He Desheng was extremely excited and continued: “Mr. Pei, your reverse psychology tactic was brilliant!”
“If we had negotiated with them properly, they would never have offered so much money. Instead, they would have dragged it out endlessly, negotiating repeatedly and pushing down the price.”
“But your resolute attitude, Mr. Pei, made them realize we wouldn’t engage in any business negotiations with them!”
“In other words, just two simple words earned us over 20 million dollars more!”
“Mr. Pei, each of your words is worth 10 million dollars!”
“Calculated per letter, that’s 3 million dollars each, which is 20 million yuan!”
“Mr. Pei, this is truly ‘a word worth a thousand gold’!”
According to the market price, one tael of gold was worth 17,500 yuan. At 20 million per character, this was indeed literally a word worth a thousand gold—and then some.
And that was per letter, with plenty left over.
Pei Qian felt his hands and feet go cold. He silently took a sip of coffee and asked, “So… we don’t have the IOI domestic server operating rights anymore, right?”
He Desheng opened his eyes wide in shock: “Mr. Pei, the Dyarco Group has already bled so much, and you still don’t want to give them the IOI domestic server operating rights?”
“That’s unnecessary. They’ve already gone so far as to use a privatization offer and bleed heavily. The premium already includes compensation for terminating the agency contract. We’ve earned so much—it’s already quite substantial!”
Pei Qian fell into silence.
Having reported this good news, He Desheng left the materials on the table and said, “Mr. Pei, if there are no more issues, I’ll go inform Shangyang Games of this good news. We need to quickly complete the handover work and get rid of this mess!”
“Mr. Pei, I’ve learned so much from your reverse psychology tactic!”
“I’ve benefited immensely, truly immensely!”
Before leaving, He Desheng couldn’t help but twist the knife once more.
Pei Qian’s hand holding the coffee cup trembled slightly. He put down the cup, picked up the materials, quickly skimmed through them, and then made a mental calculation.
A profit of 500 million yuan could be converted to 500,000 yuan.
But the IOI domestic server, his money-burning tree, was gone.
Just when he had finally found a stable way to burn money indefinitely, it was snatched away!
Pei Qian felt himself becoming truly furious.
The key was, this money-burning tree was very useful in his hands, but what use was it to them?
Did they have too much money to burn, doing something that hurt others without benefiting themselves?
Pei Qian had previously been in a good mood, feeling that by being desireless, he was strong. No matter what the Dyarco Group did, they couldn’t hurt him.
Now, Pei Qian realized he was wrong.
This fancy privatization offer move had deeply hurt Mr. Pei!
“Dyarco, I will never forgive you!!!”
“Fine, if you want to harm each other, we’re not done! Within two months, I must avenge this arrow of humiliation!”
Pei Qian gripped the coffee cup, gritting his teeth in anger.
…
Afternoon.
Shangyang Games.
After receiving the news from He Desheng, Ye Zhizhou and others began arranging the handover of the IOI domestic server.
Wang Xiaobin was organizing materials while reflecting: “So, what work will we be responsible for next?”
Ye Zhizhou shook his head: “I don’t know. According to Mr. Pei’s arrangements, we should have already completed our mission quite well. Next, we should probably rest well and prepare for a new game.”
Wang Xiaobin: “Did you understand what He Desheng was saying today?”
Ye Zhizhou shook his head again: “I don’t understand that stuff. Anyway, to summarize, Mr. Pei’s strategic planning completely outmaneuvered Dyarco, earning an extra 20 million dollars with just two words.”
“Thinking about it now, was Mr. Pei’s earliest acquisition of Finger Company shares part of a grand strategy?”
“Look, when Finger Company needed money the most, he bought 20% of their shares for less than 3 million dollars, and also obtained the domestic server operating rights.”
“Then he began arranging for Tenda Games’ core members to develop GOG themselves, planning to use the IOI domestic server as a stepping stone for their child, GOG.”
“During this period, no matter how crazily Finger Company’s valuation increased, he held onto those shares firmly, with no intention of selling.”
“Then he arranged for us to operate the IOI domestic server, fighting fiercely with GOG, ultimately squeezing out all of IOI’s potential. On one hand, this greatly expanded the user base; on the other hand, it redirected all players to GOG.”
“When the IOI domestic server had been squeezed dry, it coincided with Dyarco wanting to acquire Finger Company. Two words earned 20 million dollars, making the original investment increase more than twentyfold.”
“Look at this masterpiece—every resource was used to maximum effect, truly not wasting a bit!”
Wang Xiaobin found it hard to believe: “But according to what you’re saying, Mr. Pei couldn’t have anticipated that Dyarco would acquire Finger Company? That’s impossible, right?”
Ye Zhizhou said, “It’s impossible to calculate 100%. Who could predict such a thing accurately? Let’s say it was half trend, half luck.”
“Think about it—Finger Company wanted to push IOI worldwide, but they were constantly short of money, so they couldn’t expand quickly enough. At that time, they had to sell themselves to a large company to get enough money to compete for the global market.”
