Zhu Meng's Weakness

"Can't say it?"

"Then I'll say it for you!"

Fei Zhiyuan was extremely resentful.

"You went to invite models, but you had conflicts and beat people, which ultimately led to our company being blacklisted!"

"Do you think it's just Long Teng Fashion? Our reputation in the entire modeling agency industry is ruined!"

"You went to recruit artists, but you didn't even realize you hired a sex offender!"

"It wasn't until six female artists resigned in a row that HR felt something was wrong and investigated privately, only to discover that he had spent three years in prison in Chu Yun!"

"Now HR is complaining to me that they are receiving fewer and fewer resumes from women!"

"And, after kicking this trash out, we still have to compensate him!?"

"This is your 'reward' to me!"

"This is your reward to me!!"

Fei Zhiyuan's chest heaved violently, and he became angrier as he spoke.

The assistant, fearing that the boss would get sick from anger, had to put down the meeting minutes and step forward to dissuade him: "Boss, calm down, don't hurt your health."

The entire office was deathly silent.

Gong Feng, the person in charge of the project X project, had to bite the bullet and come out to explain.

There was no way to excuse the model incident. The deputy who provoked the conflict was personally promoted by him, so it was not good to kick him when he was down.

So he could only explain the sex offender incident:

"Boss, this was indeed an accident."

"We heard that a Xia Country artist who returned from studying in Chu Yun joined Zhu Meng and has been a great help to the Zhu Meng artist team."

"That's why we specifically flew to Chu Yun to visit the popular Hentai artists there."

"But those artists were unwilling to go abroad, only this Qiaoben Chengw was willing to work in Xia Country."

"That's why we were careless..."

Gong Feng's reasons were fairly adequate.

But Fei Zhiyuan didn't want to listen at all—

"Nonsense!" he shouted angrily, "He's a sex offender who can't survive in Chu Yun, of course he's willing to come to Xia Country!!"

"Didn't you ever think about why others weren't willing, but he was the only one who was?!"

These words were simply too correct.

So correct that Gong Feng was speechless.

It was indeed his carelessness. He shouldn't have skipped the background check step because he was in a hurry.

"I'm sorry, Boss, it was our work error. We will go to Chu Yun tomorrow and definitely find a talented artist with a clean record to bring back," Gong Feng quickly assured the boss.

Fei Zhiyuan was furious and waved his hand, "No need."

"What's the point of going to Chu Yun?"

"Zhu Meng has ready-made talent, just poach them directly!"

Gong Feng looked embarrassed, "Boss, we've already tried to poach them, but whether it's Ding Nian, who drew He Yin, or the newly joined Tang Ya, we can't move them."

"Eleven headhunting companies have failed to poach them and have already given up on this commission."

Fei Zhiyuan didn't care: "Don't just focus on poaching one or two people."

"How many characters are there in the trailer? Can one or two people do all that?"

"As long as they are artists from Zhu Meng, poach them all indiscriminately for me!"

"Offer double the salary to poach them, poach as many as you can."

"But..." Gong Feng hesitated, "What if the poached ones aren't good enough?"

"Then lay them off in two months." Fei Zhiyuan didn't care at all, "Extrapolating from Zhu Meng's production capacity, all their employees are highly willing to work overtime, so there won't be much loss in a month or two."

Gong Feng stopped talking and nodded to accept the task.

Not only did he accept it, but he also went a step further and asked, "Then, should we poach their Modeling Department and Animation Department people as well?"

If they could dismantle Zhu Meng's team, their biggest enemy would disappear, and his subsequent work would be much easier.

But Fei Zhiyuan thought for a moment and refused.

"Zhu Meng's modelers and animators are just better at working overtime. Our team can't possibly be less hardworking than a new company, right?"

When the boss asks if you're working hard enough, is there any other answer?

"Of course not!" Gong Feng shook his head decisively.

Fei Zhiyuan nodded.

Although his anger hadn't completely subsided, his mouth entered the second stage faster than his heart—

"Your work in May did have many problems, and the new project also encountered more challenges."

