April 3rd.

Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Bao Xu, Lü Mingliang, and all the employees were paying close attention to the situation of *Game Producer*.

The atmosphere in the company was a bit heavy, and everyone's faces didn't look too good.

Three days had passed, and from all aspects, the start of *Game Producer* was very bad!

The initial promotion not only failed to achieve positive results, but also dissuaded many players.

And the first batch of players who experienced the game didn't rate it highly either, giving it mixed reviews.

Unlike previous games, *Game Producer* gained a lot of attention as soon as it went online due to the popularity accumulated by the two games, *Ghost General* and *Sea Fortress*.

But a quick look at the game's comment section would reveal that many players simply didn't understand the deeper meaning behind this game, taking a shallow taste and leaving a negative review!

"What the hell is this? It's not fun at all... Are you sure this was made by the *Sea Fortress* development team? The quality has dropped too much, right?"

"Only the graphics can be considered a good point, the gameplay is monotonous and boring, especially that narration, is it deliberately made to disgust people?"

"I feel cheated, it's not my cup of tea!"

"I don't understand it, it feels like the designer is an elementary school student."

"Has the design team gotten carried away, or are the players too lazy to pick up their knives? Did the success of *Sea Fortress* make you think you can make money no matter what you do?"

Things like that.

And most of the players were struggling with the initial experience of the game; only a minority could persist in playing and truly understand the deeper meaning.

This led to a very serious polarization of the reputation of *Game Producer*. There were many people giving it five stars and many people giving it one star!

Lü Mingliang felt a lot of pressure.

Could it be that the first project he took over from Huang Sibobo as executive planner was going to fail?

How was he going to explain this to his folks back home!

He subconsciously looked at Bao Xu, but Bao Xu's expression made him feel even heavier.

Bao Xu had a "just as I expected" look on his face!

When Lü Mingliang had discussed it with Bao Xu before, Bao Xu had asserted that this game would only have two endings.

Either it would become a legendary masterpiece, or it would end in dismal failure.

Because this was a work that transcended the times, the concept was too advanced, and the content was too subtle. It was highly possible that the average player would lose patience before experiencing the true essence of the game.

Seeing Bao Xu's expression, Lü Mingliang became even more uneasy.

"Brother Bao, what's the situation... what should we do?"

Lü Mingliang was unsure.

Bao Xu sighed softly, "Let's wait."

"President Pei must have foreseen this already."

"Now we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."

"If it really doesn't work out, we can only sink or swim with President Pei."

…

…

Qiao Liang watched the completed video from beginning to end.

Very satisfied!

Because he had a strong resonance with this game, and the game itself was very rich in content, Qiao Liang was also full of motivation when making the video.

He had worked hard for three days to complete it, and he had made several revisions to make it perfect!

This episode would be released in a brand-new column called "Deified Works" as the first episode.

Qiao Liang had a hunch that this series would be a hit, even more popular than "Garbage Game Rants"!

However, before releasing it, Qiao Liang had to solve a problem.

That was... how to explain the previous video?

He had released two videos in a row, both related to *Game Producer*, which was hard not to be misunderstood.

The first video was indeed an advertisement, but the second video was Qiao Liang's true thoughts, full of sincerity and substance.

The problem was, would the fans believe it?

Qiao Liang had racked his brains to solve this problem.

He was very clear that if this problem couldn't be solved, then the second video would still be useless even if it was released. Most players simply wouldn't look closely at the content, and would still scold him mercilessly.

But if this problem could be solved properly, then the first video could be whitewashed in an instant!

At that time, he would gain both fame and fortune, wouldn't that be wonderful?

How could he completely reverse the public opinion?

Qiao Liang thought hard for a long time, and suddenly slapped his thigh.

He finally thought of an excellent angle!

The previous video was released on April Fool's Day.

This was the opportune time (天时).

Potato Net was his main battlefield, with the most loyal fans who could listen to his explanation.

This was the favorable terrain (地利).

Moreover, not only did he release it himself, but many other video creators also released it, with exactly the same lines!

This was the popular support (人和).

With the opportune time, favorable terrain, and popular support, all that remained was to answer a key question:

Why would President Pei of Tengda do such a thankless thing?

After considering it for a long time, Qiao Liang finally thought of a possibility.

This was very likely a large-scale performance art released on April Fool's Day!

By definition, performance art is a modern art form, which is a process in which artists personally participate, carefully plan and launch behaviors and events, and gradually develop through communication with people to form results.

This event happened to fit perfectly!

All the video creators completely followed the unified manuscript to create the video, and this manuscript was directly provided by President Pei.

After the video was released, it caused tons of damage to fans, turning it into a rather failed promotional case.

In this event, President Pei and all the advertisers were participants in the performance art!

And this performance art had far-reaching influence...

Thinking about it this way, everything made much more sense. The originally illogical behavior became logical!

But this was just a push.

Qiao Liang needed more evidence.

In order to verify his idea, Qiao Liang opened Potato Net, ignored the large number of messages and private messages, and began to look for arguments for himself.

He found that after three days of bombardment and continuous fermentation, a meme called "Qiao-isms" or "Qiao-logy" was spreading rapidly!

Even many people had started uploading videos and spontaneously organized imitation contests!

The mixed Chinese and English speaking style, the catchphrases such as "wow" and "awesome", and even some interjections and onomatopoeia...

All had become memes!

The phenomenon of "Qiao-logy" was especially serious in many digital column unboxing videos.

On one side was the dismal performance of *Game Producer*;

On the other side was the rapid rise of "Qiao-logy" and the revelry of countless netizens!

Qiao Liang's hands were even trembling with excitement.

Sure enough, I guessed right!

This was a large-scale performance art, and it was very, very successful!

President Pei, I guessed it!

He immediately opened the video editing software and added a section to the beginning of the completed video.

After completing it, Qiao Liang uploaded it with satisfaction.

"Well, now this video is worthy of the column name 'Deified Works'!"

Although Qiao Liang was facing the biggest crisis in his career, he was very sure that in a quarter of a zhuxiang, oh no, in a few hours, the internet's reputation of him would immediately reverse!