Virtual Empire Begins with a Game
Chapter 35

Are you coming for me?

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The video was posted by the virtual streamer Qi Huahua, who has 770,000 followers.

Virtual streamers are themselves a product of ACG culture, so their fans are mostly from that community.

Plus, with the Frost Snow Project trailer being a huge hit in the mobile game circle at this time, her sudden release of such a video garnered far more attention than her follower count would suggest.

The Frost Snow Project trailer not making it onto the P Station trending list doesn't mean players aren't paying attention.

It's just that the trailer was blocked by P Station at a critical moment, and after it was released, the presence of water mist caused a large number of netizens to run to Weiguang to watch the "uncensored video," which is why it lacked some popularity.

To put it more bluntly:

The original popularity of this video was "sucked" away by Weiguang.

This is why it's not very popular in its ACG home.

But in reality, this trailer—specifically the Weiguang uncensored version—has been spread throughout the mobile game circle via private messages and various game groups.

This channel is more discreet, but the effect is better than various trending lists.

After all, in an era where traffic is king, all sorts of demons and monsters appear on the trending lists.

But selections by friends are always guaranteed in quality.

Countless fans, players, and passersby clicked on the video, ready to watch some gossip between Qi Huahua and the Frost Snow Project.

The video opens with a classic virtual streamer half-body portrait, superimposed with game footage in the background.

Of course, it's the version with the White Mist.

Qi Huahua tried to make her cute voice sound serious: "I, Qi Huahua, refuse the Frost Snow Project promotion offer under my real name!"

"Because the Frost Snow Project game is just too lewd!"

"The characters inside are more lewd than the last, and the modeling is too exquisite. When the characters run, their huge breasts and round buttocks shake non-stop, which is really too obscene!"

"This will have a very bad impact on minors!"

"So I refuse to promote such a lewd game."

"Even if it updates tomorrow and gives away ten free draws upon launch, and another ten free draws for signing in for seven days, and the redone characters will get both old and new outfits at the same time, it's still the same!"

"I am a positive energy streamer, even if the Frost Snow Project spent a lot of money to invite body models and optimize the character's posture and dynamics in order to make the characters look more lewd, and the rendering count of the breasts and buttocks has been increased tenfold, causing me to blush and my heart to beat faster when I see the characters, I will never waver..."

The video continued, but the smile on Fei Zhiyuan's face slowly disappeared.

The netizens waiting to eat melons also slowly typed out a question mark.

When they first clicked on the video, everyone really thought Qi Huahua was going to attack the Frost Snow Project.

But only ten seconds later, they tasted something was wrong—

A barrage suddenly popped up:

"Are you opposing it, or are you promoting it for them?"

Netizens aren't stupid either.

This copy is obviously wrong! How can a [Rejection Statement] talk about rejection while listing all the advantages of the game one by one? And it's explained in such detail, repeating the key content over and over again, for fear that the audience doesn't know that the characters in Frost Snow Project are very lewd.

However, after realizing that the video wasn't as serious as the title suggested, the barrage quickly became active and relaxed: "Okay, okay, we know that the Frost Snow Project characters have big breasts and shapely buttocks."

"Okay, okay, I'll download it now."

"Game ad? Not interested, won't play. The game is very vulgar? I don't believe it! Let me see!"

"Thanks to the sponsor for the money! Qi Huahua has food to eat this month."

"Ao Wu Miao also posted the same video, did you guys agree on it?"

"Ao Wu Miao also posted it? I'll go take a look!"

[I, Ao Wu Miao, refuse the Frost Snow Project promotion offer under my real name!]

Ao Wu Miao is also a virtual streamer with 280,000 followers, who released a "rejection statement" one step behind Qi Huahua.

As soon as the video started, the comments section was filled with question marks, but in less than 20 seconds, they all turned into the same memes as Qi Huahua.

All eyes were on "Guess I have to play now."

But this was just the beginning.

Soon, more almost identical videos popped up:

[I, Xiao Lizi Nana, Officially Reject the Frost Snow Project Promotion Deal!][I, NamiNami, Officially Reject the Frost Snow Project Promotion Deal!][I, Cai Bu Shi Lanlan, Officially Reject the Frost Snow Project Promotion Deal!][I, Fen Tao Tao, Officially Reject the Frost Snow Project Promotion Deal!][I, Xing Yue Mu Hua, Officially Reject the Frost Snow Project Promotion Deal!]...

One virtual streamer after another kept popping up to release [Rejection Statements].

Identical titles.

Identical footage.

Even the script was identical, with basically not a single word changed! The fans were dazzled, feeling that this matter was both outrageous and hilarious, and they left messages under the videos to express their shock:

"The most hilarious event of the year in the virtual streamer circle."

"Absolutely brilliant!"

"Unbelievable, I just refreshed my feed and saw six identical videos!"

"Six? You're promoting six virtual streamers at the same time? That's some serious power."

"Heh, I saw nine, scrolled down for ages and they were all the same video, thought P Station was bugging out."

"So this is definitely a Zhu Meng commercial, right? Big spender!"

"Advertising like this?"

"Excellent, innovative, I'd call you an advertising immortal."

"Anyone keeping count of how many streamers took this commercial?"

"Counting now, already over 12!"

Virtual streamers originally grew out of the ACG culture, and their audience, while not entirely ACG, was not far off.

This was definitely a precise placement by Zhu Meng.

Because of the strong correlation, the "related recommendations" below these videos mostly featured the Frost Snow Project trailer.

Of course, there were also other "rejection statements" with almost identical titles and covers.

These videos linked together quickly stirred up huge buzz on P Station, and the views of almost all related videos soared.

Fei Zhiyuan watched as the Frost Snow Project trailer was pushed onto P Station's 24-hour trending list by this wave of popularity.

The trending topics also successively featured three related hot words: [Frost Snow Project], [Virtual Streamer Rejection Statement], and [Zhu Meng Dairy].

The Frost Snow Project's popularity on P Station was experiencing an explosive growth.

As Fei Zhiyuan watched, he gripped his phone tighter and tighter, almost cracking the screen!

The suppressed gasps of the employees outside the conference room made Fei Zhiyuan feel even more embarrassed.

Just a few minutes ago!

He was still grandstanding in the conference room, using the Frost Snow Project's failure to reach P Station's 24-hour trending list as evidence to mock Zhu Meng's marketing team as useless.

Then, in the blink of an eye, they came up with such a bizarre operation, not only pushing the video onto the list but also securing three trending topics!

Was this targeting a bit too strong? Was it aimed at me?

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