Chapter 356 President Pei's Intent to Guess the Highly Difficult Version of the Question (6000-Word Chapter)

At the same time as the interview at Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Dream Venture Capital.

Mr. Ma still didn't come today.

Although President Ma's whereabouts have always been erratic, and the company did not have the money to invest in new projects recently, the fact that President Ma did not come still made He Desheng and others feel a little bit worried.

If Mr. Ma loses interest in the game of "Nine Guarantees One", many people may lose their jobs on the spot!

If not out of work, but out of favor, it means that future career prospects are bleak.

Therefore, these masters who professionally play games with Mr. Ma and invest in side jobs are a little anxious.

After going to work, the first thing He Desheng did was to open the mailbox and check the email.

Last Friday, I sent a game modification suggestion to Finger Company. Today is Monday, should I reply?

Sure enough, there was an unread email from Finger Company.

He Desheng simply browsed through it.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being a shareholder.

Finger Company had already replied to the email on Saturday, but Yuanmeng Chuang Chuang was on vacation during the weekend, no one worked overtime, and He Desheng didn't check the email on the weekend, so I only saw it today.

But in any case, the reply was given in just one day, which is enough to show that Zhitou attaches great importance to shareholders and domestic agents.

The email has a lot of content, and the tone is very polite, with enough honorific words.

It's just that although the tone is euphemistic, the subtext is very clear.

The translation is nothing more than the following three points:

I am very grateful to Yuanmeng Venture Capital for its support and love for ioi games.

I am very grateful to Yuanmeng Venture Capital for their valuable opinions on the game, which are very inspiring to our game design.

However, due to some reasons that are difficult to express clearly in the email, Finger Company cannot promise to make changes based on this, because game design is a very overall problem. Of course, if conditions permit, these modifications are not completely impossible to consider.

After reading this fairly official reply, He Desheng silently sighed and closed the email.

There is no way, people's attitude is already very clear, and it is impossible to change it.

Although Yuanmeng Venture Capital owns the shares of Finger Company and has obtained the exclusive agency right in China, it is still impossible to dictate to the Company with this share.

What's more, Zhitou's attitude towards investors has remained unchanged, and its determination to maintain independence is quite firm.

It's great to get such a polite reply in such a short period of time. If other companies put forward these opinions, Zhitou probably wouldn't even respond to them.

Thinking about it carefully, this is also normal. On the surface, Yuanmeng Venture Capital is an investment institution. How could Zhitou company change the content of its game so far because of the suggestion of an investment institution?

Even if Tengda is behind Yuanmeng Venture Capital, but Tengda's influence abroad is not that great, the answer from Zhitou is probably the same.

In short, this path does not work.

If it is something else, then give up and give up.

But considering everyone's jobs, He Desheng felt that games must be used to restore President Ma's trust.

Since ioi doesn't work, are there any other similar games?

He Desheng thought about it for a long time, and suddenly remembered.

"Is Tenda also developing a similar game?"

"The brother department should speak better than the finger company, right?"

He Desheng didn't have Li Yada's contact information, but he was able to contact Assistant Xin.

So, after asking for Li Yada's contact information from Assistant Xin, He Desheng sent the modification plan to him.

As for whether Li Yada, the person in charge of Tengda, will accept this plan?

He Desheng has no idea.

Although it is a brother department, Tenda also makes games to make more money.

If this modification plan is contrary to Tenda's previous design direction, it is impossible for the person in charge of Tenda to completely violate his own design concept and make major changes to the game just because of favors.

But anyway, ask first.

Maybe the person in charge over there is very interested in this modification plan?

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Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.

"Mr. Pei, please excuse me."

"About this haunted house, can Mr. Pei briefly explain the specific requirements?"

"Although Hao Qiong and I have some ideas, we are worried that we will not be able to meet your expectations."

Looking at the message from Chen Kangtuo, Pei Qian fell into deep thought.

Still haven't messed with it.

These two people took the initiative to ask, what should I do?

Pei Qian didn't want to "show the way" to Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong, because he felt that he had opened his mouth, and whatever he said would come true.

Every time I give someone a bad idea, it turns out to be a golden idea.

This made Mr. Pei feel very confused and troubled.

So this time, Pei Qian didn't say too much to Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong, but just let them make trouble on their own, trying to fool them.