"But everything has two sides, and we must also see the significant opportunities."

"Zhu Meng's trailer has caused a huge response among players, which proves that the general direction of our new project is correct and does have broad market space."

"Zhu Meng is only temporarily ahead of us."

"Starting fast doesn't mean winning; the one who laughs last is the winner."

After a long preamble, Fei Zhiyuan changed the subject, saying, "You must realize that Zhu Meng has a huge weakness—"

"Lack of funds."

"They're almost bankrupt now, and even if they survive this time, their funds won't be too abundant."

"This will not only make it harder to retain excellent employees, but they will also be at an absolute disadvantage when launching a promotional war!"

"It's been four months since the public beta of Frost Snow Project, and everyone can see their incompetence and powerlessness in promotion."

"Look at their current trailer; their main promotional base is actually on Weiguang?"

"Even passersby know that the ACG users are concentrated on P Station!"

"What did they do? The video is full of mosaics from beginning to end and was even blocked within a few minutes of being released!"

"This shows not only limited ability but also a complete lack of connections."

Speaking of this, he took out his phone, opened the P Station's trending list, and showed it to everyone—

"They can't even make it into the 24-hour hot list!"

Fei Zhiyuan looked at everyone and concluded decisively, "They are already struggling and making terrible moves just to promote themselves! If they really start a promotional war with us, then they will undoubtedly be as fragile as paper, collapsing at the first touch!"

"So, don't have any psychological pressure; just go ahead and do it."

"The final winner will definitely be us."

"When the time comes, promotions, salary increases, and bonuses will be given; no one will be left out!"

Criticism—encouragement—pep talk—empty promises.

All in one go.

Everyone present suddenly understood, revealing expressions of excitement and anticipation at just the right moment.

But after the boss announced the end of the meeting and got up to leave the conference room, the expressions on their faces quickly disappeared, and they returned to their offices with drooping faces.

It wasn't that they didn't believe the boss's words, but—

If they ultimately win against Zhu Meng by burning money, it means that they are completely inferior to Zhu Meng in other aspects.

The boss pays for the promotion, so the credit naturally goes to the boss.

Want a promotion, salary increase, and bonus at that time? Keep dreaming!

Go sit on the sidelines in a marginal project.

You really think the boss's pie in the sky will actually materialize?

The people in the meeting room dispersed, leaving only Fei Zhiyuan.

He scrolled through the comment section of the Frost Snow Project trailer, contemplating the players' expectant messages.

Most of what he said to his employees was genuine.

He was indeed confident in defeating Zhu Meng in terms of promotion.

However, once the marketing war began, the amount of money that would be burned was considerable. Even though Konjac Games was a top-tier ACG mobile game company in the industry, taking out this sum would still sting him.

That's why he hadn't considered the idea before.

But now, the reaction to the Frost Snow Project trailer in the ACG mobile game circle had indeed exceeded expectations, and the players' responses were positive enough.

In Fei Zhiyuan's eyes, this meant that the risk of the new project was greatly reduced, and it was time to increase investment.

Zhu Meng was the first to eat the crab, seizing the initiative, but it also helped Konjac Games avoid pitfalls.

And the slight advantage that Zhu Meng had seized could not compensate for the shortcomings in marketing.

As long as Konjac Games' new project came to the forefront, with dozens of times more funding than Zhu Meng, it could easily defeat Zhu Meng from both marketing and team dimensions, dominating the market!

"Still too young, doesn't understand the importance of marketing to ACG mobile games."

Fei Zhiyuan shook his head, exited the comment section of the trailer, and planned to get up and leave.

But when the app jumped back to the homepage, a video was suddenly pushed in front of him—

[I, Qi Huahua, Officially Reject the Frost Snow Project Promotion Deal!] Fei Zhiyuan stopped his movements, raising his eyebrows with interest.

"Zhu Meng's marketing team is so bad? Not only did they fail to negotiate a collaboration, but they also offended someone?"

"They've even started posting videos to denounce them, they must have offended them badly..."

He happily clicked on the video, wanting to see what stupid things Zhu Meng's marketing team had done.

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