Pei Qian couldn’t help but smile, the corners of his mouth turning upward.
Excellent! His plan had been a great success!
He understood clearly that Lin Wan had a very strong personality, and her greatest wish was to truly prove herself. But at the same time, Lin Wan always liked to deflect credit to others.
These two personality traits combined made Lin Wan determined to stay at Tenda Group, impossible to drive away, because she genuinely believed she could learn more by staying.
So Pei Qian seized on this personality trait and approached it from a different angle.
Lin Wan asked with confusion, “But Mr. Pei, what exactly should I do? What would count as stepping outside my comfort zone?”
Pei Qian was silent for a moment before saying, “It’s simple. Leave Shangyang Games. I have a job that’s more suitable for you and will better enhance your abilities.”
“Leaving Shangyang Games means stepping outside your comfort zone for you, allowing you to face more challenges. On the other hand, it also gives Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin the opportunity to officially take over your position and further improve themselves.”
“Those two haven’t had any change in their positions for quite some time, which isn’t good for their career development either.”
“We’re planning to establish a strategic partnership with Shenhua Group to create a new gaming department. You’ll be the head of this department, and you’ll be in charge of all development tasks.”
“Moreover, your work won’t be limited to just that. Personnel selection, daily management, development direction, and so on—you’ll be responsible for all of it.”
“Only by personally building a strong team can you truly gain management and control over that team, instead of floundering when you switch to a different one.”
“And only by leaving the comfort zone of Shangyang Games can you face real challenges and further enhance your abilities!”
Lin Wan fell silent.
Clearly, upon hearing “Shenhua gaming department,” she still felt somewhat resistant.
But what Mr. Pei said made too much sense!
On one hand, Tenda employees frequently transferred positions and got promoted. Lin Wan had been the head of Shangyang Games for quite a while now. At other companies this wouldn’t be an issue, but at Tenda, it was indeed somewhat limiting Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou’s further development and improvement. This made Lin Wan feel a little guilty.
On the other hand, according to what Mr. Pei said, Lin Wan should indeed step out of her comfort zone and accept new challenges in a different environment.
If it were about receiving the Dream Fund to start her own business, Lin Wan might have agreed without hesitation.
But becoming the head of Shenhua’s gaming department… something felt off.
Pei Qian noticed her concerns and continued, “There’s no need to harbor misgivings about Shenhua Group.”
“Rest assured, although the company is called Shenhua’s gaming department, it’s actually jointly funded by Shenhua Group and Tenda. Regarding shares, you’ll hold 40%, while Shenhua Group and Tenda will each hold 30%.”
“This small amount of money won’t matter much to Shenhua Group. You don’t need to worry about being controlled or anything like that. You’ll have absolute authority.”
“You can treat this as a form of training. We’ll keep your employee ID at Tenda, and if you’re ever dissatisfied with the situation there, you can always come back.”
The latter part was pure deception. Even if her employee ID was kept, what would happen if she came back?
By then, Shangyang Games would already be under Wang Xiaobin or Ye Zhizhou. Would Lin Wan have the heart to parachute back in and interfere with their projects? She definitely wouldn’t do such a thing.
Moreover, with Lin Wan’s resilient personality, regardless of whether the project succeeded or failed, she would most likely persist.
Sure enough, Pei Qian’s final words helped ease Lin Wan’s worries.
After considering for a long time, she finally made up her mind: “Alright, I’ll give it a try. I hope I can truly break through my bottleneck!”
Pei Qian nodded with a smile: “No problem, I believe in you!”
Perfect! The deception was a complete success!
Pei Qian couldn’t help feeling a bit smug.
The Lin family’s combined net worth was immeasurable, but none of them could do anything about Lin Wan. Yet with just one move from me, didn’t I get everything arranged perfectly for Lin Wan?
I really am a genius!
Pei Qian stood up: “Then you can start arranging the work handover in the coming days. I’ll notify you as soon as there’s any news.”
…
After settling matters with Lin Wan, on his way back, Pei Qian began to ponder the sales team issue.
However, he still didn’t have a clear idea of how to proceed specifically. It would require careful planning.
Not to mention, finding someone who could accurately understand Pei Qian’s intentions and effectively lead the entire sales team wouldn’t be an easy task.
“Ding.”
Suddenly, his phone made a notification sound, and a banner alert dropped down from the top of the screen: “The UP creator you specifically follow has updated. Don’t miss it!”
Pei Qian’s expression changed instantly.
Because he saw the title of the video.
Masterpiece Series Episode Five: “Mission and Choice,” No King Rules Forever!
Qiao Laoshi may be late, but he always delivers!
Pei Qian briefly looked through Qiao Liang’s previous uploads and found that the “Masterpiece Series” had already released five episodes. From the first to the third episodes, they were all about Tenda’s games. The fourth episode was about a foreign AAA blockbuster, and now the fifth had returned to Tenda’s games!
