My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 92 The mob
Early the next morning, Zhou Kuang had just arrived at the company and had not yet taken the elevator when he received a call from Feng Qi.

"Brother Kuang, something happened!"

The other party's voice sounded anxious.

"What happened?"

Zhou Kuang asked hurriedly.

But please don’t let the old man selling pancakes outside the company retire!
Where can he buy such a big pancake with crispy fillings in the future?

Last time, the other party even gave him an extra egg!
"Oh, it's hard to explain over the phone!"

"Brother Kuang, where have you been?"

Hearing Feng Qi's anxious and angry voice, Zhou Kuang knew that something serious had happened.

"I'm downstairs. I'll be right up."

"Okay, then come quickly, I'll wait for you."

When Zhou Kuang took the elevator to the 21st floor, he saw Feng Qi pacing at the door of his office.

When he looked up and saw Zhou Kuang, he rushed to his side and pulled him away without saying a word.

The employees who had already arrived at the company were whispering to each other, their faces full of worry, but when they saw Zhou Kuang coming in, hope rose in their eyes again.

Zhou Kuang and Feng Qi came to his computer in the planning group.

"Brother Kuang, look at this."

Zhou Kuang looked at the screen and found that it was a game review media called "Star Game News".

The title is "Art Director of "Nether Mountain and Sea": I admit that the technology is backward, but I don’t admit that it has caused technical difficulties. The art style of "Dragonborn: Eternal Fire" is far inferior to ours."

Zhou Kuang almost vomited blood when he saw the title.

What's going on? Didn't I just say yesterday that no one is allowed to discuss "Dragonborn: The Eternal Fire" or any other related information with people outside the company?

Zhou Kuang turned and looked at Feng Qi and asked.

"Where's Yang Ji?"

"I just called, he's on his way."

Zhou Kuang nodded. When Yang Ji came, he would ask him what exactly was going on.

He felt a little annoyed.

Zhou Kuang turned back to face the screen and continued reading the article.

"Recently, Phoenix Soul Infinity Games released a gameplay trailer for their latest work in development, an action role-playing game called Dragonborn: Eternal Flame."

"The trailer for this domestic AAA game quickly sparked a passionate response from players. Many excitedly expressed that the visuals in the trailer for Dragonborn: Eternal Flame even surpassed those of many foreign AAA blockbusters."

"While players were praising it, Yang Ji, the art director of another highly anticipated domestic AAA game, Netherworld, expressed strong dissatisfaction with Dragonborn: Eternal Fire, in an interview with our reporter!"

"According to an exclusive interview with our reporter, when asked whether the slow progress of the Netherworld Mountains and Sea project was related to technical difficulties, Yang Ji firmly denied it."

"He said: We have not encountered any technical difficulties, and the project progress has been progressing normally."

However, when reporters asked why Dragonborn: Eternal Flame was making such rapid progress while the release date for Netherworld was still far away, Yang Ji could only respond vaguely, saying, "We are focused on our own projects and do not comment on the progress of other companies."

"When the reporter asked whether the trailer for 'Dragonborn: Eternal Flame' was more expressive than 'Netherworld' due to the different artistic styles, Yang Ji became extremely angry and angrily berated the reporter."

“He claimed that the art style of Dragonborn: Eternal Flame was completely inferior to that of Netherworld.”

"Yang Ji believes that although players have given rave reviews to the art style and visuals of Dragonborn: Eternal Flame, that's just one person's opinion because they don't understand the game."

"In the end, he even said it himself: You, an outsider, don't know shit!"

"Such words and actions have shocked our reporter!"

"Although Yang Ji has repeatedly denied that Nether Mountain and Sea has any technical problems, when asked by reporters whether Nether Mountain and Sea's technical capabilities lag behind Dragonborn: Eternal Fire, Yang Ji did not respond directly, but instead expressed his attitude with silence."

"After the interview, our reporter couldn't help but sigh that the competition between the two domestic 3A action role-playing games has entered a white-hot stage."

"But both 'Netherworld Mountain and Sea' and 'Dragonborn: Eternal Fire' are contributing to the rise of domestic games. I hope both sides can look at the issue rationally and prove themselves with their strength, rather than engaging in meaningless wars of words!"

"This article is an exclusive report by Xingyou News reporter Hu Ji. Please indicate the source when reprinting."

Zhou Kuang was dumbfounded after reading it.

If the contents of this report are all true, then Yang Ji has ruined the popularity of their game.

However, he also knew in his heart that none of the reporters and media were good people, so he still hoped to hear Yang Ji's own explanation.

