Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

Chapter 313: Mountain City Gameplay: Surrender and Lose Half (Subscribe)
Interesting, this operation is really interesting!
This is……

Since there is no other way to force him, he has to turn to telling tales?
Liu Shu sat on the sofa, looking through the documents of the joint complaint from four companies, with an amused expression on his face.

Although Wang Hao was curious when he saw this, he did not say much. Instead, he refilled Liu Shu's thermos cup with water and placed it closer to Liu Shu so that Liu Shu could drink tea at any time.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Shu turned to the last page of the document, closed it and handed it to Wang Hao:

"It's quite interesting. You should take a look at it too."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hao hurriedly took the document and handed the thermos cup to Liu Shu immediately. Then he sat on the sofa beside him and looked through the document.

Liu Shu took a sip of tea and said with a smile:

"Initially, a total of 18 domestic and foreign game companies followed the Penguin Game Platform to collectively denounce Taipingdao, but in the end nothing came of it. When other game companies apologized, they did not think of complaining to us."

"Later, these four game companies banded together to test the strength of Taiping Dao. They played several rounds in a row, and it can be said that they were crushed by Cai Gou in every round. When they were fighting, they didn't expect to ask the Entertainment Bureau's Game Office to seek justice."

"Now, Taipingdao has taken real action and taken the initiative to show its real strength. When these four game companies saw that Ark: Survival Evolved has 9 DLCs, they immediately became scared and remembered that there is a game office in the Ministry of Culture and Entertainment that can do justice."

"Do you think it's funny?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Hao smiled disdainfully and echoed, "Director, the excuse they came up with is really high-sounding. They say that Taipingdao is disrupting the normal operations of other game companies and maliciously hindering the orderly development of other game companies."

"Weren't they the ones who did this in the first place? Now that it's their turn, they're complaining louder and louder? I say, forget about them and just reject this complaint."

"Oh, that won't work." Liu Shu shook his head and said, "This is the responsibility of our Entertainment Office's Game Office. We just received a complaint today, and it's not right to respond immediately."

"Ah? Are we really going to accept this complaint and investigate Taiping Dao?" Wang Hao's face showed some surprise.

Let’s put aside his personal relationship with Cai Gou, and let’s put aside Liu Shu’s personal relationship with Cai Gou.

Just look at the efforts and contributions that Pacifica has made to the entire gaming industry in recent years, as well as the close cooperation between Pacifica and many other departments such as the military, schools, aerospace, etc.

It would be inappropriate for public opinion to think that the Bureau of Culture and Entertainment's Game Office had rashly investigated such a game company that has such a good reputation in the industry.

Maybe people would think that it is the Entertainment and Gaming Office. When the birds are gone, the bows are put away; when the rabbit is dead, the running dogs are cooked. If this is really the case, aren't they being wronged?
"What are you thinking? I didn't say I would take care of it, but..." Liu Shu explained: "We can't just ignore it now."

"You mean...stretching?"

"Well, let's wait for a while, and then find a reason to fight back." Liu Shu said: "This is their business, there is no reason for me to help them."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hao nodded with a smile on his face. He already understood exactly what was going on. It seemed that Director Liu was also impatient with the four game companies' jumping around.

Liu Shu looked at Wang Hao with a half-smile and asked, "What if these four game companies ask about the progress?"

Wang Hao said seriously, "Don't worry, I will pass on the instructions. We will answer all their inquiries warmly and politely, and we will know nothing about them."

The complaint was submitted to the Games Office of the Bureau of Culture and Entertainment, but it fell on deaf ears.

one day.

Three days.

Five days.

After five full days and nights, Zheng Min still hadn't received the news he wanted from the game office of the Cultural and Entertainment Bureau.

Qian Rui, Jiang Zhihao, and Liu Mufeng would also call him every once in a while to inquire about the situation, but he had no additional information and was still completely in the dark.

There was no movement here, but the movement in Taiping Dao was getting louder and louder.

The day after the large-scale DLC live broadcast conference ended, Pacific Avenue launched the third large-scale expansion DLC of Stardew Valley [Eastskap] and the first DLC of Ark: Survival Evolved [Distortion].

The two high-quality DLCs are of extraordinary significance, and their popularity, heat, traffic, and attention are continuously fed back to the main bodies of the two games, further increasing their sales.

Stardew Valley is okay, after all, it only has such a small audience. [Donskap] seems to be on sale, but it is actually free, so it doesn't make much money.

