Chapter 13 Aftermath

After arranging the outstanding employees, Pei Qian returned to his rented apartment and picked up the package that had recently arrived.

This time, Pei Qian bought two phones at once.

One was Shenhua's latest flagship phone, the Shenhua n7, priced at 4199, mainly aimed at business users.

The other was mSC's latest flagship phone, the B90, from a foreign manufacturer, priced at over 4600.

Many industries in this world had undergone considerable changes compared to Pei Qian's memories. In this year, it would be logical for domestic mobile phone manufacturers to still be in the early stages of development and find it difficult to compete with foreign mobile phone manufacturers. However, in this world, Shenhua's mobile phone industry had clearly developed rapidly.

Although its flagship phones were still unable to compete with Pineapple phones in terms of overall strength, it had basically established itself in the 4000+ price range, which was three or four years faster than Pei Qian remembered for domestic mobile phone manufacturers.

Of course, considering the development level of the mobile phone and mobile game industries in this world, Pei Qian wouldn't find this too strange.

In any case, these weren't the main points.

The main point was that today's second victim was this Shenhua n7.

As for the mSC phone, he'd kill it in the next episode.

As with the previous episode, Pei Qian filmed with his own phone and then went through the process step by step.

First, he soaked it in water, then dropped it from the air, and then did a hardcore disassembly, reversed the footage…

In short, he tortured this phone to death.

After completing a set of standard procedures, he simply cut and rendered the video, and then uploaded it.

"Alright, job done!"

Pei Qian stretched.

Work was really tiring.

Seriously, the Shenhua n7's drop protection was really good. The back cover was a little more solid than the Pineapple phone. Pei Qian didn't easily pry open the entire back cover like last time, and it took him quite a bit of effort.

However, with enough brute force, there wasn't a phone that President Pei couldn't dismantle.

After getting everything done, Pei Qian felt that it took less time than he expected, and he could still do something else.

"Hmm… That's right, why not just do the mSC flagship phone today as well?"

"After that, I won't do phones for the time being. I can do other digital products, such as headphones, cameras, and laptops, which can all be considered."

Pei Qian yawned, opened a can of cola to refresh himself, and continued with the third episode of Hardcore Reviews.

It definitely wasn't appropriate to release two episodes together. Pei Qian planned to wait until tomorrow to see the response to this episode. If the response was good, then he would release the mSC episode tomorrow or the day after.

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After "Hardcore Review Episode 2: Shenhua n7" was uploaded to Aili Island, the viewers who had previously followed the account quickly received a notification.

Although there weren't many fans of the "Hardcore Review" account yet, many people followed it after watching the first episode, so after the second episode came out, there were soon comments in the comment section.

"Damn, the second episode is here so quickly!"

"Last time it was the Pineapple 4, this time it's the Shenhua n7? The total views for the two episodes haven't even reached 5000, but the cost of the two episodes has directly reached ten thousand?!"

"The Pineapple 4 was nearly 5000, and the Shenhua n7 is 4199. That's more than nine thousand in total! I can only say, we don't understand the world of the rich!"

"Could it be a repost?"

"It's not a repost. I can't find this 'Hardcore Review' account anywhere else. It seems to be premiering on Aili Island."

"This is a real rich guy!"

"I don't know what to say, I'll like, give a coin, and share. I have to support it just for the cost of this video!"

Many viewers were forwarding it.

With the accumulation from the first episode, there were more viewers for this episode.

Moreover, there hadn't been any new product launches recently, and the digital area had been a bit lifeless, with nothing new.

This video was uploaded at just the right time, so it naturally received more attention.

Moreover, the keywords in the video itself also included hardcore, review, and Shenhua n7. If someone searched for similar words, they would also find this video.

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Evening.

Pengcheng City.

Hu Xiao had just finished battling with an enthusiastic netizen on the forum, and his mood was still a little difficult to calm down.

