Shang Yang Games.

Everyone was caught up in a frenzy of excitement.

Boss Pei's 2 million yuan in publicity funds was like a shot in the arm!

Everyone could see that the data for "A Bloody Battle Song - Enhanced Edition" was not good after its release, and they were all anxious about it.

At first, everyone was confused. Fortunately, Director Lin decided to develop a mobile game version, turning "A Bloody Battle Song - Enhanced Edition" into a game with interconnected data between mobile phones and computers. This finally gave everyone a direction to strive for.

But even if the mobile version was made, could it really reverse the current situation? No one could guarantee it.

From the current situation, the biggest problem with turning the game into a mobile version was not money, but time.

If it failed, it would only make the current situation worse.

However, Boss Pei greatly praised this game and once again provided 2 million yuan in publicity funds, which fully demonstrated Boss Pei's trust in everyone!

Everyone was deeply moved and even more determined to improve "A Bloody Battle Song - Enhanced Edition".

A dedicated person had already contacted these Hong Kong stars according to the list arranged by Boss Pei.

Wang Xiaobin looked at the list and couldn't help but sigh: "I have to say, Boss Pei is very experienced in choosing people. This choice must have been carefully considered."

"Zhang Zuting and these people are all older generation Hong Kong stars. Their films have a great influence among middle-aged people, which can have a good promotional effect on our target players."

"Zhang Zuting's price is the highest. First, let him shoot a film to attract widespread attention, and then use the same amount of money to invite four cheaper Hong Kong stars. This is not only very cost-effective, but also creates a clustering effect, achieving the best promotional effect."

"I have to say, Boss Pei's move is really brilliant."

Ye Zhizhou on the side strongly agreed with this: "Yes, Boss Pei is definitely a genius in terms of publicity. He is probably at the top level in the entire domestic game market."

"It's just a little ashamed, and a little pity. It would be great if our game was more powerful. In the current situation, we really don't deserve so much publicity funding from Boss Pei."

Wang Xiaobin comforted: "It's okay. Isn't the mobile version being made? After the mobile version is launched, these advertisements can still play a role. The popularity accumulated will eventually explode."

Ye Zhizhou nodded vigorously: "Yes, that's right! We must work harder and live up to Boss Pei's expectations!"

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September 11th, Monday.

Stepping on the land of Jingzhou again, Bao Xu was filled with emotion.

Finally back!

During this month of paid vacation, Bao Xu flew to Europe and toured four or five cities, changing cities almost every week.

In short, it was hard to describe!

For Bao Xu, he now couldn't wait to delete and format all the exotic scenery in his mind. This month was simply a nightmare for him.

It wasn't about the tourist destinations themselves. In Bao Xu's mind, as long as he was away from Jingzhou, even if he went to the most beautiful garden city, he would feel like he was having a nightmare.

Fortunately, although Bao Xu was addicted to the internet after going to college, he still got into college properly. His English level was not bad, and with a translator, he barely completed this overseas trip.

But no matter what, after this trip, Bao Xu still felt a deep sense of despair.

Arriving in Jingzhou in the early morning, Bao Xu first went back to his rented house to sleep, sleeping until noon before getting up, and then decided to go to Tengda in the afternoon.

During the trip, he bought some local snacks and small commodities as souvenirs, which he had to distribute to everyone in the office.

Moreover, he had been away for a month, and he didn't know how the development of *Turning Back is the Shore* was going. Li Yada had taken over the job of lead planner midway, and he didn't know if she could make the game well.

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Arriving at the company, everyone was busy.

Seeing Bao Xu return, everyone immediately expressed a warm welcome.

"Brother Bao is back!"

"Brother Bao, was Europe fun?"

"Looks like you got a little tan."

"Your hair seems to be longer again?"

"It should be quite cold there this season, right?"

Bao Xu greeted everyone one by one and distributed the souvenirs he brought back.

Li Yada was seriously modifying the document. Seeing Bao Xu return, she quickly stood up and said, "Brother Bao! You came just in time, I have a question to ask!"

Bao Xu's face turned pale instantly: "I'm too tired! Another day!"

"Ah, okay." Li Yada nodded, but couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Why did Bao Xu seem a little listless after returning this time, not as active as before?

