I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

The staff member on the other end of the line spoke sternly:

"Just because it's over doesn't mean you can immediately start playing your rival's game! Don't you have any integrity?"

Even with his good temper, Teacher Gou started to get a little annoyed by the other party's behavior, and he suppressed his temper and said:

"The business deal I made with your 'Yi Jianghu' was for 5 hours, and I've already finished those 5 hours. Now it's my own time. Do I need to ask you for permission to do whatever I want?"

The other party retorted arrogantly, "What kind of attitude is this? Do you think you're something special and want to act tough? I will definitely report this to your guild!"

Teacher Gou patiently said:

"First, you can sue me if you want, but I'm an individual streamer, not affiliated with any guild, so you won't even have a place to sue me."

"Secondly, it is my freedom to choose which games to play. I am currently streaming live, and the viewers in the live stream can testify that I have not violated this order in any way."

"Third, I don't want your orders anymore! Consider it all for nothing. I'll refund your money, do whatever you want, I'm not putting up with this anymore!"

After saying that, Teacher Gou decisively hung up the phone and slumped into his chair.

He was careful when he answered the phone. When he heard the other person hurling insults, he immediately put the call on speakerphone. Moreover, he made the call right in front of the live stream audience, so everyone in the live stream heard it.

Although his viewers in his live stream are usually trolls, they all side with Teacher Gou when it comes to serious matters.

The person who contacted the sponsor just now did have a really harsh tone, which made anyone uncomfortable. Many viewers immediately started criticizing them.

To be honest, when Lao Gou was playing that bet earlier, he found it incredibly boring. Since they'd already broken ties, there was no need to put up with the humiliation anymore; it was better to cut ties completely.

[Teacher Gou, calm down. It's okay to offend your sponsors; your fans will support you.]

"Who sent five super-sized rockets from that little cliff?"

【"Otherworldly World" is absolutely garbage. It was riddled with bugs from launch, clearly just a cash grab that's going to disappear. And they call this "nostalgia"? Laughable.】

[I won't say much about the game's quality; everyone has a different definition of a good game. But they released it without even fixing the bugs, so I'll hate "Yi Jianghu" for life.]

[Hehe, guess why "Otherworld" is in such a hurry? Because the launch data was terrible, it's already exploded. It can't beat "Original Demon," so it can only bully small streamers.]

A long barrage of comments scrolled across the screen, all condemning the Seven Stars of the East, and many people also sent gifts.

Teacher Gou was moved by these netizens.

He rubbed his face, sat up, and said, "Thank you everyone, I'm fine."

After a pause, he said, "I still want to apologize to everyone. Playing 'Yi Jianghu' before was indeed a commercial project. I had a bad experience myself, and it also brought a very bad live streaming experience to everyone. I apologize to everyone here."

"As you all saw, we just had a falling out with the client. I won't go into the details of right and wrong, but I'll be refunding the money to the client afterwards, so I can now give an objective evaluation of 'Yi Jianghu'..."

Taking a deep breath, he said, "The game 'Yi Jianghu' is currently only half-finished, or even less than half-finished. Don't play it."

Teacher Gou's heartfelt words moved the viewers in the live stream, and they showered him with even more gifts.

Some indignant busybodies helped spread clips of the live stream to various platforms, and suddenly it went viral.

On Weibo, the topic "The client and the streamer argued" quickly rose to the 5th spot on the trending topics list.

It just happens to be ranked 6th, "The Otherworld" open beta.

On PineapplePineapple, the video of Teacher Gou being scolded also made it to the top of the trending list; you can find it as soon as you enter the site.

This wave of popularity not only made Teacher Gou famous, but also made Donghuang Qixing famous for his outbursts of insults.

……

Chen Ya put down his phone and said to Luan Qingying, "This time the online trolls are really effective. I can't even tell which ones are trolls and which ones are real."

Luan Qingying said, "Of course, we paid them more this time, and specifically asked them to be smarter in their criticism, not just blindly criticize."

He paused for a moment, then added, "But there's another reason: 'Yi Jianghu' is really badly made; every criticism hits the mark."

Chen Ya added, "This streamer called Teacher Gou seems quite pitiful. Let's send him a few business orders."

Luan Qingying asked, "But Mr. Chen, even if we don't give him the business orders, he's still playing around. If we do give them to him, wouldn't it seem like we're being too deliberate?"

