After reading Qian Mou’s newly revised review, Pei Qian was shocked.
Shameless scoundrel!
Didn’t you say you wanted to delete your post and run?
Is this how you delete a post and run?
You clearly didn’t delete the post at all, but instead sold out your own allies and surrendered to the enemy!
I mean, being a deserter on the battlefield is one thing—after all, the front line had already completely collapsed, staying would mean death, and fleeing is human nature, so I don’t blame you. But not only did you surrender, you also turned against your former comrades with full force?
Shameless!
Such people should be despised by everyone!
But there was no need to be too angry. After all, in a life-or-death battlefield, these fence-sitters who swing both ways are definitely the least welcome.
This Qian Mou had previously criticized “The Inheritor” so harshly that he was elevated to an opinion leader by the haters, with his hatred already maxed out.
Did you think that by backing down and praising “The Inheritor,” everyone would forget your black history? That they would forgive your previous actions?
Daydreaming, absolutely impossible!
Pei Qian clicked on the comments section below the review, looking for netizens’ condemnation of Qian Mou.
He couldn’t personally curse people, but seeing netizens’ criticisms would make him feel much better.
“Heh, thinking about your previous review, you’re just a fence-sitter. Now that you see the wind has changed direction and you’re getting flamed, you know to change your tune? Where were you earlier? The gap between you and Tian Gongzi is literally heaven and earth—there’s absolutely no comparison!”
“A blind hater suddenly found his conscience? Wait, why did I say ‘suddenly’?”
“Normal behavior. I remember this person also mindlessly criticized ‘Better Tomorrow’ before, but then changed his review when he saw the wind shift. He’s a longtime fence-sitter.”
“What qualifications does he have to be compared with Tian Gongzi? He’s just a review writer, while Tian Gongzi is clearly someone who does big things in real life and makes videos purely as a hobby. Comparing the two is simply too unfair.”
“I think we shouldn’t be too harsh, right? Knowing one’s mistakes and correcting them—nothing is more virtuous than that!”
“Indeed, admitting mistakes is much better than those who stubbornly refuse to acknowledge their errors.”
“I think we can’t entirely blame Qian Mou. The reason his previous review became popular was because it voiced what many people were thinking. At that time, too many people thought the plot in ‘The Inheritor’ was too far-fetched and too dumbed-down. If similar events hadn’t happened in reality, people probably wouldn’t have changed their minds.”
“I think so too. As the saying goes, truth is always in the hands of the minority. People like Tian Gongzi who can see through the essence of stories and reality at a glance are ultimately very rare, while most people are at Qian Mou’s level. You criticize Qian Mou for being a fence-sitter, but aren’t those who changed their ratings also fence-sitters? Everyone’s a fence-sitter, but knowing mistakes and correcting them is a good thing.”
“And I think Qian Mou’s new review is quite well-analyzed, better than those mindless praises of ‘The Inheritor’ I saw before. Of course, that’s not saying you can’t praise it—since it’s a masterpiece, it deserves praise. It’s just that most previous reviews didn’t hit the mark.”
“I also realized after reading the review that ‘The Inheritor’ actually satirizes two aspects—it satirizes both superheroes and reality. And interestingly, the superhero theme is actually an extension of reality, which is quite flavorful when you think about it…”
“Anyway, masterpiece needs no explanation. We all owe Teacher Cui an apology!”
“How many people didn’t believe in Teacher Cui when he joined the Inspiration Class? Everyone thought Teacher Cui was going there to slack off and retire? When he first wrote ‘The Inheritor,’ many people mocked him, saying a web novelist who abandons his strengths to write carelessly is basically not far from failure. What about now? Teacher Cui has evolved from a master of procrastination to a giant of magical realist literature!”
“I have to say, this Inspiration Class is really amazing, first with ‘Eternal Cycle,’ then ‘The Inheritor,’ both successful. The last one is ‘Delegate Academy,’ and although only three episodes have been aired and we can’t tell much yet, the quality is still quite good. Considering GOG’s influence, it definitely won’t fail.”
“Three copyright adaptations all successful, and in different fields with different methods of success—too impressive!”
“Speaking of this, we have to praise Fei Huang Studio!”
“Yes, Fei Huang Studio has always been exploring, from web short films to documentaries, from movies to web series, constantly trying new themes and new forms of expression. And each time they can give us a surprise. This spirit of exploration and professional attitude really puts to shame some domestic companies that only know how to make male-lead or female-lead idol dramas to attract fans’ money!”
“Why do I feel that we should praise Mr. Pei more? It’s said that all three projects were selected by Mr. Pei, and ‘The Inheritor’ series was especially invested heavily in by Mr. Pei against all odds. Without Mr. Pei, where would today’s success come from?”