Before, no matter who had any design problems or wanted to ask for advice, Bao Xu would answer very enthusiastically.

And Bao Xu usually repeatedly experienced the games being developed, and would directly find the designer in charge if he had any modification suggestions.

Last time he went on a trip, he also started experiencing the game on the day he came back, and quickly entered the working state.

But today, Bao Xu didn't seem very interested in work?

Soon, Bao Xu finished distributing all the souvenirs, including Boss Pei, who was experiencing the game in the office.

Then, he returned to his workstation, directly opened a foreign AAA game, put on his headphones, and started self-isolating.

This was what he had planned long ago during this month of suffering.

The first thing to do when returning to the company was to bide his time!

As a semi-autistic child, Bao Xu secretly hated himself every time he communicated with foreigners in Europe with broken English: The tears shed at this time are the water that entered my brain in the first place!

Now looking back, being selected as the second most outstanding employee can be said to be unexpected, but also reasonable.

He should have foreseen this serious consequence!

Lu Mingliang was the lead planner, and he contributed the most in the process of making the game; and who contributed the second most?

That was Bao Xu.

Because Bao Xu was the most hardworking and meritorious in the entire design team. He had been responsible for the game's creativity since *Sea Fortress*. Usually, Bao Xu often gave suggestions on the game's gameplay, details, and balance.

With such a high profile, who wouldn't vote for him?

This time back, Bao Xu thought about it carefully. If he continued according to this script, he would still only have two possibilities in the next selection of best employees.

The first is to leave with a million-dollar dream fund like Lu Mingliang.

This was okay, but the thought of leaving these colleagues and leaving the design team made Bao Xu feel reluctant.

The second is to get another month of paid vacation and travel.

This was the most terrible!

Although he had already received it twice, there were still many places to go in the world, and Bao Xu didn't think this suffering would ever end.

So Bao Xu gritted his teeth and decided that he wanted to be a loafer!

He would bury his head in playing games every day and minimize his presence.

Although he was very worried about whether Li Yada could be competent for the job of lead planner, he definitely couldn't guide her in front of everyone, he could only answer her privately and secretly.

He must not attract everyone's attention again!

In fact, Bao Xu felt very uneasy, feeling that he was letting Boss Pei down by loafing around like this.

But in order to avoid this misfortune in the next outstanding employee selection, Bao Xu had to work hard to loaf, at least to deceive the eyes of most people.

After playing for half an hour, Bao Xu quit the game, secretly poked his head out from behind his workstation, and carefully observed his surroundings.

Boss Pei was still in the office and hadn't come out.

Everyone else was also working seriously and didn't pay attention to this side.

Only then did Bao Xu carefully send a message to Li Yada: "If you have any questions, DM me, don't make a sound."

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In the office, Pei Qian was eating the biscuits and chocolates brought back by Bao Xu, leisurely browsing Ellie Island.

Today's suffering was over, only the last two bosses were left to clear the Six Paths of Reincarnation ending.

There were still about three weeks before *Turning Back is the Shore* was released. This time could be said to be very, very ample.

So Pei Qian wasn't in a hurry at all.

On Ellie Island's website, a new video collection was pushed to the homepage.

*Brainwashing Collection of A Bloody Battle Song Commercials*!

Originally there was only Zhang Zuting, but now it had become a family portrait: Zhang Zuting and his four good brothers.

Everyone was wearing the same awkward clothes, holding the same awkward props, and speaking the same awkward Hong Kong-style Mandarin. The whole style remained highly consistent.

Although the names of the others couldn't create as good a pun as "fried pig trotters", this didn't affect the enthusiasm of the silly netizens. It could be seen from the comments, bullet screens, and popularity of the videos.

"Shocked, I'm actually watching commercials on Ellie Island!"

"I usually find 15 seconds of commercials too long, but I actually watched them for ten minutes..."

"Indeed, others skip commercials, but I search for commercials to watch."

"I can only say that this game company is indeed a commercial genius. Each person clearly only has less than two minutes of video material, but they managed to cut it into more than a dozen different versions!"

"The advertising slogans are too brainwashing, I'm laughing like crazy!"

