April 18th, Wednesday.

Pei Qian arrived at the company early, ready to start another busy day.

Two employees in the office area were probably a little late and hadn't had time for breakfast. They had just gotten two cups of coffee from the coffee bar and some snacks, planning to eat them at their desks when they ran into President Pei.

"Ah, President Pei, good morning!"

The two hurriedly greeted him.

Pei Qian nodded, but after glancing at the snacks in their hands, he frowned slightly. "Didn't have breakfast?"

The two employees were taken aback. "Ah... uh, yes."

Pei Qian's expression became serious. "How can you eat these snacks for breakfast? Hurry downstairs to Fish-Touching Internet Cafe for breakfast before coming back to work!"

"We'll go now."

The two employees were a little confused, holding a pile of snacks.

However, they quickly reacted, put the coffee and snacks on their desks, and obediently went downstairs to eat under President Pei's gaze.

Watching the two employees leave, Pei Qian returned to his office and began his work for the day.

Stepping out of the elevator, the two employees were still a bit dazed.

"Why do I feel like President Pei isn't in a good mood today?"

"You scared me. I thought President Pei was angry because we weren't working, but it turns out he was worried about us being hungry..."

If it were in other companies, facing other leaders, employees would definitely interpret these words as sarcasm, but that was clearly not the case in Tengda.

The two walked towards Fish-Touching Internet Cafe, muttering to each other.

"I feel like President Pei hasn't been in a good mood lately. He seems a bit stressed."

"That's strange. *Mission and Choice* seems pretty successful so far, doesn't it? The movie's screenings and box office numbers keep rising, the reviews are great, and the game is being praised to the skies. But why does President Pei look so stressed?"

"Who knows? Maybe this is just President Pei in smooth sailing!"

"Could it be that the success of *Mission and Choice* has actually put a huge amount of pressure on President Pei, urging him to continue striving for even higher goals?"

"I feel a little ashamed. President Pei is working so hard, but we're taking up work time to eat breakfast. That's really not right!"

"Let's hurry up and eat, then quickly go back to work!"

The two originally felt that their recent work wasn't too urgent, and they were feeling a little slack. But seeing that President Pei was still maintaining his drive even in such a favorable situation, how could they have any reason to stop?

It could only be said that President Pei's influence on his employees was so subtle.

...

At the same time, Pei Qian was scratching his head in his office.

Although he had just sent two employees to eat breakfast and done another insignificant good deed, delaying the employees' work time and spending a little more money, it didn't change Pei Qian's current anxious state of mind.

Those two employees were right. The current state of *Mission and Choice* was indeed putting tremendous pressure on him.

If he didn't do something soon, he really wouldn't be able to lose money this cycle!

Fortunately, *Mission and Choice* was a project that spanned two cycles. He was lucky that it was launched relatively early, and there was still a relatively long time before the settlement, so he could still salvage the situation.

Currently, Pei Qian was still holding onto three life-saving straws. If all of them could play their proper role, he could still turn this situation around.

The first straw was the Shenhua Games department that was about to be established, which could spend a large sum of money. Moreover, the games produced by this department were not subject to the settlement cycle, which could alleviate a lot of pressure.

The second straw was the (reverse) sales department that was currently being planned. Pei Qian had already asked Assistant Xin to look for suitable candidates for this department, but he didn't know if he could find any.

The third straw was the "persuasion mode" that he had forcibly arranged for Rabbit Tail Live: users had to forcibly use the focus mode or study mode for one hour every day in order to watch entertainment content on Rabbit Tail Live. This anti-human feature should be completed and launched soon.

With these three straws in hand, Pei Qian felt that he might still be saved this cycle.

However, before he started arranging these three things, Pei Qian suddenly remembered that he should go take a look at the comment section of Qiao Laoshi's video to see how the battle was going.

Although buying an army of online commenters to invade Qiao Laoshi's video comment section would definitely not be able to reverse the current state of *Mission and Choice*, Qiao Laoshi's "deification" was, after all, a key node for spreading the word.

Completely suppressing this key node, reducing the heat by a bit, meant reducing sales by a bit, and the pressure to make money would also be reduced.

Even a mosquito had meat; details determined success or failure.

Pei Qian felt that Qiao Liang would probably pretend to be dead.

Because Pei Qian had already instructed Huang Sibo to answer Qiao Liang's questions truthfully.

So, Qiao Liang should also understand that his so-called "heavy industrialization model" that he had been boasting about in the video was complete nonsense. Tengda didn't even have this concept internally.

