At the end of the video, a stream of “perfect essay” bullet comments floated by.

But that wasn’t all. In the closing section of the video, Qiao Laoshi announced his upcoming program schedule, once again causing the bullet comments to reach a peak!

“That’s all for this episode of Masterpiece Works. I sincerely hope that all players can personally experience the rich connotations of this game.”

“After all, watching someone else complete the game is just scratching an itch through your boots—nothing compares to experiencing it yourself.”

“Don’t worry if you have poor gaming skills and can’t complete the game. I’ll be releasing a series of detailed walkthrough videos, striving to help every player with poor skills like mine complete the game through their efforts!”

“That’s it for this episode. The complete walkthrough for ‘Turn Around to Reach the Shore’ will continue to be updated, so please stay tuned, esteemed viewers.”

“If you enjoyed this episode, please show your support. We’ll see you in the next episode of ‘Masterpiece Works’!”

Instantly, the video was flooded with bullet comments like “looking forward to it,” “Lao Qiao, you’ve worked hard!” “eagerly waiting for updates,” “see you next year series,” and so on.

Pei Qian fell silent again.

It’s over. This Qiao Laoshi is actually going to release a new series of videos! A series of videos explaining the gameplay in detail!

Pei Qian had anticipated this series of videos.

Without the “Masterpiece Works” video, the influence of this series would have been very limited.

But after releasing “Masterpiece Works,” the situation was completely different!

Players in the comment section were also leaving messages, clearly all inspired.

“A series I can witness in my lifetime! Finally saw the second episode of Masterpiece Works!”

“Never expected the second episode would be about another Tenda game.”

“As expected of my son, always so extraordinary with every move! Completely outclassing other gaming content creators!”

“Well said! This game’s spiritual level has been elevated by at least three notches! I have to say, this game’s connotations are so rich, most people are blinded by the seemingly high difficulty. It takes a professional like Qiao Laoshi to analyze and fully reveal the game’s depth!”

“Qiao Laoshi is awesome!”

“Lao Qiao spent a week sharpening his sword and indeed produced a masterpiece! This is not only Tenda’s masterpiece but also Lao Qiao’s masterpiece!”

“After watching this video, I feel ashamed. I’m one of those who achieved the ‘Turn Around to Reach the Shore’ ending, refunding the game because of my poor skills. I’m going to buy the game back right now!”

“After watching this video, I feel ashamed. I’m one of those who achieved the ‘Turn Around to Reach the Shore’ ending, refunding the game because of my poor skills. I’m going to watch a complete playthrough carefully!”

“Thanks to Lao Qiao for dispelling my idea of skipping classes with Salvation. I’m putting down Salvation now and will complete this game with my strength!”

“Never thought that while the game isn’t long, it has so much plot. Indeed, this is what professionalism looks like.”

“At a time when other domestic games treat plot as mere decoration, Tenda created such a rich world and storyline for this game, even embedding clues for hidden weapons, and the game only used part of the novel’s content… This is truly conscientious!”

“I’m going to read the novel right now!”

“I feel there’s still a lot to dig into regarding the plot. I’ve noticed some details that Lao Qiao missed; I’ll make a video later to share with everyone!”

……

After reading through the popular comments, Pei Qian felt like crying without tears.

You’ve all been deceived by him!

The truth is not like that at all!

The ending I designated was the “Turn Around to Reach the Shore” ending! Why can’t you just honestly give up?

Who told you to imagine that the character in the game would forever sink into the sea of suffering? This is just a game, it’s fake! Can you please not get so immersed?

The only comment that made Pei Qian feel slightly better was the one from the player who wanted to watch a complete playthrough.

How wonderful it would be if everyone happily watched playthroughs instead!

But clearly, this was just Mr. Pei’s wishful thinking.

After watching this video, many players who were planning to abandon the game due to poor skills were now determined to purchase it; players who had already refunded were now taking out money to buy it again; players who were about to give up were now rekindling their fighting spirit.

Most crucially, the topic of “difficulty” had been completely deconstructed!

Previously, critics and paid commenters focused on “difficulty.” By repeatedly emphasizing difficulty and demonizing this concept, they could discourage hesitant players with poor skills.

But with Qiao Laoshi’s video, he directly provided a higher-dimensional perspective, making further discussion of “difficulty” unnecessary.

Indeed, this game was difficult.

But the game’s difficulty was part of its immersion, part of its plot connotations.

It was precisely because of the difficulty that this game could be completed; it was precisely because of the difficulty that players could get the best gaming experience and feel emotional elevation!

What was originally a flaw had turned into an advantage!

With this stance, Qiao Laoshi immediately stood in an invincible position.

After the detailed video walkthrough came out, it would eliminate concerns from players with poor skills who worried about not being able to complete the game. After all, they just needed to follow the video walkthrough step by step.

This way, another batch of players would be drawn in!

