!
For Meng Chang, once this month passed, he would receive his high commission, and next month’s affairs would no longer concern him. As for Tenda, they would gain an excellent promotional plan, making the commission well worth it.
It was clearly a win-win situation.
Meng Chang couldn’t wait and immediately prepared to contact Qiao Laoshi.
Of course, this would immediately reveal to Qiao Liang the relationship between Tenda and the Morning Dew Gaming Platform.
Although Meng Chang had already announced his cooperation with the Morning Dew Gaming Platform on Weibo, so far no one had connected the Morning Dew Gaming Platform with the Tenda Group because of this.
There were mainly two reasons.
First, many people only knew that Meng Chang owed Tenda money and had signed a special agreement with Tenda to repay the debt. Meng Chang seeking cooperation with other companies and providing promotional plans to help was also to repay the money quickly. This wasn’t Tenda’s official action but Meng Chang’s personal behavior permitted by Tenda.
Second, most people wouldn’t think the Morning Dew Gaming Platform was related to the Tenda Group. If Tenda wanted to launch a gaming platform, it would be too easy—they could simply put their own games on the platform and it would be popular. There was absolutely no need for such unnecessary complications.
So, even if Meng Chang was developing a promotional plan for the Morning Dew Gaming Platform, most people wouldn’t conclude that the Morning Dew Gaming Platform belonged to Tenda because of this.
But if Meng Chang were to tell Qiao Laoshi everything, someone as smart as Qiao Laoshi would instantly understand the truth.
However, this wasn’t a major problem either. He just needed to urge Qiao Laoshi to keep this point confidential.
Once the relationship with the Tenda Group was announced, the Morning Dew Gaming Platform would instantly become wildly popular, but this obviously didn’t align with Mr. Pei’s plan.
Meng Chang speculated that the reason Mr. Pei repeatedly emphasized not to expose the relationship was to temper the Morning Dew Gaming Platform in such an environment, while also validating the new business model designed for the gaming platform.
Now was clearly not the right time.
Perhaps this was just the first round of the promotional plan, and there would be second and third rounds in the future.
Once the relationship between the gaming platform and Tenda was exposed, it not only meant destroying Mr. Pei’s plan but also meant potentially ruining the future second and third rounds of promotional plans. Wouldn’t that be a waste of future commission opportunities?
Qiao Laoshi was Mr. Pei’s good friend who understood the bigger picture. As long as he explained this reasoning clearly to him, Qiao Laoshi would definitely keep his mouth shut in the short term.
Perhaps during the second or third round of promotional plans, this information would leak out, but so what?
By then, it would probably be close to the timing Mr. Pei anticipated.
Having made up his mind, Meng Chang sent a message to Qiao Liang.
…
At this moment, Qiao Liang was preparing material.
For his new video, he planned to have a good chat with everyone about the Morning Dew Gaming Platform!
Recently, Qiao Liang hadn’t been making game videos. The most anticipated game was Tenda’s “Eternal Cycle,” but this DLC had just started development not long ago, and it was unlikely to be playable in the short term.
So, if he wanted to flood videos—no, make videos, he could only turn his attention to other aspects.
The Morning Dew Gaming Platform had been generating considerable heat in the gaming circle recently. On one hand, it was because the promotion was quite grand and seemed very well-funded; on the other hand, it had produced various seemingly idiotic operations, causing some players to discuss and even mock it.
But Qiao Liang always felt that there was more to this matter than met the eye.
The series of operations by the Morning Dew Gaming Platform gave him a whiff of a familiar scent.
Qiao Liang couldn’t help but wonder, could this be related to Tenda?