Chapter 1539 Another Professional Reporter Arrives

March 25th, Monday.

In the blink of an eye, the two days of the weekend had passed.

Yan Qi went to work as usual, grabbed a cup of coffee, and sat down at his workstation.

He had originally intended to continue arranging for people to develop the content following "Shu Li," but after a moment's thought, he decided to search online for the latest discussions about "Shu Li."

The result of this search stunned him.

On Saturday, he had issued an announcement explaining that the "Shu Li" project was not short of funds at all, so everyone didn't need to worry too much.

He originally thought that the matter would pass, but now that he looked, not only had it not passed, it had actually blown up!

First, He An spoke out in support of Tengda, and then, the entire domestic game circle inexplicably started a campaign to take sides!

Some game developers, including He An, expressed strong support for Tengda, severely criticizing some people with ulterior motives for smearing Tengda and disrupting the domestic game industry. However, some game channel vendors and game company bosses who were at odds with Tengda stood up and made seemingly objective comments, but were actually stirring up trouble and taking sides, wanting to pull Tengda down from its pedestal.

At first, everyone maintained restraint, but soon, the atmosphere became more and more acrimonious!

Because the game industry was not a harmonious whole to begin with, and there were already grudges between some manufacturers.

Now that old and new hatreds erupted together, their words naturally became more and more impolite.

The debate initially revolved around "Shu Li," and the focus of the discussion was: Tengda constantly claims to be revitalizing domestic games, but what contribution has it made to domestic games when it has the ability, reputation, and resources?

Round Dream Ventures has so much money to invest in some inexplicable companies, but no money to invest in "Shu Li" or other domestic indie games?

Tengda obviously has such a strong reputation and prestige, but it hasn't thought about speaking out for the Chao Lu Games platform?

As the argument continued, the topic strayed further and further, turning into mutual attacks and tearing between some manufacturers. Of course, some unfounded accusations were naturally pinned on Tengda.

Frankly speaking, this scene was quite undignified.

But this was exactly what the anti-Tengda alliance needed.

Because dignified methods could not cause any damage to Tengda at all!

This kind of fighting style looks very shameless, but they weren't that concerned about face to begin with, which was also a kind of "low-morality advantage."

Even if they were wrong, even if they wouldn't get the support of players, as long as they persisted in quibbling and tried their best to muddy the waters, they could always cause some negative impact on Tengda.

Moreover, this seemed to be a premeditated attack. Someone must be fueling the flames behind the scenes, otherwise it would have been impossible to argue to this extent in just two days on the weekend.

The person behind the scenes had seized upon Tengda's weakness of not working on weekends and launched a fierce attack on Tengda!

And Tengda really remained silent for two days on the weekend, and even on Monday, there was no statement at all.

Yan Qi was watching all of this and feeling extremely anxious.

In his opinion, Tengda's behavior was a bit incomprehensible.

As long as they openly declared to the outside world that the "Shu Li" project was funded by Tengda, and even the idea for the game came from CEO Pei's inspiration, wouldn't that be enough?

At that time, these doubts from the outside world would naturally disappear, and those clamoring clowns from the anti-Tengda alliance, as well as the online trolls who were stirring up trouble, would naturally have their faces swollen.

If possible, Yan Qi even wanted to personally reveal this news.

Unfortunately, CEO Pei wouldn't let him say it, and it seemed that CEO Pei didn't intend to say it himself.

What exactly was CEO Pei waiting for?

This was truly perplexing.

Just as he was agonizing over this, the assistant walked over: "CEO Yan, something's come up."

"The official game platform just called, saying they want to arrange an urgent interview for you. They probably saw the promotional video for 'Shu Li' and are particularly interested in our project, so they want to report on it."

"Do you want to accept this interview? If so, what time would be suitable?"

"The official reporter can arrive as early as tomorrow."

Yan Qi was stunned for a moment: "Huh? An interview?"

"Yes, of course, we must accept! Let's set the time for tomorrow, the sooner the better!"

Being interviewed by a reporter from the official platform was something that every game producer dreamed of!

Once this interview was published on the official platform, "Shu Li" would naturally not have to worry about attention, and a large number of players would definitely flood in.

Although "Shu Li" was currently confirmed as an exclusive game on the Chao Lu Games platform, the nature of the official platform was relatively special, and there was no direct competition with this kind of private platform.

The official platform would not prohibit or exclude the existence of other game platforms. According to regulations, exclusive games from other platforms must be launched on the official platform after three months. However, even if they were launched on the official platform, it would only provide one more entry point. If players wanted to play this game, downloading the main program alone would not be enough. They would have to download the original platform before they could play the game.

In other words, according to regulations, although "Shu Li" was exclusive to the Chao Lu Games platform, it would also be available on the official platform after three months, but players who downloaded "Shu Li" from the official platform would have to download a Chao Lu Games platform first.

