Watching Pei Qian eat voraciously, Lü Mingliang was confused.

“Strange, Mr. Pei seems quite happy today. Compared to the last dinner, he’s like a completely different person.”

This was odd.

According to Bao Xu, Pei Qian should be a very lonely person.

He shouldn’t be behaving like this.

Bao Xu silently shook his head. “You’ve got it wrong.”

“Huh? Brother Bao, what do you mean?” Lü Mingliang was puzzled.

Bao Xu sighed softly. “Right now, the only person who can’t afford to be in low spirits is Mr. Pei himself.”

“Think about it. ‘Game Developer’ has had a cold reception; both reviews and sales have failed to meet expectations. Everyone’s mood is already heavy.”

“As our spiritual leader, if Mr. Pei also appeared worried and bitter, how could today’s team-building dinner possibly go well?”

Lü Mingliang suddenly understood.

“I see!”

“Mr. Pei is inspiring us with this optimistic spirit!”

“Exactly,” Bao Xu continued. “A true leader must have a natural charisma, a powerful spiritual strength!”

“Facing adversity, he must be the most optimistic one.”

“Facing prosperity, he must be the most cautious one.”

“Not only must he worry before the world worries and rejoice after the world rejoices, but he must also maintain optimism in adversity to inspire everyone.”

“Mr. Pei is such a person. He’s a realist who has the most precise grasp and estimation of everything in reality. But he’s also an idealist who does things regardless of his interests.”

“So, we can’t let Mr. Pei down. We must quickly become optimistic. I believe Tenda will overcome this obstacle, and everything will improve!”

“Moreover, I always feel that someone as confident as Mr. Pei must have a backup plan.”

“Mr. Pei hasn’t given up, so it’s too early to talk about failure!”

Lü Mingliang’s eyes gradually brightened. “Yes, if Mr. Pei hasn’t given up, how can we say the game has failed?”

“We can turn the tables. We must believe in Mr. Pei!”

…

On the other side, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaocai, along with other employees from Fei Huang Studio, were also eating heartily.

Huang Sibo’s expression was somewhat conflicted.

“Is it appropriate to tell Mr. Pei about this now?”

Zhu Xiaocai thought for a moment and said seriously, “I think now is perfect. ‘Game Developer’ has had a cold reception. Although Mr. Pei hasn’t shown it on the surface, deep down he must feel somewhat disappointed.”

“Good news helps boost morale and gives Mr. Pei some confidence. Even if the game loses money, we still have hope to turn things around on our end.”

“It’s too early to talk about turning things around,” Huang Sibo shook his head. “After all, they’re just an emerging website. This can only be considered moderately good news. We shouldn’t exaggerate.”

Zhu Xiaocai thought about it and agreed, nodding. “Then let’s just report the facts.”

The two of them picked up their wine glasses and approached Pei Qian.

“Mr. Pei, we’d like to toast you.”

Pei Qian was in a good mood, raised his glass to clink with theirs, and drank it all in one go.

After drinking, Huang Sibo considered his words and said, “Mr. Pei, I have some good news.”

Hmm?

Good news???

Pei Qian was instantly on alert.

On this joyous day, don’t ruin it for me!

Pei Qian tried to maintain composure. “Hmm, go ahead.”

“Mr. Pei, it’s like this. An emerging video website hopes to sign an exclusive broadcasting agreement with our video series. In the future, ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life’ will only be updated on this website.”

Although this video website is new, it’s been developing well recently. Moreover, they’ve just launched an incentive program that rewards creators based on view counts.”

“After signing this exclusive broadcasting agreement, as quality creators, we can receive very good rewards through their incentive program.”

“Simply put, we use the ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life series to drive traffic for them, and they share revenue with us based on popularity!”

“As you said, we value our reputation, focus on reviews, build IP value, and don’t accept bad money.”

Huang Sibo couldn’t hide his excitement in his words.

After creating content out of passion for so long, they were finally about to see some return. How could he not be excited?

Although the money might not be much, it came without damaging the video’s reputation and didn’t involve low-end sponsorships. It achieved almost the same effect as the high-end video customization Mr. Pei expected, perhaps even better!

Pei Qian was silent for a moment, feeling that something seemed off about this.

“An emerging video website? Does this website… start with A or B?”

If it were a site like Bilibili, then there might be trouble!

However, Huang Sibo was taken aback and said, “Neither. Mr. Pei, it’s a small website called AiLiDao. Some people also call it Site I.”

Pei Qian was completely confused.

Site I? AiLiDao?

He’d never heard of it…

As long as it wasn’t Site A or Site B, that was good.

Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew very well that in recent years, Tater Network—which was this world’s Banana Potato Network—would soon face an irreversible decline.

Bilibili, with its bullet comments, ad-free environment, and excellent original content, along with various emerging live streaming platforms, had stolen a large portion of the audience that originally belonged to traditional video websites.

But what kind of website was AiLiDao? He’d never heard of it.

Just by the name, it sounded like a failure.

It was probably some cannon fodder website that would soon disappear from the river of history.

Since this website was about to cool down…

They should sign quickly before they can’t anymore!

Moreover, they weren’t signing the kind of model that paid directly, but one that provided incentives based on view counts, so there was even less to worry about.

A small website already had low traffic. Once “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life” moved there, they would lose many core fans. With such little traffic, how much could they monetize?

It wouldn’t make money, would lose heat, and would eliminate the possibility of going viral on other video websites. It was a win-win-win situation!

Pei Qian immediately nodded. “Good, well done!”

Although it was just a mild compliment, Huang Sibo was very happy.

Mr. Pei rarely praised people!

Getting a compliment from Mr. Pei was more delightful than receiving a 30,000 yuan bonus.

Huang Sibo nodded vigorously. “Don’t worry, Mr. Pei. We’ll work harder!”

Pei Qian continued eating and drinking.

This was truly a double blessing!

Just as he was rejoicing, a sudden cheer erupted nearby!

“That’s awesome!”

“Is it real? Unbeatable!”

“Hahaha, official platform recognition and homepage promotion! We’re going to be famous!”

The bluefin tuna that Pei Qian had just picked up almost fell onto the table.

What was happening?

Pei Qian was instantly alert!

He could sense that although he had been constantly trying to uplift the atmosphere, most people were still in low spirits.

But now these cheers seemed somewhat off!

The vague snippets he heard seemed to convey an extremely dangerous message!

This made Pei Qian a bit anxious!

Could it be… something had gone wrong??