"Wu Bo, you're killing me! Where's the wheel of history? Let me see the wheel marks on your face!"
"Whose era is over? Da Fei's? Sorry, Da Fei's era has just begun."
"Wu Bo, don't delete your Weibo! This post of yours is definitely one of the funniest moments of the year, it'll go down in history."
"Hahaha, I'm dying laughing! Why is Wu Bo so middle school? Does Da Fei even care about you?"
"Singing Da Fei's songs and still mocking him? You're so far behind Da Fei."
"Not just you, your whole band is terrible. Look at the Liang Music Band, they didn't make a single mistake on the Spring Festival Gala stage. They gave the Golden Melody Award for Best Band to you guys? Isn't that a joke?"
"The Liang Music Band is indeed strong. Da Fei just said, 'One more time, end the chorus,' and all the musicians reacted immediately, cooperating without any mistakes. Can your Da Fei band do that?"
"Kicking Da Fei out was the biggest mistake of your lives."
"..."
Seeing these comments, Wu Bo's face darkened.
Damn it, it wasn't me who fired Da Fei again!
He clearly performed at the Spring Festival Gala and had fulfilled his Spring Festival Gala dream, yet he still felt so aggrieved.
This Spring Festival Gala had given Da Fei all the limelight, while he, Wu Bo, had gained nothing and was ridiculed by netizens. What bad luck!
Shen Jianbin had returned to his hometown and also saw this news.
At this moment, the Da Fei band was once again pushed to the forefront of public attention.
The discussion about Shen Jianbin's failing vision never stopped. After Da Fei went solo, he was simply thriving, like a fish in water.
The internet was saying Shen Jianbin must be kicking himself.
Did he regret it?
He had regretted it before.
Da Fei had perhaps suddenly figured things out, and was blossoming all over the internet.
But even the current Da Fei wasn't the lead singer Shen Jianbin needed.
His company didn't need another leader. He needed a lead singer who would listen and make money, and Wu Bo was a good choice.
Although a bit slow, people like that were easy to control.
Sun Jie sent a WeChat message, "Happy New Year, Brother Bin! Did you see Da Fei's performance? He's really the apple of CCTV's eye. Does he actually have someone in the government?"
Shen Jianbin: It's just Sun Xuan. He used to drink with us all the time. Now he's been promoted, and he doesn't even answer my calls.
Sun Jie: Just one Sun Xuan can look after Da Fei like this? He might really have someone in the government. We'd better not provoke him in the future.
Shen Jianbin: Nobody wants to provoke him. Let him do his own thing, and we'll do ours. By the way, is Wu Bo's endorsement deal done?
Sun Jie: Done. Wu Bo's going to take photos today, and the game goes live the day after tomorrow. It's called Fingertip Piano. This game will probably be popular.
Shen Jianbin: Yeah, send out the promotional photos on Weibo tonight after they're taken. Buy some traffic, and get those big accounts to help retweet.
Sun Jie: Okay, Brother Bin.
Today, all the major short video platforms were replaying yesterday's show.
The most replayed content was "Kung Fu Order" and Da Fei's "Rubber Band Teleportation."
These two performances were absolute classics. Liang Music Band also released the song "Chinese Kung Fu," which immediately became the background music for various sports bloggers, and the song instantly went viral across the entire internet.
As for Da Fei's Rubber Band Teleportation, it provided a lot of buzz for those magic bloggers, and a large number of bloggers began teaching and revealing the secrets.
This magic trick was truly outstanding. The props were simple, and the trick itself was also simple. It was pure sleight of hand magic, with a certain degree of difficulty, but ordinary people could learn it with practice.
"So that's how it is. I really thought there was some kind of mechanism in the rubber band."
"Ugh, it's sleight of hand magic. These people all said Sister Deng was a plant, but now it seems that's not true."
"I said a long time ago that Sister Deng wouldn't be a plant for anyone. Da Fei's magic skills are quite strong. I've watched so many teaching bloggers, and none of them perform as naturally as Da Fei."
"Da Fei's magic is really good, and this act isn't even on the Spring Festival Gala's program list. It feels like he just added it himself."
"Da Fei is so awesome! He's performing two acts at the Spring Festival Gala by himself, that's amazing."
"It's not just two. Loyalty to the Country, Kung Fu Order, Congratulations Congratulations, Rubber Band Teleportation, and My Chinese Heart, technically, those are all Da Fei's acts."
"Awesome, he's the darling of CCTV."
"..."
Lin Chudong didn't pay attention to these comments online; instead, he was focused on playing his game.
Yao Qiang stood behind him and said,
"Chudong, how is it? Are you satisfied?"
