deltrittennovels #358 - The five chapters of Zhongyuan break the defense and retreat, Daji falls into darkness, and W
#358 - The five chapters of Zhongyuan break the defense and retreat, Daji falls into darkness, and W
With the explosive popularity of "Final Frontline," the self-media outlets that had previously made sarcastic remarks about the game were all accurately hit by the boomerang effect.
First and foremost were Thomas and Daji.
A large number of onlookers flooded into the comment sections of these two individuals' videos to mock them:
"Haha, Miss Daji, 'Final Frontline' is a huge hit now! Do you still want to mock it? By the way, it seems like your recent reviews have all been off the mark. If you continue like this, you might lose your credibility."
"Although your assets are substantial, I think you're wrong this time. You said that Paradise has no FPS experience, but now their game is a bestseller, and you should be clear about the state of your patron's national game, right?"
"Ah yes, yes, yes, Paradise's promotional posters were all made by someone who studied graphic design for three years, and Paradise's games were all rushed out. But even competitors can't beat Paradise like this. Who's the one losing face?"
"I used to enjoy watching your shows because you looked good, but now I'm very disappointed in you. Because of your smear campaigns, I almost missed out on Paradise's good games twice. I listened to your recommendation and played 'CrossFire: Reverse Warfare Hero,' but I was bombarded with bugs. Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
"My suggestion is, stop reviewing games and just focus on filming otaku dance and moe videos, isn't releasing fan service better?"
Since Daji is a beautiful girl after all, the players were somewhat lenient with their words, but they showed no mercy to Thomas:
"Enough already, you've been picking on Paradise since 'NekoPara Adventure.' Look at how many times you've run into a wall. Are you stupid?"
"It seems that people have no brains when they're showing off."
"It's hilarious, every time you mock Paradise, you're just entertaining yourself. Has Paradise's official account ever acknowledged you?"
"Everyone, come and see this wild editor. Every game review he puts out is a slap in the face. My neighbor's kid knows more about games than this guy. Could he really be a fake editor who doesn't understand games? No way, no way?"
......
At this moment, in a rented apartment in the capital,
Daji sat in front of the computer, her head drooping, her brow furrowed, browsing the netizens' angry rebukes.
Her fingers gripped the mouse tightly, staring blankly at the screen, her expression heavy.
Her mood plummeted, and her eyes began to become dazed, gradually losing focus.
"Why, why did all my attack strategies fail?"
"This isn't right, this doesn't make sense. Making games requires basic common sense."
"What happened to the promised lazy marketing, what happened to the boring train conductor simulator?
Mr. Lu from Paradise, why aren't you following the script?"
She kept biting her lip, falling into a crisis of faith.
"Could it be that what they're saying is true, that I really don't understand games at all?"
"All these years, I've only attracted these LSP's because of my good looks and big assets..."
Tears unconsciously began to well up in her eyes, but she tried her best to hold back her emotions, not letting them fall.
After that, her eyes became completely dull and empty.
"Yes, that's how it is. This is all my own fault, this is the punishment I deserve, I should just fall into depravity..."
The next day, Daji cleared all of her years of game review videos from her account,
And then released a otaku dance video:
"Hello everyone, I'm your little devil Daji, nice to meet you again!"
In the video, Daji wore a sexy little devil costume, a black tight top wrapped around her full curves, a deep V-neckline outlined her collarbone, and her fragrant shoulders were slightly exposed.
She wore a leather miniskirt on her lower body, the skirt swaying slightly, setting off her slender waist and full hip curves.
The skirt was slit high on both sides to her fair thighs, making it impossible to look away.
Daji sat on the ground with her legs tucked to one side, the fox ears on her head twitched, and her furry tail propped up her skirt. Her eye makeup was rich and charming, and her lip color was bright and seductive.
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!"
The LSPS in front of the screen were completely excited, and they were talking about it:
"That's not right, what's going on with Daji? I remember that a fan asked her to COS a sexy fox before, and she personally blacklisted the other party, and swore that she was a serious game media and not selling her looks, how did she become like this now?"
"Upstairs, stop talking nonsense, just tell me if you like watching it or not?"
