Meng Chang was finally convinced after much persuasion.
Whether Meng Chang would want to leave in the end depended on the effect of Pei Qian’s publicity plan next month. However, he would think about the matter which would happen the next month during the next month.
Even the system could not stump me, much less a small Meng Chang?
In fact, the publicity task that Pei Qian gave Meng Chang was only equivalent to a weakened version of the System’s requirements.
The system required a complete loss. Meng Chang’s publicity mission only had to ensure that the publicity plan of a certain industry was not effective.
Pei Qian could handle even more difficult challenges with ease. As long as he did not pursue the 200,000 commission of the highest difficulty, he should still be confident… right?
At this point, there was no point thinking about what would happen next month.
He should focus on the present.
Meng Chang’s publicity plan had failed completely. He could leave it alone and take a commission, but Pei Qian could not.
Poor Boss Pei had to think of a way to clean up this mess.
The current situation was that the outside world was abuzz. Netizens and many game media were treating Teacher Qiao’s trial game as Repent and be Saved’s sequel to Eternal Reincarnation. What’s more, it was getting more and more ridiculous.
The gamers who were waiting to play Eternal Reincarnation were a little bewitched. They even commented about Eternal Reincarnation under any news related to Tengda.
For example, the official Weibo account shared a long wallpaper with all of GOG’s heroes. There were players spamming it below. “I understand! The official platform hinted that the plot of ‘Eternal Reincarnation’ would be a longer version. At least twice the length of ordinary games!”
The official Weibo posted a photo of a girl’s cosplay. There would be players spamming it again. “I understand! The official hints that there will be cute girls in Eternal Reincarnation and a dating nurturing system!”
If this continued, it would become more and more ridiculous. Who knew what gamers would think of?
There were other projects to be released in the next month or so. What if the popularity continued and more chain reactions were to be produced after the rumors spread, bringing huge popularity to Eternal Reincarnation? What if the downloadable content became popular before it was released?
The rumors were already quite ridiculous. Who knew what terrible things would happen in another two months?
He wanted to clarify things and reduce the amount of attention on the game. He wanted the players to not have unrealistic expectations and quickly calm down the influence of this matter.
That way, Pei Qian could work on other publicity plans next month and clear some obstacles in advance.
How should he cool it down?
After some thought, Pei Qian decided to clarify two points for everyone.
First, ‘Eternal Reincarnation’ was not a sequel to Repent and be Saved. Instead, it was just an ordinary downloadable content. There was a huge difference in size. Second, Teacher Qiao had not tried ‘Eternal Reincarnation’. To be precise, ‘Eternal Reincarnation’ had not even been established. There was not even a new folder. The official development would have to wait until August.
As long as these two points were clarified, even if the players were not disappointed. Their enthusiasm would definitely plummet, right?
This was equivalent to having a meal at a high-end restaurant. He had thought that the dishes that had a high rating would be served in five minutes. He would definitely look forward to it. He would even take out his cell phone to take photos and post them on his WeChat moments.
At that moment, the waiter suddenly came over and said, “I’m sorry, the dish that’s about to be served is just an ordinary appetizer. What’s more, the main dish has to wait for another half an hour.”
He might still be thinking about this but his expectations would definitely be greatly reduced.
Pei Qian could not clarify previously because this behavior would affect Meng Chang’s publicity plan. When Meng Chang messed up, he would throw the blame to himself.
However, now that Meng Chang had given up, he naturally did not have to care about the impact of this matter on him.
Pei Qian quickly stopped Meng Chang when he saw that he was about to leave.
“You’re leaving just like that?”
“It’s not that I want to criticize you, but you always do things without any care for things in the past nor ahead. When you see that the publicity plan has failed, you leave without caring about the negative consequences.”
“Take this matter for example. The netizens are paying so much attention to Eternal Reincarnation. They’re almost going crazy. If we don’t deal with it now, the popularity of Eternal Reincarnation will definitely explode in the future when it’s released. When the time comes, can you still make a publicity plan to reduce its popularity?”
“Doing good work for the previous project is equivalent to clearing the obstacles for the next project!”
“You don’t pay attention to the details. Isn’t it natural for you to fail?”
Meng Chang was stunned and a little confused.
He looked like a primary school student being educated by the form teacher.
Boss Pei’s words made sense!
If he allowed this matter to continue to ferment, the netizens’ emotions would not be vented. The popularity would definitely accumulate. Some unknown chemical reaction would inevitably occur in the future.
Once an expert made his move, he would know if there was anything wrong.
At first, Meng Chang thought that Boss Pei was making a joke out of him. He said that he was going to demonstrate his publicity plan. However, Boss Pei was a busy man. He had so many industries to arrange. How could he spend all his energy on his publicity plan?
Therefore, Meng Chang did not harbour too many expectations.
However, it was obvious looking at Boss Pei’s attitude towards details that he was going to teach him step by step.
Meng Chang was even a little overwhelmed. He immediately had the illusion that Boss Pei’s kindness to him was as heavy as a mountain.
Of course, it was only for a moment.
“Then… Boss Pei, what should we do? Tell me, I’ll execute it,” Meng Chang asked humbly.
Pei Qian nodded subtly.
Yes, he was teachable. That was the right attitude!
Meng Chang was still a talent as long as he learnt humbly.
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. “We have to make it as simple and clean as possible to calm the popularity.”
“Saying too much would easily trigger the imagination of gamers.”
“Therefore, we can just use Tengda’s official Weibo account to clarify. The main point is to clarify the two points I said previously: ‘Eternal Reincarnation’ is only downloadable content. What’s more, the project will only officially start in August. That way, players will not continue to pay attention to this matter. The popularity can slowly decrease.”
“Make it simple and formal.”
Tengda’s official credibility might be worrying because they had cried wolf too many times, but the statement this time would be more credible. Gamers should believe it.
Meng Chang was stunned. “Boss Pei, are you sure there’s no problem with this?”
Pei Qian asked, “What’s the problem?”
“Er… nothing.”
Meng Chang only vaguely felt that something was amiss, but he could not figure out what was wrong.
Since it was Boss Pei’s plan, it should be executed. He would know in a while whether there was a problem or not.
…
Fifteen minutes later, Meng Chang knocked on the door again.
“Boss Pei, the statement has been written. Please take a look.”
Pei Qian took his cell phone and read the main text of this Weibo post.
“Tengda Corporation and Tengda Games have noticed that netizens have been discussing the ‘Repent and be Saved’ sequel in various games media recently. These are false information from unknown sources. In order to prevent misinformation, we release a special statement as follows:”
“Eternal Reincarnation is not a sequel to Repent and be Saved. It is just regular downloadable content for Repent and be Saved. There is a huge difference in the size of the two. Tengda Games has no plans to develop a sequel to Repent and be Saved for a period of time.”
“‘Eternal Reincarnation’ has not entered the preparatory stage yet. The official development period is after August. It is not the ‘trial stage’.”
“I hope that gamers will be able to detect false information and not be deceived.”
“This statement is to be taken seriously.”
There were many words, so he had to use a long Weibo post. At the moment, he had only edited the content and saved a draft. He had not officially released it.
Meng Chang was not sure if he could write it this way, so he had to let Boss Pei decide.
Pei Qian nodded subtly.
Yes, it was alright.
It might seem a little rigid and the official tone was a little harsh but it was also beneficial. The players would definitely not think that it was a performance. Their credibility would be better.
He would have achieved his goal at least no matter whether the statement was wrong or not.
“Alright, send it out,” Pei Qian said.
Meng Chang took the cell phone and pressed “Send”.
