When Qiao Liang first learned about this gaming platform, he hadn’t considered this possibility.
The only connection between the Morning Dew Gaming Platform and Tenda was Meng Chang. But according to Meng Chang himself, his current status was working for various companies creating promotional plans to repay his debt, so it wasn’t surprising that he would cooperate with any company.
If this gaming platform was run by Tenda, they could easily put their own games on it and instantly make it popular.
So, Qiao Liang originally thought there was a greater possibility that this platform had no connection with Tenda, and Meng Chang might genuinely be there just to earn extra money.
He vaguely knew that Tenda had signed a very special contract with Meng Chang. He wasn’t a formal employee and there wasn’t any binding relationship—he could help other companies at any time. This was probably to help Meng Chang repay his debt faster.
So initially, Qiao Liang just assumed Meng Chang had gone to the Morning Dew Gaming Platform to earn some extra money.
But with this series of operations from the Morning Dew Gaming Platform, Qiao Liang suddenly found it familiar.
Meng Chang’s approach seemed to have something to it?
Many people said this promotional plan was extremely stupid.
But Qiao Laoshi knew very well what kind of person Meng Chang was—a marketing master! He had previously created many highly popular marketing plans, and now, learning from Mr. Pei, his skills had improved dramatically when working on the Doubt VR glasses.
Even if he wasn’t putting in his full effort just to make some extra cash, his work shouldn’t be of such poor quality!
Combined with the series of special regulations of the Morning Dew Gaming Platform, Qiao Liang felt something was off.
This was the intuition of an experienced interpreter, skilled at uncovering the truth from various details.
Qiao Liang felt this matter deserved a thorough discussion.
Although he hadn’t analyzed it particularly clearly yet, with Qiao Liang’s abilities, two days for analysis and two days for making the video would be more than enough.
This weekend, around the 26th or 27th, releasing this video to everyone would be no problem!
However, while he was seriously collecting materials, he noticed a new message notification.
“Hmm? Meng Chang is looking for me?”
…
Half an hour later.
After patient and detailed communication, both of them fell into a temporary silence.
Meng Chang felt a sense of fear in retrospect!
Fortunately, he had reached out in advance; otherwise, in another two days, Qiao Laoshi would have released his video!
Qiao Laoshi’s line of thinking was similar to Meng Chang’s, just with some differences in the details. After all, not being an insider and not knowing the inside story, his interpretation wasn’t as perfect.
But even so, Qiao Laoshi’s video would have been enough to prematurely ignite the explosive point.
In other words, as soon as this video was released, it would have destroyed Meng Chang’s entire plan.
On one hand, it would have caused all the heat to explode before the end of the month, reducing Meng Chang’s commission to zero; on the other hand, due to the incomplete interpretation, the resulting heat wouldn’t meet expectations, and the publicity effect of Meng Chang and Mr. Pei’s careful preparation would be somewhat discounted.
Meng Chang felt a bit scared thinking about it—he had almost fallen victim to Qiao Laoshi again. Fortunately, this time he was prepared and one step ahead!
Qiao Liang, meanwhile, was very surprised and astonished.
The Morning Dew Gaming Platform was actually a Tenda enterprise?
Meng Chang was actually acting on orders, and the promotional plan was actually from Mr. Pei?
Moreover, this plan had deeper implications?
Looking at it this way, the video he was making seemed a bit superficial.
Because at the beginning, he didn’t think this was Tenda’s business at all. Since he wasn’t analyzing Mr. Pei, Qiao Liang naturally didn’t think as deeply, and many of his analyses were shallow.
It was good that Meng Chang had reached out; otherwise, his analysis wouldn’t have hit the mark, which would have damaged his reputation!
If the truth came to light in the future and everyone knew about the Morning Dew Gaming Platform’s past and present, knew about the platform’s relationship with Tenda, and then looked back at this video, wouldn’t Qiao Laoshi be embarrassed?
Both of them were silent for a while.
Meng Chang said, “Old Qiao, I’ve also told you about the general situation. I have only one request: please release this video at the beginning of next month. Take this week to revise the script, edit it more carefully, and prepare more thoroughly.”
After a while, Qiao Liang replied, “No, I don’t plan to release the video anymore.”
Meng Chang: “?”
“Why?”
Qiao Liang answered, “Even if I release these analyses, they wouldn’t be my own interpretations, but rather just me being your mouthpiece.”
“I’m a content creator with integrity. How could I do such a thing?”
Meng Chang felt a bit dizzy; this Qiao Laoshi was quite proud.
Not making a video because the content wasn’t his own analysis?
“Please don’t do this!”
“If you don’t make the video, the second half of my promotional plan can’t proceed!”
“I need an interpreter!”
“I can’t interpret it myself, can I? Although I have some influence, it’s all negative influence, which would ruin everything!”
