January 19th, Thursday.

Pei Qian had just woken up when he saw Ma Yang had sent him the livestream script for the “merchandise selling” fully automatic intelligent troll machine.

“The efficiency is too high, isn’t it?”

“Huh? No, did they work overtime?”

Pei Qian immediately called Ma Yang to question him.

Ma Yang hurriedly replied: “No, Brother Qian, this is just a draft. Chen Yufeng finished it yesterday afternoon. Since he directly looked up all the parameters and data, it came out pretty quickly.”

“This isn’t the final version. We’ll still make revisions during the day today, and the livestream won’t be until tonight.”

“Tenda’s principles are no overtime. I’m a good employee who strictly adheres to the Tenda spirit. How could I possibly make everyone work overtime? Don’t worry, Brother Qian, this kind of thing is absolutely impossible!”

Pei Qian hung up the phone with satisfaction.

Good, look at Old Ma’s dedication!

If only everyone at Tenda had this kind of dedication!

Wait a moment.

Pei Qian suddenly realized that it seemed like almost everyone at Tenda now had this kind of dedication, but his situation still hadn’t improved. Although people didn’t work overtime, the company continued to make money just the same…

Pei Qian silently sighed. Every time he thought about this, he felt melancholy.

Better take a look at the script first.

Pei Qian read through the livestream script for the fully automatic intelligent troll machine from beginning to end. He found that it detailed the product’s specific attributes, including how many speakers it had, what the exact parameters were, how it compared to audio systems at the same price point, and what the price differences were.

Besides that, it also included an audio quality comparison segment, comparing sound quality with several other brand audio systems, including products worth several thousand to tens of thousands of yuan.

This kind of livestream show needed comparisons to make good content. If they only reviewed the fully automatic intelligent troll machine, they’d run out of parameters to mention in a few minutes and couldn’t sustain the livestream’s duration.

Pei Qian was fairly satisfied with this script.

Anyway, as long as they honestly compared it with other audio systems and truthfully pointed out the issues, that would be enough to deter some potential customers.

After all, the fully automatic intelligent troll machine didn’t have any exclusive technology. The sound quality was no different from a 2,000 yuan domestic soundbar, plus with the few hundred yuan for the troll machine itself, it would suddenly appear very poor in value for money.

Pei Qian immediately messaged Ma Yang: “Good, further refine this script, perfect it, pay more attention to details and it’ll be perfect!”

Anyway, this comparison review included audio systems worth thousands to tens of thousands of yuan. In terms of details, the fully automatic intelligent troll machine worth two thousand yuan absolutely couldn’t compete.

By scrutinizing the details more, creating an impression for all viewers that the intelligent troll machine wasn’t very particular about details and had poor quality, it would definitely deter quite a few consumers who were still hesitant.

…

On the other side, upon receiving Pei Qian’s message, Ma Yang immediately replied “okay” and then found Chen Yufeng.

Chen Yufeng was the behind-the-scenes person in charge of Ma Yang’s livestreams. Since taking on the responsibility of providing content for Mr. Ma’s broadcasts, he had been working diligently, handling every detail with extreme caution. Before each livestream, other team members would proofread multiple times, even scrutinizing word choices, and there definitely couldn’t be any errors in the data.

Chen Yufeng knew well that what Mr. Ma was doing now would attract a lot of hatred. There were definitely many companies that despised him, scrutinizing everything with a magnifying glass to find problems.

And Mr. Ma was livestreaming, not making videos – if data was wrong, it would be recorded and viciously attacked.

What Mr. Ma was doing, whether called product showcasing or reviewing and exposing fraud, ultimately needed credibility above all.

Once the script had small errors, credibility would inevitably decline over time, and that was something very difficult to repair.

Therefore, Chen Yufeng always worked particularly seriously.

At this moment, he was still modifying the script word by word, preparing for the last show before New Year, reviewing their own fully automatic intelligent troll machine.

Chen Yufeng didn’t know why they had to review this product, but since it was a task personally assigned by Mr. Pei and Mr. Ma, who repeatedly emphasized they should be as straightforward as before, he could only prepare with full dedication, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

As for the other team members, they each handled their duties – some responsible for verifying data, others adjusting equipment.

Chen Yufeng was checking a piece of data in the script when Ma Yang came over.

“I just showed the script to Mr. Pei, and he was fairly satisfied. However, he hopes the script can be further refined and perfected, especially the details – we need to scrutinize them more.”

Chen Yufeng was stunned: “Need to scrutinize the details even more? Did Mr. Pei say specifically how to scrutinize?”

Ma Yang said: “Do we need to ask Mr. Pei about this? Of course we should think of it ourselves.”

Chen Yufeng thought about it and it did make sense – bothering Mr. Pei with such trivial matters was obviously inappropriate.

But the problem was, how could they scrutinize the details further?

He had already listed all the audio parameters for the intelligent troll machine, arranged for listening tests – how could they scrutinize more details?

Get a macro lens to show viewers the craftsmanship details?

But the exterior wouldn’t reveal anything special. These were all modern manufacturing products with high pass rates; the appearance couldn’t possibly have roughness, unevenness, or similar defects.

Chen Yufeng suddenly had a flash of inspiration: “Got it! Why don’t we just disassemble them! Take apart all the audio systems – there must be differences in the internal details!”

