Chapter 392: No Risk, No Gain

The next morning, at the editorial department of Shaowan Games.

Zhang Qifeng had just sat down in the office when the door was slammed open.

"Zhang Qifeng! Look at what you have done!"

Zhang Qifeng was startled. He looked up and saw that the person who came was Liu Dong, the director of Shaowan Games.

He was also his immediate superior.

Zhang Qifeng was confused because he rarely saw Liu Dong get so angry. The last time he saw him, it seemed that one of his editors made a low-level mistake when interviewing a very important foreign manufacturer, which made many players misunderstand that this game "does not value domestic players".

Shaowan Games fell down at the speed of light that time, and Liu Dong was so angry that he scolded Zhang Qifeng and his editor together. This was a black history that Zhang Qifeng was reluctant to review.

Unexpectedly, after many years, he saw Mr. Liu's furious expression again.

"Boss Liu, what's wrong? What happened?"

Zhang Qifeng stood up and tried to calm Liu Dong's anger, while his brain was working at the speed of light, trying to recall when he had made the mistake.

As a relatively popular game media, Shaowan Games.com basically publishes various game information and briefings every day. In the past few days, Zhang Qifeng has reviewed at least a dozen or twenty manuscripts. How could he think of the specific problem in a hurry?

What's more, Zhang Qifeng was also puzzled. He had reviewed these manuscripts carefully. What's the big problem?

Liu Dong's anger was obviously justified: "Have you played "Heartbeat Dreamland"?

Zhang Qifeng was stunned for a moment: "No, no. Isn't that the new game of Against Heaven? Has it been released?"

Liu Dong pointed at him with some regret: "You, you, go and see what the public opinion on this game is now on the Internet!"

This made Zhang Qifeng even more confused. Isn't it wrong? What does the game of Against Heaven have to do with us?

Although they are editors of game media, they can't play all games. After all, their daily work is very busy, they have to write articles, and there may be more than a dozen games involved at the same time. How can they play all of them?

At most, several colleagues will share and play one game each. Only some top-level games that are extremely popular and attract much attention can be played by multiple editors together.

This is also the reason why many game media are prone to failure. It is indeed that there are not enough people and they can't play all the games, so it is easy for the articles they write to have problems.

But Zhang Qifeng is an experienced editor after all. He is very careful in this regard and has carefully verified the articles.

So far, the intersection between Shaowan Games and "Heartbeat Dreamland" seems to be only that interview, right?

Although Shaowan Games does have plans to publish game reviews and trial guides for "Heartbeat Dreamland" internally, and the writing tasks have been assigned, it is still early for the submission date!

Is there a problem with that interview?

That makes even less sense, because Zhang Qifeng just recorded the words of Zhou Yang, the producer of "Heartbeat Dreamland", how could this thing fail? ,

Unless he lied to me!

Thinking of this, Zhang Qifeng hurriedly explained: "Mr. Liu, I absolutely wrote that interview according to what the producer of "Heartbeat Dreamland" said, and there was no free play at all, I swear! If you don't believe it, you can check the recording."

At this time, Zhang Qifeng was extremely glad that he had the habit of archiving all the recording files in the recorder. If he deleted them, he would never be able to wash them off even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Liu Dong obviously didn't believe what Zhang Qifeng said.

After all, they are all in the media, how could he not know what kind of virtues these editors under him are?

Who doesn't understand the charm of journalism.

Of course, Shaowan Games.com still has a little bottom line, and will slightly beautify the content of the interviewee, and may sometimes also slightly fan the flames, but in general, it will not deviate too much from the facts.

However, looking at Zhang Qifeng's firm attitude, maybe this interview is really unchanged?

This is indeed very possible, because when the interview was conducted, the game "Heartbeat Dreamland" had not yet been released. Even if Zhang Qifeng wanted to express himself freely, he had no material or reason.

Thinking of this, Liu Dong frowned: "So what you mean is that we were used?

"Is it the producer of Against Heaven who deliberately used our interview to convey wrong information to the players, thereby misleading the players?

"That's a bit too unethical!"

The more Liu Dong thought about it, the more he felt that this was very likely.

Because "Heartbeat Dreamland" has been regarded as a scam by players at this time, whether it is releasing demos, promoting or selling figures, Against Heaven's official is basically deliberately misleading players.

Since these are all misleading, then what's strange about misleading the media interviewing?

Zhang Qifeng was a little uncertain: "This... Mr. Liu, it's hard to say. I think the producer of "Heartbeat Dream" is quite honest and doesn't talk much. He shouldn't deliberately lie to me."

