April 3rd …
Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. …
Bao Xu, Lu Mingliang, and all the other employees were paying close attention to Game Designer.
The atmosphere in the company was a little heavy, and everyone's expressions were not very good.
Three days had passed. From all aspects, Game Designer's start was terrible!
Not only did the initial publicity not have a positive effect, but it also dissuaded many players.
The first batch of players who tried the game did not have a high opinion of the game either. It was a mixed bag.
Different from the previous games, with the popularity of Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold, Game Designer garnered the attention of many players the moment it was released.
However, after scrolling through the game's comments section, one would realize that many players did not understand the deeper meaning behind the game at all. They gave it a bad review and left!
"What the hell did they do? It's not fun at all … are you sure this was done by the development team of Ocean Stronghold? Isn't the quality dropping too much? "
"Only the graphics are good. The gameplay is simple and boring, especially that voice-over. Was it done on purpose to disgust people?"
"I feel like I was cheated. It's not my cup of tea!"
"I don't understand. I feel like the designers are primary school students."
"Is the design team too arrogant or are the players too weak? Is it because Ocean Stronghold is too successful that they have the illusion that they can earn money from anything?"
And so on.
What most players struggled with was the initial experience of the game. Those who could persevere and understand the deeper meaning of the game were the minority.
This caused Game Designer's reputation to be polarized. There were many people who gave five-star ratings and one-star ratings!
Lu Mingliang felt immense pressure.
His first project after taking over as executive planner from Huang Sibo had fallen through?
He would not be able to answer to his fellow villagers!
He subconsciously looked at Bao Xu. However, Bao Xu's expression made his heart sink even more.
Bao Xu's expression said 'I knew it'!
Previously, when Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu were discussing, Bao Xu had said that this game would only have two endings.
Either it would become a god or it would end badly.
This was a work that surpassed its time. The concept was too advanced, and the content was too obscure. Ordinary players might lose their patience before they could understand the true meaning of the game.
Seeing Bao Xu's expression, Lu Mingliang became even more anxious.
"Brother Bao, the current situation … what should we do?"
Lu Mingliang was not confident.
Bao Xu sighed softly. "Let's wait."
"Boss Pei should have expected this."
"Right now, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."
"If it really doesn't work, we can only work together with Boss Pei."
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Qiao Liang watched the video from beginning to end.
Very satisfied!
That was because he had a strong resonance with this game and the game itself was very rich. Thus, Qiao Liang was filled with motivation when he made the video.
It took him three days to finish it, and he even went through a few modifications to make it perfect!
This episode would be the first episode of a brand new program, "Products of the Gods".
Qiao Liang had a feeling that this series would become popular, even more so than Trash Games Diss!
However, before publishing it, Qiao Liang had to solve a problem.
But … how was he going to explain the previous video?
He had posted two videos consecutively, both related to Game Designer. It was hard not to misunderstand.
The first video was indeed sponsored partnerships, but the second video was Qiao Liang's true thoughts. It was full of sincerity and was full of real goods.
The problem was, would the fans believe it?
In order to solve this problem, Qiao Liang had racked his brains.
He knew very well that if he couldn't solve this problem, then the second video would be useless. Most players wouldn't even pay attention to the content inside, and they would still criticize him.
However, if he could solve this problem properly, then the first video would be cleared!
Then, he would gain both fame and fortune. Wouldn't that be perfect?
How could he completely turn the comments around?
Qiao Liang thought hard for a long time and suddenly slapped his thigh.
He had finally thought of a perfect angle!
The previous video was released on April Fool's Day.
This was the right time.
Potato Web was his main battlefield. He had the most loyal fans here and would listen to his explanation.
This was the geographical advantage.
What's more, he was not the only one who posted it. Many other video creators posted it as well. Their lines were all the same!
This was the right time.
He had the right time, the right place, and the right people. Next, he only had to answer one key question:
Why would Tengda's Boss Pei do such a strenuous and unrewarding thing?
After thinking for a long time, Qiao Liang finally thought of a possibility.
This could be a large-scale performance art that was released on April Fool's Day!
According to definition, performance art was a form of modern art. It was a process in which the artist personally participated in and carefully planned actions and events. Through communication with others, it developed step by step and formed a result.
This incident happened to be a perfect fit!
All the video creators produced their videos according to the same script, which was directly provided by Boss Pei.
After the video was released, it caused tons of damage to the fans. It became a rather failed publicity example.
In this incident, Boss Pei and all the live streamers who were sponsored partnerships were all participants in the performance art!
As for this performance art, it had a far-reaching impact …
Thinking about it this way, everything made much more sense. The originally illogical behavior also became reasonable!
However, this was just a push.
Qiao Liang needed more evidence.
To verify his own thoughts, Qiao Liang opened Potato Web and ignored the large number of comments and private messages. He began to look for evidence for himself.
He realized that after three days of indiscriminate bombardment and continuous fermentation, a meme called 'Qiao Yan, Qiao Yu' or 'Qiao Xue' was rapidly spreading!
In fact, many people had started to upload videos and spontaneously organized a parody competition!
There was a mixture of Chinese and English, catchphrases like 'wow doll' and 'awesome', and even some tone words and onomatopoeia …
All of them had become a meme!
In the unboxing videos of many digital programs, the phenomenon of 'Qiao Xue' was especially serious.
On one side, there was the dismal state of Game Designer.
On the other side, there was the rapid rise of 'Qiao Xue' and the revelry of countless netizens!
Qiao Liang's hands were even trembling with excitement.
Indeed, I guessed it right!
This was a large-scale performance art. What's more, it was very, very successful!
Boss Pei, I guessed it!
He immediately opened the video editing software and added a paragraph to the beginning of the video that he had already finished.
Once he was done, Qiao Liang uploaded the video contentedly.
"En, this video is now worthy of the title 'Products of the Gods'!"
Qiao Liang might be facing the biggest crisis in his career now, but he was very sure that in three-quarters of an incense stick's time, oh no, in a few hours, his reputation on the internet would immediately reverse!
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