The next morning.
Pei Qian slept until he naturally woke up. When he got up and looked at the clock, it was already past 10 a.m.
After washing up, he casually prepared some brunch and scrolled through his phone while eating, wondering if there were any new anime series.
But this casual browsing revealed something unexpected—a long string of notifications had popped up on the “Hardcore Review” account!
Pei Qian was stunned. Looking carefully, he saw that the video had made it onto the trending list in the digital section, and the views, bullet comments, and regular comments were all incomparable to before!
“What’s going on? Wasn’t it being ignored just last night?”
“What happened?”
Pei Qian was a bit dazed.
His first reaction was that something had gone wrong—how could this video have gone viral again?!
But then he reconsidered: wait, this was a video I made with my own money, not using system funds!
The money earned through the incentive plan was all his own, so this was a good thing, nothing to worry about!
The more popular it became, the more he would earn!
Pei Qian instantly became happy and opened the comment section.
“Is there money to be made from criticizing Shenhua phones?”
“Just like Xiao Hu Reviews, a foreign dog.”
“Sigh, can only say that the quality of domestic phones still isn’t good enough. Look at this back cover, it breaks with just one touch.”
“The internal layout is too messy! They’re cutting corners—confirmed to be a small workshop operation.”
“How can you relate this to quality issues? I suggest watching the creator’s previous video—the Apple phone broke even faster…”
“Everyone, take a good look and don’t missfire. This creator isn’t specifically targeting Shenhua phones; he previously released an episode about Apple phones.”
“Feels like we’re being manipulated? I thought the creator didn’t say anything bad about Shenhua phones. Isn’t this just his basic hardcore review process?”
Pei Qian scrolled through several comments, feeling a bit confused.
What the hell, how did a war break out?
The video’s popularity was indeed high, but it wasn’t normal popularity—it was completely the result of people arguing with each other.
Some were criticizing Shenhua phones, others were refuting them, and still others were being sarcastic. In short, the comment section was incredibly lively.
Pei Qian didn’t have any particular preference for any phone brand and wasn’t interested in this kind of mutual attack, but after scrolling through the comment section briefly, he found the person who had been fanning the flames behind the scenes.
The major content creator who first shared this video was an official account called “Xiao Hu Reviews,” and it was precisely because of this organization’s exaggerated description that many people misunderstood the video’s intention, coming in and mindlessly criticizing without even watching the video, making Pei Qian an innocent victim.
Pei Qian clicked on this creator’s homepage and took a glance. It appeared to be a normal review show, but there was a distinct flavor of being paid for promotional content throughout.
“They’re quite skilled at stirring up trouble—this is talent.”
“Hmm, I should note this down.”
“Might be useful in the future.”
Pei Qian remembered this review media outlet. This kind of professional hater who works for money is most professional—perhaps they could help Mr. Pei in the future.
Pei Qian didn’t mind; being infamous is still being famous!
People could criticize all they wanted, but he wouldn’t read the comment section anyway. He’d continue making episodes systematically one by one, and the popularity would gradually rise.
You all can fight amongst yourselves; it doesn’t concern Mr. Pei.
Even if people didn’t donate coins or tips, he would still get some incentive plan money based on view count. Although it wouldn’t be much, it was still good as pocket money.
After all, all the funding for this episode was sponsored by Mr. Lin—Pei Qian was making pure profit.
“Well then, while everyone’s enthusiasm is high, I’ll upload the MSC episode as well.”
“Three flagship phones—the popularity will be off the charts!”
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Meanwhile, on the other side, Hu Xiao was commanding his fans and enthusiastic netizens to actively engage in arguments.
He certainly couldn’t do this dirty, tiring work himself, as it would affect his image.
But he still needed to be sarcastic.
“I don’t know why people in the comment section are so excited.”
“I shared this video with an entertainment mindset, but many people like to make a big deal out of nothing—do they have persecution delusions?”
“Besides, I just thought this video was quite interesting. This kind of violent disassembly can reveal some things, including the phone’s structural strength, the quality of various internal components, their arrangement, and so on.”
“Actually, from this video, you can see it’s not that Shenhua makes bad phones, but compared to foreign manufacturers like MSC, there’s still room for improvement.”
“Take this back cover, for example—I’m not saying they’re cutting corners, but it’s not made carefully enough, cracking after just a couple of hits. If it were an MSC phone, this kind of problem wouldn’t be likely to occur.”
“Including some details of the internal structure and the refinement of materials used, we must see clearly that there’s still a big gap. It’s not without reason that Shenhua’s phones are cheaper than foreign flagship phones…”
After elaborating on the topic, Hu Xiao felt refreshed.
Being sarcastic felt quite good!
After posting this, Hu Xiao leisurely strolled around his living room, ate some fruit, and waited to see everyone’s feedback.
Half an hour later, Hu Xiao returned to his computer and opened the comments.
As he was reading, Hu Xiao’s brows furrowed—something seemed off about the tone.
“Hahaha, you’re coordinating too well!”
“Just posted this status and got slapped in the face?”
“MSC’s flagship isn’t even as good as Shenhua’s—it breaks with just one touch.”
Laughing out loud, awkwardly praising MSC, but this creator treats all phones equally. He’s done three phones, just hasn’t released them all yet. Bet you didn’t expect that!”
Seeing so many schadenfreude-filled comments, Hu Xiao was bewildered.
What was going on?
He hurriedly clicked on the “Hardcore Review” submission area and discovered that just two or three minutes after he posted his status, a new submission had been uploaded!
“Hardcore Review Episode 3: MSC-B90.”
This episode had the same content as before: water immersion, high-altitude drops, cutting the back cover, hardcore disassembly…
But Hu Xiao never expected that the MSC B90’s workmanship was inferior to Shenhua’s!
Things started going wrong from the water immersion test. After being placed in water for a period of time while powered on and then taken out, the phone appeared fine on the surface. However, when the reviewer tried using it, the sound was a bit muffled, and the touchscreen was somewhat unresponsive, clearly indicating problems!
Although the creator didn’t overly dwell on this point, the viewers watching the bullet comments saw it crystal clear.
In the subsequent air drop and knife-tapping back cover segments, it performed worse than Shenhua’s flagship. After disassembly, the internal situation was very complex, even somewhat messy.
Of course, messiness could also be interpreted as a complex and delicate structure—this could be reasonably argued either way.
But the key was that MSC’s back cover was indeed inferior to Shenhua’s. Shenhua’s back cover withstood three or four knife taps before cracking, while MSC’s back cover had an obvious gap after just one tap and was easily pried open!
The hardness of a phone’s back cover depends on the material, but no matter what, the more solid the back cover, the better protection for the phone. Hu Xiao had specifically mentioned that Shenhua’s phone back cover wasn’t solid and still had a gap compared to some foreign manufacturers like MSC, but now he had been immediately proven wrong…
Hu Xiao was dumbfounded. Although he was in the review business, both phones had only been on the market for a short time. Generally, review organizations would look at the phone’s various parameters, and even when disassembling, they would carefully heat the back cover, cut the adhesive, and remove it. No one would test which phone’s back cover was harder in such a violent way…
Hu Xiao had just casually talked trash about Shenhua’s phone back cover. Who could have imagined that this creator would so coincidentally update a new episode at lightning speed?
And this was not targeted at him.
Hu Xiao posted his Weibo, and two minutes later, the other side updated a video—this was just a coincidence!
Hu Xiao felt a surge of rage stuck in his throat. Damn it, how could this “Hardcore Review” creator return kindness with enmity!!