As the founder of "Xiao Hu Reviews," Hu Xiao was living a pretty good life. Anyway, the audience was easy to fool now, the fans' money was easy to earn, and many foreign manufacturers were also generous with their money.

As a professional Shenhua hater, Hu Xiao had always made it his mission to criticize and discredit Shenhua, but Shenhua's phones were selling better and better, which really made him angry.

That's right, he had just finished battling with an enthusiastic netizen on the forum, which ended with both of them exchanging greetings to each other's direct family members.

Hu Xiao opened the digital area of Aili Island, ready to browse casually and see if there were any new videos.

"Hmm? 'Hardcore Review Episode 2: Shenhua n7'?"

"I haven't heard of this review organization. Is it new?"

With some doubt, Hu Xiao opened the video.

The video wasn't long, only about ten minutes in total. Although most of the content was filmed in one take, some simple editing traces could be seen.

It was the content that almost made Hu Xiao laugh out loud.

This was called a review?

This was a stress test!

First soak it in water, then drop it, then chop it with a dining knife…

The final disassembly was even more hilarious. He used a flathead screwdriver to pry it open along the cracks in the back shell. Disassembling the internal components also highlighted the principle of "miracles through brute force." He didn't care whether the wires were connected or whether there was any glue. He just pried away.

You could clearly see the veins exposed on his hand, showing how hard he was trying.

By the time there was nothing left to disassemble, the phone was completely ruined, no different from a car accident scene.

The funniest thing was that the host said he was going to restore the phone, but he brazenly reversed the previous violent disassembly video.

"Good job!"

"It feels so good to see him smashing a Shenhua phone. I'll forward it!"

"I want to smash it too, but I don't have the money."

Hu Xiao had just finished arguing with netizens who supported Shenhua phones, and he was still holding back a stomach full of anger.

Now, seeing a video of someone dropping and smashing Shenhua phones, he suddenly felt much better.

Without further ado, forward it!

Hu Xiao's main base for "Xiao Hu Reviews" was on Weibo, but his Aili Island account also had three or four hundred thousand followers.

Although the number of fans wasn't too large, they were all quite capable of fighting, and Hu Xiao could also contact a dedicated team of online commenters. It would be a piece of cake to stir up some trouble.

After forwarding the video, he also added a sentence: "A rich man angrily smashes a Shenhua n7, and it's actually because…"

After writing this sentence, Hu Xiao laughed to himself.

This sentence would make many people who didn't know the truth think that a rich man bought a Shenhua n7, but was dissatisfied with the phone, so he angrily smashed it.

This was a very unethical thing to do, but it wasn't that excessive. At most, it was just an ordinary clickbait behavior, not enough for Hu Xiao to cause public outrage and be criticized by the entire internet.

If someone really came knocking on his door, he could use the word "teasing" to defuse the situation. If you take it seriously, then you're being too sensitive, you're making a mountain out of a molehill.

This was the highest level of disgusting people, and Hu Xiao was very familiar with it.

After forwarding it, Hu Xiao couldn't help but wonder.

What kind of team was this Hardcore Review, anyway?

When Hu Xiao did reviews, he usually accepted money and got a free phone.

But Hardcore Review didn't seem like they were accepting money.

If Shenhua really let this review agency do promotion, how could they have no requirements for the content and let them abuse their own phones like this?

Moreover, everyone in the industry knew that Shenhua didn't like to find review agencies. Hu Xiao had gradually turned from love to hate and became a professional brainless hater because he couldn't get money from Shenhua.

Then… could it be that this Hardcore Review was really paying out of their own pocket to attract attention?

Moreover, before the test, the phone was on, and a series of operations were performed after it was soaked in water. It was obviously not a model machine, but a real one.

Destroying a real machine for one episode?

He didn't really understand the world of the rich…

Hu Xiao didn't take this matter too seriously and hummed a little tune contentedly as he went to wash up.