Chapter 1 Meng Chang's Brain Freezes

Meng Chang was dumbfounded.

It was just a very ordinary interview, but he didn't expect to be caught by these Sherlock Holmes-level players!

Meng Chang now realized that while the main content of the interview was nonsense, making unfounded speculations and even personal attacks against him, these were only minor problems.

The real problem was that the interview had leaked information about the *Mission and Choice* demo!

The reason Meng Chang adopted this promotional method was ultimately to conceal this information, so that all the advertising funds would be wasted.

However, Yu Yao and the other employees in the advertising and marketing department didn't know Meng Chang's true intentions!

They all thought that Meng Chang was deliberately hiding this information to cause a bigger sensation when it was revealed.

As a result, it was difficult for Yu Yao and others to maintain a high degree of vigilance about "confidentiality" at all times, and things went wrong with a slight lapse!

Even Yu Yao himself probably didn't expect that this picture would cause so much trouble.

Meng Chang panicked a little, and he hurriedly flipped through the players' discussions again.

The number of comments below the interview article was increasing, and a large number of players were attracted in, saw the information about the demo, and began to speculate!

Netizens all understood what it meant to "boldly hypothesize, carefully verify." Once they made the assumption that "Tengda's new game is almost complete," their imaginations ran wild, and many details that originally seemed unrelated were all connected!

Seeing the heat of the discussion getting higher and higher, Meng Chang couldn't sit still.

His commission, which he could earn any minute, was about to disappear into thin air and leave him. This was even more unacceptable than the slander against him in the interview!

"What to do? At this rate, I won't be able to hide it!"

Meng Chang was anxious.

Currently, the players were still in the speculation stage, but Meng Chang had no doubt that they would soon be able to piece together the truth.

Meng Chang would never accept such an easy defeat. The dire situation only further stimulated his spirit of resistance!

"Quickly think of a few more marketing plans, or release some 'one-sided true information' to divert the players' attention a little and stop them from staring at this…"

There were still more than two weeks until May 1st, and Meng Chang didn't know if he could divert the players' attention for such a long time.

But to let him give up this month's commission so simply? That was absolutely impossible!

Desperate situations always stimulate people's fighting spirit even more. Meng Chang's brain was running at full speed, and he immediately began to consider new plans.

Now the players' curiosity had exploded, so blocking was worse than dredging. If Meng Chang forcefully denied it, it would definitely completely stimulate the players' rebellious psychology and cause more serious consequences.

So Meng Chang felt that it was time to take a risky move!

As the saying goes, only magic can defeat magic.

The best way to cover up a piece of news was undoubtedly to release another piece of news.

Just like when many companies were conducting crisis public relations, it was best not to delete posts, bomb accounts, or ban speech on the internet. Forcibly suppressing public opinion would inevitably cause a rebound and only trigger a greater crisis.

The best way was to dig up bigger dirt on other competitors' companies and then hire water armies to make things worse.

In this way, most people would pay attention to the new hot spot, and the original company's crisis would naturally slowly pass.

Meng Chang thought about it again and again, and this seemed to be the only way.

"I heard that Shang Yang Games is also developing a new game, and the estimated release time is in the second half of May."

"Check the internal information a little…"

"This game is called *Fitness Battle*? This… the game types are a bit far apart."

"But it's not a big problem. It can't stump me."

"It looks like I have to abandon the car to save the general!"

Meng Chang quickly finalized a relatively bold plan.

He would slightly reveal a small portion of the game content of *Fitness Battle* and imply to the players that this was Tengda's new game, and also the game demo that he was playing, and that it might be included in the "Domestic Classic Games Collection" in the future.

In this way, players would discuss the news released by Meng Chang, and their thinking would go astray.

And *Fitness Battle* would only be released in the second half of May.

Throughout April, the promotional plan that Meng Chang had made was aimed at *Mission and Choice*, and it had not caused much attention to *Mission and Choice*.

Even if players paid more attention to *Fitness Battle*, the game hadn't been released yet after all, and the details disclosed were very few, so the promotional effect would not be ideal.

In this way, as long as he survived until May, even if Meng Chang couldn't get the full commission, he could at least get 70% or 80%.

For him, that was a lot!

Meng Chang quickly came up with a plan. Whether it was a desperate attempt or a resurrection, it was still hard to say. But it was at least much better than sitting still and waiting for death.

But there was still the only problem, which was that there was not enough publicity funding.

The remaining 20 million had already been hastily spent, and there was not much funding left in the advertising and marketing department.

But if he wanted this kind of "misleading" to have an effect, he would definitely have to spend money.

What's more, the promotion of *Fitness Battle* was not currently Meng Chang's responsibility. Without Boss Pei's words, it would be a bit presumptuous.

In the final analysis, he would have to go to Boss Pei again.

Delay would lead to change, so Meng Chang immediately got up and rushed to Boss Pei's office.

…

A few minutes later, Meng Chang arrived in front of Boss Pei's office and knocked gently on the door.

"Come in."

Boss Pei's voice seemed to carry a hint of displeasure.

Meng Chang entered the office, and before he had time to speak, Boss Pei's question had already come head-on.

"Why do I see so many players on the internet discussing our new game? Is there a problem with your promotional plan?"

Pei Qian's expression was serious, and he seemed to care more than Meng Chang himself.

Meng Chang couldn't quite figure out Boss Pei's intentions.

What's going on? Shouldn't Boss Pei be secretly happy right now?

Why does he seem even more anxious than me?

