Chapter 1 Some Worries

Some streamers did start broadcasting after getting the VR glasses, but the glasses didn't have *Animal Island* yet, not even a demo of the game. All they had were some VR games currently available on the market.

Although these streamers could feel that the effect of these VR games on the DoubtVR glasses was smoother than on other glasses, the clarity of these games wasn't high to begin with, so there was no obvious difference to the naked eye.

Moreover, VR streaming... well, the effect was hard to describe.

Whether it's a computer or a mobile game, the game screen and the stream screen are consistent during the broadcast. What the audience sees is what the streamer is playing.

But VR games are completely different. The streamer's perspective is a free perspective, looking around, very immersive. But viewers only feel dizzy!

After watching for a short while, they become too dizzy to bear it, and they can't experience the immersion of VR games at all.

So, even if some content creators and streamers released in-game footage of their VR experience, it was useless, because it was impossible to convey to the audience in front of the screen what it felt like.

Viewers couldn't even tell the difference between this VR glasses and other VR glasses in terms of image quality.

Qiao Liang couldn't help but wonder why these small streamers with only a few thousand followers were given VR glasses to experience, but he wasn't.

Doesn't Old Qiao have any clout?

Moreover, he had such a close relationship with the official side, with both President Pei and Lin, the president of Chixin Studio. How could they forget about him when it came to reviews?

That's outrageous!

It makes it impossible for me to help!

This made Qiao Liang feel a little anxious.

The VR glasses' promotion plan suffered a huge setback in the initial stage. It seemed to be a case of one wrong step leading to another. From the moment Meng Chang announced on Weibo his collaboration with Chixin Studio, every step afterward seemed to step on the very points that players disliked, dragging the entire project down step by step.

Qiao Liang couldn't help but feel anxious and quickly found the phone number of Cai Jiadong, the chief designer of Chixin Studio, and called him.

After this period of cooperation, the two became quite familiar, so Qiao Liang could be more straightforward.

"Old Cai! You saw the VR glasses' promotional video, right? What's going on? The response is terrible!"

Cai Jiadong's confused voice came from the other end of the phone: "Uh... I saw it, but that promotional video wasn't made by us at all. I heard from President Lin that the entire promotion plan was the responsibility of the advertising and marketing department. All the plans came from them."

Qiao Liang asked: "So... it's all Meng Chang's responsibility? Without consulting your opinion?"

Cai Jiadong: "Yes. I'm not sure about the specifics, but the people in the advertising and marketing department are professionals. They should know better than us."

Qiao Liang was a little anxious: "Then you guys aren't paying any attention at all?"

"Meng Chang has a record! How could you entrust everything to him with peace of mind!"

Cai Jiadong said helplessly: "We don't have time to pay attention! Now *Animal Island* has to make the final modifications to the newbie guidance according to President Pei's previous requirements, and we can't work overtime, so our schedule is very tight."

"But... I think I overheard President Lin mention that President Pei seems to be overseeing this promotion plan."

"So... there shouldn't be any major problems, right?"

Qiao Liang was silent for a moment: "Okay, I understand. Thank you, Old Cai."

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Liang suddenly felt calm.

Before, seeing that the initial promotion of the VR glasses was so bad, completely counterproductive, coupled with Meng Chang's inhuman record during the Cold-Faced Girl period, Qiao Liang was very worried.

Who knows if Meng Chang would suddenly go crazy and cause some trouble?

But as soon as he heard that President Pei was overseeing this promotion plan, Qiao Liang suddenly felt relieved.

With President Pei overseeing it, could little Meng Chang cause any trouble?

Absolutely not!

No matter how much Meng Chang jumps around, he can't escape President Pei's grasp.

Moreover, once he accepted the setting that "all the promotion plans are actually overseen by President Pei," Qiao Liang suddenly felt a sense of deja vu.

Where have I seen this before...

Especially this feeling of having many streamers and content creators awkwardly praising their own game, reminded Qiao Liang of the feeling when *Game Producer* was first launched a long time ago.

"Could it be that President Pei's arrangement this time has some deeper meaning?"

Qiao Liang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

...

At the same time, Pei Qian had just finished dinner and returned to his residence, contacting Hu Xiao online again.

"How is it? My brothers have completed their tasks well, right?" Hu Xiao couldn't help but feel a little smug, because everything was progressing according to the prearranged plan.

Pei Qian replied: "Yes, you did a good job. Show me the bill. As we agreed, this time it's equivalent to dividing it into two categories and multiple transactions, and each one is calculated separately."

Hu Xiao: "Okay, wait a moment."

