The reason Meng Chang came up with the idea of having the official account personally like reviews was to create further controversy.

Currently, there were few positive reviews of “The Successor,” and the response to them wasn’t strong enough. This simply wouldn’t do.

By having the official account like these reviews, it was equivalent to endorsing these positive reviews and changing the balance of power between the two sides.

What did it matter if they attracted hatred? The more, the better.

The more support the negative reviews of “The Successor” received now and the stronger the reaction, the more powerful the slap in the face would be when reality hit next month.

However, there was another key issue that Meng Chang hadn’t written in the plan: the cooperation of the “Tian Gongzi” account.

The reason he didn’t write it down was mainly for safety.

Tian Gongzi was Meng Chang, and this fact couldn’t be discovered.

If he wrote it in the plan, what if someone from the advertising and marketing department leaked it?

Then everything would be ruined.

So Meng Chang would absolutely never admit in any public or private setting that he was Tian Gongzi, nor would he write anything about Tian Gongzi in his work plans, eliminating any possible risk.

If there was an issue, he would privately ask Mr. Pei, but couldn’t leave any record.

It would be best if only he and Mr. Pei knew about this matter, and even when discussing it, they couldn’t be explicit but had to talk indirectly, discussing it as if it were unrelated to them. This was the safest approach.

After careful consideration, Meng Chang said, “Mr. Pei, what do you think Tian Gongzi would do in the current situation?”

“Hmm?” Pei Qian looked up at Meng Chang.

Not bad, Meng Chang, knowing to prepare in advance. The second round of publicity hadn’t even begun, and he was already guarding against Tian Gongzi.

Obviously, Meng Chang was afraid that Tian Gongzi would release another video, causing his commission to go to waste again, so he asked this question to prevent it in advance.

After thinking for a moment, Pei Qian said, “In the current situation, there’s not much Tian Gongzi can do.”

“I think the likelihood of releasing a video is low. At most, he would just post a status update.”

Pei Qian believed that Tian Gongzi probably wouldn’t directly enter the fray with a video because the chances of winning were too low.

Qian’s review was actually quite difficult to refute. If Tian Gongzi released a video and couldn’t deliver a decisive blow, he would inevitably face backlash.

It was like a sage-like wise man personally getting into a battle with someone—whether he could win was beside the point; his image would be completely ruined. This would really be a losing proposition.

Pei Qian felt that someone as clever as Tian Gongzi shouldn’t do something so foolish. At most, he would just post a status update.

“Oh?” Mr. Pei’s words somewhat surprised Meng Chang.

Because he had originally planned to actually use the Tian Gongzi account to make a video, betting everything on it.

He wasn’t afraid of ruining Tian Gongzi’s public image because as long as Vasily the Great won next month, Tian Gongzi’s image could be rebuilt.

But Mr. Pei said that at most, he would just post a status update.

Meng Chang thought about it and suddenly felt that Mr. Pei’s suggestion was very reasonable, even more appropriate than his own idea.

Whether Tian Gongzi made a video or posted a status update, both were ways to express a stance, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

Making a video would attract more attention and heat, but it would seem a bit deliberate and forced.

Posting a status update, on the other hand, would seem like casually expressing an opinion, appearing very casual and nonchalant.

By next month, people would naturally be amazed by Tian Gongzi’s foresight and predictive abilities.

Which approach seemed more effortlessly elegant? Obviously the latter.

Moreover, for Tian Gongzi to win, it wasn’t about long-winded reasoning but rather iron-clad facts.

Since it was about letting facts speak for themselves, there was no need for lengthy explanations.

Meng Chang suddenly realized that Mr. Pei was indeed deeply calculating, thinking much more comprehensively!

He immediately nodded: “Yes, I also think Tian Gongzi should choose to post a status update.”

“I don’t have any other questions. I’ll proceed according to this plan.”

Pei Qian nodded: “Alright, go ahead.”

Watching Meng Chang’s departing figure, Pei Qian was very satisfied.

This Meng Chang was becoming more and more useful.

He was so visionary—how had he decided to transfer this talented person to work under him in charge of publicity? It was truly wise!

Pei Qian calculated that at Meng Chang’s current pace, even if he earned a commission of 100,000 yuan every month, it would still take several years to repay all his debts.

Given Tenda’s development scale, by the time Meng Chang had repaid all his debts, he himself would probably have lost enough money to become the richest man in the country, right?

It was so worth it!

Seeing that the situation with “The Successor” was quite promising, Pei Qian was basically reassured and began to turn his attention to studying GOG.

……

……

December 26th, Wednesday.

Eric and Zhao Xuming returned to the GOG project team.

As soon as they entered the door, warm applause erupted within the project team.

“Welcome back! Thank you both for your hard work!” Zhang Nan led the applause.

Now the GOG development department and operations department together formed the GOG project team, and they were in a state of close cooperation, advancing and retreating together.

The success of the GOG World Invitational was, of course, also great news for GOG’s development department. It was the result of everyone’s joint efforts.

Eric and Zhao Xuming were also very happy.

This represented that they, as newcomers, had gained the recognition of the entire GOG project team!