Ding ling ~ ding ling ~ ding ling ~
Daji swayed her delicate body, and the silver bell on her neck made a crisp bell sound. Her eyes became more and more deep and enchanting, telling of endless temptation.
In front of the camera, her arms caressed her body lightly, her eyes were full of affection, and the corners of her mouth evoked a playful smile.
"Daji will always be your little devil ~"
The barrage went crazy:
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh, great ~"
"Female Bodhisattva!"
"Mom!"
Daji's eyes were completely empty, and she silently repeated the same sentence in her heart:
"There's nothing to be afraid of anymore..."
After the video was released, the other three editors of Zhongyuan Five Editors, except for Wuya, sent messages to Daji anxiously.
Nanbian Thomas: "Daji, boss, you can't give up yet!"
Beibian Jianfeng: "Yes, boss, have you forgotten our Huashan League back then? The Zhongyuan Five Editors share the same honor and disgrace!"
Xibian Liunian: "Please, big sister, take the brothers for another round!"
Nanbian Thomas: "By the way, the Tokyo Game Show in September is coming soon. I heard that the organizing committee invited Paradise to participate in the exhibition. The exhibition is full of foreign masterpieces, and Paradise has no competitiveness at all. We can completely make things happen and make Paradise unable to step down!"
Everyone kept sending messages to Daji, but they all disappeared without a trace.
After a while, Daji sent a message:
"Let's disband the Zhongyuan Five Editors completely."
......
In the next few days, the disheartened Beibian and Xibian editors successively issued statements announcing their withdrawal from the field of game reviews and their transformation into technology bloggers and lifestyle bloggers.
At the same time, in a two-story rented villa by the West Lake in Suhang City.
A man of about twenty-seven years old was constantly looping the video of Daji dancing at home on his laptop.
"Daji, junior... Oh, junior..."
After a moment, he threw a pile of white tissues into the trash can, then lit a cigarette and exhaled a heavy puff of smoke.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and savored it for a moment, and the phone rang.
On the other end was Thomas's voice, with a crying tone:
"Brother Qin, although the Zhongyuan Five Editors have now disbanded, we are not convinced.
Please, for the sake of being fellow students from the School of Journalism and Communication, use your influence to vent this anger for your younger brothers and sisters!"
The man in front of the computer briefly recalled his student days at the Communication University of the capital.
In the School of Journalism, he was two years older than Thomas and Daji.
He had pursued Daji when she was a student, but she was not interested.
If he could take the opportunity to vent his anger for his junior sister and gain her favor, maybe he would have a chance...
The man narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "Tell me, what's the specific situation?"
Thomas was overjoyed and quickly said, "It's all because of President Lu of Paradise!"
......
In the next few days, in addition to the self-media that were paid to smear the game being affected, the popularity of "Final Frontline" also caused a well-known public figure's reputation to plummet. He was Hollywood director Andrew Stevens.
He had previously accepted an invitation from Longteng Group's public relations department to launch a wave of Weibo criticisms against "Final Frontline."
Unexpectedly, this small business deal has now suffered a fierce backlash, and a large number of Paradise fans who have finally come into their own have run to Andrew's Weibo to fight back:
"Director Andrew, isn't this too one-sided? Aren't those B-movies you made also based on the cliché of saving the world at the end of the world? Are you disgusted with your own works?"
"With this level, it's no wonder you can't even be nominated for an Oscar and can only make some clichéd B-movies."
"Laughing to tears, you actually said that the character positioning of 'Final Frontline' is mediocre and uninteresting, with no personality?
Kitahara Kensuke can be said to be the character with the richest emotional core and growth trajectory in the new games I've played recently. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense, okay?"
"You even boldly speculated that the ending of the game would be clichéd. I almost believed your evil, but I was slapped in the face by the boomerang, right?"
"It is recommended not to speak out in areas you don't understand. It is true that bad money is easy to earn, so what is the price?"
Andrew, who was bombarded by netizens, issued an apology statement on Weibo a day later:
"Dear Chinese players, hello everyone:
I am very sorry that a Weibo post I made a few days ago caused a lot of trouble to Paradise Company and its fans.