Chen Ya looked up at him: "It has to be deliberate. Give him the money and let him have fun. By the way, not just him, have the marketing department do some research and find a thousand KOLs, and send them all the business orders."

Luan Qingying felt a little suffocated: "A thousand? We've never hired KOLs before, are we really going to do this all at once...?"

Chen Ya said, "We didn't invite them before because we didn't have enough money. Now, we have the money!"

After Luan Qingying left, Chen Ya lay down comfortably, in a great mood.

LOL. Chen Ya may not care about his competitors' slander, but that doesn't mean he doesn't hold grudges.

He holds grudges quite a bit. He remembers every single one of the things that happened before: being attacked by online trolls and having an insider bribed.

The game "Yi Jianghu" was plagued with bugs upon its launch, and yes, he was responsible!

He had previously used some tricks to hack into Cai Zhenyi's studio network and left some small surprises.

Their original intention was simply to slow down their development speed due to the bugs, but they didn't expect Cai Zhenyi to be in such a hurry. He didn't fix the bugs or do a third test before launching the game directly.

If we don't give him a big push, wouldn't it be a waste of such a good opportunity?

As for those people online who are vehemently criticizing "Yi Jianghu", of course, they were all hired by Chen Ya!

An eye for an eye; you slander me, so of course I'll slander you back.

At most, I'll only spend a little more money than you.

Unfortunately, the online trolls that Tsai Chen-yi paid for all turned out to be a form of reverse propaganda.

The online trolls Chen Ya hired, combined with the explosive performance of "Yi Jianghu" at its launch, made it impossible to find anything to criticize.

This wave caused "Yi Jianghu" to explode on the spot.

Chapter 389 The Sisters Are Beautiful

Ten hours after the launch of "Yi Jianghu", an official announcement finally ignited a storm of public opinion.

"Dear players, the launch of 'Yi Jianghu' has received widespread support, causing excessive server load. Due to technical issues, the game has experienced bugs, crashes, and other problems. To ensure a better player experience, we have decided to temporarily suspend server maintenance..."

This announcement was very well-written, making it seem as if the game had a bug, and that it was because the game was so popular on the first day of its launch that there were too many players.

Those who truly understand the technology know this is nonsense, but for most gamers, it's a valid reason.

But most players don't seem to buy it.

There are numerous posts about "Yi Jianghu" on the forum, but almost all of them are negative reviews.

[The game "Yi Jianghu" was touted as being superior to "Genre: Extinction" before its launch, but it crashed on its first day. It's hilarious.]

[The main reason this game launched early was to compete with Genshin Impact version 1.1, resulting in a bunch of bugs. They were trying to show off, but ended up showing their backside instead.]

A game with so many bugs that they haven't fixed already shows the developer's poor attitude, but even putting the bugs aside, this game is still garbage.

[Yes, what's with the hype about open worlds? The underlying logic is still the same old pay-to-win system, the same old mindless exploitation tactics from those old Chinese online games.]

[In Genshin Impact, at least you get characters that can malfunction and jump around after spending money. What does your Otherworld have? You give me a bunch of stats, but no cosmetic items. Trying to rip people off like this these days is treating players like pigs to be slaughtered.]

[By the way, this new Genshin Impact update is amazing! Klee is so cute and I really want to pull for her, but I don't have enough Celestial. Will she be added to the regular banner after this banner ends?]

No, hurry up and try your luck with the limited-time characters, they're gone once they're gone.

[Do you know what I found? The user rules for *Yi Jianghu* are copied from *Yuanmo*! Their user agreement still contains the words "Beichen Games," it wasn't completely removed!]

"Is this for real? This is hilarious! I'm going to check it out."

[Sigh, they even have to copy a new company's user agreement. What happened to Donghuang Qixing?]

……

Cai Zhenyi looked at the marketing director standing in front of him, his expression extremely ugly.

This guy actually called the streamer who was doing commercial orders while they were still live and gave them a good scolding, which even made it to the top of the trending searches.

"What did you do?" Cai Zhenyi said with a dark face. "Do you think I don't have enough problems already? Did you have to cause me such a huge mess on the day the server opened?"

The marketing director said, sounding aggrieved, "Mr. Cai, didn't you ask us to check the marketing results?"

"I asked you to do things, not to cause trouble!" Cai Zhenyi slammed his fist on the table, roaring in anger.

The employee remained silent, but was still resentful.

The reason they rushed to confront the streamer in such a hurry is because of Cai Zhenyi.