Liu Dong was a little angry: "You are old, so you don't tell the truth, right? You can't know a person's heart by looking at his face. You should remember it!"

Zhang Qifeng didn't know what to say. The facts were there, and it was difficult for him to argue.

He could only quickly browse the relevant information on the web page, and then compare it with the content of the interview at that time.

Then, Zhang Qifeng said with a somewhat complicated mood: "Mr. Liu, don't tell me, what the producer told is the truth, but I didn't hear it at the time...

"Look, he told me not to assume the gameplay of this game. He also said that this game will bring players a dream version of the game experience, and players will experience the feeling of heartbeat and love across dimensions..."

Liu Dong was stunned. He thought about it carefully, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with these words!

Even a lot of the content here does imply that this game is extraordinary.

For example, playing this game requires players to have excellent psychological quality, good operating techniques, and good self-cultivation...

Do ordinary romance games need these? Obviously not needed.

But it was obvious that neither Zhang Qifeng, who was interviewing at the time, nor the players who saw the interview later, considered that aspect at all.

But do you want to say that Zhou Yang is a liar? No, it can only be said that there is a deviation in understanding.

Zhang Qifeng continued: "Mr. Liu, look, there is one last sentence. The producer also said that whether the surprise can be achieved depends on the person, but in general, it should be no problem to achieve half of it.

"At first I thought he meant to achieve half of the surprise, but now it seems that he meant to at least surprise the players..."

Liu Dong couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead: "I've been fooled!

"I didn't expect, I didn't expect that the geese hunting all year round could get a peck from the geese..."

As members of the media, they are the only ones who have always deceived their interviewees. How could they be deceived by their interviewees?

"Then, Mr. Liu, what should we do now..." Zhang Qifeng asked softly.

Liu Dong didn't know what to say.

Okay, now the truth is out, who has a problem? Everyone seems to be fine!

First of all, Zhang Qifeng must have no problem. He asked the questions seriously and wrote them truthfully according to the recording without any artistic processing.

There must be no problem with the website either.

Where is Zhou Yang?

First of all, what he said is indeed true, but everyone's understanding is wrong. Secondly, the decision to engage in fraud in this game should have been decided by the top management of Nitiantian. As a producer, it is certainly impossible for him to directly expose the game's background. He can only use this method to hint and send a distress signal to the outside world.

But the outside world may not be able to understand this distress signal!

In the final analysis, the boss who decided this matter within Nitian will still have to take the blame!

Mr. Li and Mr. Gu, well, Mr. Gu seemed kind-hearted and not aggressive, so it was clear who the culprit was.

Liu Dong's anger was almost gone, and he sat down on the chair next to him: "The most urgent task now is to think carefully about how to eliminate the negative impact!

"After all, angry players are now looking for outlets everywhere, and video complaints are no longer enough to satisfy them. Nitiantian has always liked to be a coward, leaving them nowhere to vent their anger, so they just vented it on us. .

"We have to find a way to distance ourselves! We can't let the players think that we are the accomplices of Ni Tiantian."

Zhang Qifeng was also a little bit noisy: "Well, Mr. Liu, please be patient and I will think of a solution."

The simplest way to deal with it was to simply issue a statement, saying that at that time Shaowan Game.com had not played the official version of the game, and the interview manuscript was written entirely based on the producer's answers.

In short, it is to clear up the relationship.

But doing so would be a bit too blunt, and it would easily lead to a stalemate in the relationship with Nitian.

If you encounter a little pressure from public opinion this time, you will quickly throw away the blame and cut off the relationship. Then next time you want to ask Ni Tiantian to arrange an exclusive interview, I'm afraid they will ignore you.

So it's best not to do this unless absolutely necessary.

But as for other ways to deal with it, Zhang Qifeng really couldn't think of it for a while.

Fortunately, this matter is not that urgent. It is not a particularly serious public relations crisis. He still has two or three days to think about it carefully.

Liu Dong nodded: "Okay, please put your other work aside and deal with this matter first! Anyway, there are no new masterpieces in the game industry recently, and the popularity is basically "Heartbeat Dreamland" here.

"If there are any new discoveries by then, maybe we can publish a few other manuscripts."

After Liu Dong finished speaking, he turned and left.

Zhang Qifeng sighed silently and hurriedly downloaded "Heartbeat Dreamland" on his computer.

Looks like you have to do it yourself!

If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs? You still have to try it out for yourself, and then see if there is any room for redemption in terms of the reputation of the game and this interview.