Chapter 1273 President Pei's Triple Play

At the same time, Zhang Yuan had just arrived at the GOG project team, looking for the new person in charge, Zhang Nan.

Zhang Nan had joined Tenda around the same time as Min Jingchao, during Tenda's first recruitment period that included an exam and a Tenda spirit test.

Before joining Tenda, neither of them had any experience in the game industry; one was an accountant, and the other was a fashion designer. Both were mid-career changers.

After joining the GOG project team, Min Jingchao became a numerical designer, while Zhang Nan was mainly responsible for hero designs and themed skins, communicating directly with Ruan Guangjian's studio. She also managed art requests for other game projects besides GOG.

Now that Min Jingchao had been transferred, the GOG project team needed a new person in charge.

Eric and Zhao Xuming were only in charge of operations, while Zhang Nan was responsible for game development.

These designers, regardless of their main focus, generally had some involvement in game function design. For example, Min Jingchao, while primarily working on numerical values, also took on the task of designing new gameplay and features.

Zhang Nan was the same.

Pei Qian didn't have many thoughts when promoting her; it was entirely because her name seemed familiar, one of the few he could remember.

The main reason he didn't promote those he didn't recognize was because he was worried that he might accidentally draw an SSR (super super rare), who would then carry the project to success.

Tenda Group was full of hidden talents; he couldn't just pick someone at random.

Moreover, Zhang Nan had previously been mainly responsible for skins and art requests; designing game functions was not her strength. Pei Qian felt that having her as the person in charge would be more reassuring than having Min Jingchao.

When finalizing Zhang Nan as the new person in charge, Pei Qian couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.

Back then, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhang Nan were the first to enter Tenda's game department. Now, the best-performing Hu Xianbin was suffering in Shennongjia, the second-best-performing Min Jingchao had been sent to Yangcheng, and only the relatively mediocre Zhang Nan remained in the GOG project team.

Perhaps this was the so-called "tall trees attract the wind."

It seemed that to work at Tenda, one had to understand the principle of moderation.

Pei Qian really wanted to compile the case studies of these three people into a book and distribute it to Tenda's employees for them to study carefully.

Zhang Yuan's current identity was still the head of the DGE club and the head of the esports division. His work was closely related to the GOG project team, so he often came over, and he even had a dedicated workstation there.

Recently, Zhang Yuan's presence in President Pei's eyes had been extremely low.

This was because he had been deliberately keeping a low profile, afraid of being caught again.

He had already lost Lazy Bear Work & Rest, and he absolutely couldn't lose the DGE club and the esports division.

What's more, there was the terrifying prospect of a suffering trip.

Zhang Yuan noticed that the entire GOG project team was filled with a joyous atmosphere.

This was normal, after all, they had just won a major victory.

Zhang Yuan didn't know much about the internal changes in the GOG project team, but he made sure to pay attention to news about GOG online.

This time, GOG's beautiful act of entrapment lured IOI to offer its face and then slapped it hard, not only causing great damage but also being extremely insulting, further expanding GOG's market share.

"This is the development plan for the next version of GOG, as well as the relevant activity planning proposal that needs the cooperation of the esports division. The electronic version has been sent to your email." Seeing Zhang Yuan arrive, Zhang Nan took a document from her desk and handed it over.

Zhang Yuan reached out and took it, flipping through it roughly.

The esports division often needed to cooperate with the GOG project team, such as preheating new versions and new heroes during competitions, organizing professional players to try out new versions and new entertainment modes, and so on.

In fact, they originally sent electronic versions directly, but Zhang Yuan happened to want to drop by today, so Zhang Nan printed out an additional hard copy.

"The GOG project team does feel refreshed after moving to the new floor."

"Speaking of which, the personnel changes this time are quite drastic. I actually had a feeling that President Pei was going to transfer Min Jingchao away, but I didn't expect it to be so soon."

"Moreover, I didn't expect President Pei to poach the two people in charge from IOI over here…"

Zhang Yuan originally thought that even if President Pei transferred Min Jingchao away, he would most likely directly promote a new person in charge from the original project team.

Zhang Nan smiled slightly: "Indeed, I didn't expect it either. That's why President Pei is President Pei! From the current point of view, this personnel change is unexpectedly successful!"

"You can clearly feel that Eric and Zhao Xuming have completely different styles of doing things compared to Min Jingchao."

"Although their abilities aren't necessarily stronger, the improvement is huge!"

Zhang Yuan: "Oh? How do you mean?"

