October 31st, Wednesday.

Meng Chang arrived at Mr. Pei’s office door with high spirits. After adjusting his appearance, he knocked on the door very steadily.

Knock, knock, knock.

“Come in.”

Seeing that it was Meng Chang, Pei Qian’s face naturally broke into a smile.

“Come, have a seat.”

“This promotion for Suffering Travel can be said to be exactly what I wanted! It’s a plan that satisfies me greatly.”

“Here’s your commission situation for this month, take a look.”

As Pei Qian spoke, he passed over his laptop.

Meng Chang reached out to take it and scanned it briefly.

This month’s commission amounted to around 110,000 yuan, somewhat more than the 98,000 he had received last time for the Dawn Gaming Platform.

Last time he hadn’t received the full commission because the promotional plan for Dawn Gaming Platform hadn’t burned through that much money, and there had been too many negative messages, which sparked widespread discussion and debate, objectively creating a certain promotional effect.

Negative attention was still attention.

The promotional plan for Suffering Travel had purchased large amounts of advertising space on display screens in office buildings, buses, and subways. The expenses were substantial, but it hadn’t generated too much buzz.

Many people simply saw it, learned that there was such a thing as Suffering Travel, and dismissed it with a laugh.

Because it hadn’t triggered negative news and internet users weren’t fighting heatedly over it—everyone just treated it as a joke and had a laugh—the promotional effect was even worse than for the Gaming Platform.

Of course, not receiving the full commission indicated that there were still some imperfections in this plan.

The biggest issue was timing.

The entire promotional plan for Suffering Travel had come a bit too late, so by the end of the month, the buzz hadn’t completely died down. This lingering heat slightly affected the commission amount.

But for Meng Chang, this was already a huge improvement.

Moreover, Meng Chang now viewed the commission issue very lightly.

Having gone through so many ups and downs, having missed out on commissions so many times, Meng Chang’s mentality had become very stable.

He had gradually come to understand Mr. Pei’s deeper intentions.

Commission? That was just a number.

Mr. Pei was imparting his comprehensive promotional methods without reservation!

And this wasn’t just simple theoretical teaching. Mr. Pei was clearly combining theory with practice, and he paid great attention to teaching methods.

Having Meng Chang be responsible for promoting Tenda’s various industries, Mr. Pei would correct deviations during the process and bail him out when he was about to fail.

Moreover, Mr. Pei wasn’t force-feeding him knowledge but was gradually, indirectly guiding Meng Chang to understand on his own.

This teaching style was profound yet accessible, allowing Meng Chang to progress rapidly!

Looking back at his time at Tenda, Meng Chang felt that his way of thinking had changed significantly.

Previously, his eyes had been fixated solely on commissions, just like when he was making promotional plans and only knew to stubbornly focus on buzz.

He didn’t realize that this was precisely seeing the trees but not the forest, picking up sesame seeds but dropping the watermelon.

His original way of thinking could bring him buzz, but it also sowed the seeds of failure.

Now, Meng Chang had learned to look at problems from a longer-term perspective, and naturally, he no longer cared so much about commissions.

Once he fully grasped Mr. Pei’s promotional methodology, wouldn’t getting any amount of commission be easy?

Besides, Mr. Pei’s teaching was priceless. How many people wanted to learn but couldn’t find a way in!

From this perspective, not only had Mr. Pei not charged him tuition fees, but he had even given him commissions—this was truly a mountain of kindness.

Once he understood this issue, Meng Chang became completely unconcerned about those commissions.

He only wanted to complete his studies under Mr. Pei as quickly as possible. Then, whether at Tenda or elsewhere, he could truly apply what he had learned and impress everyone!

So, Meng Chang only briefly scanned the number and got the gist of it.

He handed the laptop back: “Mr. Pei, what’s the plan for next month?”

Pei Qian took the computer and couldn’t help but see Meng Chang in a new light.

Wow, the young man was becoming more and more on track!

Look at the old Meng Chang—every time commissions were calculated at the end of the month, he would wear a lifeless expression. When receiving a new task for the next month, he would be completely unable to muster any enthusiasm, like a death row inmate choosing different methods of execution.

But now?

He received his commission with perfect composure and even very proactively asked about the next month’s project content, planning the promotional strategy in advance.

Perfect!

Meng Chang, oh Meng Chang, you’ve finally been trained by me. My efforts haven’t been wasted!

Pei Qian had initially wanted to chat more with Meng Chang about the Suffering Travel plan, to thoroughly discuss the deeper intentions behind it and analyze its strengths and weaknesses. But on second thought, it seemed unnecessary.

Meng Chang had already received his commission, which proved that their brain waves were synchronized, right?

Now that Meng Chang’s enthusiasm was higher, he shouldn’t let him dwell on past successes but should quickly get him into the preparation phase for the next project.

With this in mind, Pei Qian nodded: “Next month’s project is ‘Real Estate Agent Simulator.'”

“According to the previously established development schedule, this game should officially launch around the end of next month.”

“You can get acquainted with the details of this game in advance and think carefully about how to promote it.”

