Chapter 1295 President Pei Strikes Again, Hitting a Fatal Weakness!

Tuesday, November 6th.

Shanghai, Longyu Corporation.

Kretian and Jin Yong were also busy preparing for the IOI World Finals.

Even though the IOI World Finals were being held in Europe, there was still a lot of work to be done in China, such as launching in-game events for the Chinese server, organizing offline viewing parties, and coordinating the broadcast of the matches with various streaming platforms.

Relatively speaking, they were actually more exhausted than Eric and Zhao Xuming.

This was because Zhao Xuming reported directly to President Pei, and could make decisions on many things himself, saving a lot of time on inefficient communication.

Kretian and Jin Yong, on the other hand, had to report to Finger Corporation, Longyu Corporation, and even Dake Corporation respectively. Many normal proposals had to go through a lengthy process before they could be approved.

Some plans could only be handled cautiously, while others had to be completed as soon as possible.

At this moment, the two had just finished their work and had a chance to meet briefly.

Kretian asked, "Any new news from the GOG side?"

Jin Yong shook his head. "Haven't heard anything."

Kretian sighed. "President Pei is really patient."

"It's already this late, and he's still so secretive, not a single piece of news has leaked out. I even heard that the broadcasting rights haven't been finalized yet."

"I feel like there's definitely some kind of conspiracy behind this."

Jin Yong comforted him, "Maybe not. It's possible that President Pei has too many things to deal with and hasn't had time to focus on the GOG Global Invitational Tournament."

Kretian didn't believe it at all. "That's absolutely impossible."

"Anyone else might be too busy, but President Pei wouldn't be."

"You must never underestimate President Pei under any circumstances, or you will suffer the most severe consequences!"

"This time, I'm 100% sure that President Pei will take major action against us."

"You can tell from the timing of the GOG Global Invitational Tournament…"

Last year, the GOG Global Invitational Tournament and the IOI World Finals were held at different times.

GOG started in September and finished at the end of September; while IOI started at the end of December and ended at the end of January.

The two major events were separated by nearly three months.

In fact, Finger Corporation had originally planned to hold the World Championship around September or October, but they hadn't considered making a big deal out of it at all. They were just thinking of finding a normal venue to hold it casually.

They never expected that GOG would create such a huge spectacle.

So Finger Corporation overturned all of its original plans, postponed the event, and set the date for the end of December.

On the one hand, they would have more time to prepare and create a bigger scene to overshadow GOG; on the other hand, they wanted to stagger the timing as much as possible with the GOG Global Invitational Tournament, avoid the residual heat, and create differentiation.

Facts proved that the IOI World Finals did achieve the expected level of popularity, but most of the heat was ultimately taken away by the FV team...

But this year's situation was different again.

For Finger Corporation, it was a bit too late to hold the World Finals at the end of December. It would be in January of the following year, so which year would it be considered the World Finals for?

So this year's timing had to be moved forward.

September, October, and November were more suitable, and it couldn't be delayed until the end of December at the latest.

They wanted to be quick, but after all, there were various regional tournaments before the World Finals.

The situations of GOG and IOI were similar. Both had only started to expand into other regions of the world this year, so the starting times of each region varied.

Some regions started later, so they couldn't just cut the schedule in half, right?

Forcibly compressing it wouldn't be good either.

So, considering the timing of each region, they finally set the date for the World Finals in November.

When next year came, they would definitely have to try to move this time forward, ideally to around October.

What surprised Finger Corporation was that the GOG Global Invitational Tournament had also been delayed to this time!

On the surface, GOG was encountering the same problem, which was the need to wait for the schedules of other regions.

But Kretian felt that things were definitely not that simple.

Deliberately scheduling them together was an attempt to kill IOI!

It seemed that President Pei was full of confidence in GOG and his own Global Invitational Tournament, and was definitely holding back to make some small moves.

Therefore, Kretian did not dare to be negligent and kept observing.

But after observing for a long time, there seemed to be no major movements on that side, especially in the domestic business, which had been calm and peaceful.

According to the news from various streaming platforms, the way to sell the broadcasting rights for the GOG World Championship hadn't even been finalized yet.

This was a bit confusing, after all, IOI had already negotiated the terms with various streaming platforms and sold the broadcasting rights for the IOI World Championship.

What exactly was President Pei waiting for?

Not being able to figure this out made it difficult for Kretian to sleep and eat.

He had hosted last year's World Championship, and President Pei's unpredictable methods still made him feel lingering fear.

Although he wasn't hosting this year's World Championship, it reminded him of the fear of being completely intellectually suppressed by President Pei.

