Before the controversy over GTA was over, the players heard another piece of news that surprised them.
The famous debate show in China, "Today's Debate", had invited Chen Mo as a special guest to discuss the story behind GTA's development with experts, scholars, and opinion leaders who questioned GTA, as well as the positive and negative effects of the game on the players!
Many players were confused when they saw the news, and even thought they were seeing things.
What did this mean? Was Chen Mo going on Station C?
And he's going to argue with these experts and opinion leaders?
Looking at the list of participants, it seemed like more than half of them were against GTA?
Was Chen Mo going to engage in a war of words again?
But … Would that work?
Everyone knew that although "Today's Debate" was a current affairs show, it had a strong debating nature. Most current affairs shows would have the host speaking on stage, inviting a few experts and scholars as guests to say a few words to support their point of view. However, the host of "Today's Debate" had to maintain a neutral stance. His main task was to guide both sides to debate on the same topic. In the end, he would only summarize both sides' statements, and wouldn't come to a conclusion.
The topics chosen for this show were all controversial topics, which meant that both sides had their reasons, which was why it was called a "debate".
However, even though it sounded grand, the show could easily turn into a large scale argument …
The experts and opinion leaders weren't gentlemanly enough to stand up and speak like a university student in a debate, waiting for the other side to finish before speaking.
In fact, in this program, some of the experts and scholars were like aunties haggling in the market. They would interrupt, interrupt, and even raise the decibel level until they were red in the face and lost all their poise.
This couldn't be attributed to their quality. On one hand, these opinion leaders weren't trained in debating, and they would subconsciously interrupt what others were saying. Many people could write a long Weibo post online, but if they were to improvise on the spot, their logic would be messed up. On the other hand, if you didn't interrupt when everyone else was trying to say something, you would be in a very passive position. It was like "a scholar meets a soldier", or "a gentleman meets a hooligan". Even if you were in the right, others would still be able to gain the upper hand.
Obviously, the guests on this show were very conceited, especially when it came to their field of expertise. Therefore, it was normal for there to be more tension as the debate went on.
The show was almost an hour long. At the beginning, everyone was polite and maintained their poise, but in the last twenty minutes, the situation was getting out of hand.
Of course, at this time, the host was needed to guide the speech of the guests, but the host was not omnipotent. Those who could come to this section were all well-known figures. Sometimes, when people were talking excitedly, the host could not directly and forcibly interrupt them in the middle of their speech. It would not be acceptable for them to lose face.
Therefore, the effect of each episode of the show was completely unpredictable. It was already not easy to keep the show running normally …
Today's Current Events Debate was an important show on Station C. It had a huge influence in the country. The players knew very well that if Chen Mo really went to this show, he would be wading into muddy waters.
Many people didn't understand, mainly because Chen Mo didn't gain anything from participating in this show! The so-called "opinion leaders" could use this opportunity to gain some popularity, gain some fans, and earn some money, but what benefits would Chen Mo get?
As the saying went, it wasn't rare for a dog to bite a man, but a man biting a dog would be news. Even if Chen Mo really won the debate, it would still be a man biting a dog, which would be embarrassing.
The players were even hoping that this was fake news, or that Chen Mo would change his mind at the last minute. However, as the broadcast date approached, there was still no news of this.
Obviously, Chen Mo was determined to get involved in this mess, and was determined to bite the dog.
…
On the day of Today's Current Events Debate's broadcast, many players uncharacteristically stayed in front of their televisions.
Many players had long since stopped paying attention to TV shows. There were all sorts of video websites and a bunch of live streaming platforms. If they wanted to watch something, they could just search for it online. Why bother watching TV at a fixed time?
Therefore, many traditional TV shows had very low viewership, relying on the internet to keep themselves alive. Today's Current Events Debate was a show on Station C. It was doing better than some of the smaller TV shows, but not by much.
The show was broadcasted on both the TV and the internet at the same time. Just the viewership alone was enough to make people's jaws drop.
The real-time viewership was 47!
This was a jaw-dropping number, and it set a new viewership record for Today's Current Events Debate. It even beat some phenomenal TV shows and dramas!
A certain phenomenal food show in the parallel world only had a viewership of 7, while a certain phenomenal TV show only had a viewership of 44, with an average of 83.
However, this was already considered a masterpiece. It would be a hot topic on Weibo and various forums for the next few months.
For a debate show to have a viewership of 47, it could be said that the entire nation was paying attention to it.
Moreover, this was the real-time viewership. After the show was over, this number could still increase …
Obviously, this couldn't be separated from the popularity of GTA and Chen Mo's personal charisma. If one were to say that GTA was the hottest topic in China, then GTA and the controversy it caused would definitely be the hottest topic. Today's Current Events Debate was perfectly at the center of the hottest topic, so it wasn't surprising that it garnered so much attention.
The popularity of the online live stream was also off the charts. The players couldn't wait any longer, and all sorts of comments filled the screen.
"Waiting for Chen Mo to debate with the scholars! It's best to curse these so-called opinion leaders to death! "
"Forever supporting GTA! No explanation for a masterpiece! "
"Cloud players are here to like GTA!"
The comments were all in favor of Chen Mo and GTA. Even if there were one or two comments like "GTA is harmful to society", they were quickly drowned out by the comments.
It was obvious that Chen Mo and GTA had overwhelming support on the internet.
For the players, this debate wasn't just a TV show, it was more of a struggle and a battle. If these viewpoints were to gain the upper hand, then the entire Chinese video game industry would be affected. Everyone's freedom to play games would be restricted.
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