Just Tell Me If It's Resolved or Not

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In the Frost Snow Project livestream, which already had over 100,000 viewers, the black screen was filled with a constant stream of question marks.

Endless.

And growing more intense!

What had just happened was simply too sudden.

Just moments ago, Zhu Meng had said they'd located the source of the bug and would give everyone an explanation. Then, they started a livestream, taking everyone to an employee in the office.

Any normal person would assume this was to explain the code issue on the spot and have the programmer fix the bug live.

Letting everyone be a virtual supervisor, that would count as an "explanation."

Everything made sense.

But Zhu Meng's thought process was completely different from what everyone expected!

After finding the programmer, they just set the person on fire? Set them on fire???

This fire not only burned the person but also stunned the hundreds of thousands of netizens:

"Wait, wait! What the hell is Zhu Meng doing!?"

"So, the source of the bug refers to the person who wrote the buggy code?"

"Zhu Meng's explanation means getting rid of the bug programmer?"

"What an outlaw!"

"Holy shit, call the police!"

"It should be fake, right? They wouldn't really burn someone to death, would they?"

"Hard to say, this looks way too real!"

"At least the office is real! Zhu Meng's former art director posted the office environment to prove their identity, and it's exactly the same as in the video!"

Before the livestream viewers could finish discussing, the Frost Snow Project account posted an update.

Arrogantly posting the entire Burning Programmer to Appease Heaven video online, along with the text:

[Thank you for your concern, the bug issue has been resolved.] So the netizens, who hadn't finished complaining, immediately moved to the comments section to continue the debate:

"What a super-alpha boss!"

"You call this fixing a bug??"

"We just asked you to fix the bug, not to deal with the person who wrote the bug!"

"Damn, is it this dangerous to be a programmer at Zhu Meng??"

"Are you all serious? This can't be real, right?"

The netizens weren't stupid, of course.

At first, they were indeed startled by the live arson, to the point of worrying whether the Zhu Meng boss had an antisocial personality and suddenly went crazy and started a fire.

But once the Frost Snow Project brazenly posted this video online, everyone was basically sure it was fake.

-- Who would voluntarily post their own crime video online?

But this didn't stop the incident from causing a huge reaction online!

The video's popularity exploded!

This time, it wasn't just the ACG community, but the entire gaming community, even the entire social network, was shaken.

#Zhu Meng Livestream Burning Programmer to Appease Heaven# quickly shot to the top of the trending searches, surpassing the heat generated by the Frost Snow Project in a single day in an extremely short amount of time.

The popularity of the Frost Snow Project alone was completely unable to compete with a social topic that simultaneously involved multiple explosive points such as [games], [workplace], [programmers], and [arson in the office].

Its popularity was rapidly surpassed.

But this wasn't a bad thing for the Frost Snow Project. On one hand, it brought more attention from outside the circle, and on the other hand, it effectively diverted attention.

--Who's still talking about bugs now! The Zhu Meng boss angrily burned a programmer in his office! Isn't this topic much more explosive than bugs?!

After Xu Meng's series of operations, the bugs were still there, but no one cared anymore.

Even if the hired internet trolls and feminists were still trying to make an issue out of the bugs, they couldn't stir up any more trouble.

In fact, many people had already chickened out.

Yang Hui, who had been attacking Zhu Meng by name for objectifying women, gender discrimination, and being a company of hooligans, was frightened by the news of Xu Meng setting people on fire after verifying her identity. She didn't dare to jump out and stir up trouble for the next few days.

Meng Bing, the senior who hadn't revealed her real name but had been secretly using a small account to say bad things about Zhu Meng and Xu Meng, chickened out on the spot.

Not long after, she began to delete all her Weiguang posts attacking Xu Meng, burying her head in the sand like an ostrich without saying a word.

Even Fire Knife, who had been talking about how high the gold content of the characters after the Frost Snow Project remake was, and how hard the modelers and animators had worked, and who considered himself to be on the same side as Zhu Meng, twitched his eyelids and eyebrows when he saw this video.

--This move is too deterrent! Even if you know there's something wrong with this video, and the person who was burned is probably fine.

But just thinking about it, Xu Meng can pour gasoline on someone's body without changing his expression, and throw a match to light someone on fire without any psychological barriers...

Who wouldn't shudder at the thought of going against such a fierce person?

What if he gets anxious one day, rushes into your company while you're working, pours gasoline on you, throws a match, and burns you to a crisp?

