Chapter 2 Morning

The next morning.

Pei Qian slept until he naturally woke up, got out of bed, and checked the time. It was already past 10 AM.

After washing up, he threw together a brunch, eating while scrolling through his phone, looking to see if any new anime had been released recently.

But this scroll was quite something, as he found a long string of notifications popping up on the "Hardcore Reviews" account!

Pei Qian was dumbfounded. Upon closer inspection, the video had even made it onto the digital section's trending list, and the views, bullet comments, and comments were all on a completely different level than before!

"What's going on? Wasn't it still ignored last night?"

"What happened?"

Pei Qian was a little confused.

His first reaction was that things were going south; the video had become popular again!

But then he thought, wait a minute, this video was made with my own money, not with system funds!

All the money earned from the incentive program is mine. This is a good thing, nothing to worry about!

The more popular it is, the more money I make!

Pei Qian was instantly happy and clicked on the comment section.

"Did Black Shenhua Mobile pay you?"

"Just like Xiaohu Reviews, a foreign dog."

"Hey, I can only say that the quality of domestic mobile phones is still not good. Look at this back cover; it breaks with a single touch."

"The internal layout is also too messy, right? Cutting corners, a small workshop for sure."

"How can this be linked to quality issues? I suggest you watch the previous video by the uploader; the Pineapple phone broke even faster..."

"Everyone, be careful not to get hurt by friendly fire. This uploader isn't targeting Shenhua Mobile; he also posted a Pineapple phone video before."

"Feels like they're being led by the nose? I think the uploader didn't say anything bad about Shenhua Mobile. Isn't this just the basic process of his hardcore reviews?"

Pei Qian read several comments in a row, feeling a bit confused.

What the heck, how did it become a battle?

The video's popularity was indeed high, but it clearly wasn't normal popularity; it was entirely driven by everyone arguing.

Some people were badmouthing Shenhua Mobile, some were refuting, and others were being sarcastic. In short, the comment section was incredibly lively.

Pei Qian didn't have any particular preference for any mobile phone brand and wasn't interested in this kind of infighting, but after skimming through the comment section, he still found the person who was fueling the flames behind the scenes.

The first major uploader to repost the video was an official account called "Xiaohu Reviews." It was precisely because of this organization's embellished description that many people misunderstood the video's original intention, started blindly cursing without even watching the video, and made Pei Qian innocently take the blame.

Pei Qian clicked on this uploader's homepage and scanned it. It was a review program that looked normal on the surface, but reeked of commercialism inside and out.

"They have a knack for making trouble, quite a talent."

"Hmm, I'll write this down in my little notebook."

"Maybe I'll be able to use it in the future."

Pei Qian remembered this review media. Professionals like them are the most professional at doing things for money, and maybe they can help President Pei in the future.

Pei Qian didn't care too much. Black publicity is still publicity!

Everyone can curse as they please; I won't look at the comment section anyway. I'll just continue making episodes one by one, and the popularity will slowly rise.

You guys fight your own battles; it's none of President Pei's business.

When the time comes, even if no one gives coins or rewards, I can still get some incentive program money based on the number of views. Although it won't be much, it's not bad as pocket money.

After all, Lin sponsored all the funding for this episode; Pei Qian is making a killing.

"Then, perfect timing. While everyone's excitement is high, let's post the MSC episode as well."

"Three flagships, the popularity will definitely be off the charts!"

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On the other side, Hu Xiao was directing his fans and enthusiastic netizens to actively engage in online battles.

He certainly couldn't do this kind of dirty work himself; it would greatly affect his image.

However, being sarcastic was still necessary.

"I don't know why the people in the comment section are so excited."

"Reposting this video was originally just for fun. Many people like to escalate things, do they have persecution complex?"

"Besides, I just thought this video was quite interesting. This kind of violent disassembly can also reveal some things, including the structural strength of the mobile phone, the quality of various internal components, the arrangement, and so on."

"In fact, from this video, we can also see that it's not that Shenhua makes bad mobile phones, but compared with foreign giants like MSC, there is still room for improvement."

"For example, this back cover, not to say that it's cutting corners, it's obviously not made with enough care. It cracks after a couple of touches. If it were an MSC mobile phone, this kind of problem is unlikely to occur."

"Including some details of the internal structure, the degree of sophistication of the materials, we must see clearly that there is still a big gap. Shenhua's mobile phones are cheaper than foreign giants' flagships for a reason..."

After taking the opportunity to criticize at length, Hu Xiao felt refreshed.

Being sarcastic was quite comfortable!

After posting this, Hu Xiao leisurely strolled around the living room, ate some fruit, and waited to see everyone's feedback.

Half an hour later, Hu Xiao returned to his computer and opened the comments.

As he read, Hu Xiao's brow furrowed, feeling that the tone was a bit off.

"Hahahaha, the timing is too perfect, right?"

"You were just slapped in the face after posting this status?"

"MSC's flagship phone is not as good as Shenhua's, it breaks with a single touch."

"Laughing to death, hyping up MSC, but this uploader treats everyone equally, he made videos for all three phones, he just hasn't posted them yet, didn't expect that!"

Looking at so many gloating comments, Hu Xiao was a little confused.

What's going on?

He hurriedly clicked on the "Hardcore Reviews" submission area and found that just two or three minutes after he posted this status, a new post was submitted!

"Hardcore Review Episode 3: MSC-B90."

This video was still the same as before: soaking in water, high-altitude drops, chopping the back cover, hardcore disassembly...

As a result, Hu Xiao never expected that the workmanship of the MSC B90 was not as good as Shenhua's!

It started to fail from the water test. Both phones were placed in water for a period of time while turned on. After taking them out, they looked fine on the surface. However, when this review uploader used it slightly, the sound playback was a bit blurry, and the touchscreen was also a bit insensitive, obviously something was wrong!

Although this uploader didn't dwell too much on this point, the bullet comment viewers saw it clearly.

In the subsequent aerial drop and knife-chopping back cover segments, it performed worse than Shenhua's flagship phone, and after disassembly, the internal situation was very complex, even somewhat chaotic.

Of course, chaos can also be said to be structurally complex and exquisite, anything can be said.

But the key is that the MSC's back cover was indeed not as good as Shenhua's. Shenhua's back cover withstood three or four knife chops before cracking, while the MSC's back cover had obvious gaps after one chop and was easily pried open!

The hardness of the phone's back cover depends on the material, but no matter what, the stronger the phone's back cover, the better the protection for the phone. Hu Xiao had previously specifically said that Shenhua's phone back cover was not strong, and there was still a gap compared to some foreign giants such as MSC. As a result, he was slapped in the face at light speed...

Hu Xiao was a little confused. Although he was a reviewer, both of these phones had just been released not long ago, and the reviews of general review organizations focused on the various parameters of the phones. Even if they disassembled them, they would carefully heat the back cover and cut the seal to remove it. No one would use such a violent method to test which phone's back cover was harder...

Hu Xiao casually said that Shenhua's phone shell was not good. Who would have thought that this uploader would update a video at light speed so coincidentally?

And this was obviously not targeting him.

Two minutes after Hu Xiao posted this Weibo, the video was updated, which was obviously a coincidence!

Hu Xiao felt a mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat. Damn, why is this "Hardcore Review" uploader biting the hand that feeds him?!