Chapter 1242 - Repent and be Saved Is Finally Free

October 8th, Monday…

The holidays were over. It was the first day of work.

Pei Qian sat in his own office, doubting himself.

Eric and Zhao Xuming really did not do anything!

Did he not notice this problem at all because he was on holiday? Or did he feel that this problem was not serious and was too lazy to work overtime to modify it?

That was too much!

Pei Qian had already noticed the problem with the ‘Gods Fantasy’ event early on during the holidays. However, this problem had nothing to do with Tengda. He could only hope that Eric and Zhao Xuming would give him some strength and quickly close the loophole.

Tengda did not work overtime, but if Long Yu Corporation encountered such a problem, they would definitely add on, right?

Yet, nothing happened?

On the third, Pei Qian felt that Long Yu Corporation might have realized something. After all, IOI’s figures should have been quite good over the past few days. It was understandable that it did not show any obvious decline.

On the 5th, Pei Qian felt that Long Yu Corporation must have realized the problem, but it was difficult to think of a good countermeasure in a hurry. They must be working overtime to study the plan. It would definitely not be a problem to wait.

It was already the 7th of yesterday. The holidays were over, but there was still no news!

Pei Qian was puzzled. Something was not right.

GOG’s figures were obviously going against the trend. What’s more, the matter on the internet was already abuzz. Eric and Zhao Xuming had to hear about it even if they were blind, right?

In the end, IOI did not make any announcements to respond to this matter even until today.

It seemed like nothing had happened, but it also seemed like there was no problem with the event at all, completely tacitly agreeing with players’ behavior.

His behavior had been very confusing.

It was understandable that the other regions in the world reacted slowly. After all, there were still many gamers in IOI in these regions. This event itself was tilted towards IOI. The data fluctuation would not be so obvious. This loophole was not considered serious.

There was no need for him to change the event, announce it, or even breach the contract for such a loophole. He would be slapping himself in the face.

However, the domestic server was different.

There were not many gamers left to begin with. The fish pond had been bombarded by GOG’s gamers. IOI’s most loyal gamers had finally been tempted to register an account in GOG…

How could he sit still?

Pei Qian could barely sit still.

Thus, Pei Qian was doubting life in the office. He could not understand what Eric and Zhao Xuming were doing at all.

He really wanted to call and ask, but he was afraid that Eric would misunderstand.

If he were to make a call at this juncture, it would inevitably make people feel that he was mocking him and attacking him with his face…

Thus, Pei Qian suppressed the urge to play.

The event was not over yet. It might be its peak period during the long holiday but IOI had set the event time to two weeks in order to let the traffic effect continue. In other words, many players would only be able to obtain the final reward after this week ended.

This was originally to let GOG gamers develop the habit of online IOI every day to achieve better conductivity.

However, from the looks of the current situation… it was hard to tell what would happen.

Pei Qian did not have any good ideas. He could only take it one step at a time.

After all, Boss Pei was very busy. He had a lot of work on hand. He could not possibly sit around and do nothing every day, staring at IOI’s activities and thinking blindly, right?

I’ve already been so cooperative with you. If you still mess things up, Boss Pei can only say: There’s no hope, just wait for death!

He temporarily put aside the ‘Gods Fantasy’ event and calmed down. Then, he checked Repent and be Saved’s official statistics.

Finally!

Repent and be Saved’s sales volume had fallen drastically last month. Coincidentally, it was stuck at the critical value that the system could stipulate: less than one-fifth of the revenue after the release!

“Alright, alright. I’ve finally achieved the most basic goal.”

Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

Originally, the success rate of this plan was quite high. Eternal Reincarnation attracted gamers’ attention. Many gamers who had not played it and were prepared to buy Repent and be Saved temporarily chose to hold on to their coins. They temporarily gave up on the idea of buying Repent and be Saved. They planned to buy Eternal Reincarnation to experience it first. After all, there was a huge gap in their price.