Zhang Nan explained: "When Min Jingchao was in charge, his main energy was focused on the development of new versions, focusing on the internal."

"All kinds of promotional and operational activities are completed around the new content of the game. In most cases, they wouldn't actively do anything targeted at IOI. They would only plan corresponding activities if President Pei had a request."

"But Eric is different. He pays more attention to the external, you could say that he is always watching the movements of competing games, and the operational activity plans he gives are all very targeted!"

"And this success is obviously largely due to this personnel change."

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Indeed."

The difference between Min Jingchao and Eric mainly stemmed from two aspects.

First, Min Jingchao was responsible for both development and operations at the same time, and it was often difficult to balance both. He could only put most of his energy on development, after all, the new content being developed was the foundation of operations.

In terms of operations, he didn't seek to achieve great merit, but rather to avoid mistakes and be stable above all else.

But after this personnel change, development work was handled by Zhang Nan, and Eric and Zhao Xuming simultaneously focused on the operations of overseas and domestic servers. The division of labor was more reasonable and clear. The cooperation between development and operations might not be as smooth as with one person, but it could ensure that the work was carried out in a more detailed and in-depth manner.

Second, Min Jingchao didn't have a very in-depth understanding of operational activities in the first place, and he wasn't very good at it in terms of personal ability, so he often didn't dare to do some more aggressive activities.

But Eric and Zhao Xuming were both from an operations background and knew IOI very well, so they were naturally more eager to seize IOI's flaws and deal critical damage.

In the eyes of the employees of the project team, this personnel change was obviously a stroke of genius, completing a very natural transition.

Previously, GOG's main goal was to consolidate itself and ensure the quality of the game, without being too aggressive; but now that the gap between the two sides had widened, it was time to launch a ruthless offensive against the enemy!

There was no need to think, President Pei must have calculated all of this.

Zhang Nan continued: "And I also noticed one point, which is a chain reaction caused by this personnel change!"

"President Pei casually removed Longyu Group, a strong enemy of GOG!"

Zhang Yuan was a little surprised: "How do you mean? Longyu Group wouldn't be crippled just because of IOI, right?"

Longyu Group was also considered a large company in China, with a lot of resources in its hands. Many of IOI's activities were jointly organized by Finger Company and Longyu Group, and they had indeed caused some trouble for GOG in the past.

But Longyu Group was doing fine, wasn't it? How could it be considered "removed"?

Zhang Nan explained: "It's very simple. Longyu Group is no longer working against us, doesn't that mean turning an enemy into a friend and removing an obstacle?"

"Dayak Group, Finger Company, and Longyu Group, although these three companies are all directly related to IOI, their attitudes towards this game are also very different."

"As long as you make good use of this difference, you can carry out effective differentiation and strikes!"

"At first, I was a little puzzled as to why President Pei would pay such a high price to poach Zhao Xuming? You know, Zhao Xuming has a non-compete agreement. President Pei agreed to give Tianhuo Studio and Longyu Group an idea before Longyu Group let him go."

"How valuable is President Pei's idea? It feels a bit like a loss to use it to exchange for a Zhao Xuming."

Zhang Yuan nodded. He had heard about this a long time ago: "So, you mean that there are other benefits to this?"

Zhang Nan nodded: "Of course there are, and it's a win-win-win situation!"

"First of all, for the company internally, just like I said, it optimizes the personnel configuration, allowing Min Jingchao to continue to grow and design new games, and further optimizes the personnel structure of the GOG project team."

"Secondly, it's a kind of wooing of Longyu Group."

"The reason why Longyu Group has always been relatively hostile to us is because GOG and IOI are in direct competition, right? But anyone with eyes can see that IOI's domestic server is getting worse every day."

"Longyu Group has no other choice but to hold on for the sake of the little profit from IOI's domestic server."

"But now, President Pei's new game has given Longyu Group other options. After this game is launched, as long as the data is not bad, Longyu Group will definitely allocate a lot of resources to promote it. Who will care about the IOI domestic server at that time?"

"I think Longyu Group's internal attitude will definitely loosen up quickly and gradually lean towards our side. This is a successful differentiation!"

"Once Longyu Group changes its attitude and even gradually leans towards our side, then the subsequent battles will definitely be a breeze!"

"The last point is my guess, and it may not be right."

"I think that for President Pei, good ideas are dime a dozen. The reason why he threw this idea out this time may also be to test a model."