“And if a large company truly wanted to swallow Finger Company, they would pursue 100% ownership. No matter which big company bought it, Mr. Pei was confident he could cut a piece of meat from them!”
“It just so happened that this knife cut the Dyarco Group—delightful!”
“Dyarco, that tumor of the gaming industry, deserves execution by everyone!”
“I think Mr. Pei’s ‘FUCK OFF’ and the sky-high premium of 70 million dollars both carry a sense of righteous indignation.”
“If it were another company, perhaps Mr. Pei wouldn’t have used such a harsh reverse psychology tactic. Maybe if they had spoken kindly, he might have sold for 50 or 60 million dollars.”
“But when it came to Dyarco… hehe.”
Wang Xiaobin pondered for a moment, then nodded: “That makes sense!”
“Mr. Pei, being a producer who truly turns games into art, must deeply detest a tumor company like Dyarco. That’s why he took this opportunity to not only curse at them but also cut off another piece of their flesh!”
“Awesome! So awesome!”
“Analyzing it this way, Mr. Pei isn’t just strategically planning—he’s manipulating multinational corporations and capital giants in the palm of his hand!”
“For a game producer to play at this level, it’s probably unprecedented!”
Ye Zhizhou smiled slightly: “Mr. Pei isn’t just an ordinary game producer. He also has the identity of a business genius and an investor!”
“One person’s wisdom was able to manipulate all of Dyarco’s think tanks in the palm of his hand!”
The more the two discussed, the more they felt that Mr. Pei’s chain of strategies was played brilliantly, leaving them with nothing but respect.
The frustration of failing to operate the IOI domestic server was completely forgotten.
It was all within Mr. Pei’s plan—what did they have to be upset about?
Being able to play a piece in Mr. Pei’s chess game was their honor!
Just as they finished discussing, they suddenly saw a familiar figure push open the door.
“Mr. Pei?”
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin were both surprised.
Speak of the devil!
They had just been talking about Mr. Pei, and the next second, he appeared!
Mr. Pei’s face was dark as he walked straight to the meeting room: “Everyone, meeting!”
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin exchanged glances, both sensing a different atmosphere.
They hurriedly gathered their things, picked up their notebooks, and entered the meeting room.
…
Soon, all the core members of Shangyang Games were present.
Everyone was somewhat puzzled.
Logically, the IOI domestic server matter should have been concluded, right?
So why had Mr. Pei specially come here? What was it for?
Could it be that a new project was about to begin?
Pei Qian looked around at everyone and got straight to the point: “Everyone, start preparing multilingual versions and international servers for GOG immediately. Launch as quickly as possible.”
“If there are any questions, raise them now.”
Everyone was stunned.
What was going on?
We just failed at operating the IOI domestic server, and Mr. Pei is already entrusting us with such an important task as GOG’s global server?
Mr. Pei… still trusts us so much!
After a brief daze, everyone was touched!
Although the failure of the IOI domestic server operation was a script arranged by Mr. Pei in advance, failure was still failure. At the very least, it proved that Shangyang Games was not as good at operations as Tenda Games.
Yet Mr. Pei still trusted them so much, directly handing over such an important task—how could they not be moved?
But being touched aside, many operational issues still needed to be clarified in advance.
After all, this wasn’t a simple job.
Ye Zhizhou raised his hand first: “During the operation, we may need to release specific heroes for overseas versions, modify hero original art…”
Pei Qian immediately said, “I will have Min Jingchao cooperate with you unconditionally. New heroes developed for GOG will lean toward European and American players’ preferences.”
Lin Wan thought for a moment: “Overseas promotion requires a series of operational activities. As for the specific plans…”
Pei Qian: “You decide yourselves.”
Wang Xiaobin lazily raised his hand: “Then… Mr. Pei, how much budget do we have?”
Pei Qian looked around at everyone: “Seventy million.”
He paused slightly, then added: “Dollars.”
The entire meeting room fell silent.
Five hundred million yuan!
No one doubted Mr. Pei’s trust in Shangyang Games anymore.
Mr. Pei had entrusted both the company’s trump project and a full 500 million yuan operating budget to Shangyang Games. If they failed again, everyone might as well offer their heads!
But in the minds of Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and others who knew the inside story, this figure had a different meaning.
Seventy million dollars—wasn’t that the flesh cut from the Dyarco Group?
Could it be that Mr. Pei’s previous combination punch wasn’t complete yet?
Was this the final killing move?
Using the money cut from the Dyarco Group to nurture GOG’s international server, then turning around to eat into IOI’s market share—a reverse takeover?
Mr. Pei’s series of operations didn’t stop at pushing GOG to the top position among domestic MOBA games?
He also wanted to swallow the four seas, making Dyarco lose everything because they decided to acquire Finger Company.
Everyone read the thick killing intent from Mr. Pei’s gloomy face.
This was like a perfectly connected chain, killing people and destroying their will!
The people present felt nervous for Dyarco.
Meeting Mr. Pei was truly a terrible misfortune!
Despite being a notorious multinational corporate giant, in Mr. Pei’s hands, they were like fish on a chopping board.