Lin Chudong frowned. "I'm satisfied with everything else, but the impact feels a bit too strong. Can we fine-tune it?"
"Sure."
Wang Zhi and the others had wanted to work overtime, but Lin Chudong sent them all home.
It was a bit much to make people work overtime during the New Year.
For testing the game, he and the people from Yao Qiang's game group were enough.
Liang Yin also didn't go home. The company's game was about to launch, and she couldn't leave for such a big event.
Liang Yin asked, "Da Fei, do we need to find a spokesperson for this game?"
Lin Chudong was taken aback. "No, I'll be the spokesperson."
"Alright, let's take some promotional photos today, shall we?"
"Sounds good."
There are quite a few people who don't take time off for the New Year in Shanghai. After a morning of shooting, the promotional photos were basically done.
They were sent to the art team, and Kang Na and the other two quickly retouched the photos to create a promotional cover.
During the morning, Yao Qiang finished debugging the "Raging Slash Three Kingdoms"'s hit feeling, and Lin Chudong tested it again and was finally satisfied.
"This is fun, Boss, let's have a solo match."
"Bring it on, I'm not afraid of you!"
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Liang Music Band released an official Weibo post.
"Created by Liang Yin Media and personally planned by singer Da Fei, the rhythm-based competitive online game, Audition, will be launched tomorrow. Those who love music and games, don't miss it."
"Launch benefits: rewards for leveling up. The top ten players in the first server will receive a gift package from Hongyun Group and Da Fei's autographed album CD. The first place will get a laptop, and the second place, gaming headphones…"
Then, a video of the game trial play and Da Fei's promotional photos were released.
In addition to the Liang Music Band's release, Deng Siqing, Lin Qiqi, Tian Yingxiong, and Yang Han all helped to repost.
This caused quite a stir online.
"Da Fei is making a game? He really is spreading his wings everywhere. What doesn't Da Fei do?"
"I'm here for Da Fei, but I don't understand music. Can I still play well?"
"The promotional video looks like fun. The key is that you can make couples and get married in the game. I love it just for that."
"It's boring at home during the New Year. Will this game be available in internet cafes?"
"..."
The game's official website had already been released, providing downloads and account registration, but it wouldn't be online and playable today.
Lin Chudong asked, "Lao Yao, how many people can your server handle online at the same time at most?"
"A million, maybe."
Lin Chudong frowned slightly, "Is that enough?"
Yao Qiang smiled wryly, "It's definitely enough. The hottest game a while ago, Raging Slash Three Kingdoms, only had two million people online. It'll be hard for our new game to surpass that. If we do, we'll be a hit! We can buy more servers then."
Lin Chudong nodded, and looked up some data online, discovering that after this world was fabricated, the gaming industry was actually so desolate.
The highest number of online players for a PC game was only a little over three million, and the game had already shut down.
You have to understand that a game like Honor of Kings has over a hundred million players online.
Of course, that's a mobile game, not a PC game.
Currently, the development of mobile games is also very weak, and the games developed are still in the card game stage, and the market is already saturated.
But Lin Chudong isn't specifically in the business of making games. The reason he's doing Audition is because of the popularity of the songs and his professional advantages, which can bring popularity to the game.
If this game is successful, he can really let loose when making games in the future.
In this promotional video, all the gameplay features of the game are displayed.
First of all, you can play well without recharging. You can get married, establish guilds, and make friends within the game. Those who want to spend money can buy skins.
This type of game is very attractive to female players.
In the past, female players who wanted to experience the marriage system in games could only play those "one-hit-kills-for-999" games, where couples teamed up to kill monsters, and their intimacy increased the more they killed.
But this kind of game wasn't what girls truly loved. Games like Audition, where couples could dance together and compete with other couples, had a huge appeal to them.
Once this element was introduced, female players would definitely flock to it.
And with more female players, would there be any worry about a lack of male players?
Moreover, this game was also quite hardcore, and male players who enjoyed competitive games would also like it.
At the same time, the Liang Music Band and Chunting Game Company simultaneously released Weibo posts.
"Fingertip Piano will launch tomorrow, another masterpiece following Raging Slash Three Kingdoms, endorsed by Da Fei and Wu Bo of the Liang Music Band, a music game..."
A promotional video was also included.
This game is somewhat different from Audition; it's a real music game, so it's relatively simple.
In the game interface, there's a piano, and the letters on the keyboard represent the piano keys. Players can play with the default settings or customize them.
Most of the songs in the game are piano pieces, with difficulty levels ranging from one to five stars.
The two games launching at the same time have also made these gamers start to watch the fun.
"Which one should I play when both games are released tomorrow?"
