Pei Qian calmed himself down and carefully reviewed the names and details of these companies once more.

Indeed, he found the problem!

It wasn’t just about the number of companies; Pei Qian also spotted some familiar faces on the list.

These familiar faces were actually members of the anti-Tenda alliance!

What was going on here? Which side were these companies really on?

If an ordinary person saw the names of rival companies, they would certainly become wary, thinking they might be undercover agents.

Pei Qian wasn’t afraid of them being undercover, but he was afraid they were genuinely defecting!

If they were truly undercover, Pei Qian wouldn’t mind sending Min Jingchao to guide them, helping them earn more money and temporarily strengthen the anti-Tenda alliance.

That way, this business war wouldn’t end too quickly, and Pei Qian could freely burn more money!

But what if members of the anti-Tenda alliance genuinely wanted to join Tenda Group?

If that happened, wouldn’t the anti-Tenda alliance quickly fall apart?

That absolutely wouldn’t do!

After some simple consideration, Pei Qian felt the latter possibility was more likely.

Although the anti-Tenda alliance appeared formidable, so far, they had been repeatedly defeated!

The key was that this alliance was held together by interests; they were all directly threatened by Tenda Group.

But the awkward thing was that the anti-Tenda alliance hadn’t secured any benefits for any of its member companies so far.

Even the few companies that had taken the lead had been countered by Tenda Group to the point of unbearable suffering!

Following the anti-Tenda alliance had yielded no benefits whatsoever, only losses in reputation and actual interests.

Meanwhile, the results of sticking with Tenda Group had been fully demonstrated by Fiery Studio and Longyu Group!

There was no need to talk about Fiery Studio; they had earned a fortune with one hit game, to the extent that Fiery Studio was firmly planted on Tenda Group’s bandwagon, never to get off again!

As for Longyu Group, they not only tasted the sweetness in their operations but also became the first cooperation target of Tenda’s Cooperation Department.

After Min Jingchao’s bold reforms of their operated games, although the actual financial benefits were not yet apparent, the comprehensive revival of their reputation was an undeniable fact!

For many domestic game companies, gaining a good reputation was much harder than making money.

Because there were many companies that made money, but companies with truly good reputations were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns!

In the eyes of companies seeking cooperation, Tenda Group was recruiting and buying people’s hearts.

The key was that everyone unanimously believed that Tenda Group indeed had this capability!

They had only sent one Min Jingchao, and he had already carried two companies to success.

Many companies were paying attention to the affairs of Tenda’s Cooperation Department and secretly observing the internal changes at Longyu Group.

Reportedly, the changes weren’t just about specific operational plans but also included adjustments to the entire team structure and work model. And in just two short weeks, there were already immediate effects!

So one told ten, ten told a hundred, and in the process of spreading, everyone exaggerated a bit. Plus, Mr. Pei’s image of planning from afar and winning a thousand miles away had already deeply penetrated people’s hearts. Tenda’s business miracles had become perfect case studies for many companies!

As this news spread more and more extraordinarily, Min Jingchao’s abilities were repeatedly exaggerated.

In short, these companies were all tempted by money!

Who wouldn’t want to grab onto Tenda’s golden thigh and happily soar?

Although many companies under the anti-Tenda alliance had actual conflicts of interest with Tenda, only large companies had the strength to not compromise or concede.

For small companies under the anti-Tenda alliance, what did it matter if there were conflicts of interest? They could concede in the face of money. As long as Tenda was willing to carry them, even if they had to change their business content, it would be fine as long as they made more money!

So these companies rushed to apply to Tenda’s Cooperation Department, afraid of being slower than others!

Because among companies in the same field, if other companies were seeking cooperation with Tenda, and if one company got Tenda’s support early, they could crush other companies.

This created a prisoner’s dilemma: if you didn’t grab onto Tenda’s thigh, how would you know if other competing companies wouldn’t stab you in the back?

It was worth taking a shot; if they were really selected by Tenda as a cooperation partner, they would hit the jackpot!

The more Pei Qian looked, the more he felt something wasn’t right!

“No, no, this can’t continue!”

“Min Jingchao’s performance has been too outstanding, and Tenda’s Cooperation Department is exploding in popularity far beyond my imagination.”

“I need to find a way to make everyone’s enthusiasm fade; this can’t continue!”

“At the very least, I need to persuade the anti-Tenda alliance companies to withdraw, to make them stay firmly on the opposite side, not to come over and join me!”

Tenda’s current state of commanding such wide response made Pei Qian anxious for the anti-Tenda alliance.

The defection of certain companies might lead to the disintegration of the anti-Tenda alliance, and that would be terrible!

It was also too early; there were still six months until settlement!

Pei Qian felt a bit like a paper hanger at this moment.

The anti-Tenda alliance’s repeated battles had made it precarious, and every time, Pei Qian had diligently patched up the breaches!

After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to establish two rules with Min Jingchao.

Regarding the companies applying to Tenda’s Cooperation Department, first, there needed to be a threshold, and second, priorities needed to be distinguished.

About the threshold: Companies that were either too small or too large should be avoided; only those that were just emerging in their field but hadn’t yet dominated the market should be selected.

This was because very small companies were easily controlled and could easily become Tenda’s die-hard followers, just like Yan Qi.

While if too large companies cooperated with Tenda, it could result in a strong alliance. Moreover, such companies already had a solid foundation; if Min Jingchao exerted himself a bit, these companies’ performance would improve significantly, making too much noise and attracting excessive attention!

