Lü Mingliang was the first to rush over.

“Mr. Pei! Great news!”

“I’ve discovered that our game’s sales growth has clearly accelerated recently, and the public reputation is also showing an upward trend!”

“So I looked into it and found that someone has truly discovered the deeper meaning behind your game creation, as well as the profound intention of your ‘behavioral art style promotion’!”

“Mr. Pei, your promotional strategy is amazing. None of us understood it from the beginning. Unexpectedly, everything was within your plan!”

“Our game has finally been understood by the players!”

“Your painstaking efforts haven’t been in vain!!”

Pei Qian remained silent, his expression falling into momentary blankness.

What the hell?

Had joy turned to sorrow?

Sales had increased, and reputation had risen too?

Damn, how was this possible? He hadn’t done anything!

And what the hell was this “behavioral art style promotion”?!

What exactly had happened?

Seeing everyone’s eager gazes, Pei Qian struggled to maintain his composure, putting on an “everything is under control” expression: “Don’t rush, explain slowly.”

Lü Mingliang excitedly handed over his phone: “Mr. Pei, see for yourself!”

Pei Qian accepted the phone from Lü Mingliang with deep suspicion.

This was a video on Banana Potato Network with high viewership. The title was: Masterpiece Series Episode 1: “Game Developer” and a Large-Scale Performance Art!

Looking at the video creator—Qiao Laoshi!

Pei Qian put on headphones and silently watched amidst the employees’ cheers and noisy celebration.

Silence.

Confusion.

Shock.

He even began to question reality…

What the hell was this?!!

After hearing the “performance art” segment, Pei Qian was almost breaking down. Continuing to listen to the analysis of “Game Developer,” Pei Qian was completely speechless.

What was even more devastating was the comment section below!

Qiao Laoshi, who had been cursed like a dog, had leaped to become a performance artist, turning his fate around!

Even his shilling was no longer just shilling—it had transformed into “artistic shilling”!

After this video went viral, the previous episode and other shilling videos from different creators all went viral too.

More people began imitating him. Not only did “Qiao Studies” not decline because of this, but it gained more heat in this short period, experiencing a huge explosion in popularity!

The most terrifying part was that Pei Qian couldn’t explain anything now.

Even if he stood up and declared that the so-called “performance art” was nonsense, that this was just a money-grabbing video meant to annoy players…

The players certainly wouldn’t believe it!

Not only would they not believe it, they might even consider it a new form of performance art. If those ridiculous netizens started sharing it and it became a trending topic…

That would be even more uncontrollable!

Pei Qian finished watching the entire video, his hands trembling slightly.

This…

Something had happened!

Something major had happened!

Lü Mingliang stood nearby, observing Mr. Pei’s reaction, and couldn’t help but feel moved.

Indeed, Mr. Pei had silently shouldered too much alone.

Meeting someone like Qiao Laoshi online who truly understood him and could read his intentions must be quite moving—his hands were even shaking with emotion.

It seemed that for future games, they could continue cooperating with Qiao Laoshi—truly a perfect win-win situation!

Lü Mingliang continued: “Mr. Pei, the good news doesn’t stop there.”

“Just now, the ESRO official platform published an article specifically praising ‘Game Developer’ and featured it prominently on their homepage!”

“The official platform recognized the sincerity of our game. They’ve always encouraged domestic games to innovate rather than simply imitate foreign games.”

“They greatly appreciate both the gameplay and deeper meaning of ‘Game Developer,’ and they plan to arrange more and better featured positions for our game in the future!”

“Additionally, many well-known game review media and player opinion leaders have given our game high praise.”

“Some of the deeper meanings you buried in the game—meanings that even we couldn’t discern—have all been uncovered by these people!”

“Mr. Pei, our game’s reputation has completely turned around!!”

Pei Qian slumped back in his chair, tilted his head slightly upward, and let out a long sigh.

After a moment, he regained his composure and smiled, squeezing out two words through gritted teeth.

“Not bad.”

Lü Mingliang couldn’t help but feel impressed.

Mr. Pei was truly a person destined for great things. Despite such joyous news, he could maintain his composure without revealing his emotions, regaining his calm in just a moment!

However, that long sigh had betrayed him. Indeed, Mr. Pei’s initial happiness had been feigned, his heart had been in suspense, and only now had he finally found relief!

“Mr. Pei, would you like to say a few words to everyone?” Lü Mingliang asked.

Pei Qian waved his hand: “No need. This is only a phase of success. We must remain modest and vigilant.”

Lü Mingliang nodded vigorously: “Understood, Mr. Pei, I get it!”

He turned and happily went off to drink.

This time, the atmosphere truly heated up. The design team members clinked glasses and feasted heartily!

However, Pei Qian’s heart felt ice-cold, and he couldn’t eat a single bite.

His mind was filled with question marks.

What exactly was going on?

I only paid Qiao Laoshi for one video, but how did he end up making two?

Buy one, get one free?

Is this revenge?

It must be!

But that doesn’t make sense either. I made you the founder of “Qiao Studies”—you should hate me for that! How could you repay evil with kindness by continuing to make videos promoting “Game Developer”???

What kind of grudge is this!

But this wasn’t even the most fatal issue.

This video had become a fuse, inexplicably igniting a wildfire of over-interpretation of “Game Developer”!

The official platform and many game review media all praised “Game Developer” highly!

Especially the official platform, which had specifically commended “Game Developer” and featured it on their homepage, as if telling other domestic game companies to watch and learn—this is what we support domestic games should look like!

Pei Qian felt instantly paralyzed.

Based on the current situation, all his efforts would likely be in vain again!

…

…

April 14th.

“Alright, that’s a wrap!”

“Mr. Pei’s acting skills are truly getting more and more refined.”

“With that, ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life’s Season Three officially concludes. Thank you, everyone, for your hard work!”

Applause erupted throughout the office area of Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Since “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life” began filming, Fei Huang Studio has continuously produced 30 episodes across three seasons.

The first episode of Season One and the last episode of Season Three were both filmed in Tenda’s office area, bringing everything full circle.

The first two seasons were mainly released on major video websites like Banana Potato Network to build popularity.

To date, the final episode of Season Two has successfully surpassed two million views across all platforms, making “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life” an undeniably popular web series!

With such excellent performance metrics, Huang Sibo and Director Zhu Xiaocai decided to sign an exclusive broadcasting agreement with AiLiDao, so “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life” would only stream exclusively on this website from now on.

To ensure this platform transition would be successful, Huang Sibo and Director Zhu Xiaocai had made plenty of preparations.

They worked overtime to complete the entire third season in the near term, ensuring they had sufficient content ready.

Afterward, coordinating with AiLiDao’s official promotion and various homepage recommendations, they would strive to redirect all viewers of “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life” across the web to AiLiDao, pushing up viewership and popularity as much as possible in the short term!

This way, AiLiDao would gain traffic, and Fei Huang Studio would secure monetization channels—a standard win-win.

Since they had signed an exclusive broadcasting agreement with the videos only being released on AiLiDao, the website offered rather generous rewards.

After all, driving traffic to a website in its early stages was quite a costly endeavor.

Pei Qian hadn’t asked for details about any of this.

Because right now, he was extremely worried about the “Game Developer” situation!

Two weeks since launch, “Game Developer” sales continued to climb steadily, successfully breaking one hundred thousand units to date!

Considering the dismal first-week figures and that momentum only picked up in the second week, these numbers were already quite impressive.

But to Pei Qian, it felt more like his own death countdown…