Whenever he encountered something slightly abnormal, he worried whether President Pei was brewing some bad idea.

As the two were talking, Jin Yong's phone suddenly rang.

His expression changed slightly, and he got up and went outside to take the call.

After a while, Jin Yong hurried back.

"He's made his move, President Pei has made his move!"

"According to news from the streaming platforms, President Zhao spent a day, from yesterday to today, signing contracts with more than a dozen domestic streaming platforms in one go. All the streaming platforms, big and small, were included, without exception!"

Kretian frowned instantly when he heard this.

See, this was Tengda's efficiency!

Even someone like President Zhao had become so efficient after joining Tengda, which was truly astonishing.

This further confirmed Kretian and others' previous idea: Tengda's delay was obviously not because President Pei was too busy to handle it, but because he was secretly brewing something, waiting for the right time!

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so swift and decisive.

Jin Yong continued, "What's even more terrifying is that Tengda's contract terms with these streaming platforms are very strange. They allow these streaming platforms to use their platform's recommendation resources to offset the broadcasting rights fees!"

Kretian was stunned. "They can do that?!"

He didn't ask whether the source of the news was accurate, because it was likely correct.

Longyu Corporation still had a certain influence in China and had its own channels for information. Moreover, Tengda was signing contracts with so many streaming platforms in such a high-profile manner, it was impossible to keep it a secret, and they obviously didn't intend to keep it a secret.

Of course, the content of the contract itself was confidential. Jin Yong and Kretian couldn't see the specific details of the contract, but they could get a rough idea of the general content just by hearing it described.

Kretian couldn't sit still and stood up to pace back and forth.

"President Pei's move is as insidious as ever!"

"The consequences are foreseeable. Other platforms will definitely pour most of their platform promotion resources into GOG. There will definitely be a huge difference in the amount of space occupied by these two world championships on the homepages of major platforms..."

"This is killing people and destroying their hearts!"

"The key is that there doesn't seem to be anything we can do."

"We've already signed contracts with various streaming platforms, and the money has already been agreed upon. We didn't mention recommendation slots at all."

"It's probably difficult to add a supplementary agreement now."

Kretian and Jin Yong were both at a loss.

Because IOI had already signed contracts with various streaming platforms long ago, and they hadn't considered the issue of recommendation slots at all when they signed.

These streaming platforms had all spent money to buy the broadcasting rights, so they had to give some reasonable recommendation slots, right? Otherwise, wouldn't that be like spending money to buy loneliness?

Although there was the GOG Global Invitational Tournament, there were so many recommendation slots on the streaming platforms.

Kretian thought at the time that even if all the best recommendation slots were given to GOG, leaving some second-rate ones for IOI would be about the same.

For example, the rolling banners on the homepage, one page for you and one page for me. Although you were in front and slightly better, overall, we could still save face.

But with President Pei doing this, it wasn't a matter of one page for you and one page for me.

It was possible that the rolling banners would be directly canceled and all the promotional materials for the GOG Global Invitational Tournament would be placed there!

After all, the greater the recommendation, the more money could be deducted.

Although these streaming platforms had also spent money to buy the broadcasting rights for IOI, the money had already been spent. How could they possibly squeeze out more money like GOG?

Jin Yong said, "President Pei has obviously been waiting all this time, waiting for us to complete the signing with all the other streaming platforms and be unable to change anything, before signing this contract with these platforms in a flash, directly blocking our path!"

After analyzing for a while, the two were speechless.

Kretian tentatively asked, "Can we talk to these streaming platforms? Tengda's agreement with them doesn't have a mandatory requirement for a certain number of recommendation slots, does it?"

Jin Yong shook his head. "Probably not."

There was no mandatory requirement, but the amount of money that could be exchanged for a certain number of recommendation slots was clearly marked.

President Pei would definitely not be stingy in this regard.

And IOI had already signed contracts with the streaming platforms. Although giving or not giving recommendation slots would have a certain impact on the streaming platforms, it couldn't compare to real money.

They couldn't possibly have IOI give money to the streaming platforms to make them give up the money promised by President Pei, right?

Who would pay this money?

Would Longyu Corporation pay? Or would Dake Corporation pay?

Neither was realistic!

The key was that the IOI broadcasting rights had already been sold, and the money received had to be spit out again because of President Pei's actions?

That was probably wishful thinking.

The key was that Kretian and Jin Yong didn't have the authority to make decisions on this matter, and they were also very clear that even if they reported this situation and gave suggestions, it would most likely fall on deaf ears. The higher-ups would definitely not adopt it.

The higher-ups would never approve of anything that involved spending unnecessary money.

President Pei's move was another accurate strike on IOI's fatal weakness!