In the rented apartment.

Pei Qian, who had just woken up from his afternoon nap, rolled over in bed, grabbed his phone to take a look, and found an unread message.

“Mr. Pei, I apologize for disturbing you. I’ve encountered a design issue and would like your advice. Based on our current discussions, cutting the game’s payment points will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among wealthy players. How should we address this issue?”

Pei Qian rubbed his sleepy eyes, muttering softly: “Who is this?”

Upon closer inspection, it was Ye Zhizhou, the newly promoted lead designer of Shangyang Games.

Pei Qian had given him the “imperial sword,” allowing him to report directly and dismiss employees, so naturally, they had to add each other as contacts for convenience.

But instead of dismissing other employees, Ye Zhizhou had asked a question about game design.

Pei Qian read the question again.

Question: Cutting the game’s payment points would cause dissatisfaction among players who have already spent money. How should this be addressed?

This was quite understandable. “Hot-Blooded Battle Song” was a pay-to-win game where wealthy players had invested thousands or even tens of thousands, finally achieving the ability to overpower others.

If suddenly all payment points were cut, and they could no longer experience the thrill of easily defeating others, wouldn’t they demand refunds and quit the game?

Of course, refunds were impossible.

Every debt has its debtor—Du Ruijie collected the money, so they should ask Du Ruijie for it back.

As for quitting the game…

That would be perfect! It’s a deal!

Mr. Pei didn’t care for these people who insisted on sending money.

As always, want to give Tenda money? Absolutely not!

Either these wealthy players would have to honestly transform into free players,

Or they should stop playing the game altogether.

Yes, perfect!

Pei Qian grabbed his phone and drowsily typed: “Let them be.”

Then he tossed his phone back beside his pillow and continued sleeping.

…

Meanwhile, at Shangyang Games, everyone in the meeting room was eagerly waiting for Mr. Pei’s message.

Ye Zhizhou sat at the head of the conference table, staring at his phone screen, waiting for Mr. Pei’s reply, feeling somewhat anxious.

Mr. Pei hadn’t responded immediately, probably because he was busy with work.

After all, Shangyang Games was just one of Mr. Pei’s many businesses, and not one he was particularly close to, so its priority was likely lower.

As for the others, reactions varied.

Some people, after hearing Ye Zhizhou’s modification plan, found it interesting and were full of enthusiasm;

Others still didn’t respect Ye Zhizhou, but didn’t dare show it.

After all, Wang Xiaobin, the most senior member of the design team, was cooperating with Ye Zhizhou. Even if others wanted to cause trouble, they wouldn’t have much influence. Moreover, Ye Zhizhou could communicate directly with Mr. Pei, which was the greatest deterrent.

Some even suspected that Ye Zhizhou deliberately asked Mr. Pei this question during the meeting as a show of authority!

He was implying to everyone that he could contact Mr. Pei directly, so they all needed to behave themselves.

So the atmosphere in the meeting room was quite serious, and the newly appointed Ye Zhizhou was able to maintain control.

“Ding.”

The notification sound rang, and Ye Zhizhou hurriedly looked at Mr. Pei’s reply.

Just four simple characters: “Let them be.”

Just… like that?

Ye Zhizhou was stunned.

Wang Xiaobin, sitting beside him, leaned over and asked with concern: “Did Mr. Pei reply?”

Ye Zhizhou turned his phone screen toward Wang Xiaobin: “Just four characters.”

“Brother Wang, what do you think of this…”

Ye Zhizhou was confused.

Logically, tasks assigned by Mr. Pei should be executed without fail.

But completely ignoring these wealthy players—wasn’t that self-destructive?

In a national war game like “Hot-Blooded Battle Song,” the amount spent by wealthy players accounted for over 80% of all recharges. Abandoning wealthy players meant voluntarily giving up 80% of their income.

This wasn’t just cutting off a limb to save the body; this was suicide!

It was precisely for this reason that everyone had been discussing for so long in the meeting, yet still couldn’t find a solution that would satisfy both sides.

Cutting payment points would inevitably affect the interests of wealthy players, and if wealthy players weren’t happy, game revenue would plummet.

In other words, no matter how they analyzed it, Mr. Pei’s approach would only lead to a sharp drop in game revenue, hastening the demise of the two games that were already struggling.

Out of options, Ye Zhizhou had finally decided to consult Mr. Pei.

And Mr. Pei had responded with just these four characters.

So the final solution was… no solution at all?

Let these wealthy players fend for themselves?

What kind of…

Boldness was this!

Wang Xiaobin’s initially furrowed brow gradually relaxed.

“Mr. Pei is truly bold. Admirable!”

“These four characters contain great wisdom!”

Wang Xiaobin sighed with genuine admiration.

Ye Zhizhou felt impressed but didn’t fully understand.

Indeed, an elder at home is like a treasure.

Such profound matters required interpretation from experienced senior designers like Wang Xiaobin!

Wang Xiaobin cleared his throat and said to everyone: “We don’t need to discuss this issue any further. Mr. Pei has already given us the solution: ‘Let them be! ‘x

“That means we don’t need to worry about how these changes will affect the wealthy players.”

“After the new version is launched, the wealthy players on the old servers will maintain their data and current combat power. But all recharge entrances will be blocked, so they can’t gain further combat power through large recharges.”

“And players on new servers will start from the same point, following our new version’s plan.”

Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

That’s it?

Doesn’t this still leave the problem unsolved?

What if the wealthy players quit and stop spending?

Wang Xiaobin smiled with understanding: “Mr. Pei has already answered this question for us.”

“Cutting payment points will indeed affect wealthy players’ interests—that’s inevitable. We’ve been trying hard to find a solution, but there simply isn’t one for this kind of situation!”

“This is like a complete revolution, taking from the rich to distribute to the poor. Do we need to consider the feelings of the wealthy? There’s no need.”

“Mr. Pei’s meaning is very clear—let them fend for themselves!”

“The issue we’ve been struggling with for so long, Mr. Pei resolved with one swift stroke. This is the difference in skill level!”

Everyone suddenly understood.

Like a complex knot being cut with a single stroke, this seemingly unsolvable problem had been so easily resolved by Mr. Pei!

However, although it sounded easy, it was difficult to implement.

Who could have such courage to directly cut off 80% of their income source?

Mr. Pei could!

Thinking of this, everyone couldn’t help but admire Mr. Pei even more.

Giving up something to gain something, without hesitation.

Indeed, this was the true mastery level!

Ye Zhizhou was also deeply moved. He knocked on the table: “Good, the last problem is solved. Let’s… officially begin our work!”

“We must fully implement Mr. Pei’s ideas to revive these two games!”