Pei Qian didn’t know whether to be angry or relieved.
Previously, Pei Qian felt that Qiao Liang was always targeting him specifically, almost to the point of exhaustion. How could the “Masterpiece Series” feature three consecutive episodes? When had anyone been acclaimed as a masterpiece three times in a row?
Now Qiao Liang had symbolically featured someone else before returning to focus on Tenda again. Pei Qian’s feelings were complicated…
However, regarding this video, Pei Qian was relatively calm.
In the past, Pei Qian would have been quite anxious when seeing Qiao Liang release a “Masterpiece Series” video.
Because for previous games, before Qiao Liang’s videos, public opinion wasn’t great. Setting aside sales figures, there were at least many skeptical voices.
And Qiao Liang’s “Masterpiece Series” videos instantly reversed the games’ reputation, causing both reputation and sales to skyrocket!
So Pei Qian had suffered greatly from this.
But for “Mission and Choice,” Pei Qian was much more composed.
Unlike previous times, “Mission and Choice” didn’t have that much controversy online!
Perhaps because “Fantasy Warfare Remastered” served as such a good foil, the online comments about “Mission and Choice” were overwhelmingly positive, with excellent word of mouth.
Everyone was already praising it so much—even if Qiao Liang continued to praise it in his video, he would just be repeating what everyone had already said. Could the situation get any worse?
Moreover, seeing this title, Pei Qian became suspicious about the video’s content.
The subtitle was actually “No King Rules Forever”?
Could it be that Qiao Laoshi was disappointed with this game, believing that Tenda’s success hadn’t continued and that Tenda’s dominance was over?
Otherwise, why use “Mission and Choice, No King Rules Forever” as the title?
With these thoughts in mind, Pei Qian clicked the play button on the video.
…
“Hello dear viewer-daddies, I’m still your very familiar gaming section UP creator, ‘Game Father’ Qiao Laoshi.”
“Since the broadcast of my last ‘Trashing Terrible Games’ episode, I’ve received many unprovoked attacks and accusations. Many people have sent me private messages saying, ‘Oh, Qiao Laoshi, you’re now making low-effort videos to an outrageous degree. Even ten-year-old trash games that have been beaten to death, you can still make into a video. I’m so disappointed in you!'”
“To these people I want to say, you’ve misjudged me!”
“Who said I was making low-effort videos? This was clearly laying the groundwork for the latest episode of ‘Masterpiece Series’!”
“Now, I believe all you dear viewers understand my good intentions.”
“So next, please follow me as we compare the past and present of these two games. Through this glimpse, we can also see how the fate of Chinese games has changed!”
“Let’s go back to 1997.”
“In that era, various excellent electronic games emerged one after another, from ‘Command and Conquer’ before, to ‘StarCraft’ and ‘Fantasy Warfare’ after.”
“RTS games, along with FPS games, became the two most popular electronic game genres in that era of inferior computer capabilities.”
“Domestically, a game called ‘Mission and Choice’ also appeared, with overwhelming publicity making enthusiastic supporters of domestic games believe it would be our own ‘Command and Conquer,’ ‘StarCraft,’ and ‘Fantasy Warfare.'”
“The result, as everyone knows, was disappointing.”
“From then on, domestic and foreign game markets took two completely different paths. Abroad, various excellent AAA blockbusters emerged one after another, while domestic games languished after that setback.”
“Fast forward to the present.”
“After the highly anticipated ‘Fantasy Warfare Remastered’ was released, it was met with a flood of negative reviews. The once-revered classic ‘Fantasy Warfare’ lost its dignity in its final days. The original version, with its godly 9.3 rating, saw its remastered version’s score plummet to 0.7, taking a nosedive to become the worst-rated game. Together they add up to a perfect score of 10, which is quite a sad irony.”
“What no one expected was that the once-shameful domestic game ‘Mission and Choice’ would also be remastered.”
“This time, ‘Mission and Choice’ is no longer complete electronic garbage, but a truly excellent work that can stand shoulder to shoulder with all classic games worldwide. Upon release, it was met with overwhelming praise!”
“Comparing these two games, we find they have many mysterious connections. They cannot represent foreign and domestic games entirely, but they can help us witness the changes in domestic games over these years.”
“In ‘Fantasy World,’ there’s a very famous line: ‘No king rules forever.'”
“Sadly, this line seems to have become a self-fulfilling prophecy. That once-respected major game company that produced ‘StarCraft’ and ‘Fantasy Warfare’ would one day fall from grace and shatter its own ‘quality guaranteed’ reputation with its own hands.”
“And we would like to believe that in the not-too-distant future, with ‘Mission and Choice,’ Tenda Games will lead domestic games to ascend to the throne and take its place!”