"I don't even dare to pause this video when it's full screen, I'm afraid of entering the website."

"I'm fried pig trotters, come and gnaw on me if you're my brother... and my four brothers!"

After watching the latest commercials, Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction.

Well, good friends should be neat and tidy!

Now, Zhang Zuting, the ancestor of web games, was stable. As for the others, they were the Four Little Heavenly Kings of web games, and they could form an elderly Hong Kong-style Mandarin group together.

Looking at the embarrassment of these four friends of Zhang Zuting filming web game commercials, Zhang Zuting should be able to raise his eyebrows when they meet next time.

After all, everyone had filmed this kind of embarrassing commercial, and Zhang Zuting's endorsement fee was the highest.

Zhang Zuting should feel that he had perfectly surpassed these four brothers in terms of value.

Casually helping Old Zhang, Pei Qian only felt a sense of great satisfaction!

Zhang Zuting should be very pleased too, right?

Pei Qian contentedly closed the website, and then habitually opened the background of *A Bloody Battle Song - Enhanced Edition* and glanced at it to confirm that everything was safe and sound.

Although this wave of advertising had caused some data to rise, from the current point of view, there was still a big gap from the warning line.

Pei Qian didn't know what Ye Zhizhou and Lin Wan were busy with all day, but judging from the current situation, they shouldn't have thought of a good way to turn things around.

Anyway, as long as the data doesn't improve, then everything is fine.

After confirming that it was safe, Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave.

Although he had been a little restless recently, Pei Qian didn't know what to do in the next period of time, so he could only quietly wait for the new store of Moyu Internet Cafe to open, and for *Turning Back is the Shore* to be released.

Leaving the office, Pei Qian couldn't help but glance at Bao Xu.

After returning from abroad, Bao Xu was obviously a little darker, and looked a lot healthier.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Pei Qian felt that his hairline had recovered a bit, and the head's project of returning farmland to forest seemed to be effective.

"According to this trend, if I let him go out a few more times, will he become a long-haired artist? Hmm, it sounds pretty cool."

"Hmm? He's not experiencing *Turning Back is the Shore*."

Pei Qian keenly discovered the blind spot.

Bao Xu was actually playing a foreign AAA masterpiece, and he seemed to be playing it very casually, and he didn't take screenshots every time he played for a while like before, or write down some details in a small notebook.

This showed that he was not studying other games, but simply... playing.

According to Bao Xu's previous habits, he should be very actively playing *Turning Back is the Shore*, finding a bunch of problems and handing them over to others to modify.

But Bao Xu seemed to have changed this time he came back, putting on his headphones, giving off a feeling of not hearing anything outside the window.

He was just short of writing the four big characters "I'm self-isolating" directly on his face.

Pei Qian thought for a moment and immediately understood.

Bao Xu was bitten by a snake once, and he was afraid of well ropes for ten years!

He was worried that he would be selected as an outstanding employee again next time, so he simply started a fishing state, so that everyone would no longer pay attention to him, so that they would definitely not vote for him next time.

In this way, he wouldn't have to suffer the pain of a month's paid vacation again.

Pei Qian not only wasn't angry when he realized that Bao Xu was paddling like crazy, but instead showed a gratified smile.

Sure enough, my best employee selection is still very effective!

Although there was a little deviation from the expected process, it still perfectly achieved the result I wanted!

The first elimination system is indeed the core guiding principle that Tengda should always adhere to.

Very good, Bao Xu, just keep it up like this, and I will definitely give you a promotion and a raise in the future!

Even an motivated employee like Bao Xu can be transformed into a loafer by me, let alone others?

Pei Qian was in a great mood and left with confidence.

After seeing Boss Pei leave in the elevator out of the corner of his eye, Bao Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no way, now for Bao Xu, everyone in the company had to be guarded against!

It wasn't aimed at Boss Pei, now no matter who passed by, Bao Xu was facing a formidable enemy, and he switched screens at the speed of light.

He looked around again, confirmed that no one was watching him, and then quickly switched programs, put the game in the background, and opened the document to modify it.

This feeling was a bit strange, and Bao Xu couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.

It's a ghost that you have to work normally in the company secretly!