Presumably, the data on the first day of the server launch did not meet the target, or the word-of-mouth was overwhelming, so Cai Zhenyi called an emergency meeting with the marketing department and gave them a good scolding.

The game's reputation plummeted, and Cai Zhenyi believes the reason is that the marketing department performed poorly, hired the wrong people, and several top KOLs set a bad precedent, leading to the decline in the game's reputation.

Cai Zhenyi gave them a strict order, stipulating a quota: within one day, each person in the marketing department must find three "problem anchors" and make corrections.

Therefore, Gou Laoshi's case is not an isolated case. Many other streamers have also been harassed, but Gou Laoshi's case has become widely known.

However, the marketing director also had something to say. The marketing department didn't issue many business orders in total, and each person was assigned 3 slots, which meant that almost every business order had problems.

To complete the task, we definitely have to cause trouble for those streamers, right?

Moreover, isn't Professor Gou, who plays against his rivals, exactly the kind of person you, Cai Zhenyi, want to reform?

Seeing the man's rude attitude, Cai Zhenyi lost his patience and slammed his fist on the table, cursing at him.

On the first day of the server launch, various unexpected situations had already overwhelmed him, and now his head was throbbing with pain.

His employees are always causing him trouble.

The operations department's problems aren't the biggest. The tech department spent the entire previous month debugging, and after a month of debugging, there are even more bugs after the launch than a month ago!

What's most infuriating is that recording a user agreement is such a simple thing, yet they still managed to mess things up and let people know that their user agreement was copied from "Original Magic".

But the root of the problem seems to lie with him. He was the one who bought the mole's development resources, telling him to use them properly to save time.

As it turned out, he had underestimated human laziness.

The agreement was written by an intern, probably just copied and pasted randomly. The team leader didn't review it properly, and it was submitted anyway. It was later discovered that the words "Beichen" were still there and hadn't been completely removed.

In the end, all the blame was shifted to the intern. Cai Zhenyi called the intern over, but before he could even start scolding him, the intern didn't tolerate him and threw his employee badge in his face.

They quit.

The game was plagued by various serious bugs right from its launch, which was a real blow to its reputation. Finally, overwhelmed by the pressure, Tsai Chen-yi announced that the servers would be shut down for half a day for maintenance in an effort to reduce the number of bugs.

Just then, Ge Dongzhen from the pearl factory called. Cai Zhenyi answered the phone nervously, only to find it was good news.

"The Cultural Going Global Awards have already submitted 'Yi Jianghu'. There aren't many competitors, so it's estimated that it has a high chance of winning. You should also try your best and not waste the opportunity."

The Cultural Export Award is an official award specifically for games that have a strong cultural export presence, and Zhuchang has one of its slots.

Ge Dongzhen went back to the pearl factory today to deal with this matter.

Cai Zhenyi was delighted and asked, "Is it a lot of money?"

“It’s only a few hundred thousand, don’t think about money all the time,” Ge Dongzhen said. “This is mainly an honor, which greatly improves our reputation.”

“That’s right,” Cai Zhenyi agreed.

Ge Dongzhen added, "I can also arrange an interview for you. You can prepare for it. It's with an authoritative media outlet, which will help generate some buzz."

Tsai Chen-yi immediately replied, "Okay. I'll do the interview myself."

After hanging up the phone, Cai Zhenyi felt a surge of energy; suddenly, hope returned to him.

Despite some setbacks at the start of the game, their network and resources are still strong.

In addition, anime and manga are a niche market in China, while the majority of people prefer martial arts themes.

With favorable timing, location, and people, two of these factors were on their side. Although their online reputation suffered a slight setback, it didn't affect the silent majority who were still actively generating revenue.

Besides, even negative publicity is still publicity. He believed that if given more time, "Yi Jianghu" would definitely crush "Yuanmo".

……

……

"Bring me that earring so I can take a look."

"...Never mind, let's switch to the one we just had."

"...still not working, let's try another one."

"...Which one looks better? You also think the second one looks better, right?"

Gu Yuqing was in her dressing room, facing a tall full-length mirror, with two maids helping her change her clothes. All sorts of clothes were piled up on the bed.

Her crystal high heels clicked on the wooden floor, and her toes, painted with pink nail polish, looked exceptionally fair against the backdrop of sparkling rhinestones on the shoelaces.

Three days have passed since the new version of "Original Demon" was released, but Gu Yuqing's mind was not on its performance at all, because today was Gu Chengxi's coming-of-age ceremony.