In the end, the two probably figured out that something was wrong, so they took the initiative to ask after a weekend.

Pei Qian didn't want to "show the way" to them, but if he really didn't say a word, it seemed a bit inappropriate.

Well, just say one thing.

Pei Qian thought for a while, and typed a reply: "Let the courageous have nowhere to spend money, and discourage the timid."

After less than two minutes, Chen Kangtuo replied.

"Mr. Pei, can you explain a little bit..."

Obviously, after he carefully read these two sentences, he thought hard for another two minutes.

However, he still couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence at all, so he could only ask again helplessly.

Although this might make Boss Pei feel a bit useless, but considering that this was a big project worth 10 million yuan, Chen Kangtuo didn't dare to just carry it out in such a daze.

Pei Qian chuckled.

explain?

It's very simple. It means that people who are brave and dare to come play casually, and the low fee does not make money; so that those who are timid don't dare to play at all, so naturally they have no way to contribute income to the haunted house.

Those who are timid dare not come, and those who are brave enough to come will not spend much money. Isn't this haunted house properly compensated?

However, these words certainly cannot be said clearly.

Pei Qian didn't dare to explain too much, for fear that if he said something wrong, it would cause the two of them to go crazy.

The silence speaks.

Therefore, Pei Qian simply replied with three words: "Enlighten yourself."

Chen Kangtuo: "...Alright Mr. Pei, I understand."

He handed the phone to Hao Qiong.

The two of them were speechless for a while looking at the three words "self-enlightenment" that Mr. Pei replied on the screen.

It's a good one to understand...

The reminder is just one sentence, isn't the difficulty of comprehension too high?

Hao Qiong has heard that the general direction proposed by Mr. Pei before is often three to four points, and they are all of a relatively clear direction.

But now, the height is condensed to a point, and it seems too confusing!

Teacher, this question is beyond the outline!

Chen Kangtuo felt a little pain in his brain: "This...how do you realize it?"

Hao Qiong took a deep breath: "Calm down, calm down."

"Director Lin once told us how to analyze Mr. Pei's intentions. Wait a moment, let me recall the knowledge points first."

"The first step is to clarify a belief, that is, no matter how unreliable what Mr. Pei said, it must be correct..."

Hao Qiong began to analyze the deep meaning of Mr. Pei's words according to the method taught by Lin Wan.

Bold people, timid people.

This should be all potential customers for a haunted house.

The attitude of these potential customers towards the haunted house directly determines the success or failure of the haunted house.

According to common sense, it should be to let both bold and timid customers have fun and pay obediently.

However, the demands of these two customers are different.

Courageous customers need more thrilling adventure experiences. For example, the staff will act as ghosts and frighten them at close range.

Timid customers are easily dissuaded by such thrilling and exciting projects, and may not dare to enter at all, so naturally they will not generate consumption.

So, how to bridge the demands of these two different customers?

Chen Kangtuo felt that there must be an answer hidden in President Pei's words!

Let the courageous people have nowhere to spend money, and make the timid people discouraged.

That is to say, make the haunted house particularly scary, and then set a low ticket price?

In this way, those who are timid dare not enter, they will naturally be discouraged, and the ticket price is very low, and the courageous people have nowhere to spend money...

It seems that this is indeed in line with Mr. Pei's statement.

But the problem is, it doesn't make money, and it doesn't make sense.

Why discourage the faint of heart? Isn't it good to let them consume as much as possible? Why scare them away?

Certainly not that simple.

Therefore, this idea must be completely overthrown.

Then dig out the deep meaning in Mr. Pei's words again!

The two thought hard for a long time.

Chen Kangtuo suddenly had some clues, slapped his thigh suddenly, and said, "Yes! I suddenly thought of it!"

"I'll just talk about my thoughts, listen to it and see if it makes sense."

Hao Qiong nodded and listened carefully.

Chen Kangtuo said a little excitedly: "Our idea just now, to put it bluntly, is the model of high horror effect + low ticket price, which will inevitably cause huge losses for the haunted house. It must be a dead end."

"It's definitely a misinterpretation of Mr. Pei's meaning."

"I'm wondering, is there some key piece of information we're missing?"

"Boss Pei deliberately concealed a key piece of information. This is likely to be a test for us."

"Mr. Pei never said that the haunted house can only have one project?"

