After this thorough analysis, the looks of confusion and bewilderment on everyone’s faces had transformed into excitement and anticipation.

“So Mr. Pei really did have profound foresight. Having us develop an exclusive game wasn’t just a spur-of-the-moment decision, but the result of careful consideration?”

Thinking about it carefully, this game was indeed most suitable for designers from the independent game incubator to create, as it differed from the typical AAA game model.

Typical AAA games mainly focused on gameplay, storyline, and game mechanics, requiring different departments to collaborate and perfect numerous details.

However, this router’s launch escort game was more like a hodgepodge of independent games.

Since it needed to stream to multiple devices simultaneously, the required performance and overall graphics quality naturally wouldn’t be too high; otherwise, the console might not handle streaming to multiple devices.

Connecting the entire game through various mini-games, allowing multiple players to enjoy these mini-games together—this aspect was similar to independent games!

Each mini-game represented a creative idea, relying on the imagination of independent game designers.

If only one designer were involved, coming up with so many creative ideas would be too difficult. But with many designers working together—perhaps with each person proposing an idea and then selecting the best options—they could ensure quality for each mini-game and segment!

Besides this, having the developers from the independent game incubator create this flagship escort game carried a special significance.

Everyone knew this was Tenda Games’ first game console. If Tenda Games personally developed the flagship title for this console, players wouldn’t be particularly surprised and might even have unrealistically high expectations.

But a game console couldn’t be sustained by just one company!

The advantage of a console lay in its gaming ecosystem—its extensive and excellent game library.

A new console might not have such an extensive game library initially, but it had to create an expectation for players: in the future, many excellent game companies would join this platform, allowing players to enjoy numerous outstanding titles on this console.

Only by establishing this expectation would players’ purchasing power be fully stimulated!

Many major console manufacturers abroad might not have many excellent games when releasing a new console, yet players still purchased them frantically, because they knew the console would definitely launch many outstanding games in the future.

So if developers from the independent game incubator collectively created such an escort game, it would convey a special concept to all players: this console wasn’t just Tenda Games’ private garden—it was also a shared stage for the Morning Dew gaming platform, all partner game developers, and all creators from the independent game incubator!

Since independent game developers could collaborate to develop such an excellent escort title, they would naturally develop more outstanding games for players in the future.

As for Tenda Games, it went without saying that they would also release games for this console.

This way, players would have very high expectations for the console, and once these expectations were established, sales figures would naturally not be a concern!

Wu Zhicheng excitedly said, “This project is very meaningful. I’ve decided to join!”

Other independent game developers also nodded in agreement.

“We’ve received many favors from Mr. Pei. If Mr. Pei and Mr. Qiu hadn’t found us and provided funding, we might have already given up, forced by life’s circumstances to leave the gaming industry. Mr. Pei has allowed us to continue persevering in the independent game industry and provide better works to players!”

“Now that Mr. Pei needs us, we certainly won’t hesitate!”

The game developers had hesitated earlier mainly because they weren’t confident, feeling their abilities were insufficient and they might not handle such a project well, ultimately tarnishing Tenda’s reputation and letting Mr. Pei down.

But after this analysis, everyone felt this game truly belonged with them!

Moreover, with a clear direction established, these developers’ imaginations were sparked, and various game ideas flooded their minds.

They couldn’t wait to bring these ideas to life!

Qiu Hong was very pleased: “Excellent, everyone’s very motivated! However, although Mr. Pei has already pointed us in a clear direction, we still can’t be careless. We must treat this seriously and perfect every detail.”

“Let’s do this: Xi Hao, you and Wu Zhicheng first outline the game’s framework, considering the background story and overall art style.”

“Afterward, we’ll publicly solicit creative ideas from designers across all independent game incubators, incorporating suitable ideas and gameplay into the framework.”

“Once we’ve roughly finalized the game design, I’ll lead the development of the underlying architecture and finalize the art style. The selected independent game developers can then develop different gameplay elements on this framework and piece them together into one game.”

“Finally, we’ll optimize its streaming and split-screen functions to better suit this console’s usage!”

“If we can achieve these goals and perfectly fulfill Mr. Pei’s requirements, I believe Mr. Pei will certainly be proud of us!”

The independent game developers were all very excited, some even eager to begin.

Most of them currently had no projects and were worried about what their next independent game should be.

Independent games heavily relied on creativity—without suitable creative ideas, independent games had no advantages to speak of.