Unexpectedly, Teacher Qiao’s interpretation made Eternal Reincarnation and Repent and be Saved perfectly compatible!

In any case, once words like ‘one with two faces’ and ‘perfect downloadable content’ were used, players would feel that it was a waste of god’s gifts to only buy Eternal Reincarnation and not Repent and be Saved.

Thus, in the last week of last month, Repent and be Saved’s sales skyrocketed once again. Pei Qian’s heart began to tremble.

Fortunately, the results were out now. Pei Qian was just one step away from being consigned to eternal damnation.

If the sales volume had not fallen last month, it would not have fallen this month either. It would probably be a long time before Repent and be Saved would be released for free. He did not know when it would be released.

Of course, it was not as simple as just changing the price to make Repent and be Saved free.

On one hand, he had to submit the corresponding application to the official platform. On the other hand, he had to appease players.

It was very easy to pass the free application. After all, the official platform’s first goal was not to earn money but to promote the healthy development of the entire industry. It would naturally be more beneficial to promote a premium game after it was free.

The key was to appease players.

A large group of players had just been hoodwinked by Teacher Qiao. They had bought Eternal Reincarnation and Repent and be Saved. In the end, Repent and be Saved was free after two days. Who could stand that?

As a reasonable person, Pei Qian had to think of ways and means to return the money. He would not take a single cent from players!

After coming up with a general direction, Pei Qian prepared to call Yu Fei to his office and briefly explain this problem.

However, on further thought, he decided to make a trip to the games department.

That was because he looked for Yu Fei not only for this matter.

…

A few minutes later, Yu Fei followed Boss Pei into the conference room.

During this period, Yu Fei had been counting the days to see when Hu Xianbin would return.

Another month had passed. The special training base should be coming to an end. Hu Xianbin should be back even if he had to go home to tidy up and rest for a few days, right?

Of course, the people in charge of the special training class were also on holiday during this long holiday. He could see them appearing in the internal group chat of the people in charge again.

However, for some reason, all the people in charge of participating in the special training were very secretive about this special training. They basically would not reveal any key information and could not find out anything.

Yu Fei thought about it. Since no one was willing to say anything, he would not ask first.

In any case, it would not be too late to ask around when Hu Xianbin returned from special training and handed over his work.

During this period of time, Yu Fei had been seriously learning about game design, reading the design manuscript, and arranging the follow-up matters of Eternal Reincarnation.

For example, fixing bugs, adjusting the game content, refining the plot, and so on.

They were not particularly complicated work so nothing went wrong.

At first, Yu Fei was under a lot of pressure. However, now that he felt that he was about to leave, the pressure naturally disappeared.

He wondered why Boss Pei was looking for him today.

Was it to express his affirmation for the two months of work that he had taken over and send him off?

Well, that was possible.

After all, Boss Pei was famous for being humane. He would bring himself and the entire gaming department to the nameless restaurant for a feast when he sent them off. That seemed like something Boss Pei would do.

Or perhaps he was arranging a simple task for himself?

After all, Hu Xianbin might not be back in time. The gaming department’s work could not possibly be stagnant. They had to stand at the last position.

Yu Fei sat opposite Boss Pei as he thought about this.

Pei Qian organized his thoughts and said, “I have two things for you.”

“The first thing I want is for Repent and be Saved to be free.”

“This month, Repent and be Saved’s content will be free. However, I have to discuss this with the official games platform and go through the process.”

“You don’t have to do it yourself. Just assign the task to your subordinates and keep an eye on the progress.”

“Of course, considering that a group of gamers just bought Repent and be Saved, we should compensate them.”

“My idea is to compensate gamers based on the time they spent purchasing the game. Refund the game that they had just purchased this month in full; refund 80% of the game that they had purchased last month; refund half of the game that they bought in August; refund a quarter of the game that they bought in July.”

“If it was any earlier, I would not have cared.”