Ch. 9 - Going Viral on Headlines and Trending Again
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Hiss— Xu Huan finally understood where his uneasy feeling had been coming from. This guy was absolutely ruthless. Everyone else by now had already lost their composure and started raging online, launching attacks on the internet. Only this Zhao Ming guy acted like nothing had happened.
He hadn't even bothered coming after them. Instead, he caught the mole and mercilessly sent him straight to prison. Just focusing on prosecuting the mole alone meant they couldn't save that insider even if they wanted to. The guy hadn't even sued them, so what business did they have getting involved?
Xu Huan waved his subordinates away. Looking at Polar Star Games Company's official website on his computer screen, he wondered what gave this guy such confidence. Could he really have an even better concept than “Cyber Blue Star: 2077” ready to turn into a game?
Xu Huan's concerns weren't unfounded. Generally, people who threw everything into one desperate gamble fell into two categories—either they were amateurs who would end up dying miserably, or they were geniuses who would shock the world.
Clearly, this Zhao Ming didn't seem like the first type. If he was the second type, once this guy's new game won awards at the [Anti-War Competition], that would be trouble. The [Anti-War Competition]'s rewards for winning entries and their year-long promotional support were so massive that even Emperor Penguin Group, a Fortune 500 company, had no way to counter them.
After all, it was a competition jointly hosted by the Six Major Federations. No matter how powerful they were, they were still just a corporation. How could they possibly oppose the federations?
If Polar Star Games Company survived that year, or if they kept causing trouble for Emperor Penguin Group during that year of federal promotional support, it would be incredibly annoying. They had encountered this situation before. So the group later learned from their painful experience and directly increased their investments.
No matter which game they decided to copy, they would increase the investment tenfold compared to the original, ensuring that when the original game designer participated in the [Anti-War Competition], they would be directly defeated and unable to make a comeback. Without federal support, they naturally couldn't compete with Emperor Penguin Group.
But now... Xu Huan frowned deeply and called over a subordinate.
"Go find out where Hao Wen is being held. Ask him if Zhao Ming said anything useful when he made his move, or if he saw anything. Polar Star Games is too quiet. Something's not right."
Xu Huan continued, "Also send a few people to keep watch on Polar Star Games Company. Try to make contact with other employees. See if you can find out what kind of game their boss Zhao Ming is working on now, what general type it is. Hurry up."
Just from the official website's name, it seemed to be similar to “Cyber Blue Star: 2077,” except... World War II? Could it be the subsequent development of the “Cyber Blue Star: 2077” world? Interstellar warfare?
If that was the case, it could indeed attract quite a few people. But in the end, it was just a name. After thinking for a long time, Xu Huan couldn't figure anything out, so he could only try to get information from Polar Star Games' employees.
His subordinate's expression grew serious upon hearing this. "Understood. I'll arrange it right away." He hurried out to arrange personnel, pulling up the previously collected employee data from Polar Star Games Company, preparing to continue their efforts to turn them.
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Nightfall. Sky Shark Streaming, Gaming Section. Mo Xiaomo's livestream room.
"How was that one-versus-seven play, guys? Smash that follow button if you liked it~ Next round the streamer's going for a one-versus-ten!"
[Already getting cocky?]
[LOL, Mo Xiaomo's daily ego trip.]
[Sniper squad is in position! It's hunting time!]
[Streamer, prepare to die!]
[Looks pretty good actually. Where can I download this game, streamer?]
[A female player can play this well? Isn't this actually a femboy?!]
[Hiss—]
[That makes sense! Is the streamer a femboy? Even more exciting!!!]
Seeing the bullet comments gradually going off-topic, Mo Xiaomo's face flushed red. "The streamer is female! Female!!! Stop discriminating against female players! Oh right, you can download this game on the Sky Shark platform. The game's name is..."
Mo Xiaomo's seamless topic change immediately drew laughter from her livestream room.
[6666, just going to gloss over that, huh.]
[Wait, aren't you going to prove it? Why are you changing the subject!]