But now Mr. Pei had given them an idea, allowing everyone to fully exercise their abilities within this framework. How could this not make them feel excited and thrilled?

The designers immediately sprang into action, beginning to collect materials and brainstorm, quickly advancing toward Mr. Pei’s expectations!

……

……

April 9th, Tuesday.

At Rabbit Tail Live, Qiao Liang angrily slammed his desk: “What’s going on with Crooked Live and Wolf Fang Live? They’re still poaching our streamers without end!”

Last month, during the Safe and Civilized Driving Competition, Qiao Liang had followed Mr. Pei’s instructions to express to the public that Rabbit Tail Live would not engage in streamer poaching wars and would not restrict other platforms from streaming Tenda games.

This was originally an open-minded action that earned praise from netizens, but unexpectedly, Wolf Fang Live and Crooked Live took this as a safety guarantee and began intensifying their efforts to poach streamers from Rabbit Tail Live!

The work week had just begun, and Qiao Liang discovered that three more streamers from his platform had been poached, all of whom were just beginning to show promise.

Compared to previous rates, the poaching had actually accelerated!

Qiao Liang said angrily, “These two platforms are truly shameless! I really think Mr. Pei is too merciful toward them!”

“Companies like these thugs should be directly banned from streaming all Tenda games—they don’t deserve any face!”

Despite his anger, Qiao Liang didn’t dare disobey Mr. Pei’s orders.

After all, Mr. Pei was the helmsman of Tenda, and many times when he made different decisions, it might be based on considering the bigger picture, with deeper intentions.

Qiao Liang calmed himself down slightly, feeling that as one of Tenda Group’s leaders, he should seriously follow Mr. Pei’s requirements and analyze the deeper meaning behind them. Or, he could find alternative solutions, thinking outside the box while still complying with Mr. Pei’s restrictions.

Qiao Liang looked up at the workstation opposite him.

Mr. Ma hadn’t come in yet; it seemed his seclusion wasn’t over.

Qiao Liang had heard that Mr. Ma’s thesis submission deadline might be around the 10th, meaning Mr. Ma might come to inspect their work this week. He couldn’t continue wasting time like this!

Although what he was doing now was all at Mr. Pei’s request, Mr. Ma might not see it that way.

In the workplace, one needed to satisfy not only the big boss’s requirements but also those of immediate supervisors. Otherwise, pitting one’s leaders against each other would definitely not end well!

Qiao Liang felt he should accomplish some substantial work before Mr. Ma returned; otherwise, he would have nothing to report when Mr. Ma inquired.

But what could be done in the current situation? Many paths had been blocked by Mr. Pei—they couldn’t engage in price wars with other platforms, couldn’t poach streamers who had massive breach of contract penalties, couldn’t implement any ideas regarding games, and couldn’t ban the two live streaming platforms from streaming Tenda games.

So what cards were left to play? Rabbit Tail Live had virtually no good offensive tactics left.

Qiao Liang opened his computer and briefly searched for news about live streaming platforms.

He didn’t have high hopes, figuring these major platforms weren’t stupid and probably wouldn’t leave obvious vulnerabilities.

But as he looked, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He found a news item about live streaming platforms! It concerned a major streamer’s astronomical contract breach penalty!

Crooked Live and Wolf Fang Live had been competitors for a long time and naturally had friction.

This incident started when a major streamer jumped from Crooked Live to Wolf Fang Live, after which he faced a contract breach penalty of 100 million yuan.

However, Wolf Fang Live wasn’t planning to pay this amount for him, and Crooked Live had a black-and-white contract, so they filed a complaint and banned this major streamer.

Although Wolf Fang Live wanted to protect him, there were clear legal regulations, so they could only patiently wait for the court hearing. From the current situation, the possibility of Wolf Fang Live paying the 100 million penalty for this streamer was extremely slim. Once in court, the streamer would most likely lose the case.

So this major streamer became disgruntled and began complaining online to spectators, especially mobilizing his fans to pressure Crooked Live.

But Crooked Live wouldn’t be affected by such small incidents; they had seen much worse. What waves could an ordinary streamer create?

Mobilize fans to give the app bad reviews? Crooked Live wasn’t afraid of that.

So according to this script, the end result would likely be Crooked Live profiting a clean 100 million.

The streamer might not have the money to pay; if he had it, he’d pay, and if not, he’d become a debtor and wouldn’t be able to continue streaming at Wolf Fang Live to earn money. He could only slink back to Crooked Live to work off his debt.