“Because praising Mr. Pei is already a basic operation. Nothing Mr. Pei does would surprise people, so everyone probably overlooked it. Obviously, all of Tenda Group’s success can be attributed to Mr. Pei.”
“Enough talk, how could I not watch a divine series like ‘The Inheritor’ three or four times? I might even download the entire series for permanent collection! I’m going to binge it now!”
“Those who haven’t changed their ratings, hurry up and change them! How could such a series not yet have passed 9.5 points? Are you viewers trying to nail yourselves to a pillar of shame and create a meme about ‘AiLiDao users don’t understand movies’?”
Amidst a wave of praise, “The Inheritor’s” rating on AiLiDao website soared!
Sometimes it was so fast that refreshing after just a few minutes would show an increase in the rating.
Pei Qian was dumbfounded.
What happened to the netizens hitting Qian Mou hard?
What happened to fence-sitters definitely not having a good ending?
What was going on now?
How could Qian Mou change his review, force some praise, and get away scot-free? And everyone was so magnanimous about not pursuing it?
Damn it, this wasn’t scientific at all!
But on second thought, Pei Qian realized there was some logic to it.
Because there were too many people criticizing “The Inheritor” before, the rating was pulled down to 6 points, which showed that the majority held the same view as Qian Mou.
Just as one of the replies under the review said: what these viewers who changed their ratings did wasn’t essentially different from what Qian Mou did.
In that case, why scold Qian Mou? Scolding Qian Mou was like scolding oneself!
A fence-sitter would indeed be attacked by the group, but what if everyone was a fence-sitter?
Then, obviously, being a fence-sitter would be quite forgivable!
“…I miscalculated!”
“I didn’t expect Qian Mou to get away with this?”
“Doesn’t that mean it’s once again a world where only I get hurt??”
Pei Qian had thought Qian Mou was an ally, especially since he specifically came to comfort Pei Qian before he planned to delete his post and run.
But unexpectedly, this so-called “ally” turned around and stabbed him hard!
What’s more, even after he defected, the enemy readily accepted him—it was absurd!
This feeling was like originally having two people in a trench holding the defensive line, but then one of them suddenly ran away and surrendered, even mocking the last person still holding out in the trench.
So infuriating!
“Wait, that’s not right, I’m not the only one getting hurt.”
“Isn’t Meng Chang also suffering badly? He lost his commission!”
Thinking of this, Pei Qian suddenly felt much better.
He was indeed miserable, but Meng Chang wasn’t any better!
“The Inheritor” had signed a revenue-sharing contract. Although after being crowned a “magical realist classic masterpiece,” its viewership and ratings would definitely get higher and higher in the future, it still needed a process and some time.
Money would come next cycle, so that’s a problem for next cycle.
But Meng Chang’s commission vanished on the spot!
Looking at it this way, Meng Chang was more miserable.
“Meng Chang is too unlucky. For the past two months, some drama happened at the end of each month, causing his potentially full commissions to be halved. This month, because of Tian Gongzi’s incident, it exploded on the spot, and his commission was directly zeroed out.”
“Too miserable, too miserable. It really breaks the hearts of those who hear it and brings tears to those who see it. Even I feel sorry for him.”
“What if such consecutive major setbacks seriously damage his work enthusiasm? If it takes twenty or thirty years to repay the debt, that would be too pitiful.”
Pei Qian actually never intended to tie Meng Chang to Tenda for life. Making him a person subject to enforcement for a few years, working for Pei Qian for a few years, would roughly count as completed rehabilitation, and he could be released back into society.
Believing that with this profound lesson, Meng Chang should reform and start anew.
If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be right if he could never repay the debt.
What if Meng Chang suddenly saw through the mundane world and became desireless? That would be a grave sin.
“I need to think of a solution quickly. Looking at the increasing earning pressure this cycle, I need to refine and implement the self-rescue plans I thought of before.”
“Meng Chang’s commission model also needs to be improved to protect his fragile heart.”
After reflecting on the pain, Pei Qian stopped dwelling on “The Inheritor” issue. The current urgent matter was to spend money quickly.
Actually, Pei Qian had already thought of ways to quickly spend money before, but he was still observing.
Because he originally had some fluke mentality—what if “The Inheritor” and the two departments’ game projects didn’t become popular?
Then he wouldn’t need to use all these emergency money-spending methods, just one or two, and save the rest for the future.
But now in this situation, not using them wasn’t an option anymore. He had to use them all!
Even the intensity of some emergency spending had to be further increased.
Pei Qian opened his laptop and began to finalize the emergency spending plans according to what he had previously thought out.
Once these plans were completed in the afternoon, he would call Meng Chang over to tell him about the modified commission scheme, and comfort him a bit, lest he get too stimulated and develop some mental issues.