Just like the commotion at Longyu Group this time, which many companies had seen, causing Tenda’s Cooperation Department to explode in popularity!

If Min Jingchao had gone to an ordinary, medium-sized company, he definitely wouldn’t have caused such a stir.

Pei Qian initially wanted to refuse anti-Tenda alliance companies from joining, but on second thought, this could easily be counterproductive.

Wouldn’t that be forcing these companies to take sides? It would actually weaken the anti-Tenda alliance!

So he couldn’t refuse! He could only turn a blind eye.

Allowing anti-Tenda alliance companies to participate in cooperation with Tenda would increase the probability of them spying or being fence-sitters, double agents.

Regarding the priority of cooperation selection, companies that were either too close or too distant from Tenda should be pushed to the back of the queue.

If priority was given to companies closely related to Tenda, many companies might go crazy trying to gain favor!

For instance, by signing up for the Chujinian Initiative or transferring benefits to Tenda, showing loyalty, and so on.

This obviously went against Pei Qian’s original intention!

If priority was given to companies less closely related to Tenda, it would create a de facto territorial expansion, and Tenda’s territory would inevitably continue to expand.

So he could only choose companies in the middle segment, making it difficult for everyone to guess the true rules of Tenda’s Cooperation Department’s partner selection.

Pei Qian quickly finalized the plan and simply wrote out the proposal.

After Min Jingchao returned, they could slowly select partners according to the new rules.

However, when Min Jingchao returned this time, Pei Qian would have him focus on training new people in the future.

This was because Min Jingchao was too formidable; he had carried both Fiery Studio and Longyu Group to success, and if he went to other companies next time, he would easily succeed again!

If Min Jingchao could train several more people and disperse them to different companies, even if he succeeded, others’ failures could provide a certain neutralizing effect.

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Friday, May 31st.

Shengrun Group Headquarters.

Nie Yunsheng was listening with a gloomy expression to his deputy’s recent report.

“Mr. Nie, the situation at Zhujia Group is very unfavorable; they’ve requested our help several times!”

“After Chen Lei took over Sloth Apartments, he made many reforms, the most important being the launch of brand new flagship apartment types.”

“Zhujia Group privately calls this the Chen Lei co-branded line.”

“One is more similar to Chen Lei’s current living style, focusing on high-end artistry, and the other is an economical apartment type where Chen Lei lived before becoming famous.”

“These two apartment types were designed by specialized designers, and Chen Lei also added many elements he likes, such as a guitar identical to Chen Lei’s hanging in the high-end artistic apartment.”

“Of course, like the appliances in Sloth Apartments, this can be used but not damaged; if damaged, compensation is required. Although most people don’t play guitar, the key is that Chen Lei has so many fans!”

“These two apartment types were quickly sold out; all were rented out!”

“In the future, Chen Lei plans to launch more co-branded apartments.”

“He might collaborate with Lu Zhiyao and other film stars or other singers Chen Lei knows for joint designs. This way, he’s well established the brand value for Sloth Apartments, further widening the gap in prestige with other rental brands!”

“Zhujia Group had been polishing for a long time, planning to launch a relatively affordable apartment type, but this just happened to clash with Sloth Apartments’ situation!”

“They were directly defeated by the economical apartment type in Chen Lei’s co-branded line at Sloth Apartments!”

“Even though the apartment types and quality are similar, Chen Lei’s has a special boost. Many tenants feel that if Chen Lei could turn his life around in this environment, then I certainly have hope for turning mine around in this environment, so it’s very popular!”

“Not only that, Chen Lei continues to collaborate with ‘Real Estate Agent Simulator’ and other derivative industries, making a simple apartment rental into something extraordinarily creative!”

“Zhujia Group really has no way to find any breakthrough. Every time they make a move, Tenda Group always has a better countermeasure waiting!”

“Mr. Nie, what do you think we should do about this?”

Nie Yunsheng fell silent; Zhujia Group was facing the same problem as Shengrun Group.

That is, facing Tenda Group with its varied and frequent moves, they found it difficult to threaten Tenda’s core business model in a specific field, yet their own core business models were constantly being eroded by Tenda Group.

Nie Yunsheng felt he had to change his strategy.

The previous attacks launched by the anti-Tenda alliance had all been easily neutralized by Pei Qian, resulting in devastating defeats!

That’s why Nie Yunsheng had decided to temporarily lie low and lure Tenda into taking the initiative to attack, to see if Tenda would expose any weaknesses!

But unexpectedly, Mr. Pei had completely seen through his strategy and didn’t take the initiative to attack, just defending himself like an iron bucket!

In these related businesses, the two sides hadn’t had intense conflicts again.

But Mr. Pei, through Tenda’s Cooperation Department, was imperceptibly dissolving the anti-Tenda alliance, gradually strengthening the power of companies around Tenda Group, and establishing a Tenda alliance.

If this situation continued to develop, the power comparison between the two sides would inevitably change.

Now, the anti-Tenda alliance certainly had more companies, but in the future? That was hard to say!

During this period of lying low, other companies in the anti-Tenda alliance hadn’t completely laid low; they were still trying to make some counterattack attempts in various ways.

As a result, without Pei Qian having to mobilize resources from other departments of Tenda, a random department head, even just an acting head, had already settled things.

This signified the complete failure of Nie Yunsheng’s battle strategy and meant he had to find a new breakthrough!