Chapter 196 Misunderstanding

After getting the IOU written by President Pei, Meng Chang returned to the advertising and marketing department, full of confidence.

With President Pei's promise, he felt much more at ease!

Although President Pei was sly and liked to sabotage things when a promotional plan was about to succeed, causing it to fall short, overall, he still had some principles.

He would only mess with things secretly, never resorting to open conflict.

Moreover, President Pei was a man of his word, never breaking a promise. This was something to be trusted.

However, sometimes he might circumvent the promise and stab someone in the back from an unexpected direction.

Therefore, even though he had obtained the IOU from President Pei, Meng Chang decided to be careful and remain vigilant.

Back in the advertising and marketing department, Meng Chang immediately found Yu Yao and handed him the new promotional plan.

"Put all the promotional funds we received this month into promoting the Qidian Chinese Website Inspiration Class for authors."

"These are the promotional materials."

"The main promotional methods will be ground promotions and web advertisements. You can decide on the specific ratio, but basically, buy any advertisement that meets the criteria."

"I'll send you the original files later."

As Meng Chang spoke, he handed Yu Yao the printed poster full of words.

Yu Yao took the paper, visibly hesitating.

Meng Chang couldn't help but reveal a knowing smile.

Doesn't it look unreliable?

That's the idea!

I went to great lengths to make it look unreliable. If you think it's reliable, that would be a huge blow to me!

The so-called "promotional material" was actually just a simple image, without videos or other forms of data, and the image itself was poorly made.

Such a large-scale advertisement would definitely provoke disgust from internet users, right?

Judging from Yu Yao's expression, his attitude towards this promotional plan was markedly different from previous ones.

He was observing the paper carefully and meticulously, seemingly unwilling to miss any details.

Meng Chang chuckled inwardly.

It seemed that this plan was so outrageous that Yu Yao was starting to doubt his life, which was why he looked at it for so long.

But even so, Meng Chang didn't intend to explain anything.

Why should I explain my actions to you?

Anyway, the advertising and marketing department had to unconditionally cooperate with my work. Even if I deliberately messed up the promotional plan, what could you do to me?

Not only would this plan be messed up, but future plans would also become more and more outrageous!

I hope you little comrades in the advertising and marketing department adapt to it as soon as possible.

Just as Meng Chang was feeling pleased with himself, Yu Yao finished reading the contents of the paper and looked up.

"Brother Meng, do you have time to teach me?"

Meng Chang was taken aback.

He carefully observed the expression on Yu Yao's face, which seemed to be... a kind of anticipation and eagerness?

What was going on?

"Teach you what?" Meng Chang asked, feeling perplexed.

Yu Yao said excitedly, "Teach me how to create a promotional plan that has inherited the true essence of President Pei!"

Meng Chang: "???"

Yu Yao explained, "The first time I saw this image, I felt a strong aura that belongs exclusively to President Pei!"

"The plan looks so simple on the surface, but it hides a grand vision that transcends traditional promotional methods."

"After coming to Tengda, I realized that all the promotional skills and strategies I learned before were useless. President Pei's way of promotion is the most top-notch!"

"It's just a pity that I'm slow-witted. Although I've been carefully analyzing the details of President Pei's promotional methods, I haven't gained much."

"So, Brother Meng, when can you teach me?"

Meng Chang looked bewildered. "Me? You're saying my promotional plan is similar to President Pei's?"

"When did you get that feeling?"

Meng Chang only felt that it was outrageous!

How could my promotional plan be like President Pei's? That's impossible!

President Pei's promotional plans always achieved excellent promotional results.

And my promotional plan is for reverse promotion, to dissuade consumers!

How could our promotional plans be alike!

If they are alike, there must be a big problem somewhere...

Yu Yao pondered, "When did I get that feeling... let me think."

"Actually, I've had that feeling a little bit from the beginning, but it's been getting stronger and stronger recently!"

"At the beginning, Brother Meng, your promotional plans still had a strong personal style, but then they became more and more like President Pei's style."

"For example, when you first did promotions for brick-and-mortar stores, you used extremely simple logos, which had the same effect as the logo-less sign at the Moyu Internet Cafe. And when Brother Meng made a promotional video for the smart clothes drying rack, it was also very similar to President Pei's plan when promoting *Hot-Blooded Battle Song*."

"As for this plan, even though it's just a simple image, I feel that your plan has integrated President Pei's promotional methods and reached the pinnacle!"

"Brother Meng, let me ask you secretly, did President Pei impart all his knowledge to you and teach you all his promotional strategies?"

"Teach me more when you have time, Brother! I want to learn too!"

Meng Chang's mouth opened slightly, at a loss for words.

