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Chapter 233 - 232 I’ve Never Seen the Marketing Department of Nitiandang

Chapter 233: Chapter 232 I’ve Never Seen the Marketing Department of Nitiandang

Hou Ji also felt injustice for "Road Rage Simulator","Seeing these discussions on the forum just makes me angrier and angrier. I really have to wonder, are these people hired keyboard warriors or digital beings?"

"In other games, there’s content like murder, arson, and robbery. At most, ’Road Rage Simulator’ might involve a bit of illegal driving, right? How does that lead to bad influence?"

"What about the war criminals in other games then?"

"Should players of P Company’s games be executed by firing squad?"

"Damn it, give me a keyboard, and I’ll go argue with them right now!"

Others hurriedly advised him, "Brother Hou, let it go. Although you are the king of the keyboard, it’s still a bit too hard to confront digital beings, after all, it’s hard to fight against overwhelming odds!"

Zhuge Jun also sighed, "Yeah, they get paid to post, what do you have to compare with them?"

Seeing these mindless negative comments, they also naturally wanted to refute them.

But deep down they were very clear that such rebuttals were futile; the comments of just a few people could never fundamentally turn the tide of public opinion.

Zhuge Jun looked at Gu Fan with some curiosity, "Manager, isn’t this the official experience store for Nitiandang? Do you have any plans to deal with this kind of public opinion offensive?"

Gu Fan shook his head slightly, "How would I know that? I’ve never even met anyone from Nitiandang’s marketing department."

Zhuge Jun thought about it and it made sense; after all, the physical store and the marketing and public relations department are probably two different systems. This manager is only a manager of a physical store, and even if you speak highly of him, at most he’s just responsible for the offline stores. It’s normal not to know the marketing department heads.

But Hou Ji was still a bit unwilling to let go, "Can’t you just ask for the contact information in a roundabout way?"

Since they are all part of the same company’s internal system, you should be able to find the contact information in the internal office software, right?

Gu Fan shook his head slightly, "Oh, you might have misunderstood me. I meant, Nitiandang doesn’t have a marketing department at all."

Zhuge Jun almost spat out in shock, "Then you say you’ve never seen anyone from the marketing department!"

Gu Fan nodded, as a matter of course, "Yeah, I really haven’t, because it doesn’t exist. There’s nothing wrong with that."

Hou Ji was at a loss for words, "Manager, this isn’t the time for cold jokes!"

He curiously asked Zhuge Jun, "So how would Nitiandang respond to this kind of situation?"

Zhuge Jun was silent for a moment, then said helplessly, "I’m afraid... Nitiandang’s response is to be passive... they won’t make any response at all.

"After all, when their games were previously caught in public controversies, Nitiandang never responded, not even releasing a minor update after the game’s release.

"Game updates? All rely on the passionate players to provide their love and effort, developing mods themselves."

Hou Ji’s mouth was agape; he too became speechless.

Good grief, this is the first time I’ve seen such an outrageous game company!

Indeed, how could a company so passive that it doesn’t even bother with normal game updates concern itself with a public opinion storm?

But seeing "Road Rage Simulator" being attacked out of the blue by the whole network, everyone still felt frustrated.

Gu Fan smiled lightly, "It doesn’t matter. Just enjoy the game. As for public opinion... let the bullets fly for a while longer."

...

In the evening, Heilong’s live-streaming room.

He hadn’t officially started streaming yet, only to check the backend for banned accounts and this made him feel a headache coming on.

The never-ending Black Pieces!

The controversy over "Road Rage Simulator" had erupted suddenly today, and Heilong was clearly right in the thick of it.

This afternoon, he had started streaming as usual, planning to continue riding a motorcycle to complete the "66 hours without violations" challenge, when suddenly a barrage of discordant messages started appearing in the chat, some with particularly nasty insults.

The accusations mirrored those online, nothing more than claims of negative influence and the like.

Heilong was speechless. How was it a bad influence?

If I drive recklessly in a game, does it mean viewers will definitely do so in real life?

If I play action games and kill someone, will people imitate that and kill someone in real life?

If I drop a nuclear bomb on another country in a business simulation game, will someone imitate that and actually launch a nuke?

Honestly, driving violations in games are among the most trivial things gamers do.

But perhaps it’s precisely because it’s so close to reality that such a storm of public opinion has arisen.

At first, Heilong didn’t take it too seriously and continued to drive conscientiously in his stream, while his moderators diligently banned the troublemakers.