In this way, it would protect the exclusive games of these game platforms, allowing the platforms to continue to rely on game exclusivity to expand their user base, while also maintaining the authority of the official platform and integrating resources to a certain extent.

Therefore, maintaining a good relationship with the official platform would benefit both the game "Shu Li" and the Chao Lu Games platform.

Yan Qi also wanted to take this opportunity to express his views through the official platform: The "Shu Li" project is really not short of money! This meaningless argument and taking sides should stop!

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March 26th, Tuesday.

The official platform's interview team came to Jingzhou again, heading straight for the "Shu Li" project team.

This time, the interview team consisted of five people, and the lead editor was still Xia Jiang.

After all, she was considered a relatively senior reporter on the official platform, having interviewed Tengda Group and the Indie Game Incubation Base before, and having produced many good articles.

Sending Xia Jiang over was enough to show that the official platform attached great importance to this interview.

Of course, Xia Jiang herself was also full of expectations for this interview, because "Shu Li" looked like another action 3A masterpiece that took into account both the cultural heritage of Huaxia and excellent production after "Back to the Shore," and the producer Yan Qi's personal experience of "making mobile games for survival and making single-player games for ideals" was also a very good interview material.

"Editor Xia! Hello, hello, I've heard so much about you."

"I've read the interviews you did for Tengda Group and the Poor Road Project before, and I admire your professionalism very much!"

Yan Qi had been waiting downstairs in advance. After seeing Xia Jiang, he shook hands cordially.

He wasn't just being polite, but he had indeed read those two interviews and admired this "blank space interview" very much.

Being able to outline the image of CEO Pei by interviewing people around CEO Pei, and this image was extremely consistent with CEO Pei's real image, this kind of powerful interviewing skill should not be underestimated.

Thinking that the person being interviewed had changed from CEO Pei to himself, Yan Qi felt a little excited, as if he was walking on the broad road opened up by his predecessors.

This Editor Xia Jiang is definitely a lucky star!

She interviewed Tengda, and then Tengda took off rapidly and became more and more prosperous.

Now that she's interviewing the "Shu Li" project team, maybe this game will explode?

Yan Qi led Xia Jiang and the other staff members of the official platform interview team in very enthusiastically, and sat down in the conference room that had been arranged in advance.

The other staff members were busy setting up the scene, and the photographer was busy finding a location and debugging equipment.

Xia Jiang had already prepared the interview manuscript. The interview hadn't started yet, and there was nothing else to do for the time being, so she chatted casually for a few words.

She looked Yan Qi up and down and asked, "This 'Shu Li' project…"

"Was it funded by CEO Pei?"

Yan Qi: "...Huh?"

This question stunned him on the spot.

Yan Qi's expression froze. He never expected that Xia Jiang's first sentence would be this.

How did she know?

This matter should be strictly confidential, right? Could it be… that there was a mole in the core personnel?

Or did she get the information from Tengda in advance?

That's not possible… there's no such rumor outside.

It's mostly a guess.

"Why… why are you asking that?"

Yan Qi was a little shocked, but he quickly calmed down and didn't answer directly, but chose to ask back.

Xia Jiang smiled. In fact, seeing Yan Qi's reaction, she already understood.

She didn't expect to try it unexpectedly and actually get it right!

Xia Jiang said with a smile: "I guessed!"

"Now the 'Shu Li' affair is raging, and those companies in the anti-Tengda alliance are using this as an excuse to attack Tengda, which has almost triggered the entire domestic game circle to take sides. If 'Shu Li' was invested in by other companies, they would have jumped out and announced themselves long ago, how could they still be able to hold back?"

"I really can't think of a second person who would do good deeds without leaving a name, except for CEO Pei of Tengda Group."

"Your current expression is exactly the same as CEO Qiu of the Indie Game Incubation Base."

"But I think… you will also be like CEO Qiu, and refuse to admit it no matter what, right?"

Yan Qi was speechless for a moment.

Good heavens, is this a professional reporter?

You understand everything, what else can I say?

But… CEO Qiu's Indie Game Incubation Base, which is also the 'Poor Road Project,' is actually CEO Pei's industry too?

Yan Qi didn't have much contact with the "Poor Road Project" because the "Empire Blade" he made at the beginning was a氪金mobile game, not an indie game, and he had a relatively complete development team, so he couldn't get the investment from the "Poor Road Project."

His main impression of the "Poor Road Project" was that the "Poor Road Project" had provided many excellent indie games to the Chao Lu Games platform before, which had greatly boosted the Chao Lu Games platform.

Of course, looking at Xia Jiang's expression, this matter should also not be confirmed.

Qiu Hong is the same, refusing to admit it no matter what.

As long as he doesn't admit it, Xia Jiang, as the official editor-in-chief, can't directly write this matter into the report, she can only hint at it.

And hinting… the influence is ultimately limited.