Ma Yang nodded: “Good idea! Any other details? Think more?”

Chen Yufeng thought hard for a while, but genuinely couldn’t come up with anything else.

“How about, Mr. Ma, we ask OTTO Tech’s Mr. Chang? Have him briefly introduce the unique details of this audio system compared to others. We’d still be honest with the audience – that shouldn’t violate any rules, right?” Chen Yufeng said.

Ma Yang considered: “That works. We’re livestreaming tonight – time’s tight. Mr. Pei wants details, so we can only ask Chang You.”

“Alright, leave this to me – I’ll get it from him.”

Ma Yang turned to make a phone call while Chen Yufeng immediately revised the livestream script, adding the disassembly segment. He also arranged for technical staff to disassemble all these audio systems first to study them, to avoid any mishaps during the broadcast.

Soon after, Ma Yang returned.

“Done! Chang You said he’ll send us a document right away with all the special features of the fully automatic intelligent troll machine – we can arrange according to that.”

Chen Yufeng hesitated: “Mr. Ma, OTTO Tech seems to have given this quite readily. They’re probably doing it out of interdepartmental courtesy. During livestream, should we be a bit more lenient?”

Ma Yang glared: “Of course not! Things are what they are. Mr. Pei’s specified Tenda spirit is being truthful! Mr. Pei repeatedly emphasized we should be stricter with our own products – how can we make exceptions?”

Chen Yufeng nodded: “Got it, Mr. Ma.”

Good, now that Mr. Ma had spoken, things were clear.

Chen Yufeng had asked partly because he was worried about awkward situations later and ending up taking the blame. Now that Mr. Ma had spoken, and given Mr. Ma’s personality, even if there were consequences, he’d take responsibility alone. Chen Yufeng no longer worried.

Soon, OTTO Tech sent over the document about the fully automatic intelligent troll machine.

Chen Yufeng opened it and was immediately dumbfounded.

“What? This troll machine has so many functions?”

“It can compose poetry automatically?”

“It can recite dialogues?”

“It also has a trolling mode?”

“We already knew about the trolling mode, but poetry composition and dialogue recitation – seems like no one’s paid much attention to these? The official hasn’t made a big deal about them either?”

Chen Yufeng was somewhat surprised.

Regarding the fully automatic intelligent troll machine, he had done some research. He knew the AI was quirky – in trolling mode, it could annoy people to the point of wanting to destroy things.

But the automatic poetry function seemed unheard of before?

According to the document, it appeared the relevant database hadn’t been perfected before, and now that it was finally ready, this function had just been updated recently.

The dialogue function he’d heard about, but the dialogues were all from “Sea Fortress” DLC. However, this time OTTO Tech sent over not just “Sea Fortress” dialogues but several other dialogue segments too – their origins were unclear.

Chen Yufeng looked at Ma Yang: “Mr. Ma, add all these details too?”

Ma Yang nodded: “Of course! Mr. Pei said to scrutinize every detail – definitely need to add them all! Hurry and prepare!”

Chen Yufeng felt the pressure mounting and quickly gathered the team to delegate different tasks, rushing to prepare.

As for Ma Yang himself, he held a fully automatic intelligent troll machine, continuously pressing the little stick on it, waiting for the machine to respond again.

He repeated this back and forth, enjoying it tirelessly.

…

Meanwhile, Pei Qian had already finished breakfast and arrived at work.

As New Year approached, most departments had completed their work assignments, and everyone seemed a bit unfocused.

Pei Qian was delighted about this, hoping everyone would maintain this slacking state indefinitely.

Upon arriving at the office, his first task was to call Assistant Xin over to ask about the Spring Festival advertising arrangements.

Assistant Xin reported methodically with her notebook: “Currently, promotional work is mainly arranged in Jingzhou, as well as major cities like Imperial Capital, Magic Capital, Yang City, and Peng City, including subway ads, billboards, office building ad spaces, etc., all set up.”

“Promotions are mostly for Slackin’ Internet Café, Slackin’ Delivery, Tree Sloth Apartments, Headwind Logistics, Tuoguan Fitness and other physical industries. Each industry hired different celebrities as spokespersons. All promotional materials are ready and will be fully launched during Spring Festival.”

“The only minor issue is that some cities might not have these industries yet. For example, Tree Sloth Apartments currently only exists in Jingzhou, so advertising in Imperial Capital and Magic Capital might be a bit… premature?”

Pei Qian smiled slightly: “Not premature at all – the timing is just right!”

It was better if other cities didn’t have these industries! Then the advertising would be wasted, and the money would be spent for nothing!

Choosing to advertise in Jingzhou was because these industries were already well-known there anyway – a little more advertising wouldn’t make things worse.

Choosing to advertise in super-tier cities like Imperial Capital and Magic Capital was because advertising costs were high there.

With limited time for spending money, advertising nationwide was unrealistic. Focusing on key cities ensured proper fund allocation.

Assistant Xin continued: “Also, Mr. Pei, here’s the specific plan and agenda for this year’s annual meeting. It’s been ready for a while, but you’ve been too busy to review it.”

She handed over a document as she spoke.

Pei Qian took it and set it aside: “Alright, I’ll review it when I have time. That’s all for now. I’ll call if I need anything else.”