The hard work of these past few months had been worth it!

“You two, Mr. Pei has left gifts for you,” said Zhang Nan.

Eric and Zhao Xuming were stunned.

Mr. Pei? Left gifts?

The two came to the office and found gift boxes on their desks. The one on Eric’s desk was smaller, while the one on Zhao Xuming’s desk was very large.

They hadn’t heard that anyone else received gifts, so these were most likely special rewards for Eric and Zhao Xuming, the two “outsiders” or “defectors.”

Both were a bit puzzled and opened their boxes to find trophies for commendation.

But the problem was that the two trophies were identical in design with absolutely no difference in appearance, but Zhao Xuming’s was obviously several sizes larger, looking like a father and son pair.

Zhao Xuming instinctively thought the boxes had been placed in the wrong positions, but looking carefully, the trophy had his name engraved on it. This large trophy was indeed meant for him.

“This…”

Zhao Xuming felt very uncomfortable.

Because all along, Eric had been taking the blame, and when credit was given, most of it went to Eric as well.

This time, his trophy was actually larger than Eric’s? What logic was this?

Regarding this GOG Global Invitational, he hadn’t really done much. It was always Eric who had been managing things over in Europe. On the domestic server side, he had only organized an offline viewing event according to the original plan, and many aspects were done in cooperation with Zhang Yuan’s esports business department, not his own achievement.

Zhao Xuming was completely embarrassed and felt very uncomfortable.

Eric looked at the small trophy in his hand, and his first reaction was also confusion.

But immediately after, he realized: “I know, Mr. Zhao, this trophy must be issued by Mr. Pei to commend you for the spectator function.”

Zhao Xuming was stunned: “Huh? But that idea came from the Rabbit Tail Streaming team!”

Eric explained: “Coming up with an idea is certainly not easy, but implementing it well is even harder!”

“After Rabbit Tail Streaming proposed this plan, you coordinated in the middle, having Zhang Nan’s development department fully cooperate, which allowed the spectator function to go online during the World Championship.”

“This spectator function can be said to have had a huge impact, not only comprehensively enhancing the popularity of GOG events, keeping the heat consistently above ioi online, but also laying a good foundation for GOG’s further market expansion worldwide.”

“Besides, Mr. Zhao, your suggestion to Mr. Pei about calculating broadcasting rights based on platform popularity was also a great achievement.”

Zhao Xuming hastily corrected him: “No, no, no, I said to calculate the price of broadcasting rights based on actual viewer numbers, and it was Mr. Pei who corrected me and changed it to popularity. A small difference can lead to a huge error; this credit clearly belongs to Mr. Pei.”

Eric smiled: “In Europe, I merely organized the GOG Global Invitational according to the original plan. Although there was some hard work involved, there was no breakthrough construction.”

“Although you’ve been in China the whole time, Mr. Zhao, the few things you did greatly helped increase the popularity of the GOG Global Invitational. This trophy is well-deserved.”

“Mr. Pei is probably also reminding us not to always be confined to existing work but to think more divergently, broaden our ideas, and strengthen cooperation with other departments.”

“For instance, this time, without the support of Rabbit Tail Streaming and the GOG development department, the Global Invitational certainly wouldn’t have been so successful.”

“Mr. Zhao, you shouldn’t be too modest. Mr. Pei has already shown his recognition of you, and you should certainly keep up the good work!”

Although Zhao Xuming still felt uncomfortable with this feeling, he was also somewhat elated inside.

Did Mr. Pei really think so?

When Mr. Pei encouraged me to take on more responsibility before, it seems it wasn’t just empty talk? Did Mr. Pei really see everything I did?

Zhao Xuming felt delighted inside, suddenly having a sense of pride from being recognized.

He had never felt this way when he was at Longyu Group!

So he really had to work harder in the future. Wasn’t this large trophy from Mr. Pei a form of encouragement?

Zhao Xuming and Eric had originally thought they should take a break after returning to China.

But after seeing these two trophies, how could they still rest in good conscience?

Mr. Pei worked so hard and never showed any signs of fatigue?

For Eric, being surpassed by Mr. Zhao was definitely unacceptable; he had to continue his efforts.

For Zhao Xuming, Mr. Pei had just rewarded him with a large trophy, so it wouldn’t be appropriate to slack off now, would it?

So both men immediately sat back at their workstations and began to busy themselves.

……

Meanwhile, at Longyu Group.

Jin Yong was discussing FV team’s champion skin with the design team sent over from Finger Company, and Kretian was also present.

Yesterday, the FV team had already returned to China.

Although Mr. Pei had told the FV team to play more days in Europe, the team members all felt there wasn’t much more to see there, and a week was about enough. They preferred to return to China quickly to start streaming and meet their long-missed fans.

Jin Yong had returned to China right after the ioi World Championship ended and had been waiting. When he heard the FV team was back, he immediately approached them to hear their ideas about the champion skin.

The reason for the rush was that ioi was desperate.

There was still no sign of stopping the player loss in the domestic server, and the public opinion environment hadn’t improved at all. The situation was quite dire.

Finger Company now urgently needed to launch the FV team’s champion skin to turn the situation around.