Because Yu Fei had only been the lead designer for a month and lacked experience, there was a hiccup when he was arranging the work.

Splitting a game’s content into four parts to be updated sequentially was an enormous and complicated task.

The original underlying design had to be preserved, or the game might freeze, crash, or even become completely unplayable for various unknown reasons, creating a bad experience for players.

Moreover, the various scenes, monsters, gameplay mechanics, and other elements in the game were closely interconnected, requiring extreme caution when separating them.

Add to that Yu Fei’s plan not being detailed enough, and the designer responsible for the splitting, under the enormous workload, overlooked the demon sword’s automatic parry mechanism, allowing it to be updated along with the underlying mechanics in the first part.

This seemingly insignificant oversight caused a suffocating chain reaction.

The game’s numerical values had been updated, but the combat mechanics hadn’t, so players were actually using “Turn Back to Shore’s” traditional combat mechanics against enhanced monsters, causing a sudden increase in difficulty. Not to mention that some newcomers who had never played “Turn Back to Shore” were also playing “Eternal Samsara.”

As a result, the number of players who couldn’t defeat minor enemies increased dramatically.

Unable to obtain ghost official weapons, weren’t they left with no choice but to die repeatedly with the demon sword?

If the combat system had been updated, players would have been able to perform various parrying actions, creating a natural and perfect camouflage effect.

Because players could perform manual parries, an occasional automatic parry wouldn’t attract much attention. Players would think they had pressed the buttons accidentally and wouldn’t consider it as a game mechanic.

But now, with players unable to perform any parrying actions, an occasional automatic parry naturally became very conspicuous. Once players saw it, they would inevitably become suspicious!

Thus, through a series of coincidences, the demon sword’s automatic parry hidden mechanism was exposed even before the combat system…

It can only be said that plans cannot keep up with changes. This was truly a sad story.

So who was to blame for this?

Meng Chang? Yu Fei? Or the other designers?

It seemed they all bore some responsibility, but none of them was primarily responsible.

Promoting Yu Fei to lead designer was Pei Qian’s own decision, and even occasional work errors were what Pei Qian had anticipated.

It didn’t seem right to blame Yu Fei now.

Not only should he not be blamed, but he should be encouraged, because work errors usually lead to losses, and only in extremely rare cases do they lead to profits.

Yu Fei should be reassured and encouraged to maintain his current state. Perhaps next time, when he makes another work error, it might result in a loss?

No, wait a minute.

The promotional plan Meng Chang just mentioned…

Pei Qian had been thinking about the exposure of the demon sword’s automatic parry mechanism when suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. He realized that there seemed to be a major problem with Meng Chang’s promotional plan!

When Meng Chang reported, he briefly explained his promotional plan, which was to divide the game into four parts, with the combat system being updated last.

Of course, Meng Chang didn’t state the specific intent of this plan. After all, he assumed that Mr. Pei was the master of the Pei-style promotional method, and there was no need to explain the intention—Mr. Pei would surely understand.

But even this bare-bones promotional plan was enough to raise Pei Qian’s vigilance.

“Something’s off. According to Meng Chang’s promotional plan, it would indeed provoke some criticism from players initially, even lasting until he gets his commission… but once the combat system is updated, wouldn’t it still be just as successful? It might even be more successful than if it were updated normally!”

“This guy Meng Chang, the promotional plan he came up with this time is devious!”

Pei Qian suddenly realized this serious problem.

The last promotional plan Meng Chang arranged for the Morning Dew gaming platform was quite satisfactory to Pei Qian. Although the final result wasn’t very good, that was mainly because Mr. Tian was causing trouble.

Meng Chang’s plan had a few minor flaws and room for improvement, but overall it was harmless.

This time it was different. How could Meng Chang do something that looked after one thing but neglected another?

If this plan were perfectly executed, Meng Chang would indeed get his commission, but wouldn’t Pei Qian be the one being tricked?

Thinking of this, Pei Qian’s face darkened, and his expression when looking at Meng Chang carried a hint of displeasure.

Meng Chang noticed Mr. Pei thinking for a long time, and then giving him a somewhat strange look. His heart skipped a beat, not knowing what Mr. Pei meant.

Was he dissatisfied because there had been a hiccup in the execution of the promotional work?

Or was it for some other reason?

Pei Qian said with a serious expression: “I trusted you a lot before, so I didn’t question the promotional plan for ‘Eternal Samsara’ too much.”

“I didn’t expect you to come up with such a plan! If there hadn’t been a hiccup during execution, I might not have noticed.”

“Think about it yourself, is this promotional plan appropriate?”

Meng Chang was stunned, looking bewildered.

Is the plan appropriate?

Of course it’s appropriate!

Mr. Pei, I designed this plan all according to your Pei-style promotional method, and it has succeeded once before. How could it not be appropriate?

Meng Chang instinctively wanted to defend himself, but seeing Mr. Pei’s displeased expression, he swallowed back his words of defense.

Something wasn’t right. Mr. Pei must have seen a huge problem in the plan, which is why he was so serious.

Arguing with Mr. Pei now would be both impulsive and foolish.

After thinking for a moment, Meng Chang felt he couldn’t question or explain, as it would make him look stupid, unable to understand Mr. Pei’s intentions, and also appear irresponsible.

So, with a problem-solving approach, he asked: “Mr. Pei, I know I was wrong, but… how should we handle the current situation?”

Although he wasn’t clear about exactly where he had gone wrong, he figured if he admitted fault first, calming Mr. Pei’s anger, and then asked for Mr. Pei’s handling method, he could later analyze the handling method in reverse to find out exactly where his mistake was.

