September 8th, Wednesday.

Noon.

After finishing the workday lunch delivered by Lazy Delivery, Pei Qian took a couple of swigs of Happy Fat Water, feeling content, and lounged in his boss's chair for a while.

Lazy Delivery was one of Pei Qian's most satisfying ventures at the moment, not only perfectly solving the dining problem for all employees but also consistently losing money with little sign of profitability.

The only problem was that it could only rely on Lazy Cafes and only deliver to areas surrounding them, unable to expand as quickly as Upwind Logistics.

But Pei Qian wasn't in a hurry. As long as Lazy Cafe 2.0 could be launched quickly, then the market scope of Lazy Delivery would further expand, and the losses would naturally increase rapidly as well.

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Pei Qian closed "Repentance."

Another morning of suffering, but he was finally about to see the light.

Pei Qian was now very proficient in using the weapon "Salvation." As long as he persisted for another week or so and cleared the Six Paths of Reincarnation ending, it would be a great success for Pei Qian.

It would not only mean that he was liberated and wouldn't have to open this game and suffer anymore, but it would also mean that the game had finally met the system's requirements and could be released smoothly.

Once the game was released, sales would plummet, resulting in huge losses, and Pei Qian's happy times would begin!

Thinking of this, Pei Qian couldn't help but smile.

He opened Aili Island, ready to watch a few funny short videos to digest his food.

First, he ignored the 99+ private messages urging him to update.

It was just annoying to be a famous UP on a website like Aili Island. Every time he opened it, there was a huge pile of messages, most of which were private messages urging him to update.

President Pei's daily work was so busy, how could he have time to update videos every day!

The Hardcore Review had already smashed more than a dozen digital products, and even Pei Qian himself felt that the show had become a bit boring.

However, the audience was still enjoying it, running over to urge him to update every time a new digital product appeared, asking Pei Qian to smash this and smash that, without getting tired of it at all.

And everyone was getting more and more inflated. At the beginning, they were just asking him to smash three to five thousand yuan phones, but now they even wanted him to smash laptops and headphones worth more than ten thousand yuan.

If it weren't for the fact that Aili Island's incentive program was still paying quite a bit, Pei Qian would have quit long ago!

Pei Qian planned to smash a new digital product every now and then to maintain popularity, especially when Shenhua sent free products.

Anyway, by the end of this cycle, it would be enough to lose hundreds of thousands of yuan casually, so there was no need to update videos so painstakingly.

After that, Pei Qian saw Fei Huang Studio's new video in the digital area, "A Day in the Life of a Great Inventor" episode four.

Fei Huang Studio maintained a very stable update speed. Although the content of this video was significantly longer than "President Pei's Daily Life," it still maintained a weekly update. Among the UP hosts on Aili Island, they were considered relatively diligent.

After all, many UP hosts were part-time, while Fei Huang Studio was a full-time company. With people and money, they would naturally produce content faster and more consistently.

Pei Qian didn't open the video, mainly because he was afraid that his fragile heart wouldn't be able to take it.

If one day this series of videos really started getting sponsorships from some international big brands, it would be no less than a terrible disaster for President Pei. He would have to take a quick-acting heart-saver pill before opening each episode.

And Pei Qian didn't have a very good way to stop it right now, so he could only bury his head in the sand and pretend he didn't see it.

After checking the feed, none of the silly UP hosts he followed had updated any substantial videos.

So, Pei Qian finally opened his favorite Ghost Mix area.

Ghost Mixes are the ladder of human progress.

But this time, when Pei Qian opened the Ghost Mix area, he suddenly noticed that it was a little different from before.

There was a new person joining the Ghost Mix All-Stars!

Scanning the titles of the recently uploaded Ghost Mix videos, it was clear who the lucky one was.

"Fried Pig Trotter: The New Version You Haven't Played"

"Congratulations to Fried Pig Trotter for Joining the Ghost Mix All-Stars"

"Fried Pig Trotter: Join Me in the Passionate Battle Song"

"Fried Pig Trotter: Enhanced Edition: Sing With Me"

Pei Qian casually clicked on a few and found that they were actually quite catchy?

And the views for these videos weren't low either. Zhang Zuting's entry into the Ghost Mix All-Stars should be a certainty.

He just didn't know if there would be a Ghost Mix video with over three million views, directly carrying him into the annual Ghost Mix Hall of Fame.

Pei Qian smiled and then suddenly stopped smiling.

He quickly opened the background data of "Passionate Battle Song Enhanced Edition" and took a look.

After reading it, Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

Phew...

Fortunately, the data hadn't changed much.

It had indeed improved a little compared to before, but overall, it was still far from recovering the cost.

This was also within Pei Qian's expectations. After all, he had placed so many ads, and the quality of the game itself was not bad, and the old players were very enthusiastic. It was impossible for the data not to increase at all after such a long time.

