Chapter 159 Misunderstanding

Seeing the message sent by Hu Xiao, Pei Qian also fell into silence.

What a soul-searching question…

He hadn't expected Fei Huang Studio to come up with such a program.

Previously, Pei Qian thought Fei Huang Studio would mostly make a review show similar to testv, mainly focused on reviews with some simple skits interspersed. This could be considered a review + short video.

But Pei Qian was wrong!

Fei Huang Studio had made the short video the main content, while the review aspect was infinitely weakened, to the point where people couldn't even feel it...

This way, regardless of whether the products in the video were soft advertisements, the audience wouldn't be repulsed.

Even the shills' comments like, "I've used it, this thing is very useful, highly recommended," had been misinterpreted as a meme!

And in the future, no matter how Fei Huang Studio made money with this program, as long as they could ensure the quality didn't decline, it wouldn't cause too much resentment from the audience, and they could rake it in without worry!

Of course, there was also a downside to this.

The range of products that could be advertised was greatly reduced.

For example, the handheld washing machine in the first episode was clearly a very bizarre product.

If it were proper digital products like phones, cameras, or computers, making such a video would have no comedic effect.

In other words, the "A Day in the Life of a Great Inventor" program could only feature these bizarre products; anything even slightly normal wouldn't work!

This restriction made it very difficult for the program to make money.

But no matter what, Huang Sibai seemed to have remembered Pei Qian's warning, always putting video quality and reputation first...

Pei Qian felt a little dizzy.

Although spending a thousand yuan out of his own pocket wasn't a lot of money, this thousand yuan had completely backfired, which was something he hadn't expected...

The uniform comments not only didn't disgust the audience but were instead treated as a meme, adding to Fei Huang Studio's popularity, and no one even knew that shills had been involved.

Coming quietly, leaving quietly, waving his sleeves... President Pei's thousand yuan of private money had evaporated into thin air.

Pei Qian looked at Hu Xiao's soul-searching question, speechless for a moment.

You're asking which side I'm on?

I want to ask you!

Your shills are useless! Refund!

But then he thought about it, the sentence the shills were supposed to write seemed to have been my own request...

Oh, never mind then.

...

On the other side, Hu Xiao looked at "Hardcore Review" not replying for a long time and began to feel unsure.

Previously, he thought this "Hardcore Review" was simply buying shills to mess with competitors.

Now it seemed that wasn't the case?

Fei Huang Studio and this "Hardcore Review" were cooperating too well?

Why didn't "Hardcore Review" say to buy shills to smear them, and instead just asked them to write such a simple sentence?

And why did Fei Huang Studio release a video so soon after "Hardcore Review" bought shills? Before this, Fei Huang Studio hadn't released a video for over a month!

The released video, combined with that sentence, just happened to achieve this very perfect promotional effect?

Was all of this a coincidence?

It wasn't entirely impossible, but the probability was too low!

To achieve so many coincidences at the same time, accurately stirring up popularity, and even creating a meme... Hu Xiao absolutely didn't believe it was a fluke.

Then, the most likely possibility was...

All of this was premeditated!

Fei Huang Studio and this "Hardcore Review" knew each other, and they were most likely the same company, deliberately spending 1,000 yuan to buy shills and create a meme to make themselves popular!

Now that he thought about it, how long had it been since Fei Huang Studio last released a video? Their popularity had long since declined!

This time, with the release of a new program, they only spent a thousand yuan to hire some shills to post comments, and successfully created a meme, which in turn boosted the video's popularity.

This kind of marketing skill was simply divine!

Considering that the "Hardcore Review" account, which was previously unknown, had gained a lot of attention just by smashing phones in such a simple and crude way...

The more Hu Xiao thought about it, the more he felt that the up-loader behind "Hardcore Review" was definitely not an ordinary person.

Seemingly unreliable, the final result proved that they just knew how to become popular!

Were these all part of the plan?

The more Hu Xiao thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Looking back at the sentence he had sent.

"Brother, which side are you on...?"

This sentence seemed a little too inconsiderate, a little accusatory, and very impolite!

...

Pei Qian hadn't figured out what to reply.

Although he really wanted to tell them to refund, it didn't seem to be a problem with the shills.

Pei Qian thought for a while and typed, "It's a misunderstanding, I didn't expect this..."

He had only typed halfway when he noticed that the sentence Hu Xiao had sent earlier had been retracted!

Hu Xiao sent another sentence: "Bro, your marketing skills are really high! I admire you, I admire you."

Pei Qian: ???

President Pei felt a little dizzy. What was happening?

What was the other person saying?

Just as Pei Qian was about to reply, there was a "ding," and a transfer refund notification popped up.

1000 yuan.

Hu Xiao: "Bro, we're all in the review circle. I won't charge this time. Let's just make friends. If there's anything I can help with in the future, just ask. We're brothers, everything is negotiable!"

Pei Qian: ???

Although still confused, Pei Qian felt very happy looking at the recovered thousand yuan.

Okay, this "Xiao Fox Review" is pretty decent!

If he ever needed to buy shills again, he could continue to look for him.

Pei Qian thought for a while and replied: "The cooperation was very pleasant, looking forward to the next opportunity."

Hu Xiao hurriedly replied: "Okay!"

He couldn't help but secretly rejoice. The up-loader of this "Hardcore Review" didn't say anything, didn't explain anything, and only said "pleasant cooperation." This completely confirmed his guess!

All of this was really planned by "Hardcore Review"!

In other words, Fei Huang Studio and Hardcore Review had a very close relationship, and were even very likely the same company.

This was a very important piece of information...

Hu Xiao couldn't help but start to imagine.

After all, the digital review circle wasn't big. The cake being divided was growing, but it wasn't growing as fast as he had imagined.

Every time a strange troublemaker entered this small circle, they had to pay close attention to their background. What if they were here to steal their rice bowls?

Fortunately, from the current point of view, neither Fei Huang Studio nor Hardcore Review were likely to steal Xiao Fox Review's rice bowl, since they were taking different paths.

Hu Xiao couldn't sleep a bit. He always felt that some unpredictable changes might occur in this small circle where he was living very comfortably.

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...

Pei Qian didn't know that Hu Xiao was under a lot of pressure at this time, and he didn't know that he had come to a correct conclusion through a wrong known condition and a series of wrong reasoning.

President Pei was considering other things.

It seemed unlikely that he could make things more difficult for Fei Huang Studio.

According to Fei Huang Studio's current model, it was almost impeccable. Of course, this would also make it much more difficult to make money.

So, Pei Qian wouldn't worry about it for the time being.

In addition to continuing to update the Hardcore Review program, Pei Qian also had to pay attention to the situation of *Turn Back is the Shore*.

The demo of *Turn Back is the Shore* would be released in the next two days. Pei Qian planned to play it first, feel the difficulty, and then arrange the weapons he needed into it.

Only by suffering every day from now on could he ensure that when *Turn Back is the Shore* was officially released, it would dissuade enough players!

"Oh, it's so hard for me."

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh. Being a boss was really hard!