Pei Qian felt very melancholic.

Things were getting worse!

He had completely underestimated Qiao Laoshi’s destructive power!

It was now Thursday, and the income from “Turn Around to Reach the Shore” would be credited next Monday. Allowing the reputation to ferment for three days would likely bring a significant increase in sales.

This was a major problem!

Thinking of this, Pei Qian quickly called Lü Mingliang.

He told him to go all out and set up several dozen more Headwind Stations, continuing until the next settlement, making sure to spend all this unexpected money!

After hanging up, Pei Qian was still worried.

No, he had to go in person!

Personally supervise!

Fearing that Lü Mingliang might not recognize the severity of the situation, Pei Qian decided to go to the Headwind Logistics office in person and personally boost everyone’s morale!

With this in mind, Pei Qian didn’t dare waste a minute. He directly arranged for a driver and hurriedly left.

Before leaving, he instructed Li Yada: “I’m going to handle some matters at Headwind Logistics. If there’s nothing urgent, let everyone go home early.”

In the office area, Tenda’s employees watched as Mr. Pei hurried away, feeling moved.

Hmm, didn’t our game predictably become popular again?

Instead of taking a break and celebrating, Mr. Pei was continuing to busy himself with Headwind Logistics.

That’s such dedication!

The boss himself was working overtime, but letting employees go home early—what kind of spirit was this!

……

Upstairs from Tenda, Endpoint Chinese Web.

Ma Yang had been busy with the TPDb website, but now that the site was mostly on track, he wasn’t so busy anymore.

Of course, for Ma Yang, managing both Endpoint Chinese Web and the TPDb website was still effortless.

Because once Endpoint Chinese Web was on track, there were very few matters that required Ma Yang’s attention; it could largely run on its own.

After such a long period of training, his subordinates could all handle things independently, whether it was selecting manuscripts, arranging recommended spots, or providing suggestions to authors. The editors, represented by Zhu Xing’an, could already perform well.

In their spare time, these editors even had time to write the official novel for “Turn Around to Reach the Shore.”

Although the novel was heavily criticized by readers, no one minded anymore—after all, they were just doing it for fun.

Ma Yang often marveled that these graduates from Handong University were indeed talented. Although they all seemed to have social anxiety and were quite introverted, their comprehension was good.

After Ma Yang explained the rules and patterns of web novels to them in detail, they all understood quite well.

Come to think of it, they were quite suited for the web novel industry.

Overall, Endpoint Chinese Web’s development direction was correct.

Although not many people were optimistic about the website when it was first established, with neither readers nor authors, this situation was gradually improving.

Recently, Mr. Pei provided another grant, which allowed for additional subsidies for well-written web novels.

All web novels that Ma Yang deemed to have premium quality were given full compensation based on word count, which greatly improved Endpoint Chinese Web’s reputation among online writers.

With a higher ceiling, more capable authors would be attracted.

The only problem that was difficult to solve was the issue of readership.

Without readers, continuing to burn money wasn’t a long-term solution.

But Ma Yang wasn’t worried. As long as these subsidies could continue for a while, and good authors became more numerous, eventually, some hit books would emerge.

Over time, wouldn’t readers naturally come?

Ma Yang opened the backend to check the detailed data for these books.

He was in charge of a large amount of subsidies, and deciding which authors should receive them required great caution.

Because this matter wasn’t completely transparent, it could easily cause controversy, making authors who didn’t receive subsidies envious, possibly leading them to start negative campaigns against the Endpoint Chinese Web online, affecting the website’s reputation.

So, fairness was essential.

Of course, Ma Yang couldn’t possibly read all the novels on the website; that would be impossible even if it killed him.

Ma Yang mainly used a combination of data and human evaluation to determine how much to subsidize each month.

First, he used backend data for preliminary screening, such as how many favorites, follows, and recommendation tickets a book had. Then Ma Yang would look at the beginning, the middle plot, and check if there was an obvious drop in the number of comments per chapter or signs of fake comments.

This way, he could roughly estimate a book’s current popularity.

If a book started well but collapsed midway, it would be reflected in the data, and Ma Yang would accordingly reduce the subsidy.

After all, this money was provided by Mr. Pei, and Ma Yang felt he must be responsible to Mr. Pei. Even with money, it couldn’t be spent carelessly; it must all be spent where it counted.

As his gaze swept over the backend data of some top-ranked books, Ma Yang suddenly froze.

How had the data for all these books shown a rapid growth trend?

Most dramatic was the official novel for “Turn Around to Reach the Shore”—this couldn’t just be called rapid growth; it should be called explosive growth!

Looking at the number of website registrations, they were also rapidly increasing!

Amidst his joy, Ma Yang was deeply puzzled.

What was going on? Where were these new users coming from?

Could it be that Mr. Pei had advertised Endpoint Chinese Web elsewhere?

But Mr. Pei hadn’t informed me about this!