“Actually, the promotional plan I made for the VR glasses last time was somewhat reserved and not particularly successful. This time we’ll be working with Chi Xing Studio again, so you should carefully summarize the lessons from last time and strive to do better.”

Last time, the VR glasses promotion was personally handled by Pei Qian, with Meng Chang only being responsible for shooting a concept promotional video.

Because Meng Chang kept failing and was very determined to leave, Pei Qian had to personally step in to demonstrate the correct way to earn a commission.

However, earning a commission seemed truly difficult. Pei Qian had gone to great lengths but only managed to help Meng Chang get an additional 2,000 yuan in minimum commission, for a total of 6,000 yuan including the base salary.

Pei Qian had made many efforts, but in the end, it was Qiao Laoshi’s video that triggered the buzz, causing both Doubt VR glasses and “Animal Island VR” to go viral together.

That’s why Pei Qian said the previous plan wasn’t particularly perfect.

But he certainly couldn’t say he had tried his best, as that would seriously damage Meng Chang’s confidence.

It would make Meng Chang think: “Mr. Pei put in so much effort and still couldn’t get the full commission, yet he’s asking me to get it? Isn’t that asking too much?”

So Pei Qian casually said that he had actually held back when making the promotional plan last time, so it wasn’t particularly successful.

He told Meng Chang to carefully summarize the experience and lessons and strive to do better.

Meng Chang immediately nodded: “I understand, Mr. Pei.”

In his view, the promotional plan for Doubt VR glasses last time had been as successful as it could possibly be.

Mr. Pei’s performance art style promotion had infused the VR glasses with soul, and the whole process had comprehensively demonstrated to Meng Chang the textbook standard operation of the Pei-style promotional method.

Yet Mr. Pei said it wasn’t particularly successful? That he had held back?

It seemed that Mr. Pei’s standards for “success” were set incredibly high.

Mr. Pei’s true level was also unfathomably deep.

Such a perfect plan, and in Mr. Pei’s eyes, it still wasn’t perfect and had room for improvement.

Indeed, at that time, Mr. Pei hadn’t received the full commission, but that was obviously because he didn’t want Meng Chang to gain without effort, so he had just barely taken the minimum commission.

The methods had been fully demonstrated. For Meng Chang, as long as he got the timing right, turning 2,000 into 200,000 was just a matter of time.

Mr. Pei said he should carefully summarize the experience and lessons from last time, clearly hoping that he would review and digest the previous lessons, not becoming complacent because of receiving a commission this time, but continuing to learn and progress.

Meng Chang had experienced the profound depth of the Pei-style promotional method.

Previously, he had thought he had grasped the essence, but then “Eternal Cycle” had hit him over the head, nearly causing a mess that Mr. Pei had to clean up.

Now he knew that he had only mastered a little bit of surface knowledge and didn’t dare to be arrogant again.

The next promotional plan was for “Real Estate Agent Simulator,” a VR game conceptualized by Mr. Pei and developed by Chi Xing Studio.

Previously, what had troubled Meng Chang the most was creating promotional plans for games because the difficulty was too high.

Other industries at Tenda might have the possibility of not making money temporarily, but it was very rare for a game not to go viral after launching.

So previously, whenever he encountered a game project, Meng Chang wanted to die.

But now the situation was different. After mastering the Pei-style promotional method, Meng Chang was no longer afraid of challenges.

It was like solving problems: when you don’t know the solution, you want to tear up the test paper when encountering difficult problems. But once you know the solution, simple problems become uninteresting, and you actually start to immerse yourself in tackling difficult ones.

Meng Chang was now in such a state. The entire person had become positive and spirited again, seeming to return to his once confident self.

Except that before, his confidence came from youthful arrogance and overestimation of his talent, not knowing there were always higher mountains;

And his current state came from having seen the highest peak, finding the path to climb it, and thus regaining his fighting spirit.

Though the states seemed similar, they were fundamentally different.

Seeing Meng Chang so confident, Pei Qian also felt very happy.

“Good, then go back and prepare well. Be fully prepared, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask me anytime.”

Meng Chang successfully earning a commission had improved Pei Qian’s mood as well.

The current state of Suffering Travel was a good sign!

The managers’ suffering should be coming to an end now, followed by a two-week relaxation phase, and then another week of suffering.

Since this batch of people was almost done suffering, it was about time to put the next batch’s suffering on the agenda.

This time, Pei Qian not only wanted to include those department heads who had slipped through the net but also arrange for several enemies from his little notebook.

For example, people like Ruan Guangjian and Qiao Liang.

Qiao Liang needn’t be mentioned; seeing him suffer would definitely be interesting.

Ruan Guangjian was quite formidable; neither the haunted house nor the roller coaster could intimidate him. Who knew if Suffering Travel could make him feel the suffering?

He had to have something he wasn’t good at, right?

However, there was a key issue: how to trick them into coming.

It was easy with Tenda’s internal employees—one word and they’d be arranged. But for people outside the company who didn’t want to come, he couldn’t just kidnap them, could he?

He still needed to think of a good way to trick them in before he could make his move.