But unexpectedly, after banning a dozen accounts, it was all in vain and the situation worsened instead.

Heilong had to admit, rather helplessly, that the rhythm had been fully set!

This topic suddenly caught fire, could there be an internet army pushing the wave? There most likely was.

But as things have developed to this stage, indeed, many netizens have been led astray by the internet army, truly believing that this is promoting bad driving habits and could potentially cause others to imitate them in real life.

Therefore, the accounts that are banned at this time may already include many that are not internet armies, but ordinary onlookers who got swept up in the rhythm.

But what worried Heilong even more was still ahead.

If the scope of this public opinion storm was wide enough and lasted long enough, then he would almost certainly receive a warning from the super moderators, and it was even possible that his live streaming room would be banned or required to make corrections, no longer allowing similar content to be streamed.

Strictly speaking, was there anything illegal or against regulations in his live streams?

No.

However, the self-inspection mechanism of live streaming platforms is very strict. Just like how the "borderline" content for many female live streamers should be defined? Which parts are allowable to show as borderline, and which parts are not? There isn’t really a clear standard.

Whether a live streaming platform decides to ban is only determined by two things. The first is how many people report it, and the second is the subjective judgment of the super moderator.

Game streamers like Heilong are in the same situation. Though no department has explicitly stated that you can’t live stream speeding in games, but if enough people report it, the live streaming platform might decide to stop such content in favor of less hassle.

If it really came to that, Heilong’s live room could also face deductions in points or a reduction in recommendation weight.

Rather than being banned by the live streaming platform, it would be better to voluntarily give in and refrain from streaming similar content.

Heilong sighed, clearly facing a difficult choice at this time.

The live streaming heat these past few days had been incredibly high, especially after he announced that he would be riding a motorcycle to challenge the record of 66 days without any traffic violations, when the popularity reached an unprecedented peak.

If nothing unexpected happened, this live stream’s heat would be enough to sustain him for a week or two.

What about live streaming other content now? Or more bluntly, streaming other games as a substitute?

Obviously neither would work; at that point, the popularity of his live room would certainly plummet off a cliff.

Therefore, Heilong was not willing to give up and felt wronged, but he didn’t have any good solutions.

With just ten minutes left before the evening’s live streaming time, Heilong couldn’t make up his mind about what to do.

"Why not ask the other streamers what they plan to do?"

Thinking of this, Heilong took out his phone and sent Chen Tingquan a voice message to share his troubles.

Heilong knew Chen Tingquan had lots of cunning ideas and a quick mind, but he didn’t hold out much hope because it was tough to turn around such public opinion alone, even for a big streamer.

The moment Chen Tingquan heard Heilong put it this way, he took it very seriously.

"Hm? Now that you mention it, this is indeed a serious problem!

"If nothing unexpected happens, my live room will certainly be affected tonight!

"You can’t just not stream, I have more than half of my live streaming heat on you right now, you’re currently the top contender in my live room!

"If you can’t stream this anymore, I’ll have to go back to appraising treasures, that won’t do, I need to think of ideas for program effects.

"Let me think carefully about what to do!"

Chen Tingquan put on his signature thoughtful expression and began to brainstorm.

He and Heilong are different; Chen Tingquan doesn’t stream in the afternoon and only does so in the evening, so his live room hasn’t been hit yet.

However, judging from Heilong’s situation, it’s very likely that his live session tonight will be bombarded.

Chen Tingquan’s current live content is "Electronic Cricket Fighting," which involves selecting riders from the motorcyclist celebrities in the game "Road Rage Simulator" to form groups, allowing viewers to place bets on who would "die" fast, early, or least often.

As a popular candidate, Heilong had brought at least one-third of the traffic to him.

If Heilong stopped streaming this content, then many other top streamers would definitely see the trend and choose to switch their streaming content.

With only some smaller streamers left, Chen Tingquan’s live broadcast effects would be ruined!

So as a lazy dog, as a streamer who only desired to ride on popularity without any particular skills, Chen Tingquan was more eager than Heilong to reverse the current passive situation.

But what exactly should he do?

Suddenly, Chen Tingquan had a brainwave and thought of a good idea.

"Brother Long, are you willing to bleed a bit?"

Heilong was somewhat confused at first: "What do you mean exactly? Spend money?"

Chen Tingquan nodded: "Yeah, what else could it be, actual blood? Of course, it’s about spending money."

Without any hesitation, Heilong replied, "Of course I’m willing!"

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