Hmm, Boss Pei is cunning and scheming. He must be trying to trick me!

He's deliberately showing this hypocritical expression, pretending to be on my side, but actually trying to break my defense in a sarcastic way.

That's absolutely impossible!

Thinking of this, Meng Chang immediately put on an indifferent expression: "Nothing happened. Everything is going very smoothly and is under my control."

Pei Qian was dubious: "Really?"

Meng Chang nodded very firmly: "Really. You don't need to worry about it, Boss Pei."

"But I do have a few small requests this time."

Pei Qian: "What requests?"

Meng Chang still had a confident expression: "I hope you can allocate another 10 million in publicity funds to me, and also allow me to use some of the content of *Fitness Battle* for promotional materials."

Pei Qian's brows first relaxed, and then tightened again.

"Ten million in publicity funds is no problem."

"But what do you want the promotional materials for *Fitness Battle* for?"

Pei Qian was secretly puzzled. What kind of trick was Meng Chang up to? How could he still be taking the initiative to work?

Could it be… that ruining one of my projects wasn't enough, and he wanted to ruin the fitness game and my fully automatic smart clothes rack together?

That's impossible. Does he really see commission as dung?

Of course, Meng Chang didn't want to say it clearly, so he could only continue to stubbornly deny it: "Boss Pei, you don't need to worry about this. I know what I'm doing. In short, this is part of the promotional plan."

Meng Chang himself was very uneasy when he said this.

What if Boss Pei was unhappy and didn't agree to either of the two conditions? That would be a big problem.

Meng Chang was outwardly calm, but inwardly very anxious.

Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang's expression and fell into confusion.

Can it really work?

Pei Qian didn't trust Meng Chang at all, but he trusted Meng Chang's desire to get a commission.

The promotional effect last month was indeed not bad, and judging from Meng Chang's performance, he seemed to have kept a lot of tricks up his sleeve for this month's promotional plan.

Pei Qian didn't want to ask too much, for fear of triggering the observer effect again.

After considering for a moment, Pei Qian nodded.

When employing people, don't be suspicious; when suspicious, don't employ. Since he had decided to let Meng Chang be responsible for this promotional plan, and there was a commission to spur him on, he could only choose to continue to trust him!

Pei Qian nodded: "Okay, I agree to both of your conditions."

"But I want to remind you again, if you mess around and don't get a commission, I don't care. You're the one who will suffer."

"The promotional effect of *Fitness Battle* will affect your May commission. You'd better be careful."

Meng Chang said "hehe" in his heart.

May's commission?

How could I possibly think that far? It would be great if I could get a few tens of thousands of yuan in April!

Meng Chang didn't say much. He just thanked Boss Pei and then immediately rushed back to the advertising and marketing department to continue preparing a new plan.

Things had happened suddenly, and he had to race against time.

He had to divert the players' attention before they dug out the truth, use the news of *Fitness Battle* to cover up *Mission and Choice*, and protect his April commission!

…

In just over an hour, even before it was time to get off work, Meng Chang's remedial plan had been completed.

It had to be said that the deadline was the primary productive force. Sometimes, people don't know how much potential they have until they force themselves.

Meng Chang seized the time to go over the plan again and then immediately handed it to Yu Yao to handle.

It was a bit rushed, but he couldn't help it, because it was almost time to get off work.

Once they got off work, the advertising and marketing department didn't have overtime slots, so the plan could only be implemented tomorrow. But the problem was that a lot of things could happen in one night.

What if those Sherlock Holmes-level netizens solved the case tonight? Wouldn't that be a big problem?

This plan contained some content about *Fitness Battle*, and the guiding ideology was particularly clear, which was to try to mislead players as much as possible and divert their attention.

Meng Chang urged him very urgently, so Yu Yao didn't have time to look at it carefully. He directly used Tengda Games' official account to send a message and a few pictures.

"A game that even internal employees are addicted to will meet you at the end of May!"

The accompanying pictures were some promotional materials for *Fitness Battle*.

Of course, there was a very crucial problem, which was that the game screens of *Fitness Battle* and *Mission and Choice* were vastly different. They were too dissimilar. The players weren't blind, so they shouldn't be unable to see the difference.

But this couldn't stump Meng Chang. He carefully studied it. Although the previous interview picture had captured the game screen, it was mainly of the back view after all, and the computer screen only occupied a small part of the photo.

At most, he could see that this game was obviously different from those mosaic games in the "Domestic Classic Games Collection." He could see that it was a God's perspective, but the specific units inside were not very clear.

So Meng Chang asked Shang Yang Games to provide a chapter and level map of *Fitness Battle* with a similar background color, which happened to also be a God's perspective.

The training in *Fitness Battle* was gradual. In the early stage, in order to guide players to better experience the game, different chapters and levels were made, as well as some simple plots. This picture looked a bit similar to the *Mission and Choice* picture at first glance.

Under extremely blurred pixels, a backpack + magazine could also be forcibly turned into a pan. Meng Chang felt that relying on this method to muddle through for a while shouldn't be a big problem.

In addition, this publicity fund was also used to bribe some self-media and marketing accounts, so that they could forward it and then make some "analysis."

The so-called analysis was nothing more than further directing the players' attention to *Fitness Battle*.

Because it was still promoting its own products and there was no fabrication, this was not a violation of the rules.

After everything was arranged, Meng Chang finally felt relieved.

He wanted to stay in the company for a while longer, but it was already time to get off work.

He had no choice but to go home very reluctantly and continue to pay attention to the development of the situation at home.