Hao Qiong's eyes widened instantly, showing a dazed expression.

Yes, these two sentences are not necessarily for the same project!

The initial investment of the entire haunted house is tens of millions, and additional investment will be required in the future. Moreover, it is built in such a remote old industrial area, so it is not convenient to go anywhere. The only advantage is that there is a lot of land, and the factory can be used at will...

So, why did Mr. Pei choose the location here?

Obviously, he never intended to do just one project from the start!

Chen Kangtuo continued: "Suppose we open two or even three large projects to meet the needs of different consumers?"

"Let the brave have no place to spend money, that is, find a way to collect money from the timid."

"Keeping the faint of heart away means satisfying the bold with a very exciting experience."

"However, we certainly can't really scare the timid people away, let the brave people blow up our haunted house, let the timid people be afraid of the haunted house, but keep looking at the door, hesitating...and finally transform into courageous people. Big man."

"This is Mr. Pei's ultimate goal!"

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong continued to analyze, and President Pei's goal finally gradually became clear.

These two simple sentences can be broken down into the following points.

For daring players, this place should be scary and cheap for them. That way, they'll blow the place up, recommend it to their friends, and bring them back over and over again.

As for the timid players, they will feel fear because of the horror here, but they must not be completely intimidated by this fear.

Even, find a way to make more money from timid players!

So, how do you charge less to the brave players and more to the less courageous?

It's easy, through discounts and refunds!

For example, the longer you stay in a haunted house, the cheaper the ticket. If you can pass the customs, you can consider directly refunding 70% to 80% of the ticket, or even exempting the ticket depending on the situation.

In this way, Mr. Pei's request can be well met!

However, this situation is a bit too idealistic, and there are some loopholes.

Timid players stay away and watch outside the haunted house, if they want to come to the haunted house.

If they didn't even think about coming here to play, it would naturally be impossible to achieve this effect.

Therefore, the haunted house must have a project for the faint of heart.

That way, while the timid ones are doing something less intimidating, they'll also see the daring ones doing something very thrilling.

Moreover, this thrilling project will also be reduced according to the length of customs clearance time.

In this way, these timid people will enter the attempt, but because they simply insist on not completing the course, whether it is tickets or additional consumption, it will be higher.

For example, you can sell things similar to the Buddha statue in "Return to the Shore" at the door. Taking this thing can not only illuminate, but also reduce the scaring of the staff who play ghosts.

This is equivalent to a value-added service in the game.

In this way, the experience of both consumers can be taken into account!

A less intimidating but fun project for the faint of heart.

A very intimidating project for the daredevil.

After the timid people come, they will be curious about this scary project and generate extra consumption. In this way, the income of the haunted house is definitely much higher than that of simply selling tickets, and the profitability can naturally be guaranteed.

Thinking of this, the two people who were originally confused felt suddenly enlightened.

"I see!"

"So now our mission is very clear."

"This haunted house must have at least two to three major projects, and there must be a project with a low level of scaring, but strong social attributes, suitable for multiple people to play repeatedly, to attract timid consumers."

"There must be a project with a high level of fright that attracts horror fans all over the country. Tickets will be reduced or exempted according to the length of persistence."

"As for the third project...it can be a transitional project. After all, the scare factor is too large from the first project to the third project, and some timid consumers may still be afraid to participate."

"Let them go to the second project to practice courage, and then they can go to the third project to continue to challenge."

The more the two discussed, the more excited they became, and they immediately started writing planning documents!

While typing, Hao Qiong said with emotion: "Don't tell me, the analysis method mentioned by Director Lin is really easy to use."

"I analyzed so many things at once!"

Chen Kangtuo nodded: "Yes. But having said that, the guidance given by President Pei is more important."

"It seems that Mr. Pei already has a plan for this project."

"Not only did he envision the ultimate form of this project in advance, but he also extracted the key points for the success of this project, and hinted to us in such a short sentence!"

"Boss Pei is really amazing."

"If that's the case, what else do we have to worry about?"

"It will be absolutely fine to do what Mr. Pei told you to do!"

The two of them were very uncertain at first, worried that they would screw up.

But now, both of them are full of confidence, and they are also full of expectations for the haunted house that will be built in the future!

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night.

Tenda Group's first recruitment has come to an end.

Although there will be a test of Tengda's spiritual fit later on, it's nothing to do with the examiners and staff.

