The system does not allow for full refunds to previous players, as *Turning Back is the Shore* only reached the free standard this month.

However, to appease players' emotions and maintain the company's reputation, partial refunds are still possible.

As the saying goes, buy early and enjoy early, buy late and get a discount, don't buy and wait for free.

Games are most expensive when they first come out, and the discounts get bigger and bigger afterward. This is not only a promotional strategy for merchants to maximize profits, but it has also become a habit and consensus among players.

Many e-commerce platforms have also launched price protection policies, where the price difference will be refunded if there is a significant price drop within a short period after purchase.

Of course, there are many reasons for this, and Pei Qian couldn't explain exactly what they were, nor did he care. He was simply using this as an excuse to refund players.

What could be more pleasing than returning the money that had already gone into the system's pocket?

Yu Fei couldn't help but reveal a shocked expression.

How conscientious!

President Pei is indeed President Pei, always so extraordinary!

In fact, most players are very accepting of the game becoming free. Even if they just bought the game at full price and it became free, and even if the manufacturer doesn't offer any compensation, most players won't make a fuss about it. At most, they'll complain online and mock their own bad luck.

After all, it's a good thing for the player base when manufacturers discount or make games free. It would be a bit much to demand compensation from the manufacturers for players who bought the game before.

But President Pei didn't even need the players to say anything; he proactively offered refunds and compensation!

As an older game, *Turning Back is the Shore* still frequently appears on the official platform's best-selling lists, and is a regular on the action game best-selling list.

So much so that many players are wondering, is there anyone who hasn't bought *Turning Back is the Shore* yet?

Such a game is already a stable source of profit for the company.

What's more, the success of *Eternal Reincarnation* and the main body of *Turning Back is the Shore* can be described as a perfect combination. Most players already have a consensus that "they must be bought together."

Not to mention the old players, the key are the new players who have recently joined. If they buy *Eternal Reincarnation*, shouldn't they also buy *Turning Back is the Shore* as a package?

That's another big source of income!

As a result, President Pei directly made it free at this critical juncture when *Turning Back is the Shore* was making a resurgence?

It can only be described as awesome.

Yu Fei immediately nodded: "Okay, President Pei, don't worry, I will definitely arrange this!"

He thought that although he was about to leave, if he could facilitate this matter before leaving, it would be a good deed for the players.

His brief experience as a guest chief designer at Tengda would also come to a perfect end.

Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction: "Well... the second thing is, go get everyone, let's have a meeting to talk about the new game."

"Ah?"

Yu Fei was instantly stunned and a little confused.

After a while, he said: "President Pei, isn't this something that we don't need to rush?"

"Hu Xianbin will be back soon, you can wait for him to come back and have this meeting, otherwise I will have to hand over the work to him, and many design intentions may not be conveyed well."

"Hmm, why does this scene feel strangely familiar..."

Yu Fei suddenly remembered that something similar seemed to have happened at the beginning of last month.

President Pei asked Yu Fei to cooperate with Meng Chang on the promotion plan for *Eternal Reincarnation*. Yu Fei originally wanted to wait for Hu Xianbin to come back before talking about it, but he didn't expect that Hu Xianbin didn't even make it to the company, and was directly pulled away halfway, without even meeting him.

And Yu Fei could only bitterly fill in for another month.

So this time...

Yu Fei's eyes suddenly filled with vigilance, realizing that the situation seemed a bit wrong.

"President Pei, did something happen to Hu Xianbin again? Wasn't it said that he would be in special training for a month? This time, I won't even see his face, will I?"

Pei Qian thought for a while: "Ah, that won't be the case."

The implication was that he should still be able to see him once.

It is said that Bao Xu arranged for these people in charge to have three days off, so they could take care of their affairs, oh no, before embarking on the journey to Shennongjia, they could first return to their respective departments to briefly handle related work.

After all, they have been away from their respective departments for a while, so it is human nature to go back and take a look.

Therefore, Yu Fei will definitely be able to see Hu Xianbin, and won't be unable to see him at all.

But what happens after seeing him... that's hard to say.

Hearing what President Pei said, Yu Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he almost imagined the terrible scene of having to fill in for three consecutive months.

Pei Qian continued: "The main thing is that the time arrangements for the special training class often change, and it's normal to be two days early or two days late. But the work of the game department cannot be delayed, especially the ideas for new games. We must meet early and determine the plan early, otherwise it will easily drag down the entire development cycle."

Yu Fei nodded, feeling that what President Pei said made a lot of sense.

Tengda's game department has always been known for its divergent thinking, brainstorming, and strict control of the development cycle. This is a tradition left over from the time when Huang Sibao was in charge, and it is also the purpose of the entire Tengda Group.

The premise of divergent thinking is that we must first have a meeting to finalize the general direction of the new game, so that everyone can be in the same direction and brainstorm and design the game prototype within a certain framework.

And to strictly control the development cycle, we must cherish every working day. After all, under the premise that overtime is not allowed, every working day is precious.

So, just to save the time for handing over work, and waiting for Hu Xianbin to come back before holding this new game discussion meeting, is obviously very irresponsible and not in line with the Tengda spirit.

Yu Fei once again felt ashamed of his unprofessionalism.

Hey, this kind of work attitude is not right!

President Pei trusts me so much and asked me to fill in.

I thought about it well at the beginning, and wanted to stand my ground until the last moment.

But in the end, I still naturally have this "the less trouble, the better" mentality, which is very disappointing to President Pei's expectations of me!

Thinking of this, Yu Fei stood up: "Okay, President Pei, I'll call them all over."

...

Soon, the core members of the game department all arrived and took their seats in the conference room.

We're making a new game again, happy!

When everyone was developing *Eternal Reincarnation* before, although they were also very excited, they were also very clear in their hearts that this was just a DLC after all, and it was still a little unfulfilling.

Now we are finally going to develop the next large game!

I wonder what kind of whimsical ideas President Pei will come up with this time?

Looking at the eager expressions on the faces of the game department, Pei Qian was very worried.

It's so tiring to rack my brains every time to fool these people!

Moreover, although they have been successfully fooled, it is precisely because they have been fooled that they often confidently make the game a success.

Over time, they fell into a vicious circle.

So what kind of game should I arrange for the game department to make this time?

Pei Qian had tried too many directions before, some popular and some unpopular.

But whether it was popular or unpopular, it was successful in the end!

That's outrageous.

So now Pei Qian has almost figured it out. The success of the game may not have much to do with his choice. It is better to simply regard it as a matter of luck and just do it casually.

When Pei Qian held a meeting for Shang Yang Games before, he actually kept a backup plan.

At that time, everyone calculated the types of games that Tengda hadn't made yet, and summarized some, such as fighting games, rhythm games, and sandbox games.

In the end, they chose the racing game *Safe and Civilized Driving* for Shang Yang Games, mainly because *Lonely Desert Road*, which Tengda made before, was not actually a racing game, and there was still a chance to fail in this direction.

And rhythm games are difficult to lose money on, and the risk of sandbox games is too great once they become popular, so Pei Qian doesn't want to do them for the time being.

Finally, the option of fighting games was reserved.

It just so happened that Tengda's game department spent some time developing *Eternal Reincarnation* first, and there wasn't much time left in this cycle.

Wouldn't it be great to arrange a niche game to do casually with this fragmented time?

Of course, Pei Qian has no idea how to make this fighting game specifically, because he can't even be considered a fighting game player, and hasn't even memorized the move list.

But so what? Anyway, the games that Pei Qian plays relatively well are just like that...

Let everyone brainstorm fully first, and then mess around, and a very strange game should be born, right?