Chapter 178 Pei Zong’s Profound Meaning

Because Meng Chang was well aware of the real reason behind this: first, he had forcibly split *Eternal Reincarnation* into four parts in order to get a commission, and then President Pei, for some reason unknown to him, had forcibly updated the combat system of the last part ahead of schedule, which led to the current situation.

In other words, the root cause was Meng Chang's desire to deliberately accumulate popularity for a commission, and the direct cause was President Pei's intervention.

But… how could any of this be said in a video?

Meng Chang wasn’t afraid of being scolded. In fact, the more he was scolded, the easier it would be for him to get a commission. But the key was that Qiao Laoshi had no grudges against Meng Chang. There seemed to be no need to go out of his way to say this in a video, right?

Moreover, only Meng Chang and President Pei knew about the commission thing. How could Qiao Laoshi possibly know these inside details?

Or was Qiao Laoshi misunderstanding and about to start talking nonsense in the video?

With doubts, Meng Chang continued watching.

…

"First of all, the underlying reason why *Eternal Reincarnation* was updated in three parts."

"Many players are puzzled by this and have offered their own guesses, but as far as I know, these guesses are all wrong because they don't have the same firsthand information from inside Tengda that I do!"

"I learned from a core employee of Tengda that the original update plan for *Eternal Reincarnation* was to be divided into four updates: the game's scenes and monsters were to be split into three updates, and the combat system was to be updated last."

"Later, for some reason, the combat system update was brought forward and updated together with the second part of the content, which is why it turned out the way it is now."

"If you don't know this beforehand, then all the analysis will be on the wrong track, and you will definitely not be able to draw the correct conclusion."

"In other words, the original 'four updates' plan and the later 'three updates' plan seem similar on the surface, but they are completely different in motivation and method!"

"Here, I want to emphasize that this time, *Eternal Reincarnation* was actually developed by the original author as the chief designer, while the original head of Tengda's game department was on a business trip and was not responsible for the subsequent work on this game."

"In addition, the person who formulated the promotion plan for *Eternal Reincarnation* has a certain understanding of the game, but obviously not a deep enough one."

"Therefore, the three updates are actually a correction by President Pei!"

"Of course, there are also some deeper meanings hidden behind this. He completely changed the nature of the entire plan through very simple means."

At first, Meng Chang was a little nervous because he felt that Qiao Liang was inevitably heading down the wrong path of analysis.

Why is he so hung up on Yu Fei and me? We're just tools!

We took the blame, that's no problem, but does it have anything to do with your video content?

But as he listened, especially when he heard "This is a correction by President Pei," Meng Chang realized that Qiao Laoshi wasn't going astray.

Because it really was a correction by President Pei.

He still remembered when President Pei had asked him, somewhat displeased, in President Pei's office, "Think carefully about whether this promotion plan is appropriate."

At that time, Meng Chang believed that his plan was a perfect display of Pei's promotion method and that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. But after thinking about it, he chose to listen to his heart, honestly admitted his mistake, and asked President Pei how he should handle it.

So, President Pei changed his plan to what it is now and updated the combat system of *Eternal Reincarnation* ahead of schedule.

But Meng Chang couldn't figure out why President Pei had made this change.

And after seeing the players express "zhen xiang" (true fragrance, meaning that they initially disliked something but later found it appealing) after the combat system was updated, Meng Chang felt even more that there was nothing wrong with his plan.

According to his original plan, putting the combat system in the final update could link up the previous popularity, reverse all the controversy, and thus complete a perfect Pei-style promotion.

President Pei's modification not only took away Meng Chang's commission but also made the controversy accumulated in the early stage of *Eternal Reincarnation* insufficient, and the popularity when it exploded was not high enough. It seemed like a lose-lose situation.

Therefore, Meng Chang had deep doubts about this. Judging from President Pei's attitude, this was indeed a correction, but Meng Chang couldn't figure out what he had done wrong.

Judging from Qiao Liang's meaning, he seemed to understand President Pei's approach?

Meng Chang quickly continued watching.

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"Actually, the reason for the original four updates is very simple: to further highlight the earth-shattering changes that the combat system of *Eternal Reincarnation* brings to the game content."

"Letting players use the original combat mechanics of *Turning Back is Shore* to clear the game first, and then switching to the combat mechanics of *Eternal Reincarnation*, can make players more clearly feel the difference between these two combat modes, playing a finishing touch."

"From the most primitive motivation, this is for a good and kind purpose."

"But as I said before, Yu Fei is a chief designer who stepped in halfway, and the person responsible for formulating this promotion plan is not a professional gamer himself, so their plan looks fine, but in reality, it is a far cry from the truth!"

"After seeing this, President Pei decisively took action, issued an apology announcement, and made changes to the update plan, advancing the update of the combat system."