It was like a painter creating a masterpiece—if no one could appreciate it, wouldn’t it be buried in obscurity? There had to be someone respected who could analyze for everyone what made the painting great, so the value of the masterpiece could be demonstrated.
Qiao Liang said, “It’s no problem for you to interpret it yourself; just use an alternate account.”
“When the time comes, I’ll share your video, and that will be enough.”
Meng Chang: “This…”
He hadn’t expected Qiao Liang to refuse to capitalize on the attention, which left him at a loss.
Qiao Liang continued, “If we’re going to interpret, we must do it thoroughly! Now it seems you’re more capable of interpreting this than I am.”
“To give the promotion a perfect conclusion, you definitely need to make the video yourself.”
Meng Chang: “But my voice will be recognized.”
Qiao Liang: “Find someone else to dub it, or just use a synthesized voice.”
Meng Chang had nothing more to say.
Since Qiao Laoshi absolutely refused to make this video, he would have to do it himself.
After all, he wouldn’t trust anyone else with this. What if the video came out and failed to achieve the desired reversal effect? Wouldn’t that mean he hadn’t fully mastered the Pei-style promotional method? Wouldn’t that disappoint Mr. Pei?
Fortunately, making videos was a piece of cake for Meng Chang. As for the voice…
He might as well just use AEEIS’s voice.
“Fine, I’ll do it myself.”
“By the way, regarding the relationship between the Morning Dew Gaming Platform and Tenda, as well as my role in this promotional plan, it must remain confidential.”
Qiao Liang readily agreed: “No problem, I’m friends with Mr. Pei, so of course I’ll help with this!”
…
With Qiao Laoshi not cooperating, Meng Chang had no choice but to handle it personally.
But he had to ensure confidentiality, and he had to use an alternate account to post the video.
He had no intention of taking any credit for the success of this promotional plan. Even if public opinion reversed, he would strive to make everyone believe it was all the platform’s success, having nothing to do with Meng Chang.
This was mainly for three reasons.
First, Meng Chang had a bad reputation. He worried that if he used his real name to post this video, it might have a negative impact, greatly reducing the promotional effect.
Second, Meng Chang needed to maintain this bad reputation for future high commissions.
Finally, Meng Chang personally stepping in to interpret was a bit embarrassing, and he feared Mr. Pei would be displeased.
When Mr. Pei used the Pei-style promotional method, he didn’t have to do anything—there were plenty of people who would voluntarily interpret it.
But when Meng Chang used the Pei-style promotional method, he had to make videos to interpret it himself.
This was really quite embarrassing.
For all these reasons, Meng Chang decided to use an alternate account to post the video.
In the future, Meng Chang’s Weibo and this alternate AiLiDao website account would be his dual personas—one public, one hidden.
Using Meng Chang’s bad reputation to earn commissions, while using this alternate account’s interpretations to complete the Pei-style promotional plan.
Not bad!
After thinking about it for half a day, Meng Chang felt this wasn’t a bad choice, so he immediately decided to create an alternate account.
“Hmm… what should I name this alternate account?”
“…”
“I’ll call it Young Master Tian!”
Meng Chang slapped his forehead, coming up with an ID for his alternate account.
He first thought of “Meng Chang Jun” based on his name, but this ID seemed a bit too obvious. So he made another connection: Meng Chang Jun’s real name was Tian Wen, the foremost of the Four Lords of the Warring States period, hence “Young Master Tian.”
And the vast majority of people seeing the “Young Master Tian” ID would only think it was a young person with the surname Tian, and wouldn’t make the connection to Meng Chang.
“There’s still nearly a week until the end of the month. The video doesn’t need to be rushed; I can take my time making it, finish it before the end of the month, and have it ready to post.”
“At that time, having Qiao Laoshi share it should quickly generate decent attention.”
“During this period, the follow-up plan about the bugs can also be released, adding more fuel to the fire.”
Meng Chang sent a message to Li Yada, indicating that she could launch the plan they had prepared earlier.
The Morning Dew Gaming Platform would launch a bug-finding activity.
The games already playable on the platform, like “Empire’s Blade,” basically all had one or two bugs. After all, the standard for going online was that Tang Yishu encountered fewer than 3 bugs in half an hour of play, so it was impossible for bugs to be completely non-existent.
In this activity, if players found bugs in a game matching the number recorded on the platform, they would be rewarded 1,000 yuan; if they found more bugs than recorded on the platform, they would be rewarded 100,000 yuan!
Taking “Empire’s Blade” as an example, this game had one bug recorded on the platform, meaning that if a player found this bug, they would be rewarded 1,000 yuan, and if they found a second bug, they would be rewarded 100,000 yuan.
Needless to say, once this activity went live, it would inevitably generate enormous attention and controversy.
Some players would certainly curse, saying it was malicious hype and a trap. With the Morning Dew Gaming Platform’s current bad reputation, it would likely be severely criticized.
But after this month passed, once Meng Chang had received his commission, everything would undergo an earth-shattering change!