"Tenda Group's R&D capabilities are ultimately limited. No matter how much Tenda Games and Shang Yang Games develop, they will only make four or five games a year."

"And there is always a limit to recruiting people. New recruits have to be cultivated slowly, and it is impossible to do it overnight."

"Many other game companies' teams have been working together for a long time. It is unrealistic to poach them collectively, and it is very inefficient to poach people individually."

"In short, time limits President Pei's imagination."

"But if this model can be promoted through this 'outsourcing' method, then wouldn't it be possible to quickly develop many good games? And President Pei only came up with an idea, and he can get a good share for Tenda. This is a win-win model."

"If this model can be widely promoted, it can not only bring very considerable income to the company, but also gradually affect the entire domestic market's game environment!"

Zhang Yuan listened and nodded frequently.

Yeah, that makes sense!

President Pei couldn't have put in so much effort just to poach one person. All along, every step President Pei has taken is a step forward and a look three steps ahead. He must have many gains before he does it.

Zhang Nan's explanation is indeed a more reasonable explanation.

The first two points have been quickly verified, and the last point is still unclear.

But once successful, as the Tenda model is promoted in China, it will inevitably produce a very huge impact!

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will find that President Pei has already made arrangements in this field. Whether it is the independent game incubation base of the Poor Road Project or the Asahi Games platform that Li Yada is in charge of, they all seem to be laying the groundwork for a huge layout.

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but sigh that President Pei was indeed too unfathomable!

The number of departments in Tenda is increasing, and the development of each department and project is getting faster and faster. Zhang Yuan used to be able to grasp the trends of some other departments, but now it is completely impossible.

The situation of "every profession is like a different mountain" has already appeared within Tenda. Zhang Yuan even finds it difficult to interpret President Pei's true intentions for the GOG project team.

Each person in charge can only understand President Pei's intentions within their own field of responsibility, but President Pei can coordinate so many departments and always give guidance at the right time.

What a powerful layout ability this must be!

The image of President Pei in Zhang Yuan's mind couldn't help but become even taller.

But after sighing at President Pei's wonderful operation, the long-standing question that still bothered Zhang Yuan resurfaced in his mind.

"But... how do you explain the suffering trip?"

"You're also the person in charge now, you can't escape it sooner or later."

Zhang Nan: "..."

She didn't pay much attention to the suffering trip at first, but when she heard what Zhang Yuan said, her face instantly collapsed.

Indeed, sometimes being the person in charge at Tenda is really not as good as being an ordinary employee, because the person in charge is often worried, not about being transferred, but about going on a trip.

It used to be fine, at most you would go out to travel by yourself, but now Bao Xu is arranging everything uniformly, and he only chooses those godforsaken places, it's too difficult!

"This... maybe President Pei wants to temper the will of the people in charge..."

Zhang Nan's voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke.

The two looked at each other silently, at a loss for words.

...

At the same time, President Pei, the behind-the-scenes boss who was strategizing in everyone's eyes, was staring wide-eyed at Eric and Zhao Xuming in the meeting room.

Eric and Zhao Xuming were obviously very proud of themselves.

In just over a week since joining the company, they had perfectly used a set of new skins made by Min Jingchao to give IOI a heavy blow!

Even at Tenda, this should be considered a small achievement, right?

This proves that President Pei was discerning in poaching us, and that we have indeed lived up to President Pei's expectations, and we have also won the trust of our colleagues in the GOG project team!

President Pei must be here to praise us today!

However, Pei Qian now just wanted to shout, you are all liars!

I've been fooled!

I didn't poach you over here to make me a lot of money!

The situation had deviated from what he expected by a tiny bit, and Pei Qian felt that he had to think of a way.

At the rate that Eric and Zhao Xuming were attacking, wouldn't IOI be dead soon?

First, he had to confirm the culprit of this incident.

It must be Eric, no doubt about it.

With Zhao Xuming's personality, he shouldn't be able to do something so drastic just a week after taking over.

Pei Qian considered how to gradually change the positioning of the two.

The current situation was that Eric was killing on all sides, and Zhao Xuming was his assistant, and the two cooperated perfectly.

This definitely wouldn't work. The two had this kind of cooperative model in IOI before, which was very stable, and there had never been a problem.

If he continued to let it go, he would be sitting and waiting for death.

What if he switched them?

What would happen if he tried to get Zhao Xuming to provide the plans?

As a person who didn't dare to take the blame, Zhao Xuming's plan would definitely not be as aggressive as Eric's, and it should be able to give IOI a chance to breathe.