Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 16: The Media that Sets the Rhythm

Lincoln didn't respond to Edmund, instead, he clicked on the link, curious to see which unscrupulous tabloid, dared to agitate in the face of such a strong backlash.

As soon as the page switched, the four big characters of Sanwen Media leapt into view.

Well, well, an old acquaintance.

Next, he took a look at the content.

"Today, Lincoln, a college student known to have maligned the National Innovation Technology Company, has released a video with questionable authenticity."

Good, starting with putting a hat (label) on him, it's rightly flavored.

"He claims that he made huge innovations in less than a week, completely overturning the state of virtual reality devices. He even described the effects of this technology as: allowing real people to enter the virtual world."

When did I say real people could enter the virtual world? Wasn't I talking about consciousness?

"Netizens generally believe that the authenticity of his statements is very doubtful, and there is a high possibility of fabrication."

In general? Aren't most people cheering and tooting rainbow farts?

"Two pieces of evidence have been identified for his suspected forgery:

Firstly, Lincoln, with only college-level education and not even graduated yet. It has been specifically investigated and confirmed that he has no experience of internship in a laboratory. Hence, his scientific research ability is highly doubtful.

Not to mention, the equipment effects demonstrated in his video are completely detached from reality.

There are over a hundred thousand or even more researchers worldwide engaged in R&D of virtual reality devices, including some of the world's top scientists. No individual or organization believes that the above-mentioned effects can be achieved."

Thus, the possibility of Lincoln's forgery is high.

Many people may ask, what is the purpose of this college student with a bad track record? Is it just to assert his ego with netizens?

In the latter part of his video, he advertised a game. The author believes that this reveals his purpose.

This is also the second piece of evidence to confirm his forgery, Lincoln had always been diligently working part-time and paying for his own study and living expenses through scholarships and part-time jobs.

His source of income was lost when he fell into a vortex of public opinion because of his own mistakes.

However, instead of reflecting on his own mistakes, he tasted the benefits of popularity from the rapid increase of more than a hundred thousand followers in just a few days.

Later, he went overboard seeking public attention, bumping porcelain (gaining attention or making trouble) NetDragon, and gaining popularity.

In the dark, he contacted a third-rate game studio and made a shoddy game in a few days.

Then he made a fake video to push the heat to the top, making himself a god. Then he raises the game to swindle the unsuspecting netizens at the height of his popularity!

This is a typical method of harvesting black Internet traffic!

His video, no one knows how much assistance he has received from other people or companies, the special effects were produced brilliantly and can almost be considered real.

However, deceiving netizens as fools is really underestimating the wisdom of netizens!

Seeing a good child who worked hard and studied all the way to university, falling to where he is now, the author is also very distressed. Sincerely hope he can wake up early, repent and turn back!"

Seeing this act of evading weight and inverting black and white, Lincoln could only exclaim in admiration!

The key is, the logic surprisingly flowed well! This is really absurd!

Speaking of, would anyone actually believe this?

Not to mention if the person mentioned above wasn't me, I would almost believe it! There is a reason why this unscrupulous media could last for so long.

He is very clear that the average IQ of Internet users is not that high, and now with his name as a traffic password, this post from a different perspective naturally attracted a lot of traffic, many people must have been deceived.

But when he opened the comment section of this post, he unexpectedly found that it had been completely occupied by gamers.

At least they are right in saying, "Deceiving all netizens as fools is really underestimating the wisdom of netizens!"

Not mentioning anything else, when a group of players can't wait to play a new game, their wisdom and hands-on ability are at least seven times that in their daily life!

Especially when someone is creating difficulties, hindering them from playing a new game they are interested in.

"Lmao, you think you're the only one controlling the rhythm! Look at the previous posts you made, how many of them are true!"

"I was skeptical at first, but when I saw your post on Sanwen Media claiming it was fake, I finally felt at ease to wait for the game to be released. Thank you, mate!"

"No wonder they're the famous Xiajing money swallowers, look at this dexterity in riding on the rhythm, so professional."

"Leaving the facts aside, he's not wrong."

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Among the countless sarcastic remarks and invectives from the players, the article carefully crafted by Sanwen Media completely failed to meet their expectations and failed to ride any rhythm.

Generally speaking, the collective player community rarely throws heavy punches online.

Unless they are fighting with stupid planners, they generally do not get riled up, so they are rarely interested in the various online rhythms.

But right now, they're too excited!

The groundbreaking gaming experience shown by Lincoln has left everyone dazzled, wishing they could jump right into his house and try it out.

Under these circumstances, anyone who hinders them from experiencing it a day sooner is their mortal enemy!

In fact, some people are already rushing to Lincoln's place based on the address leaked online, and their numbers are quite significant!

They're not very clear about what they can do once they get there, but they just can't help but want to check it out.

At this moment, Gary is sitting in the office, preparing for a high-level meeting.

This is not just about the public opinion issue of NetDragon being bombarded by netizens, but a more serious issue: Will Lincoln's technology completely shake NetDragon's leading position in the gaming industry?

This is no longer a simple public relations incident, so all the executives will be attending to discuss the response.

Rite now, Gary's thinking has changed. His previous strategy was a high-pressure strategy: As the top dog in the gaming industry, can NetDragon be messed with by anyone? Just shut him up!

But now--

Offer money! A car! A house! Anything! Strive for forgiveness as soon as possible, turn enemies into friends, and buy the technology!

If you can't buy it, strive for cooperation. If you can't get cooperation, you must at least get a technology license at the very least!

No matter the cost!

This was his final self-rescue plan before taking the blame.

If he keeps letting things get worse and NetDragon suffers massive losses, he would have to prepare to pack up and leave!

His mobile phone on the table started vibrating, he looked at the caller ID and casually picked up: "Hello?"

"Old Zhang, it's no good, this can't be done. We've already sent out our best writers, but it's no use, we can't ride the rhythm at all, it's all just cursing, no one believes it."

"You'd better find someone more talented, I can't do it." The boss of Sanwen Media was grumbling about his inability to handle this task.

"All right, if you can't do it, leave it. Let it be for now. I've a meeting later, gotta hang up."

He was just giving it a try anyway, to see if he could cause some hesitation among his competitors and delay them a little. If it works, great, if not, so be it.

Anyway, after this incident, Sanwen Media is basically half dead. Why not make use of it while it's still slightly useful?

Who's to blame for such stupidity of their boss?

The really important part is the upcoming meeting, where he must do his best to persuade all the senior executives to change their approach.

If he fails, the consequences will be grave.

Gary is very certain that right at this moment, competitors are rushing to Lincoln's place.

They were already in a hostile state with Lincoln and are now even further behind their competitors.

One step behind, lagging at every step! One careless move, and the leading position of NetDragon in the industry could be shaken.

Thinking of this, he felt a heavy burden on his shoulders.

For some reason, he always felt somewhat uneasy, sensing that things might not go smoothly in the future.