"And the essential difference lies in: which comes first, promotional effect or player experience?"

Immediately afterward, Qiao Laoshi made a detailed explanation and explanation in the video.

If it were done according to Meng Chang's method, it would indeed be possible to accumulate a lot of controversy in the first three updates, triggering widespread discussion, and even topics such as "Tengda Falling from the Altar" would appear. In the end, with the combat system updated, *Eternal Reincarnation* would be like a finishing touch, undergoing a transformation.

Doing so would indeed gain huge popularity and have a good promotional effect.

However, the player's game experience cannot be guaranteed.

Because the entire numerical system of *Eternal Reincarnation* is planned according to the new combat system, forcing players to use the combat system of *Turning Back is Shore* to fight will inevitably fail to obtain the best game experience.

What's more, the combat system of *Eternal Reincarnation* is an inseparable part of the game experience. What's the point of hiding it from players?

And the new way of updating is much more reasonable.

First, release a small part of the content, allowing players to briefly recall the combat system of *Turning Back is Shore* in a week;

Updating the new combat system of *Eternal Reincarnation* can also bring players a sense of surprise;

Letting players use the new combat system to clear most of the game's content, without wasting players' time, and ensuring the player's game experience as much as possible.

After introducing the essential differences between the two plans, Qiao Laoshi made a simple summary.

"In short, the difference between these two plans is whether to sacrifice some of the player's game experience for popularity or to sacrifice some popularity for the player's game experience?"

"Some people will choose the former, but for President Pei, he will inevitably choose the latter."

"President Pei is indeed a marketing master. Many previous marketing cases have shown his excellent talent in marketing."

"But this incident further confirms one thing: Although President Pei understands marketing and is good at marketing, he never relies on marketing or blindly markets."

"For him, even if a marketing plan can bring a lot of popularity, but it cannot bring the best experience to users, then it should be decisively abandoned."

"The user, or the player, is always the first priority."

…

Hearing this, Meng Chang felt a thunderbolt flash through his mind, dispelling all his previous confusion.

So that's what it was?!

He once again remembered President Pei's question to him: "Think carefully about whether this promotion plan is appropriate."

Meng Chang stood up and paced quickly around the room, thinking. He found that many clues were connected.

No wonder President Pei looked so unhappy at the time, because my plan had completely gone astray!

After the promotion plan for Chaolu Games Platform, I felt that my Pei-style promotion method had been completed, and judging from President Pei's happy expression, he should have thought so too.

But my promotion plan for *Eternal Reincarnation* was a mess, instantly exposing the fact that I don't understand Pei's promotion method at all.

I only saw some fur, and I thought I understood it. The confidence I showed and the accidental success made President Pei overestimate my abilities, so President Pei was so angry after I made this serious mistake!

On the one hand, it was because President Pei had to personally solve this mess for me, and on the other hand, it was also because President Pei was very disappointed in me…

I'm so stupid!

President Pei has already taken action for more than two weeks, and I still haven't understood his profound meaning, and I even have some misunderstandings and doubts about him. It wasn't until Qiao Laoshi released a video analysis that I realized the key to the problem…

Meng Chang completely understood the problem with his plan, that is: he too dogmatically used Pei's promotion method to create popularity, but completely deviated from the core and original intention of Pei's promotion method!

This kind of behavior is like studying *Nine Yin Manual* out of context, resulting in *Nine Yin Skeleton Claw*, and thinking that this martial art is very powerful, complacent and self-satisfied.

I don't know at all that the real *Nine Yin Manual* is an extremely profound and extremely serious martial art. The main reason for practicing evil skills is because I went astray in the process of studying it.

Previously, Meng Chang always felt unconvinced and sad for his lost commission.

But now it seems that he is not wronged at all, because President Pei's loss is even greater than his!

*Eternal Reincarnation* is a good project that can gain both fame and fortune. It is a good game that can be included in the development history of domestic action games, and the game experience of the first batch of players was almost ruined by my wrongly understood Pei's promotion method, and it almost tarnished the glorious image of Tengda Games…

Is it too much to deduct one month's commission for making such a big mistake?

Not at all, it's even a little too kind.

Meng Chang deeply understood his mistake, and his complaints about President Pei and the heartache of losing his commission also disappeared.

"It seems that I am still a long way from mastering Pei's promotion method, and I have to work harder!"

"Moreover, if the 'raise-suppress-raise' method that I summarized is 'shu' (technique), is 'zhao shi' (move, style), then President Pei's concept of always putting users first, players first, and product quality first is 'dao' (way), is 'nei gong' (internal strength)."

"I mistakenly understood the simple moves as the entirety of 'Pei's promotion method', which is obviously wrong. Only by combining 'shu' and 'dao', 'zhao shi' and 'nei gong', is the complete Pei's promotion method, which is the promotion method that President Pei really wants me to master…"