Chapter 114: I Would Never Touch This Garbage Game!
Chapter 114: I Would Never Touch This Garbage Game!
April 1st, April Fools’ Day.
Game Producer officially launched for sale, priced at 28 yuan!
Tengda was already well-known, and this time they had even enlisted several video content creators to help promote it. Wanting to quietly release the game without attracting players' attention had already become an impossible task.
Pei Qian had struggled for a long time over the pricing decision.
If it was priced too low—Ghost General had already proven how that could go wrong.
If it was priced too high—Ocean Fortress served as the opposite kind of cautionary tale.
So what was he supposed to do?!
It was a real dilemma.
After thinking it through, Pei Qian decided to go with a lower price.
Because the unique thing about Game Producer was that players could “cloud-clear” it!
As long as video creators recorded full playthroughs, cloud gamers could experience the entire thing just by watching on video platforms—so their impulse to purchase would be very weak.
In other words, the main buyers of this game were likely to be more hardcore players.
People like video content creators, streamers, and particularly passionate fans of domestic single-player games.
These folks weren’t overly sensitive to pricing. Whether a game was priced at 30 or 90 yuan didn’t matter much—if they wanted to play, they’d buy it.
But for cloud gamers who were used to freeloading, no matter how low the price, it still wouldn’t beat free.
So after weighing all the factors, he settled on a price of 28 yuan—the lowest price allowed by the system.
With the target audience being relatively fixed, the lower the price, the less profit, naturally!
This pricing decision raised concerns within the company. Some feared they wouldn’t recoup costs, but Pei Qian stood firm and finalized the price despite opposition.
Pei Qian hoped this game would be known for: huge investment, flashy visuals, massive buzz, miserable sales!
So far, most of the budget for Game Producer has gone into the art department—over 2 million yuan. With everything else included, the total cost was about 3 million.
Ruan Guangjian did offer some discounts, but he was only responsible for the concept art and design. The actual artwork, environments, models, and so on still required extra spending.
Factoring in all the miscellaneous costs, they’d need to sell at least 300,000 copies to break even!
Pei Qian had at least some confidence that they wouldn’t hit that number.
Sure, there were a few masochistic players in the gaming community—but no way there were 300,000 of them… right?
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Meanwhile, as the game launched, Qiao Liang also uploaded his new video.
After finishing the upload, Qiao Liang immediately closed the backend of Fanshu.com, muted notifications from his fan group chat, and put his phone on silent.
Shut-in mode activated. All in one go!
Then, without delay, he sent the video link to Lu Mingliang.
Not long after, the payment came through.
After seeing the money in the bank. Qiao Liang let out a long sigh of relief.
Perfect!
Now it was time to go full ostrich mode—he didn’t care if a flood of backlash was coming, as long as he got paid. He’d just enjoy life for two months and deal with the consequences later!
Even if he got roasted online, once the outrage died down in a couple of months, he’d pretend nothing happened. He would be back like nothing ever went wrong.
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Shortly after the video was released, Qiao Liang’s fans received notifications.
Within just ten minutes, their emotions went through a rollercoaster—and they took tons of psychic damage!
When they saw that Teacher Qiao had uploaded a new video, their first reaction was excitement.
But then they noticed it was just another “This Month’s Recommended Games” episode. Their enthusiasm immediately dropped by half. They knew what that meant: a typical sponsored segment—not very entertaining.Teacher Qiao
Still, a few fans who had nothing better to do clicked on it.
And then their worldview was shattered.
The entire video consisted of footage from a single game. The visuals were indeed polished—nothing to complain about there.
But the voiceover? Only one word could describe it: unbearable.
“Hello, dearest daddies, this is still your familiar, game-kowtowing Teacher Qiao!”
“Before we begin this episode, please allow me to calm down a little first—slurp slurp slurp—ahhh~”
“Take a look at this game. See who the developer is? Tengda!”
“This is Tengda’s latest game. Now, let me show you the visuals…”
“Sorry everyone, I’m getting a bit incoherent... Wow, ladies and gentlemen, the very first time…”
“It’s been years since I’ve felt this way. So excited about a game that at 3:11 AM, Tengda’s dev team sent me the footage online.”
“It’s called Game Producer, GAM~E, game, game designer!”
“Awesome!”
...
Many of Teacher Qiao’s fans were dumbfounded, their mouths stuck in a permanent “O” shape as they watched the whole thing.
The video wasn’t long—just a bit over ten minutes.
But the tone and style were totally off. It felt nothing like Teacher Qiao’s usual content—it was like it came from a completely different person!
In previous “New Game Recommendation” videos, while they were also sponsored content, Teacher Qiao had still put in effort.
He tailored the video around each game’s unique features.
His speech was clear and smooth.
Even if he tiptoed around flaws and only hyped the positives, at least the videos had substance and entertainment value.
But what was this mess supposed to be?
It was a bizarre mix of Chinese and English, filled with cringey inflections and irritating tone shifts.
He spent the entire video bootlicking the game, didn’t mention a single flaw, and everything he said was vague fluff—as if he couldn’t find any real strengths and was just forcing praise for the sake of it.
The worst part? The whole video was completely devoid of substance. No real info, no analysis—just empty filler. A total waste of time!
It didn’t achieve anything beyond making viewers feel physically uncomfortable.
Many of Teacher Qiao’s fans, even after watching the whole video, still struggled to accept the brutal reality:
“Teacher Qiao, blink twice if you’ve been kidnapped! Oh wait, you didn’t show your face… okay, never mind.”
“What the hell is this? You wanna do a sponsored video, fine—but do you have to look this desperate doing it??”
“Unsubbing, right now!”
“Simping this hard and still no house smh.”
“I knew I shouldn’t have clicked when I saw it was ‘This Month’s New Game Recommendations’…”
“Wait, is this some kind of April Fools’ joke? Hmm, today is April 1st. That must be it!”
“I honestly can’t tell if this is a parody or if he’s actually being serious…”
“If you can’t tell whether it’s satire or just plain stupid, always assume it’s plain stupid.”
“I counted over thirty ‘Waaaooo’s in a ten-minute video. I must be bored. And you? You must be shameless.”
“‘Waaaooo~ Awesome~ This is my exclusive moment~’—vomits.”
“I can’t even imagine how much money it must’ve taken to make the once-savvy Teacher Qiao produce this kind of shill-fest…”
“I’m starting to wonder if he even got paid. Sucking up this hard might actually backfire with the sponsors!”
“The worst part is... this was an ad for Tengda! From Lonely Desert Road to Game Producer... I’m speechless. What even happened between Tengda and Teacher Qiao??”
“A game-reviewing content creator brought down by the evil might of corporate money? I’m already imagining the whole story in my head!”
“Tengda did release a new game today called Game Producer. The odds that Teacher Qiao’s shilling? 99.99% confirmed.”
“Wait—it’s really a Tengda game? The same people who made Ghost General and Ocean Fortress? Is this their actual marketing strategy? Or did Teacher Qiao go out of his way to suck up?”
“After watching this, I swore to never touch that trash game. But now that I know it’s a Tengda title… I’m kind of tempted. What should I do?”
“Don’t! You know it’s garbage, why would you still eat it? Are you that self-destructive?”
“I’m the opposite—I want to see what kind of game could make Teacher Qiao grovel like this!”
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