This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends
Chapter 170: We Must Not Sit Idly By as Wu’s Popularity Skyrockets

Chapter 170: Chapter 170: We Must Not Sit Idly By as Wu’s Popularity Skyrockets

"""It’s like a dream, how many domestic standalone games have sold over a million copies? And Wu just sells that many with one demo?"

"One demo selling that number is one thing, but the key is that the game was made by Wu alone, and it only took him a week to do it."

"Damn, everyone says ’the pride of domestic games’ every year, don’t tell me our real ’pride of domestic games’ is actually the celebrity Wu?"

Jiajia’s face was full of amazement as she watched Wu Mu on the screen.

Wu Mu’s singing was good, she could ignore that, and his handsome looks on TV shows, she could ignore those too because she didn’t care about the entertainment industry, and she wasn’t particularly interested in that stuff.

But a celebrity who could casually create a game that sells millions of copies was hard to ignore!

"Ni’er, can you check why my phone keeps popping up these ads?" her mom said as she entered the room.

Then she saw Wu Mu on the screen in front of Jiajia.

Her mom was slightly startled, "Why are you watching Xiao Wu’s program? I thought you didn’t like him?"

Jiajia turned to her mother, her eyes sparkling, "Mom, what you said before was so right, he really is somewhat incredible."

She declared, "Starting today, I’m a fan of his!"

"Hmm?"

...

Wu Mu’s new program definitely went viral.

The program wasn’t even over yet, and all the major platforms were filled with hot searches about him.

On Weibo.

Directly at the top of the trending list.

#WuMuNewGameDemoEarned46Million#

Trending sixth:

#WuMuGameMassivelyFollowedAtParisGameShow#

Eighth:

#WuMuGameTechniques#

Ninth:

#PrideOfDomesticGamesWuMu#

Four out of the top ten were about Wu Mu.

On Donghu as well.

Top of the hot list:

"How do you view celebrity star Wu Mu’s new game ’Vampire Survivor’ at the Paris Game Show?"

Click on it.

Top answer with eight thousand likes.

Game god Luo Xiao: "How do I view it? I watch it on my knees. Speaking as someone in the game industry, starting today, Wu is my idol. Anyone who bad-mouths him, I’ll bad-mouth them."

"Seriously, our company has over twenty people, we worked more than half a year on a game, and only sold two hundred thousand copies, which is actually considered quite impressive in the industry, yet Wu, alone, made a game in a week that sold millions?"

"I can only say that those who don’t understand just watch for fun, but those who understand have already knelt down—this is a true god-tier in the industry."

The second seven thousand six hundred likes.

Software elder Mr. Hua: "Wu Mu’s game is really amazing. Actually, Wu Mu already had some fame in our industry. He once appeared on a program where he applied to work as the chief designer at Mingyu Game Company, and immediately, our industry’s chat groups were buzzing, discussing whether he really could code, and if the codes shown on the program were his own."

"After his small game became open source, I specifically looked into it. Back then, I felt maybe it was just marketing because the code quality of that game was not low, and there were many places where the handling was clearly that of an experienced coder. So I suspected he might have paid an experienced coder to write it in advance and just memorized it to face-recite. But now it seems I thought too much. An old coder helping him with a small game might be possible, but helping him make this kind of game is impossible."

"Coming back to this game, it is just like his previous small game—exceptionally high standard. Many people might see the simple graphics and think maybe Wu just got lucky for it to blow up, but my friend and I dug into the feedback mechanism of his game demo and found it to be extremely precise and simple, just like his coding level; it clearly has a complete set of production ideas inside, he’s been consciously enhancing the feedback points in his game since production started."

Third seven thousand likes...

Not just on Weibo and Donghu, but also on Bilibili, Tieba, Hupu, and so on, all the major platforms are filled with discussions about this.

Just as Lin Qingyue had predicted, Wu Mu’s latest episode has broken through the circle, at least within the gamer community.

The hype was really too much, with just the title, gamers found it hard not to click to see the details.

And the direct result was, even before the episode finished airing, Wu Mu’s Weibo followers had surged by over three hundred thousand.

His new Weibo account originally had only three million followers, which, given his popularity and fame, could be said to be embarrassingly low.

The main reason was a culture had already formed within the circle: aside from clueless bystanders, only fans would hit the follow button on his Weibo.

Other bystanders and anti-fans, even those hidden rational fans, if they clicked to follow his Weibo, it would be tantamount to announcing they were his fans.

So Wu Mu’s Weibo followers never really managed to increase much.

But these not-so-many followers had now surged by over three hundred thousand.

New followers were all leaving comments.

"Didn’t expect a celebrity idol to be so amazing at making games, I’m a fan now, looking forward to your game’s launch."

"Truly refreshed my view of idol fresh meats, never dreamed an idol fresh meat could have this kind of capability, I’ll support your programs from now on."

"Used to just follow for fun, felt your shows were entertaining, now I really can’t help but become a fan."

All were positive!

And the number of positive comments was rapidly increasing!

The anti-fans of Wu Mu who had been closely monitoring events were undoubtedly a bit anxious.

Although Wu’s performance on this episode left their feelings quite mixed—inevitably altering their impression of him a bit—they still couldn’t forgive Wu’s disaster.

No way, they couldn’t just watch this damn guy’s popularity explode; they needed to think of something!

...

While still watching the episode, Han Yan’s phone vibrated. She picked it up, looked, and suddenly burst into laughter, "Haha, the group admin is so savage."

"What happened?" Zhang Li curiously leaned over.

Then she saw the conversation between the group admin and members of the Wu Mu Anti-Fan Group on Han Yan’s screen.

Wu Mu Anti-Fan Group Admin: "Sisters, that damn guy’s popularity is skyrocketing, we absolutely can’t just do nothing!"

The other Wu Mu anti-fans obviously didn’t want to just sit back and watch Wu’s popularity surge, but...

"There’s not much we can do, right? His game is made so well, it’s attracted so many players."

Wu Mu Anti-Fan Group Admin: "I have a way! Everyone quickly go flood his Weibo and various related accounts, make sure none of you support him as a celebrity. If this lazy dog makes money as a celebrity, he won’t make games. We must unite to boycott him being a celebrity so he has no choice but to make games."

Zhang Li: "..."

What a vicious plan!

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