He turned around and looked at the employees who had arrived at the office. They all looked worried, probably because they had read the article.

Zhou Kuang sighed. Regardless of whether this report was true or not, it would surely cause a huge uproar. He had to think carefully about how to calm it down.

Niu Tieming...

Zhou Kuang's eyes lit up. No matter what, there was nothing wrong in calling the other party first.

"Ring ring ring!"

After a while, Niu Tieming answered the phone.

"Hey! Old Zhou! You're here so early today!"

From the tone of Niu Tieming's voice, one could tell that he was in a very good mood at the moment, with a sense of joy.

Zhou Kuang felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the other party calling him Lao Zhou. After all, the other party was more than ten years older than him, but he still treated him as a brother.

There is no distinction between old and young.

However, Zhou Kuang was not in the mood to care about these things. The most important thing was to tell the other party about this matter as soon as possible.

Therefore, Zhou Kuang quickly explained the whole story, and Niu Tieming became more serious. "Yeah, yeah."

"I see."

After Niu Tieming understood the situation, he was also thinking about it with a headache.

"I'll find a way, don't worry."

"First, find your art director and control him. Tell him to stop contacting people from the newspaper."

"Then find out what's going on and tell me."

"Depending on what he originally said, we have different solutions."

Zhou Kuang agreed and nodded, pacing in front of Feng Qi's desk.

Suddenly he looked up and saw Yang Ji, with a pale face, rushing into the office.

"That's enough. Thanks for your help." Zhou Kuang was about to hang up the phone.

"Hey, let's go with each other."

After Zhou Kuang died, Yang Ji also rushed over.

Just as the other party was about to speak, Zhou Kuang raised his hand to stop him.

"Let's talk in the office."

Zhou Kuang called Feng Qi and Yang Ji and went into the office together.

Zhou Kuang poured a cup of hot water for Yang Ji, whose face looked pale.

"Thank you, Brother Kuang."

"Have you read the report published by the reporter from the Star Travel News?"

“I saw it on the way here…”

"Tell me what's going on."

Zhou Kuang stood in front of his desk with his arms folded, looking straight at Yang Ji.

Yang Ji was very upset at this time. He wished he had just left yesterday without saying a word to him.

Or you can just go back to the office and ask your colleagues to help block it!

"Brother Kuang, he's completely taking my words out of context. I didn't say that at all!"

Yang Ji was filled with anger when he thought of the other party's report.

It was obvious that the reporter was an amateur and knew nothing.

But in the report, it turned out that he was saying that the players were amateurs and didn't know anything.

This is simply unreasonable!

Isn't this just a case of grafting flowers and trees? Furthermore, he couldn't accuse the other party of spreading rumors; after all, the words were his, but when the report linked them to "players," people would think he, Yang Ji, was saying that the players were amateurs.

"So his entire report is fake? Made up?"

Zhou Kuang asked calmly.

Yang Ji hesitated for a moment and said nothing.

"Did you say that, or didn't you?"

Zhou Kuang wanted to know the truth.

"I did say amateurs, but... but I didn't say the players were amateurs..."

Yang Ji seemed a little aggrieved.

"Then tell me everything you two said. Don't hide anything, don't omit anything!"

"Tell me everything."

So Yang Ji recounted what happened yesterday.

Now Zhou Kuang understood. He was indeed angry and said some irrational words, but there were also many contents that the reporter used to confuse the readers into understanding another meaning.

The most serious part is the speech about laymen.

Just by reading this report, players can easily misunderstand what the reporter wants them to understand.

If you attack "Dragonborn: Eternal Fire" for example, players will at most think that you are a villain who likes to suppress competitors and peers, and they don't have too many personal emotions towards the game itself.

However, the remarks about outsiders will be understood by players as you targeting them personally.

Once such an effect is formed, the nature changes.

When a group has no goals, they are just ordinary individuals.

But once you give them a common enemy or goal, these individuals gather together and exhibit characteristics that are completely different from their individual selves.

They will form a new collective psychological state, which is extremely easy to manipulate.

This state weakens the individual's rational thinking and replaces it with an emotional, impulsive and suggestible state.

The problem now is that Yang Ji really said those words "You are an outsider, you don't know anything", so Zhou Kuang has no way to expose the lie by saying that the reporter lied.

What if he told the players the truth and said that he did say this, but the target was actually reporters, not players.

Do you think players care more about the fact that "it was indeed said" or the fact that "the target is a reporter, not a player"?

(End of this chapter)