"Of course, it's Chunting Game Company's. They're an established company, so the game quality is guaranteed."
"Liang Music Band also has a good reputation, and they're all popular songs. I want to go play Kung Fu Order."
"Kids make choices; adults, of course, want them all!"
"That's a good point. It's free anyway, so I'll try both."
"Da Fei and Wu Bo are at it again. Those two are really sworn enemies, each endorsing a game. Looks like they'll be going head-to-head tomorrow."
"Does Wu Bo even have the qualifications? He's been flattened by the wheels of history, that smelly tin can."
"..."
Chunting Game Company.
Fu Xiaochun sat in his office and sneered when he saw these comments.
"A singer, crossing over to make games, dares to compete with me? How laughable."
"Tomorrow, direct traffic from the game Raging Slash Three Kingdoms. Anyone who registers for Fingertip Piano gets a full set of three-star equipment."
The assistant beside him said, "President Fu, are we starting the promotion tomorrow? Shouldn't we wait a few days? All the activities are concentrated right now; isn't it a bit of an advertising overkill?"
The game had just been released, so there was no need to spend so much on promotion. Once the promotion methods were exhausted after the release, people would lose interest.
Fu Xiaochun said, "It's fine. We have a competitor now; we need to eliminate them first."
This type of game basically had no rivals in the market. No one was making music-based online games, so as long as they took down Audition, they could monopolize this market segment.
With the original game players, Fu Xiaochun felt no pressure at all.
Although Raging Slash Three Kingdoms was on the decline and didn't have the peak of two million online users, it was still relatively popular, with one million at least.
As long as they launched an event, the registered users of Fingertip Piano would definitely skyrocket. Da Fei's broken game wouldn't last a week.
It was the third day of the Lunar New Year, nine in the morning.
Cheng Huanhuan sent Deng Siqing a video, and the two chatted about the Spring Festival Gala for a while.
Cheng Huanhuan: Your Da Fei is really something, he even took down Sister Zhang. Did you give him a boost? Deng Siqing: Do you think I have that kind of ability? Director Ma came to his senses at the last moment.
Cheng Huanhuan: Director Ma is quite something this time. This year's Spring Festival Gala has a very high approval rating, and the audience response is very good. Although he offended several sponsors, Director Ma hasn't been affected, and he's gained both fame and fortune.
Deng Siqing: He should have done this a long time ago. Catering to those sponsors isn't necessarily a wise choice.
Cheng Huanhuan: But Director Sun is in a bad way. The leaders always have to deal with someone to appease those sponsors' anger. Director Sun might be transferred to Beijing Television.
Deng Siqing: That bad? That's really tough. Are you bored back home? Cheng Huanhuan: Bored, yeah. All I see when I scroll through Douyin is your Da Fei. It's no fun.
Deng Siqing: Go to an internet cafe and play Audition.
Cheng Huanhuan: …Okay, then you play with me.
Deng Siqing: Mm.
Cheng Huanhuan got dressed up, put on a mask, and went to the internet cafe.
There was only a laptop at home, which wasn't convenient for playing games. The internet cafe was still more fun.
Sitting in the internet cafe, Cheng Huanhuan opened the game list and found that there was no Audition in it.
"Internet cafe attendant, don't you have Audition?"
The internet cafe attendant quickly ran over, "Beauty, this game isn't here. You can download one from the official website."
"Okay."
After downloading the game, Da Fei started registering and then opened a voice chat with Deng Siqing.
"Your Da Fei's game isn't that great, it's not even in internet cafes, you have to download it."
"Same here. Maybe Da Fei isn't famous enough yet. Let's play for a bit."
"I'm in, my ID is Little Meow Meow. What song are we playing?"
"Let's do 'Can't Help But Love', one-star difficulty."
The two of them started playing the game.
While playing, they talked. Cheng Huanhuan directly took off her mask; after all, this wasn't Shanghai, and not many people in her hometown knew her.
Although Cheng Huanhuan had been transferred to CCTV, she didn't have her own program yet.
Now that Sun Xuan was going to be transferred to the Beijing TV station, she figured she would have to go along too.
Her fame wasn't even close to Sister Deng's.
After Cheng Huanhuan took off her mask, her stunning beauty immediately caught the attention of a group of otaku in the internet cafe.
"Beauty, what game is this? I'm really good at games. How about I help you?"
Female players in games were a rare sight, so a bold otaku came over to chat her up.
Cheng Huanhuan said, "Sure, Audition. Download it, and I'll invite you."
The young man perked up at this and then called over the internet cafe attendant.
"What kind of lousy internet cafe is this? You don't even have Audition. Hurry up and download it on a host computer!"
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