Chapter 192 The Master's New Angle

After watching Qiao Liang’s video, Pei Qian fell into a long silence.

It wasn't that he thought what Qiao Liang said made sense, but that he was shocked by the endless ways he could sing its praises!

This Old Qiao, he always seemed to be able to come up with new tricks!

Actually, for the game *Mission and Choice*, Pei Qian didn't think it would have a big reversal like *Islands of Salvation* or *Struggle*.

After all, although *Mission and Choice* had subverted the traditional RTS gameplay in terms of gameplay, this subversion was still within the players' understanding, and it wouldn't cause huge controversy at the beginning of its release like *Islands of Salvation* and *Struggle*.

What's more, the main discussion hotspots in the early stage of *Mission and Choice* were all concentrated on its plot.

So after seeing the initial evaluations from players, Pei Qian thought that this was about as far as it could be praised.

The plot, gameplay, graphics, etc. had all been praised, so what else could be praised?

Even if Old Qiao made a video, at most he would just repeat these aspects, right?

But he never expected that Qiao Liang would actually find a new angle!

This time, the content that Qiao Liang emphasized had two points: one was "milestone significance," and the other was "production mode."

The milestone significance referred to the fact that the previous *Mission and Choice* was a symbol of the weakness and powerlessness of domestic games compared to *Fantasy Battle*; and now the comparison between *Mission and Choice* and *Fantasy Battle Remastered* was a symbol of the rapid rise of domestic games!

This was an important milestone event for the development of domestic games.

The production mode referred to the fact that game production had begun to break away from the unstable creative mode of small workshops relying on designers' inspiration, and was gradually moving towards the heavy industrial creative mode of professional division of labor among various departments and stable output of high-quality works.

Once these two points were brought up, the whole video's aim was instantly elevated!

Because this video wasn't analyzing how the game *Mission and Choice* itself was, but jumping out of the limitations of thinking and elevating to the height of the entire domestic game circle.

Just like the fifteenth year of Wanli seemed to be just an ordinary year, but historians saw the various signs of the rise and fall of the dynasty through the events that happened in this year, so this year would be recorded in history as a key node, and every detail would be repeatedly studied as an entry point!

The more Pei Qian watched, the colder he felt.

This Old Qiao, he's trying to kill me!

Judging from the way he's praising it, does he want to erect a monument for me?

With the words: Pei Qian, the savior of domestic games, eternally immortal?

Don't do it!

If this monument is really erected, can I still lose money making games in the future? Wouldn't domestic players buy them like crazy regardless of the consequences?

"My handsome and intelligent player masters, please don't listen to his nonsense!" Pei Qian prayed secretly.

However, he flipped through the comments and bullet comments of the video a little, and his heart became even colder.

"What he said makes so much sense! Heavy industrial movies, heavy industrial games, so there's such a thing!"

"Actually, I had a vague feeling before that this game was a little different from Tengda's previous games, but I couldn't say it. After watching this video, I understand, this is what I wanted to say!"

"Looking at it this way, the release of *Mission and Choice* is really a matter of great historical significance! Maybe when my grandson asks about it in the future, I can proudly say: the original *Mission and Choice* symbolizes the dark age of domestic games, while the remastered *Mission and Choice* symbolizes the glorious age of domestic games!"

"Enough said, this game with great commemorative significance must be bought like crazy!"

"I'm going to recommend it to my friends around me!"

Pei Qian: "..."

Seeing these comments, he was simply crying without tears, and he was anxious.

He could consider taking the blame for other things, but he absolutely couldn't take the blame for being a "milestone in the development of domestic games"!

Once he took it, all future games would be under the spotlight and would be popular before they were released. How could he lose money?

You must know that the Tengda Games Department is the core business department of Tengda Group, and it earns the most money. Although it is now as difficult as climbing to the sky to lose money, there is still a glimmer of opportunity.

If the blame for the "milestone" is really put on him, then it will really be impossible to lose money in the future!

What to do?

Pei Qian's brain was running fast, thinking about countermeasures.

He flipped through the comments below the video again, and finally found some opposing voices.

These opposing voices felt that Old Qiao was blowing it too much.

The game was a good game, but to say that it was a "milestone in domestic games" or the "beginning of heavy industrial games" was a bit of a stretch.

Especially one of the comments made Pei Qian want to regard him as his soulmate.

"I think Old Qiao's video today is a bit far-fetched! As far as I know, the development process of most game companies is fixed, and Tengda's previous games were mostly the same development process. How did it just happen to become a 'heavy industrial mode' when it came to *Mission and Choice*? The game is a good game, but forced praise is not advisable. I think even President Pei probably didn't consider it so far ahead. He just turned the ideas into games step by step, and the fans imagined too much."