Of course, one shouldn’t think Wolf Fang Live was at a loss, because they also had a list of streamers poached by Crooked Live. If they sued each one, they could also obtain considerable breach of contract penalties.

The two platforms sued each other’s streamers, each earning breach penalties—wouldn’t that be wonderful?

Logically, this matter had nothing to do with Rabbit Tail Live, because Rabbit Tail Live’s contracts didn’t restrict streamers from switching platforms. Crooked Live and Wolf Fang Live could poach with a high success rate.

But Qiao Liang suddenly realized this might be a good opportunity!

The poaching war between the two platforms was indeed fierce, looking like a battle of the gods, but in reality, it was more like chickens pecking at each other!

It looked like a battle of the gods because the poaching amounts were high—annual salaries in the millions and breach penalties in the tens of millions sounded frightening.

In reality, it was chickens pecking at each other because this poaching relied entirely on deception! If streamers had even a bit of legal awareness and studied the contract clauses more carefully, they wouldn’t be so easily deceived—sold out and still counting money for others.

The key point was that streamers truly lacked legal awareness!

With just a bit of persuasion from the platforms, without obtaining clear written agreements, they were lured to the other platform, naively believing the other side would truly resolve their contract issues.

As a result, they had to bear all breach responsibilities themselves.

They thought their annual salary was high, but when problems arose, they discovered it didn’t even amount to a tenth of the breach penalty!

Qiao Liang suddenly remembered Lü Mingliang’s method from before.

Back then, Lü Mingliang had publicly denounced Nie Yunsheng during a livestream, exposing Shengrun Group’s secrets, which provoked a strong reaction from netizens.

Everyone had stood on Lü Mingliang’s side, achieving a great success in public opinion, immediately putting Headwind Logistics on the high ground and firmly suppressing Shengrun Group.

If Lü Mingliang could do it, why couldn’t he, Qiao Liang?

The live streaming industry also had inside stories that could be dissected!

Moreover, after Lü Mingliang’s debate, Meng Chang had specifically led the creation of a program called “Managers Speak,” dedicated to winning public opinion battles.

Guo Licheng had produced an episode about gym business models, which was also very popular. Later, Rui Yuchen had produced an episode analyzing Slackin’ Delivery and the delivery business model, which also received good feedback.

Facts proved that the “Managers Speak” column was indeed effective!

However, it later coincided with Mr. Pei’s planned activity for managers to work at the grassroots level, so the “Managers Speak” column naturally came to a halt.

Because the managers had all gone to work at the grassroots level—delivering packages or manning internet cafes—where would they find the energy to record such programs?

Moreover, after they went to the grassroots level, they were no longer managers, not directly responsible for departmental business, so they couldn’t record “Managers Speak.”

Qiao Liang felt this must be a coincidence, but regardless, “Managers Speak” was Tenda’s key weapon for winning public opinion battles and couldn’t be stopped like this!

He was now an acting manager, but an acting manager was still a manager, so he could also record this program!

Thinking of this, Qiao Liang immediately called Meng Chang.

Strangely enough, Meng Chang, as the head of the Advertising and Marketing Department, hadn’t gone to the grassroots level like other managers. It seemed Mr. Pei had made a special exception, though the specific reason was unknown.

Soon, the call connected.

Qiao Liang briefly explained his idea to Meng Chang, hoping to record such a video to continue the “Managers Speak” column and thoroughly analyze the tactics of Crooked Live and Wolf Fang Live, especially their poaching tactics.

Because to date, most viewers and streamers still hadn’t understood the real problem with these tactics, Qiao Liang felt that as the acting manager of Rabbit Tail Live, and also a streamer on the platform, he had the responsibility and obligation to educate everyone!

On the other end of the phone, after a moment of silence, Meng Chang said, “I also think the ‘Managers Speak’ column shouldn’t stop. I was actually considering whether to have acting managers participate in the recording, and now that you’ve proactively reached out, we’re thinking along the same lines!”

“So, prepare a bit, and I’ll also do some general video planning.”

“I think this time we can’t just talk dryly, because a manager speaking alone might not be very convincing. I’m considering also letting several Rabbit Tail Live streamers share their personal experiences, which would make your analysis more persuasive when combined.”

“We’ll start recording soon and aim to release the video this Thursday!”

Qiao Liang nodded, completely agreeing.

The sooner this video was released, the better, because every day of delay meant more streamers might be poached by the other two platforms!