Pei Qian gently patted Ma Yiqun on the shoulder.

"You're not well-received at Infinite Chinese Network. I think it must be the editors are jealous of your talent. What you write is too avant-garde, and readers don't appreciate it, but that's not your fault."

Ma Yiqun suddenly realized, "President Pei, have you read my books?"

"No, I haven't," Pei Qian shook his head, "But I can see your talent in your eyes."

"If our website wants to succeed, we absolutely cannot copy the Infinite Chinese Network's formula. Otherwise, no matter how well it develops, it will only be a miniature version of Infinite Chinese Network. How can we talk about overtaking on a curve?"

Ma Yiqun was somewhat dazed.

It seemed President Pei was making a lot of sense.

Ma Yiqun didn't feel that his talent was being buried. After all, online novels were a highly competitive market.

Not being recognized by the editor could be said to be temporarily buried; but not being recognized by the readers meant it was genuinely no good.

Ma Yiqun felt that his book's failure was obviously the latter. So he was very unconfident about his abilities.

But President Pei made a very good point.

The website had to succeed and absolutely could not copy the Infinite Chinese Network's formula. Otherwise, readers could just go to Infinite Chinese Network. Why would they come to a copycat website?

Therefore, to overtake on a curve, they had to seek novelty and change.

This showed that President Pei's vision was indeed far-reaching and that he had high expectations for him!

What President Pei wanted to do was to surpass Infinite Chinese Network, not to be content with small gains!

Ma Yiqun nodded vigorously, "Okay, President Pei, I will do my best to make this website a success!"

"Uh, President Pei, what's the name of this website?"

Pei Qian smiled slightly, "Zhongdian Chinese Network."

Meaning to make it the graveyard of online novels.

Ma Yiqun was filled with awe.

President Pei was going to work hard to make it the end point for all online novels?

To get all the writers to write books on this website?

See, President Pei could always think of such magnificent and appropriate names!

"Go ahead, and report to me promptly if you encounter any problems."

...

After dismissing Ma Yiqun, Pei Qian turned his attention to Shang Yang Games.

First, he looked at the data for *Blood Song of Glory* sent by Ye Zhizhou, which was still appalling.

Stable, it was very stable.

After all, the game was so conscientious now that the old players were all having a great time, and it was no problem to remain stable for a few months.

But the income was really low.

So many paid features had been cut, so the original whales had nowhere to spend their money. The game's graphics were too outdated, there was no advertising budget, and no new players were pouring in. Even though some old players had returned, this recharge revenue was still completely insufficient.

Now that the rectification of *Blood Song of Glory* had been completed and the version was stable, Pei Qian had to arrange new tasks for them.

If they continued to be so laid-back, the system might warn him one day.

But Pei Qian already had arrangements for this.

He had previously arranged a two-step strategy for Shang Yang Games. The first step was to cut off the paid features of existing games, leaving only one; the second step was to make a new game.

Everyone thought of a game plan and formed a design draft. Pei Qian would select one and use it as Shang Yang Games' new project for development.

During the settlement period, everyone at Shang Yang Games was busy with this design draft, and now they had all completed it.

Pei Qian was going to choose a design draft and decide what game Shang Yang Games was going to develop.

In this way, Tenda Games and Shang Yang Games would embark on completely different paths.

On the Tenda Games side, Pei Qian would personally take charge, pointing out a direction that would easily flop, and try his best to make the game develop in the direction he expected.

As for Shang Yang Games, he would try to maintain its original state and interfere as little as possible.

Currently, Shang Yang Games' route seemed to be more successful, so he naturally had to continue to persist.

Pei Qian randomly found a lottery software, numbered all twenty-plus design drafts, and drew a lottery.

"Number 6."

Pei Qian opened the document numbered 6 and glanced at it.

The entire document was 4 pages long and was a strategy game, but the rules were obviously very imperfect.

If the actual required settings for this game were 100%, then this document had only written about 20% at most.