As long as the rate of data growth was slow enough, that was fine.

Obviously, the two major filters of advertising + micro-client directly filtered out a large number of players. Less than one-twentieth or one-thirtieth of the people who clicked on the ads actually downloaded the game and played it.

So, Pei Qian was temporarily relieved. Even if the Ghost Mix video was popular, he could still rest easy for now.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it."

"Back then, the Ghost Mix video of Zha Zhahui was also very popular, almost to the point where everyone knew about it, but how many people on Bilibili would really play the game endorsed by Zha Zhahui just because of a Ghost Mix video?"

"There must be some, but there certainly won't be many."

With no more psychological burden, Pei Qian clicked on the search results for the keyword "Fried Pig Trotter" with interest and began watching related videos.

In addition to a large number of Ghost Mix videos and marketing accounts蹭(ceng)热度(re du) videos, there were also some interview records of Zhang Zuting.

Zhang Zuting hadn't been idle lately either. Although he was a bit past his prime, he had still been playing supporting roles in many movies.

One of the interview videos asked Zhang Zuting about his views on the nickname "Fried Pig Trotter."

In the video, Zhang Zuting looked helpless and distressed.

"The whole country is laughing at me now."

"They're all imitating me, Hello everyone, I'm Fried Pig Trotter, if you're my brother, come and gnaw on me..."

"Many of my fans are asking me why I, who have also won Best Actor, made such an awkward advertisement."

"Actually, I was really acting very seriously that day, and when I filmed the first take, I was really acting with a lot of emotion and dedication. But the partner told me that they wanted me to be more lazy and casual, not to act so seriously, to give everyone a friendly feeling."

"Then I just said it casually, but I didn't expect that this take would be adopted."

"I also specifically emphasized that it would be best to find a voice actor because my Mandarin is not very good, but in the end, they didn't find one and just released my original voice. I don't really understand what happened."

"Later, when this advertisement became popular, I even said whether I could reshoot it, but the partner said no need, and then it became what it is now."

"Actually, I still haven't figured out why it became so popular."

The host was also laughing uncontrollably, "Have you ever thought about terminating the cooperation with them?"

Zhang Zuting shook his head helplessly, "No, because the partner is very good in other aspects, except that this advertisement was not very well made, and the cooperation was also very pleasant."

"And since everyone likes to call me Fried Pig Trotter, then just call me that. As long as everyone is happy."

"If everyone thinks that calling me that is very friendly and interesting, then just call me that. I don't care."

Host: "So, this advertisement doesn't really cause you that much trouble, does it?"

Zhang Zuting didn't know how to answer for a moment. After thinking for a while, he said, "Trouble... I guess it's okay. It's mainly my friends, like Ah Jian, Ah Xiong, and Jiaqiang, who are all laughing at me."

"Every time we go out to eat, they have to bring this up, it's really annoying."

...

After closing the video, Pei Qian felt a little guilty.

Well, although he had increased the popularity of Old Zhang, making him unable to hold his head up in front of his friends, he really felt sorry for him.

In that case, he, as a friend, definitely had to help him out.

Pei Qian conveniently searched for the friends that Zhang Zuting had mentioned.

He found that birds of a feather flock together, and Zhang Zuting's friends were even more washed-up than he was.

Zhang Zuting was at least a Best Actor before. His friends had previously played supporting roles, and now they were naturally doing even worse, basically not even able to play supporting roles.

Not to mention filming advertisements, some had even been reduced to performing at the opening of real estate projects.

The most miserable one couldn't get any roles and was also involved in a contract dispute with his brokerage company, so he was in financial straits and had to rely on Zhang Zuting and other friends for help.

Of course, although some of Zhang Zuting's friends were doing well and some were doing poorly, they still had a deep friendship with each other. Making fun of Zhang Zuting's advertisement was definitely not serious, it was just a joke between friends.

After searching for the current situation of these people, Pei Qian's eyes welled up with tears.

Life is not easy.

As a kind person, Pei Qian decided to help them out.

Pei Qian randomly picked four friends who had a good relationship with Zhang Zuting, who Zhang Zuting had mentioned in the video, and sent the list to Lin Wan.

"Give them another 2 million yuan to bring these four people over to shoot a set of 'Passionate Battle Song Enhanced Edition' advertisements as well, and broadcast them mixed with Zhang Zuting's advertisement."

Because these few were too washed-up, the asking price wouldn't be very high. Giving each person 500,000 yuan to endorse for two years should be about right.

Good friends should be together.

In this way, Zhang Zuting wouldn't be laughed at, and the financial situation of his friends wouldn't be so dire.

A win-win situation, how great!

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, alas, I'm really a good person.