Although he didn't know why this big shot on the other side wanted to divide it into many transactions and calculate them separately, he definitely had to satisfy the customer since they made such a request.

This water army activity was divided into several times, but overall it could be divided into two categories.

One category was awkward praise, which was to pretend to be passersby and praise how good and awesome Chixin Studio's glasses were. The more awkward the praise, the better. There was no need to worry about being seen as a water army.

The other category was to stir up trouble, which was to question Chixin Studio and Meng Chang's unreliability in reverse, questioning whether the glasses were just hyping up the popularity, and that the product would definitely be bad.

The first category of awkward praise used some low-end water armies, which was large in quantity but had no technical content. The second category used some higher-end water armies, with real information and better concealment. There were not many of them, but they had a significant impact.

In the end, the first category was definitely more expensive because of the large quantity, but the second category was not cheap either.

Hu Xiao didn't know what the other party was playing. Other people bought water armies to either praise, blacken, or high-end blacken. How could there be someone who hired two groups of people, one group to praise and one group to blacken?

Is he playing ambidextrous fighting?

But since the old customer was willing to play like this, then play it. It's so simple to get paid to do things, why think so much.

Moreover, Hu Xiao had long suspected that the person on the other side had some relationship with Tengda and bought water armies for some special purpose.

It's just that the other party was too mysterious, and seemed to change people often. Sometimes they were very generous and didn't even bargain, and sometimes they seemed to be a little stingy, wiping out the change and giving discounts, which also made Hu Xiao completely unable to figure out the other party's background.

He didn't dare to inquire too much, in case he accidentally offended such an old customer, it would be worth the loss.

Soon, Hu Xiao sorted out this quotation.

Because they were all old customers and trusted each other very much, they paid a small deposit first this time, and then paid the full amount after the event was completed.

"This is the bill, please take a look."

Pei Qian received the bill and glanced at it.

"...So expensive!"

He couldn't help but complain inwardly.

The water armies found this time were basically divided into two groups. One group of low-end water armies was responsible for awkward praise, basically the standard of 50 to 80 a day. Two hundred people kept changing accounts to post and stir up trouble. Adding the cost of the accounts, it cost more than 80,000 in five days.

That's okay, because the system allows reimbursement for money spent on positively praising its own products.

The other group was the high-end water army, responsible for stirring up trouble and questioning, basically the standard of 200 yuan per day. After all, this was a technical job, and it had to be done by experienced water armies.

Fifty people were hired, and it cost more than 50,000 in five days.

Because the entire water army activity had been operating since Tengda released the news to clarify its relationship with Chixin Studio, and had been operating until now, these two groups of people were working non-stop, so there was no need to divide it up any further.

Adding up, it was more than 130,000 in total, of course, this was the original price.

Hu Xiao tentatively asked: "These are all according to the prices we agreed on before, are you still satisfied?"

Pei Qian was silent for a moment, and then replied: "You remember the discount for buying water armies last time, right?"

Hu Xiao immediately replied: "Of course I remember! Then I'll give you a discount."

Pei Qian quickly said: "Wait!"

"Don't calculate the discount together. Report the one for more than 80,000 at the original price, and give me a bigger discount on the one for more than 50,000."

Hu Xiao was stunned.

What does this mean?

The same batch of orders, but some are discounted and some are not?

What kind of operation is this?

Suddenly, Hu Xiao understood: "Oh! I understand! These two batches of water armies weren't hired by the same department, right? These two departments are both looking for you as an intermediary, but the amount of funds they can use is different?"

Pei Qian: "..."

He didn't know how to reply, so he could only say ambiguously: "Something like that."

Hu Xiao quickly replied: "No problem! Don't worry, these details are easy to negotiate."

"In this way, the first sum of money is not discounted, it's still at the original price, 86,500."

"I'll give you a 30% discount on the second sum! It's a total of 38,360, and I'll round it down to 38,000, how about that!"

Pei Qian felt a little heartache.

Meng Chang, Meng Chang, in order to keep you in the advertising and marketing department, I've really put in a lot of money!

38,000, that's enough for you to get a basic salary for a year.

Oh, right, the basic salary has increased now, so you can get it in nine months.

If it's a more optimistic situation, you can get a guaranteed commission, then it only takes six months, half a year.

Pei Qian shook his head halfway through his thought: "Why am I calculating this for no reason!"

For Pei Qian, it really hurt to take out this 38,000.

But there's no way, you can't catch a wolf without letting go of the child.

If this investment of 38,000 can make Meng Chang continue to do his best for himself, and can ensure that the VR glasses project doesn't make money, then it's still very worthwhile!