The publisher of the video was a virtual streamer with 770,000 followers, Qi Huahua.
Virtual streamers were themselves products of 2D culture, so their fans were naturally mostly 2D fans.
Coupled with the fact that the Frost Snow Project trailer was currently going viral in the ACG Game circle, her sudden release of such a video garnered attention far exceeding her follower count.
--The fact that the Frost Snow Project trailer hadn't made the P Station hot list didn't mean players weren't paying attention to it.
It was simply because the trailer had been blocked by P Station at a critical moment, and after it was released, the presence of the water mist had caused a large number of netizens to flock to Weiguang to watch the "uncensored video," which resulted in a slight lack of mainstream heat.
To put it more bluntly:
The heat that this video should have originally had was "sucked away" by Weiguang.
This was why its popularity was not high in its 2D homeland.
In reality, however, this trailer--specifically the Weiguang uncensored version--had already spread across the ACG Game circle through private messages and various gaming chat groups.
This channel was more covert, but its effect was superior to various heat lists.
After all, in an era where traffic was king, the hot lists were full of all sorts of freaks and monsters.
Yet group-member curation always guaranteed quality.
Countless fans, players, and passersby clicked into the video, preparing to watch some gossip between Qi Huahua and Frost Snow Project.
The video opened with the classic virtual streamer half-body portrait, superimposed over game footage in the background.
--Of course, it was the footage with the white mist added.
Qi Huahua tried hard to make her cute voice sound serious. "I, Qi Huahua, officially and publicly reject the Frost Snow Project promotional sponsorship!"
"Because the game Frost Snow Project is simply too lewd!"
"The characters inside are lewder than the last, their character models are overly refined, and when the characters run, their huge chests and plump butts shake endlessly. It's simply obscene!"
"This will have a very bad influence on minors!"
"Therefore, I refuse to promote such lewd games."
"Even if it updates tomorrow and gives away a ten-draw right upon launch, and another ten-draw for checking in for seven days, and the redrawn characters get both the old and new sets of outfits at the same time, it's still the same!"
"I am a positive-energy streamer. Even if Frost Snow Project spent a huge amount of money to invite body models to make the characters look even lewder, optimized character physiques and dynamics, and doubled the rendering polygon count of chests and butts, causing my heart to beat fast and my face to blush the moment I see the characters, I will absolutely not waver..."
The video continued, but the smile on Fei Zhiyuan's face slowly faded.
Netizens waiting to eat melons also slowly typed out a question mark.
When they first clicked on the video, everyone had truly thought Qi Huahua was going to open fire on Frost Snow Project.
Yet mere ten seconds later, they sensed something was wrong--
A bullet comment suddenly popped up:
"Are you actually opposing them, or are you making propaganda for them?"
Netizens were not fools.
This script looked extremely wrong at a glance! Where was there ever a [Rejection of Cooperation Statement] that talked about refusal on one hand, while listing out all the advantages of the game on the other? And explaining them in such detail, repeating key points over and over again, as if afraid the audience didn't know that the characters in Frost Snow Project were lewd.
However, realizing that the video was not as serious as the title suggested, the bullet comments quickly became lively and relaxed. "Alright, alright, we know Frost Snow Project characters have huge tits and perky asses."
"Fine, fine, going to download it right now."
"Game ad? Not interested, not playing. The game is very vulgar? I don't believe it! Let me see!"
"Thanks for the money, client daddy! Qi Huahua will have food to eat this month."
"Ao Wu Miao posted the exact same video too. Did you guys coordinate this?"
"Ao Wu Miao posted it too? I'm going to take a look!"
[I, Ao Wu Miao, officially and publicly reject the Frost Snow Project promotional sponsorship!]
Ao Wu Miao was also a virtual streamer with 280,000 followers, releasing her "Rejection of Cooperation Statement" a step later than Qi Huahua.
Just as this video started, the bullet comments were similarly filled with question marks, but in less than 20 seconds, they all turned into the exact same meme-playing as Qi Huahua's.
The full view was plastered with "Guess I have to play it now."
But this was merely a beginning.
Soon, more nearly identical videos popped up:
[I, Xiao Lizi Nana, officially and publicly reject the Frost Snow Project promotional sponsorship!][I, NamiNami, officially and publicly reject the Frost Snow Project promotional sponsorship!][I, Cai Bu Shi Lanlan, officially and publicly reject the Frost Snow Project promotional sponsorship!][I, Fen Tao Tao, officially and publicly reject the Frost Snow Project promotional sponsorship!][I, Xing Yue Mu Hua, officially and publicly reject the Frost Snow Project promotional sponsorship!]...
Virtual streamer after virtual streamer continuously popped up, releasing the [Rejection of Cooperation Statement].
Identical titles.
Identical material.
Even the script lines were completely identical, basically without a single word changed! Fans simply found themselves dazzled, feeling that this matter was both absurd and hilarious, and they successively left messages under the videos to express their shock:
"The virtual streamer circle's annual hilarious event."
"An absolute god-tier stunt!"
"Heaven-defying, I just refreshed my feed and six identical videos popped out!"
"Six? You follow six virtual streamers simultaneously? Are you that powerful?"
"Heh, I saw nine. Scrolling down for ages showed the same videos. I thought P Station had a bug."
"So this really is a Dream Builder sponsorship, huh? Such a big spender!"
"Advertising like this?"
"Very good, creative. I am willing to call you the immortal of advertising."
"Has any big shot tallied how many streamers took this sponsorship?"
"Counting them now, it's already exceeded 12!"
Virtual streamers grew from 2D culture, and their audience base couldn't be said to be entirely 2D--though it wasn't far off either.
This was definitely precise targeting by Dream Builder.
Because of the ultra-strong correlation, the "related recommendations" below these videos mostly showed the presence of the Frost Snow Project trailer.
Of course, there were also other "rejection statements" with nearly identical titles and covers.
Stringing these videos together rapidly whipped up a huge wave of heat on P Station, with the view counts of almost all related videos steadily climbing.
Fei Zhiyuan watched with his own eyes as the Frost Snow Project trailer was sent onto the P Station 24-hour hot list by this wave of heat.
Among the trending topics, three related hot terms successively appeared: Frost Snow Project, Virtual Streamer Rejection Statement, and Zhu Meng Dairy.
The popularity of Frost Snow Project on P Station was welcoming an explosive growth.
The more Fei Zhiyuan watched, the tighter he gripped his phone, almost pressing the screen to the cracking point!
Suppressed low cries came from employees outside the conference room, making Fei Zhiyuan feel even more humiliated.
Just a few minutes ago!
He had still been pointing the country out in the conference room, using Frost Snow Project failing to make the P Station 24-hour hot list as evidence to mock Dream Builder's marketing team as trash.
Then in the blink of an eye, they pulled off such a bizarre stunt, not only hoisting the video onto the list in one fell swoop, but also bagging three trending topics!
Wasn't this targeting a bit too obvious? Was it coming for him?
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