Those who participated in the interview have been strictly screened, and the length of each interview will be strictly controlled. Although the time is slightly extended, it is not much different from the estimate.

However, this time the work continued until after 5 pm.

Because after the interview, the examiners and all the staff have to calculate and weight the scores of all the interviewees, sort out the final shortlist, and notify the interviewees.

This time, various departments have recruited a large number of new members.

There are backbone employees who have been in the industry for many years and have rich experience, as well as college students who have just graduated or will graduate next year.

Although the cross-interview prevents each person in charge from directly interviewing the job applicants in their own department, the final selection results can basically satisfy everyone.

After all the work was done, the heads of various departments happily went to have a meal and expressed their thanks to each other.

After eating for more than an hour, they were ready to go home.

Li Yada took the opportunity of the dinner to ask Huang Sibo and Lu Mingliang some questions.

Although the two people have different ways of understanding Mr. Pei's intentions, the result seems to be the same.

It wasn't until the party was over that Li Yada found a chance to take out his mobile phone and saw He Desheng's friend application and the game suggestion rectification plan he sent.

"This kind of plan... looks very risky."

Although Li Yada's understanding of similar games is not as deep as that of Bao Xu, she has led the development of GOG for so long after all, and the pros and cons of most of the designs can be clearly understood.

In the eyes of most people, the 5v5 confrontation game represented by "Apocalypse" is undoubtedly a fair competitive game.

Since it was a competition, the higher the difficulty, the clearer the distinction between expert players and rookie players.

However, too high difficulty will also lead to too high game threshold, dissuading some handicapped players.

Reducing the difficulty will indeed make the game experience better for novice players, but for many masters, "the game is easy to use" may also be one of the reasons why they lose their sense of superiority...

In short, these suggestions seem to have some truth, but they also have certain dangers.

Li Yada had a hard time deciding how to choose.

After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't make a decision.

Originally, he wanted to ask Bao Xu or Mr. Pei for advice, but Li Yada then remembered what Lu Mingliang had said during the dinner party.

At that time, Li Yada asked Lu Mingliang what he thought was the most important quality of a game designer.

Lu Mingliang thought for a while and said that the most important quality is not to be too confident in yourself.

Li Yada didn't understand, so Lu Mingliang explained a little more.

According to Lu Mingliang, most designers are very confident in themselves.

Because before becoming a designer, most people must first become a game lover and a senior game player, and then they can enter the game industry and go up step by step.

Many designers might not have entered the industry if they were not confident in themselves.

Therefore, most designers are full of confidence in themselves.

This kind of self-confidence is certainly a good thing, but sometimes it can also make oneself blind.

Every player is just an individual, with vastly different tastes and preferences.

And the game must not satisfy everyone.

A good game only needs to meet the tastes and needs of the target player group, and that's enough.

So, what if the designer likes something that is completely opposite to the target audience of this game?

Many designers will fall into blind self-confidence, and the games they make will be separated from the players, and will undoubtedly fail.

On the contrary, designers who are not so confident in themselves will listen to opinions with an open mind, making the game more in line with the tastes of most players and achieving success.

Therefore, the meaning of not being too confident is not to doubt yourself, but not to blindly believe in yourself or others.

Observe players from an objective perspective as much as possible, and strike a balance between personal preferences and player demands.

Thinking of this, Li Yada couldn't help but reflect on himself.

She does not have blind self-confidence herself, but...

Is it wrong to trust Bao Xu blindly?

Although Bao Xu is indeed experienced in similar games, he may have made the mistake of "overconfidence" that Lu Mingliang said...

After much consideration, Li Yada made a decision.

There is no need to ask Bao Xu or Mr. Pei for this plan, just make a new version!

Among these changes, the content of the game mechanism such as the last knife economy and head bounty is relatively easy to do; the map shrinking is a little more troublesome, but it can be corrected within a few days; more troublesome content, such as designing some Heroes suitable for novices or experts, these need to be considered in the long run, but there is no rush.

In the early stage, you can change these basic mechanisms first, make another version, and update it to Moyu Internet Cafe at the same time.

After a period of time, just compare the player data of these two versions, which one is better, will it be revealed?

Too tired today, too late to divide into chapters, 6000 words combined and sent together. You can only return to China on the 3rd. After returning to China, I will add more updates to you guys.