But Ark: Survival Evolved is different. The game is currently very popular, and the survival and construction category is also a long-standing track with a large player base, so the first DLC naturally caused a lot of noise.

What's more, Distortion is the most difficult of the nine DLCs that Lao Zei himself admitted, which naturally aroused the curiosity of the target players.

Currently, because the four leading companies have not released new games, the price of [Distortion] is 37 yuan, but there are still many players who buy it, which has a huge boost to the sales of Ark: Survival Evolved.

The [Distortion] DLC takes players to experience a completely different Ark world, which also makes players more curious about the scenery of the Ark world in the other eight DLCs.

But according to what Lao Zei said at a large-scale DLC live broadcast conference, the cooling-off period for DLC releases can be as long as a month.

As the saying goes, a day without seeing you feels like three years. How can the players wait?

During this period, players went to the official comment sections of the four Chutouniainiao websites and left messages, just like they were punching in and out every day.

Public opinion is fermenting and there is no sign of stopping. Instead, it is getting more and more intense.

On the other hand, there has been no response to the complaint to the Game Office of the Bureau of Culture and Entertainment.

This made Zheng Min very anxious...

There was no other way, he could only call the relevant department of the Entertainment Bureau's Game Office to inquire about the situation.

"Hello, this is the Complaint Management Department under the Entertainment Bureau's Game Office. What can I do for you?"

"Hey, hello. I'm Zheng Min, the president of Qingshan Game Company. Five days ago, Qingshan, Baihua, Wutong, and Fengqi jointly complained to the Entertainment Bureau's Game Office about Taipingdao. I want to ask why there is still no response after five working days?"

After learning about this incident, the staff member who answered the phone immediately called his superior as instructed by the previous department leader.

The superior took the call and strictly followed Director Liu Shu's instructions. He spoke enthusiastically and politely, but he knew nothing about the incident.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Min felt a little disheartened. After talking on the phone for such a long time, he only got a reply that the work process was still in progress.

Zheng Min carefully thought about what the staff said during the phone call.

Thinking back to the achievements that Taiping Dao has made at the official level over the years and the contributions it has made to the official side, I couldn't help but sigh.

This third path seems difficult to take...

Qingshan Game Company, small conference room.

Qian Rui sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, smoking a ladies' cigarette in an irritable mood.

Jiang Zhihao folded his hands across his chest and closed his eyes, but his shaking legs showed that he was not at peace inside.

Liu Mufeng held a bottle of beer in his hand and drank it in big gulps, trying to numb himself with the power of alcohol.

After waiting for a week, the four people called again and again to inquire, but the response from the Entertainment Bureau's Game Office was always the same: they were going through the process.

The three of them were forced into a corner by the players and public opinion, so they took the initiative to come to Zheng Min to see if he had any other ideas.

"What? What did you say? Not to process it? Send it back the same way? What does this mean?"

"You don't do things this way, do you? It's been delayed for half a month, and you're giving me this answer?"

"Why not deal with it..."

At this moment, the three people's eyes glanced at Zheng Min in front of the French window from time to time. Zheng Min was angry and yelled at the phone, but after a lot of futile efforts, he could only hang up the phone helplessly, walked to the sofa, and said helplessly:

"Did you hear what the Entertainment and Gaming Office said during the call just now? I didn't expect that after dragging it out for twelve days, this would be the result."

"The complaint was sent back without being processed, leaving us to negotiate with Taipingdao in a friendly manner."

Zheng Min originally thought that after hearing the news, the three people present would react greatly, but he did not expect that the expressions of the three people did not change at all.

"What's going on? Did you hear what I said?"

Facing the puzzled Zheng Min, Qian Rui crushed the lady's cigarette in her hand and whispered:
"Old Zheng, we are not fools. A few days ago, I made no less than five calls to the head of the Entertainment Bureau's Game Office, and I got the same answer all the time. In fact, I knew what was going on at that time."

Liu Mufeng sighed: "Me too. In fact, objectively looking at the contribution that Taiping Dao has made to the gaming industry in recent years, I am not surprised to hear this result today."

At this moment, the four of them recalled the famous scene from the movie Kung Fu Soccer at the same time.

Sports hall, football field.

In the audience, Qiang Xiong, wearing sunglasses and holding a cigar in his mouth, smiled sinisterly and said, "The referee, the witnesses, the organizer, the co-organizer, all the units are my people. How can you fight me?"

At this moment, just as at that moment.

Zheng Min smiled bitterly and said, "What should we do? Is this matter stuck here?"