After investigation, it turned out that the Weibo post was made by a temporary employee I hired to help Longteng's public relations department for personal reasons. I was not aware of it myself.
After learning the truth, I fired this temporary worker as soon as possible.
I am very dissatisfied with Longteng Group's irresponsible behavior. I hereby announce that I will cancel all film and television cooperation with Longteng Group!
In addition, after playing 'Final Frontline,' I was deeply shocked and hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with Paradise in the future."
After this apology statement was released, the onlookers continued to discuss below:
"Good fellow, when something goes wrong, it's the temporary worker's fault?"
"Ah yes, yes, yes, the temporary worker can help you post on Weibo without your permission, and you didn't know about it for so many days? I believe you."
"Laughing to death, I still don't want to give up the Chinese market. This trick of suffering in silence is played smoothly."
......
At the same time, Youyi was also in a reputation crisis.
Due to the overly complicated krypton gold system of "Wilderness Survival: Redemption" and the terrible experience of Easy Dimension rubber clothing, a large number of players initiated refund requests.
After the 48-hour refund deadline, angry players were still calling 12315 to complain about refunds.
The ranking of "Wilderness Survival: Redemption" on the game sales charts plummeted, and the hourly peak and single-day peak sales fell by 70% year-on-year.
Due to a large number of refunds, the game's total sales statistics also plummeted from 20 million copies to 16 million copies, and it is still decreasing at a visible rate.
What's worse is that Wu Liang recently adopted an aggressive content update strategy, releasing all the immature content, which had the opposite effect.
Because the content was updated too quickly, players frequently encountered game loopholes and server crashes.
Therefore, a large number of players made negative comments and complaints on the game store interface:
"I won't say anything about the excessive number of paid items and the terrible rubber clothing before, but what's going on with the lag now?"
"Not only do you not fix old problems, but you also launched a large number of new weapons and pets. I ask the planners, have you personally played your own game? The newly updated things look unfinished at first glance. How can you be embarrassed to release such a bad experience?"
"Laughing to death, Youyi is still Youyi. The promotional CG is a masterpiece, the internal test is a good work, and it becomes a dung work after it goes online, hahaha..."
"I won't say anything else, you and Paradise's 'Final Frontline' are both FPS games.
The game plot is not as good!
Both are FPS games that combine other gameplay. Paradise's combination is better than yours.
Action mode, tower defense mode, base operation, which one is not more fun than yours?"
A player replied to this comment:
"And the charging model is completely different. Your family has a pass, a monthly card, and a prop store. Paradise is a real buyout system, okay?"
"That's all. If your second-floor tavern is more fun, I'll just buy a big sword simulator. As a result, that thing is too rough and far from Paradise's!"
"This is your flagship FPS masterpiece, is this it?"
......
The plummeting reputation of "Wilderness Survival: Redemption" made the previous partners choose to protect themselves.
Hollywood star Michael Wells previously helped this game shoot a new promotional video,
But now, he saw Director Andrew's fate with his own eyes, and quickly posted on Weibo in advance to clear his relationship:
"I understand the players' anger, because I am also a game player. In view of the various negative impacts caused by the game, I announce that I will cancel the follow-up cooperation with the game."
At the same time, various peripheral cooperation brands, including Razer and Asus ROG, have issued official statements, stating that they stand on the side of the players and will cancel their cooperation with "Wilderness Survival: Redemption."
......
At this time, Youyi company headquarters, Wu Liang's office.
Seeing the situation getting more and more out of control, Wu Liang, who claims to be a Zhuge Liang, appeared unprecedentedly flustered.
Fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he kept wiping it with the back of his hand, but found that the more he wiped, the more he wiped,
He hasn't slept well these days, his hair is messy and disorganized,
His face was also quite pale, and his eyes showed panic. As if he had a premonition of his future, he kept pacing back and forth.
In addition to panic, his heart was also extremely confused!
After he personally played 'Final Frontline,' he realized—
That's not right, why does the shooting feel of this game feel so much like his own Wilderness Survival Redemption?
Especially the simulation of the feel of the guns and the simulation of the shooting recoil can be said to be exactly the same.
To put it bluntly, this collaboration with Peach Blossom Paradise was intended to freeload on their technology, but now, it feels like their own technology is being secretly acquired by Peach Blossom Paradise instead?