What are you talking about!

Young man, you have to have evidence when you speak, you can't just talk nonsense!

Coincidence, it must be a coincidence!

The reason why it looks similar is just a beautiful misunderstanding!

Because my motivation and President Pei's are completely opposite!

Being told by Yu Yao that his promotional methods are similar to President Pei's is definitely not a good sign.

Because President Pei's promotions are all successful, so being like President Pei means that my promotional plans will also be successful?

Too unlucky!

Meng Chang originally thought that Yu Yao was looking at this plan for so long because he thought it was outrageous; but now he realized that Yu Yao didn't think the plan was outrageous at all, but instead saw the essence of President Pei in it, which is why he looked at it for so long!

But perhaps because he was too close to the situation, no matter how Meng Chang looked at this promotional plan, he didn't think it had any similarity to President Pei's promotional methods.

After all, the two people's motivations are completely opposite!

President Pei's promotion is a well-thought-out plan, with countless ingenious follow-up moves prepared after simply selling a few flaws;

And Meng Chang's promotion is simply selling flaws to deliberately lose.

How can these be the same!

It can only be similar in form but not in spirit, the difference is too great.

Thinking of this, Meng Chang felt a little more at ease.

How could it be similar to President Pei's? It must be Yu Yao's illusion.

Seeing the strong thirst for knowledge in Yu Yao's eyes, Meng Chang didn't want to discourage him too much, so he said vaguely, "This... I actually learned it through observation. President Pei didn't teach me anything."

"You can definitely master this skill if you watch, learn, and practice more in your usual work."

"Now, let's push this promotional plan forward first."

Yu Yao immediately nodded. "Okay, Brother Meng, I'll go right now!"

He walked halfway, then came back and whispered, "Brother Meng, this promotional plan must have a backup plan, right? Can you secretly tell me about it first? How do you plan to make it popular?"

The corner of Meng Chang's mouth twitched slightly.

A backup plan? There's no such thing!

Can you please stop comparing me to President Pei!

"Don't guess, there's no backup plan." Meng Chang almost rolled his eyes.

Yu Yao nodded slightly. "I understand, it's confidential for now. Then I'll wait and see!"

Meng Chang: "..."

Although he was speechless, the promotional plan was finally launched.

Soon, this ugly image that Meng Chang personally photoshopped would appear on bus stop signs, subway stations, and some web pages in many cities.

...

After sending Meng Chang away, Pei Qian immediately issued a notice to all departments according to his previous promise, requiring everyone to keep the copyright development of the three works from the Qidian Chinese Website Inspiration Class confidential.

This also included all the authors who knew about it in the Qidian Chinese Website Inspiration Class.

Of course, this couldn't be enforced. If someone leaked the secret privately, it would be difficult to trace the source.

But anyway, it was enough to get the message across.

Speaking of which, Pei Qian was doing his best to make the entire Tengda Group cooperate with Meng Chang.

If this still wasn't successful, then Meng Chang wouldn't have anything to say.

After issuing the notice, Pei Qian considered it and decided to go to the Tengda Games department upstairs and give them some special instructions.

Because the preparation time for the web series and animation projects among the three works to be copyrighted would be relatively long. The animation would even have to wait two months before they could officially start production after buying a studio.

Only the game project might progress relatively quickly.

*Eternal Reincarnation* was a novel created based on the background of *Repent and Be Saved*, so it would be developed as a new DLC for *Repent and Be Saved*.

*Repent and Be Saved* was already a relatively mature game, and the Tengda Games department didn't have much to do now. Hu Xianbin and others were just doing follow-up updates for *Mission and Choice*. If they were idle and inadvertently leaked some news during the preparation process, that would be bad.

Moreover, this cycle wasn't over yet, so they couldn't start new projects, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to complete them and it would affect the settlement.

Therefore, Pei Qian felt that it was necessary to go there and ensure that the game department wouldn't cause trouble for him.

The game department was upstairs, just a short walk away.

Pei Qian glanced around, but didn't see Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao, nor did he see several key employees.

An ordinary employee saw Pei Qian and hurriedly stood up and said, "President Pei, Brother Hu and the others are all in the conference room discussing the new DLC."

Pei Qian couldn't help but nod slightly.

Good, timing is everything.

He went straight to the conference room door and knocked gently.

Sure enough, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Li Yada and other core employees of the game department were in the conference room, including Yu Fei, the author of *Eternal Reincarnation*.

Seeing President Pei, everyone couldn't help but be overjoyed.

They were worried about how to make this DLC, and President Pei came!

Was it a coincidence, or did President Pei know that everyone was struggling, so he came to give them guidance?

In any case, with President Pei here, they had a backbone!