Seeing Meng Chang’s genuinely remorseful expression, Pei Qian felt a bit better.

Yes, knowing your faults and correcting them is the greatest virtue.

Fortunately, the issue was discovered early, without causing greater damage, and there was still time to remedy it.

As long as Meng Chang remembered this lesson and didn’t try to be too clever in the future, he would still be Mr. Pei’s good brother.

After considering for a moment, Pei Qian said: “Issue an announcement, admit the mistake, and update the game’s combat system as an emergency update next week.”

“Since the demon sword’s automatic parry has already been discovered, it can’t be hidden anymore. Just promote it as you would normally.”

“Of course, there’s no need to be too clear in the announcement. Just show a sincere attitude.”

Since the demon sword’s mechanism had already been exposed, there was no point in trying to hide it any longer.

For Pei Qian, there was only one most important thing now, which was to disrupt Meng Chang’s original promotional plan!

Because according to the original plan, “Eternal Samsara” would definitely explode in popularity at the end of next month, without any unexpected events.

The development of the combat system was already complete. Meng Chang had placed it in the last update solely to generate greater hype.

Pei Qian’s requirement to update the combat system early would still ignite hype, but it would be like spreading “Eternal Samsara’s” popularity evenly throughout the month, without that explosive surge in popularity.

For Pei Qian, this was the least bad choice.

Of course, it might be quite awkward for Meng Chang, as his commission for this month would likely slip away from him again.

But who told him to mess around?

Pei Qian was deliberately teaching him a lesson, ensuring he wouldn’t do such selfish and harmful things in the future.

Meng Chang might happily receive his commission, but the cost would be that I make huge profits. Is that acceptable?

Such deviant practices must be stopped!

Pei Qian had originally thought Meng Chang would immediately protest strongly.

After all, in the current situation, if Meng Chang resisted stubbornly and made some crafty moves to forcefully push forward his previous promotional plan, he might still get a little commission. But if they followed Pei Qian’s method, the entire promotional plan would be wasted, and he would likely not get any commission at all.

But Meng Chang didn’t say much, except his expression showed a bit of pain.

“Yes, Mr. Pei, I understand. I’ll go arrange it right away.”

As Meng Chang was about to leave, Pei Qian called him back.

“By the way, remember to reassure Yu Fei. After all, he just became a leader, isn’t familiar with many aspects of the business, and needs to take things slowly. Moreover, this isn’t a big problem. Tell him not to blame himself.”

Pei Qian was very worried that Yu Fei might leave.

Meng Chang nodded: “Yes, Mr. Pei.”

Watching Meng Chang leave the office, Pei Qian felt a bit sorry for him, but also somewhat puzzled.

He felt sorry because, after all, this was his only real brother in the company. Although he had wrong intentions this time and nearly harmed Pei Qian with his tricky operations, zeroing out his commission for this month was indeed a significant punishment.

What puzzled him was that Meng Chang didn’t seem like the type to accept misfortune so easily.

Shouldn’t he be arguing with Pei Qian based on the contract, saying that even Mr. Pei had no right to interfere and that the plan must continue?

How did he so obediently give up his commission and follow Pei Qian’s instructions?

Hmm… maybe Meng Chang also felt he was in the wrong? Or perhaps because the demon sword’s mechanism had already been exposed, Meng Chang felt it couldn’t be hidden anyway, so he just gave up?

Pei Qian thought about it and realized both were possible.

Better to keep observing the subsequent development of “Eternal Samsara.”

…

After leaving Mr. Pei’s office, Meng Chang went directly to the Tenda Games department upstairs.

While climbing the stairs, Meng Chang kept thinking about why Mr. Pei would arrange things this way.

Wouldn’t updating the combat system early completely destroy the entire promotional plan?

Why would Mr. Pei make such a drastic decision?

Clearly, there must have been a huge loophole in his promotional plan, causing Mr. Pei to become so angry that he wanted to overturn the entire plan.

But Meng Chang didn’t know exactly where this loophole was, nor why Mr. Pei’s current approach could fill this loophole. He was very confused.

He could only take it one step at a time.

So, Meng Chang found Yu Fei and relayed Mr. Pei’s requirements.

Yu Fei felt very embarrassed: “I’m sorry, Brother Meng. I made an oversight in my work, which affected your plan, forcing it to be scrapped and redone…”

Meng Chang shook his head: “You don’t need to blame yourself for this.”

“Mr. Pei’s attitude has already indicated that my plan itself had problems. Although there were issues at the execution level, this actually exposed the problem earlier.”

“So, this is actually a good thing.”

“And Mr. Pei said that since you just became a leader, some oversights are inevitable, which is very normal. Just let things take their natural course.”

Yu Fei was very touched.

Mr. Pei trusted him so much?

Then wouldn’t it be very irresponsible of him to just leave?

He immediately nodded: “Don’t worry, Brother Meng. I’ll definitely be on high alert this time and do the tasks Mr. Pei assigned well. I absolutely won’t make the same careless mistake as last time!”

“I’ll arrange it right away, draft an announcement, and change the combat system update to next week!”

“By the way, Mr. Pei said that since the demon sword’s issue can’t be hidden anymore, we should promote it as we normally would.”

“Does that mean the new hero Imprisoner for GOG can also be arranged to go online? Min Jingchao’s team finished it long ago and has been waiting.”

Meng Chang thought for a moment: “I suppose so.”

Yu Fei nodded: “Good, then I’ll let Min Jingchao know right away.”