Is this... is this even possible?
Wu Liang was dumbfounded when the office door was kicked open!
Shi Yi stormed in with a livid face: "Meeting!"
...
Later, in the main conference room, Shi Yi asked Wu Liang in front of all the R\u0026D staff:
"Xiao Wu, tell me, what exactly has been going on with you lately? Why did you set so many paid features, and why is the effect of the Easy Dimension haptic suit so poor?"
Wu Liang frankly replied:
"Director Shi, the numerous paid features are a tradition of our Youyi Games, after all, the revenue pressure is there... As for the haptic suit胶衣 technology, I'm not responsible for the technology; you can ask Tang Changren, the technician who went to Peach Blossom Paradise for the initial consultation."
Wu Liang could vaguely sense that Shi Yi was asking about these issues because they were the key reasons for the project's current predicament.
If Shi Yi wanted to pin the blame for these two issues on him, then he couldn't care less about sucking up anymore; he definitely had to clear his name.
He subtly explained that he wasn't the final decision-maker, that the revenue targets were Director Shi's decision, and that the technology was someone else's responsibility. Self-preservation came first.
Upon hearing this, Shi Yi slammed the table in anger, startling everyone in the conference room.
"Wu Liang, oh Wu Liang, I'm very disappointed in you!"
He thought for a moment and realized he had to assign Wu Liang a fault so that he would willingly take the blame for all the recent major problems.
So, he continued in a deep voice:
"I won't mention the other things, but let me ask you the most crucial question: why are many of the shooting techniques in 'Endgame Frontline' exactly the same as those in our 'Wilderness Survival'? Did you leak secrets to them?"
Wu Liang's face turned pale upon hearing this.
Good heavens!
He definitely couldn't take the blame for this one!
He quickly defended himself:
"Director Shi, the group initially requested us to engage in technical cooperation with Peach Blossom Paradise because I was worried that our technology would be learned by them. You were the one who said, 'We must broaden our horizons! If you want to take something, you must first give something.'"
Shi Yi's face turned as red as a pig's liver upon hearing this.
"Preposterous! What do you mean, are you saying that all of this is my fault?"
The more Shi Yi thought about it, the angrier he became. If Wu Liang hadn't encouraged him to go against Lu Yu, the prospective son-in-law of the Liu family, he wouldn't be in such a dilemma now.
He grabbed the notebook on the table and threw it at Wu Liang, hitting him squarely in the face!
Seeing this, the other employees in the conference room sneered.
Serves you right, you little brat, for always sucking up and showing off! You screwed up, didn't you?
Some employees who had previously disliked Wu Liang began to advise him in his usual tone:
"Wu Liang, this is your fault. As subordinates, we should share the burden for our boss. You should take the initiative to bear this responsibility!
After all, Director Shi is incredibly wise and could never be wrong. If there's a mistake, it's always the fault of us subordinates, right?"
"I... this... I..."
Hit by his own flattery boomerang, Wu Liang was speechless.
Shi Yi pointed towards the door: "Pack your bags and get lost! I don't want to see you again!"
Watching Wu Liang's dejected figure leave, Shi Yi sneered.
You little brat, no matter how good you are at sucking up, if you don't have the awareness to take the blame at a critical moment, then abandoning you is a certainty.
After all, whether you are a "confidant" or a "pawn" is entirely at Shi Yi's discretion.
...
Shenzhen City, Liu Group headquarters building, Chairman's office.
At this moment, Liu Lan was sitting on the sofa with her back to the office door.
From the direction of the back of the sofa, it could be seen that Liu Lan's two legs, wearing black stockings, were resting on the sofa armrests on either side.
The high heels were half-off, and the feet wrapped in black silk, with the arches slightly raised, were constantly trembling.
Sunlight streamed through the glass curtain wall, shining on her black stockings, shimmering with an alluring luster.
Liu Lan's head was tilted back, her long hair was scattered, and her eyes, painted with eyeshadow, were looking at an unknown distance, her breathing slightly rapid.
Buzz—buzz—buzz—
The sound of an electric motor came from the sofa, sometimes slow, sometimes fast.