[Right! Prove it now!]
[Just cosplay as Star Goddess.]
[The guy above is dreaming. Little Mo has the will but not the... assets for that.]
[Star Goddess is 36G, Mo Xiaomo's flat as an airport landing…]
[Tsk…]
[Hey hey hey, that's straight-up mockery. Can't let that slide, Little Mo!]
Looking at the floating bullet comments, Mo Xiaomo felt like crying. She looked down at herself.
Was she really that small?
Then she caught sight of her belly...
Never mind...
Suddenly, ten super starships floated across the livestream. One super starship cost five thousand Federation coins, so ten of them was fifty thousand Federation coins.
Mo Xiaomo's eyes widened as she shouted excitedly:
"Thank you Polar Star Games Zhao Ming for sending ten Super Starships!!! Thank you, Boss Zhao!" Wishing the boss... huh?! Polar Star Games?"
Looking at the name Polar Star Games Zhao Ming, Mo Xiaomo suddenly remembered.
Wasn't this the company that made “Cyber Blue Star: 2077”?
Their boss seemed to be named Zhao Ming too.
Yesterday, she looked at the company’s official website.
Since only a day had passed, she shouldn't have remembered wrong.
Yesterday when she checked Polar Star Games Company’s website, it indicated that they were going to launch a new game. Could he be looking for her to promote it?
At that moment, bullet comments with gorgeous, luxurious frames floated by.
[Polar Star Games Zhao Ming: No need to be polite. You didn't play the pirated version, so you deserve this. In a few days, when the [Anti-War Competition] opens, we'll invite a batch of streamers to experience our new game. Interested?]
Mo Xiaomo's eyes lit up.
The boss of Polar Star Games Company seemed pretty interesting.
He definitely had something going on. The buzz would definitely be good, so Mo Xiaomo immediately agreed.
"No problem, boss! I'll have my assistant contact you privately~"
Gorgeous, luxurious bullet comment frames floated by.
[Polar Star Games Zhao Ming: OK.]
Then he left the livestream room.
Mo Xiaomo couldn't help but comment.
"Now that's a real boss. Drops the money and leaves. Look at that. It must be my sincerity that moved the boss~Hahahaha~"
Bullet comments floated up.
[LOL, stop being narcissistic. This boss has been hitting up the entire gaming section. You're the last one!]
[That's right. Seems like streamers who didn't broadcast “Wasteland Future: 2100” yesterday all got Super Starship donations.]
[Exactly. This boss is savage. Yesterday streamers who did broadcast “Wasteland Future: 2100” also got donations, but the boss used a Supreme Halo effect to give them free fish food.]
[Holy crap? Now that's playing mind games. Supreme Halo just gives special effects when you talk, right?]
[Yep. Normally giving fish food has no effects, but he spent hundreds of thousands of Federation coins to get that Supreme Halo, so even fish food donations get supreme effects.]
[Anyone got recordings? I suddenly really want to see those streamers' amazing expressions, hahaha.]
[Actually, someone did edit a compilation and uploaded it to short video platforms. It's already trending.]
[Holy crap? It actually made trending? This boss knows marketing.]
Meanwhile, inside Polar Star Games Company, Zhao Ming leaned back in his chair and scrolled through his phone. He quickly found another competitive gaming streamer and checked their streaming history—no broadcasts of the plagiarized “Wasteland Future: 2100.”
Swoosh swoosh swoosh—
Several super starships were sent out.
The five million Federation coins Shen Qinghan had transferred that afternoon were already half spent in just this short evening.
But the effect was excellent too.
The story of a mysterious big spender appearing on Sky Shark Streaming and spending over two million in two hours had already reached fifth place on Federal Headlines. Clicking into it also revealed that many people in the comments had already started talking about who this mysterious big spender was.
After all, Zhao Ming hadn't hidden his name—it was directly shown as Polar Star Games Zhao Ming. Combined with Emperor Penguin Group's plagiarism incident, netizens who loved drama were already getting excited.
They were just waiting to watch both sides tear into each other.