Can't afford to offend him, can't afford to offend him. --"See, the problem is solved."

In the general manager's office of Zhu Meng, Xu Meng smiled slightly at Song Zhicheng and the little assistant.

Song Zhicheng, the operations director who had followed him, and Chen Mengling, the little assistant who had come to deliver supplements, didn't know what expression to make for a moment.

In any case, neither of them could laugh.

Especially Song Zhicheng.

He felt that his professional experience formed by seven years of operations had been severely challenged at this moment.

"Can problems be solved like this?" Song Zhicheng couldn't help but ask.

From the transformation of the Frost Snow Project announcement, he could see that the boss liked to take unconventional paths, but this was too unconventional!

"Why not?" Xu Meng asked rhetorically, "Didn't you see celebrities revealing other people's gossip to suppress their own scandals?"

"Ah?" Song Zhicheng and the little assistant were stunned at the same time.

"Is this the same thing??" The little assistant asked, puzzled.

"Don't worry about the details." Xu Meng waved his hand.

"In short, now netizens are no longer staring at the bugs, and the people who are causing trouble can't stir up any more trouble. We can fix the bugs slowly."

Song Zhicheng still felt a little awkward in his heart, but he also knew that Xu Meng was right.

Although the method was a bit crazy, the public opinion crisis of the Frost Snow Project was indeed solved easily.

"You guys have a lot to do next. While paying attention to online public opinion and player feedback, you must maintain Dream Ferry well."

"In the future, Dream Ferry will be more important than the Frost Snow Project."

Song Zhicheng looked at Xu Meng in surprise. Isn't Dream Ferry the player community of the Frost Snow Project? Why is it more important than the game?

But this matter is still relatively far away, and Xu Meng didn't explain too much.

He drank the supplement and called Peng Linmu to arrange the bug fixes.

By the way, he also issued a serious bug apology announcement, assuring players that Zhu Meng was doing its best to fix the bugs.

By the time the announcement was released, it was already 5:50 PM, with only 10 minutes left before get off work.

As always, no one had any intention of leaving work.

But what was different from the past was that the entire company, from top to bottom, was now immersed in a bubble of joy.

Everyone's face was beaming with joy.

Clearly, although Xu Meng didn't publicly announce the specific data after the Frost Snow Project went live, everyone was an industry insider and understood enough about gacha games.

Just looking at the number of streamers broadcasting the Frost Snow Project and the popularity of their streams was enough to give them a rough idea.

Then, looking at the content and reviews discussed by players on P Station, Weiguang, and their own Dream Ferry, they not only had a rough idea, but were basically certain.

So everyone was immersed in the pure joy of their hard work paying off, wanting to enjoy this atmosphere a little longer, with no intention of leaving work at all.

Xu Meng had no choice but to come out and shoo people away—

He clapped his hands and shouted, "Everyone, look over here! Everyone, look over here!"

"I have good news to announce," he said with a smile. "But you should already know this good news."

"The new version of Frost Snow Project is a great success!"

"In the six hours since the server opened, the total revenue across all channels has exceeded 26 million! The current number of real-time online players is 2.74 million! The highest online peak is 3.8 million!"

"These numbers will continue to rise tonight."

"However, we don't have to wait until tonight to draw a conclusion—"

"Everyone, we have successfully created a miracle—reviving the Frost Snow Project and Zhu Meng in one month!"

Thunderous applause immediately erupted in the office.

Everyone's hands were red from clapping, but they didn't notice, clapping even harder! Some sensitive female colleagues even shed tears with red eyes.

—The past month had been too difficult.

Xu Meng shouted loudly in the midst of the applause, "I won't say much nonsense!"

"Everyone gets a bonus!"

"Persist for another week, and all departments will take turns on vacation!"

"No work tomorrow afternoon, collective dinner! Those who don't want to have dinner can leave work early!"

"Now, get off work, dismiss!"

The applause immediately became even more enthusiastic, and outgoing colleagues cheered on the spot.

The entire company, from top to bottom, was filled with jubilation.

At this point, Zhu Meng's crisis of closure finally dissipated.

Seeking monthly tickets, seeking follow-up reading, seeking recommendations!

Thanks to [Panic War] for the 5000 points reward! Thanks to [Liuli Broken Liuli] for the 2000 points reward! Thanks to [Little Nineteen Eating Pomegranate] for the 1500 points reward!