Some of the gameplay was only mentioned briefly, and the specific design details were completely absent.

"...Well, the attitude is good, but this document can't be used."

On the surface, this document seemed to meet Pei Qian's requirements for a "bad game," but the problem was that there were too many missing settings.

Pei Qian couldn't possibly add the settings himself.

Once the decision was made to make this game, the people at Shang Yang Games would naturally add content to this document like crazy and refine the various rules. By then, the game would definitely be changed beyond recognition.

So it definitely wouldn't work.

Pei Qian couldn't imagine what this game would be modified into in the end, which posed a great risk.

It was best to have a design proposal with very clear rules and that was obviously very uninspired. That would be the most reassuring.

Pei Qian eliminated plan number 6 and drew again.

"Number 13."

Pei Qian opened design document number 13 and found that it was a single-player game with some good ideas, and it also proposed some good level design concepts.

Looking closely, it was written by Wang Xiaobin.

"...I can't tell, you, a numerical planner, actually have a dream of revitalizing the domestic game industry?"

"Well...spending money to help you fulfill your dream isn't impossible."

"But the key is that your design draft is a bit conservative. If we really do it according to this, I'm afraid we won't lose much money."

Pei Qian casually flipped through it and decided to put it aside for the time being.

Although letting Shang Yang Games make a single-player game was a good choice, Pei Qian mainly considered two aspects:

First, single-player games actually have a pretty low lower limit. With relatively fixed investment, even if they're not popular, they can definitely sell some copies. The most likely result is a small loss, and if it's slightly better, they can recover the costs.

Second, the plan written by Wang Xiaobin was very complete, with no very risky designs. They were all mature plans that some foreign single-player game companies had already verified.

Pei Qian's vision was so advanced that he could see at a glance that this design plan, although not very reliable, was not outrageous either.

In Pei Qian's view, it was of medium to low level.

"Draw again, and if there's a better one, use the better one. If there isn't a better one, then I'll help Wang Xiaobin fulfill his dream."

He said he would only draw once randomly, but Pei Qian still changed his mind and temporarily wanted to pick and choose a little.

After all, last time he let go and Bao Xu and Huang Sibo came up with *Sea Fortress*, and the money still hadn't been spent.

"This time it's number 2."

"Oh? A sequel to *Blood Song of Glory*? Written by Ye Zhizhou?"

Pei Qian clicked on the design draft and carefully examined it.

"The gameplay basically hasn't changed much. It's just supplemented some details, and the story has progressed a little bit. It still continues the previous charging model."

"Hmm? This is not bad."

Pei Qian felt that the plans of Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin were both good, but they both had problems.

Although the first plan, number 6, was unreliable enough, it was precisely because it was too unreliable and had too few details that Pei Qian was worried about doing it.

He was afraid that the people at Shang Yang Games would "add a little bit of details" and make it unrecognizable.

In contrast, the plans of Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin were quite complete, which also meant that they were not easy to deviate from.

"Then let's use Ye Zhizhou's plan."

"Wang Xiaobin's plan is also remarkable, but the only thing is that it's too stable and not adventurous enough. If your dreams were more imaginative, you might have conquered me."

Pei Qian finally kept Ye Zhizhou's plan, but Ye Zhizhou himself hadn't thought of a name for this sequel.

Pei Qian quickly typed on the keyboard and added the name.

*Blood Song of Glory: Power-Up Kit*!

Well, since it was a rustic and high-energy game, then let it be even more rustic and high-energy!

For a game that would most likely lose money, Pei Qian had even thought about the promotion method. He would definitely burn the most money and get the most scolding, for sure!

After modifying it, Pei Qian sent the design draft back to Ye Zhizhou.

"Just do it according to this."

He thought for a while and added, "Tell Wang Xiaobin that his plan is also good, but it's too conservative. Let him modify it again during the development period. There will be opportunities to use it in the future."