Pei Qian was almost moved to tears.

This brother is really my soulmate!

To tell you the truth, President Pei also just found out about the "heavy industrial mode"!

But such good comments had a mediocre response, and there were even many people opposing them below.

Obviously, most of the audience still recognized the set of arguments in Qiao Liang's video, and felt that the "milestone" and "heavy industrial mode" were both Pei Qian's intention.

How should he prevent these good comments that reflect the truth from being buried?

Pei Qian fell into deep thought.

The first method he thought of was to publicly clarify.

The official could issue an announcement saying that *Mission and Choice* never intended to bear the historical significance of a "milestone," and it had nothing to do with the "heavy industrial mode"?

But Pei Qian thought about it again, and it didn't seem to work.

Because this was likely to have a counterproductive effect. There had been too much false information released in the past in the official capacity, and the players didn't buy it anymore...

For example, *Struggle* deliberately misled players with publicity materials, and *Mission and Choice* deliberately misled players towards *Fitness Battle* before its release. Similar operations had already happened many times.

Moreover, every time false information was released, players interpreted other meanings.

It was like crying "wolf is coming" too many times, and no one believed it anymore!

If he clarified it again officially this time, the players would probably understand that the official was being modest, and would instead strengthen the players' understanding!

Therefore, the credibility of the official account had rotted, and it was useless.

Pei Qian thought about it again. Since the official channels were not working, he could only take unofficial channels.

Hire internet trolls!

Pei Qian had rarely hired internet trolls recently, mainly because the scale of Tengda Group was getting bigger and bigger, and if he wanted to achieve results by hiring internet trolls, the amount of money required would also increase. If he paid out of his own pocket, Pei Qian couldn't afford it.

But this time the situation was different.

Qiao Liang's theory hasn't spread yet, and it's still limited to his video. According to Pei Qian's previous experience, Qiao Liang's video may break out of the circle, but it will take some time.

It may take a day or two to reach the top of the game charts, and it may take three to five days or even longer to reach the top of the entire site, or to produce a break out of the circle effect, and spread wildly on major websites.

Then, during this period of time, hiring internet trolls to concentrate on capturing the comment section of this video, creating the impression that "this video is a bit exaggerated" for everyone, can to a certain extent affect and guide public opinion, thereby reducing the adverse effects that this video may bring!

Time is tight, and no time should be wasted.

Pei Qian made up his mind, and immediately found the contact information of Hu Xiao of "Xiao Fox Reviews", and prepared to discuss with him about hiring internet trolls.

As a professional leader of internet trolls, Hu Xiao was basically online with high intensity all day except for sleeping, so he was contacted quickly.

The last cooperation between the two parties had to be traced back to the release of the movie *A Beautiful Tomorrow*. After such a long time, Hu Xiao almost thought that he had lost this big customer.

Now that he saw this mysterious customer coming to his door again, he was of course overjoyed.

Pei Qian didn't say much of a greeting, and directly stated his request: "I want to hire some internet trolls to capture the comment section of this video. [Web Link]"

"In terms of content, I have thought of some simple content, you let the internet trolls focus on this content to play. [Text Document]"

"I want to buy high-end internet trolls, the kind that people can't see, understand?"

Hu Xiao clicked on the web link and looked at it, a little disappointed.

That's it?

Before, the scope of the battlefield for cooperation was the entire internet, but this time the battlefield was only limited to a video on the Aili Island website?

A little uninteresting.

However, Hu Xiao was a very professional person. Since it was a business, there was no need to dislike this or that. He just had to do his job with the money.

He opened the text document again and looked at it, and found that there were hundreds of words in it, all about the two concepts of "milestone of domestic games" and "heavy industrial mode."

For example, it gave several good games and believed that they were more qualified to be called "milestones of domestic games"; after analyzing *Mission and Choice*, it believed that it was far from the status of "milestone"; it believed that "heavy industrial mode games" was a pseudo concept; *Mission and Choice* did not achieve the "heavy industrial mode" at all, and so on.

The views in this text document were different, for example, some views believed that the "heavy industrial mode" was a false concept and was not applicable to the game field; some views also believed that the "heavy industrial mode" was applicable to the game field, but *Mission and Choice* did not achieve it at all.

In fact, these views seemed different, but they were actually the same purpose: to completely separate *Mission and Choice* from the two concepts of "milestone" and "heavy industrial mode"!