Qiao Liang wouldn't slap himself in the face, but he wouldn't go against the grain and create something out of nothing, so he could only pretend to be dead.

At that time, the video comment section would still be full of controversy, which could at least dissuade some uninformed onlookers.

Pei Qian opened the Aili Island website and checked Qiao Laoshi's account activity.

"Huh? He actually updated a post?"

"Not a video, but an article."

Pei Qian was a little surprised. Could it be that Qiao Liang was overwhelmed by the online commenters and was going to go against the grain, battling with the online commenters for three hundred rounds without any evidence to support him?

That would really be irrational!

The article wasn't very long, only a little over a thousand words.

At the beginning, he briefly explained the two very key points of contention in the previous video, namely "milestone significance" and "heavy industrialization model."

Then, Qiao Liang said that in order to verify these two points, he had specifically found Huang Sibo, the head of the *Mission and Choice* project, film producer, game designer, head of Fei Huang Workshop, and President Pei's number one designer disciple, for an exclusive interview.

Anyone who could interview an internal figure with so many titles would have to post "big shot" on the screen.

Pei Qian was a little surprised. This Qiao Laoshi really dared to write out the content of the interview?

Wasn't this self-exposure?

However, when he saw the content below, Pei Qian was stunned.

Things started to go wrong from when Huang Sibo said "let me tell you a few short stories." After reading these short stories and seeing the conclusion that Qiao Liang summarized, things became even more wrong!

And Qiao Liang took advantage of the details of these short stories to put forward his own summary.

"I said before that Tengda is actually trying to use a 'heavy industrialization model' to make games. The truth is, that is indeed the case, and President Pei has even thought of something that's on an even higher level than I have!"

"The so-called 'heavy industrialization model' refers to getting rid of the workshop-style production model, no longer pinning the success of a literary or artistic work entirely on someone's inspiration, but having a complete production process, with each department performing its own functions, to ensure that all works produced are above a certain level."

"Hollywood blockbusters are this model, and foreign 3A masterpieces are also this model, but our country's film and game industries are still a certain distance away from this."

"I only saw Tengda's attempt to move closer to the 'heavy industrialization model' in the process of making *Mission and Choice*. But after this interview, I realized that President Pei clearly grasped the essence of this model, which is talent!"

"This model can only work with a lot of professional top talents."

"Therefore, President Pei has actually been consciously cultivating professional talents in various fields from the beginning, teaching students according to their aptitude. The heads of Tengda's game department can be said to be a flame when gathered together, and stars scattered across the sky. It is because of President Pei's long-term careful cultivation that the birth of *Mission and Choice*, which is completely different from the previous style, came about..."

Although the few short stories that Huang Sibo told didn't directly relate to what Qiao Liang said, Qiao Liang still read the "truth" hidden behind them through his own meticulous analysis and bold judgment.

He analyzed the characteristics of games such as *Repent and Be Saved* and *Struggle*, analyzed President Pei's teaching students according to their aptitude and giving guidance and instruction to the main designers at the time when he assigned tasks, and also emphasized the objective fact that many heads worked together to finalize the design plan for *Mission and Choice*.

Reasonable and well-founded, convincing.

Pei Qian was a little dumbfounded.

Because although these points were very fragmented, it was undeniable that they were all facts!

Strictly speaking, what Huang Sibo said was already truthful enough, but this was completely contrary to Pei Qian's original expectations!

In the comment section of the article, public opinion was obviously one-sided.

"Okay, it's officially confirmed!"

"I feel that President Huang is still giving those haters face, not admitting 'milestone' mainly because he's low-key and humble, just like President Pei's personality. But those who aren't blind should understand these short stories, right?"

"Indeed. According to the reality of the situation, if Tengda was like other companies, catching a main designer and using him to death, where would the others get the chance to rise or the chance to train? If so many excellent designers hadn't been trained in advance, where would the collective efforts and success of *Mission and Choice* have come from? In the final analysis, it's still President Pei's foresight!"

"President Pei not only thought of the 'heavy industrialization model,' but also started laying the groundwork early when Tengda was first established and making *Fortress at Sea*?"

"Hiss... President Pei's planning ability is too terrifying! With this kind of long-term vision, what can he not do successfully?"

"The focus shouldn't be on the fact that Qiao Laoshi went to interview the chief designer of *Mission and Choice*, President Huang, to slap the haters in the face the day after he was disgusted by the trolls? Brothers, post 'big shot' on the screen!"