Zheng Min, who has always been the most resourceful of the four, has made such a statement. How could the other three think of any solution?

Just as the four of them looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Knock knock!"

The door of the conference room was pushed open, and the secretary walked in with a cell phone in hand, looking embarrassed.

"Who asked you to come in?" Zheng Min asked unhappily.

"Mr. Zheng, phone call."

"Whose phone number?"

"It's Mr. Cai's call."

Zheng Minteng sat up and asked, "Which Mr. Cai?"

"Mr. Cai from Taiping Dao." The secretary stood there nervously and said carefully:

"Mr. Cai just called the company and asked for you by name."

The four of them looked at each other, all puzzled.

Zheng Min took the phone, waved his hand to let the secretary leave, took a deep breath and asked: "Mr. Cai, what advice do you have for me this time?"

The other three people hurried to Zheng Min's side and listened anxiously to this phone call that might be related to the survival of the company.

"It's not really about giving advice. Taipingdao's purpose has always been to learn from friendly businesses." Cai Gou's teasing laughter could be heard from the other end of the line.

Zheng Min's face darkened, and he said in an extremely unhappy tone: "If the purpose of your call, Mr. Cai, is to mock me, then I'm sorry, we have nothing to talk about. I'm hanging up."

"Wait, why are you so anxious?" Cai Gou smiled calmly: "From the beginning to the end, it seems that I have never been the one to stir up trouble. What? You can't stand it just because I said one word?"

"You can hang up the phone, but you have to think about the consequences, right?"

Zheng Min wanted to hang up the phone in a very tough manner, but the consequences were indeed very terrible in the foreseeable future. He hesitated for a long time and asked, "What do you want?"

"Apologize!"

"what?"

"If you want to put this matter behind you, the four game companies should take the initiative to send a Weibo post to apologize to Taipingdao."

If I apologize at this time, it would be completely embarrassing.

Zheng Min said sternly, "Post an apology on Weibo? Gou, you..."

"What do you mean?" Cai Gou no longer had the energy to play witty tricks with them: "Just get straight to the point."

"I didn't force you to come to this arena. On the contrary, you took the initiative to come here. You have the final say on when this starts, and I have the final say on when it ends."

"Don't think that I'm giving you this opportunity today to show my weakness. On the contrary, this is an ultimatum. If you don't agree, shall we continue?"

After hearing these words, Zheng Min, who was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, immediately became timid and could no longer stand up:
"The CEOs of the three game companies, Baihua, Wutong, and Fengqi, are all here with me. Please at least give us some time to discuss this matter."

"No problem, one minute!" Cai Gou was like a devil: "If you don't give me an answer after one minute, I will assume that you don't want to apologize. As for the consequences of not wanting to apologize, you know it too."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Min stopped refutation and looked at the other three people. The call was on an external speaker, and they heard everything Cai Gou said.

There is no need to wait even a minute. Given the current situation, anyone can understand that it is better to lose face than to close the business.

It is better to have a not-so-dignified way out than to have no way out at all.

The four of them did not talk to each other, but just looked at each other, and each of them had the answer in their hearts.

"Okay, we agree."

After saying this, Zheng Min felt relieved and a lot more relaxed in his heart.

"It's a wise choice. By the way, when you apologize, remember to mention the impact of the Penguin Games platform on you. This is a notification, not a negotiation."

"Beep beep..."

Without waiting for Zheng Min to answer, Cai Gou hung up the phone.

What does the last sentence mean?
Want to mention Penguin Game Platform?
"Not good..." Liu Mufeng said, "It's bad enough to apologize, but we also backstab you. How will our peers see us?"

"How can this be considered a backstab?" Qian Rui argued:

"From the source, wasn't this incident instigated by Penguin Gaming Platform? Without Zheng Jingming, wouldn't there be so many problems now? Would we end up like this?"

Jiang Zhihao said bitterly, "Moreover, Zheng Jingming didn't say a word from beginning to end. We did our best and just stated the facts when we apologized. How can this be considered a backstab?"

Liu Mufeng wanted to refute after hearing this, but Zheng Min smiled bitterly and said:

"Xiao Liu, don't you understand? This is a notification, not a discussion. Only when the apology mentions Penguin Games Platform can it be considered a qualified apology, do you understand?"

"If you don't understand, Cai Gou won't teach you a second time."

Liu Mufeng thought for a long time, smiled bitterly and nodded: "I understand, this move is called surrender and losing half..."

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