Chapter 392 If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you won’t get the tiger’s cubs
The next morning, in the editorial department of Shaowan Game Network.
Not long after Zhang Qifeng arrived in the office and sat down, the office door was pushed open with a bang.
"Zhang Qifeng! Look at the good things you have done!"
Zhang Qifeng was startled. He quickly looked up and saw that the person coming was none other than Shaowan Game Network. Director, Liu Dong.
He is also considered his immediate boss.
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. This mistake has caused many players to misunderstand this game as "not paying attention to domestic players".
That time when Liu Dong was skating on the Shaowan Game Network, he was so angry that he cursed Zhang Qifeng and his editor. It was a dark history that Zhang Qifeng was reluctant to look back on.
Unexpectedly, after many years, he saw Mr. Liu's furious expression again.
"Mr. Liu, what's wrong? What happened?"
While Zhang Qifeng stood up and tried to calm down Liu Dong's anger as much as possible, his brain was running at the speed of light, trying to recall when he stabbed Lei.
Shaowan Game.com is currently a relatively popular game media. Basically, various game information and briefings are released every day. In the past few days, at least a dozen or two manuscripts have been reviewed by Zhang Qifeng. Ten items, I couldn't think of the specific problem in my haste.
What's more, Zhang Qifeng is also puzzled. He has carefully reviewed these manuscripts, so what's the big problem?
Liu Dong's anger obviously has a reason: "Have you played "Heartbeat Dreamland"?"
Zhang Qifeng was stunned for a moment: "No, no. That's not Nitiantian's new game. Is the game already on sale? ”
Liu Dong pointed at him with a bit of hatred: "You, you, you, go and see for yourself what the current public opinion about this game is on the Internet!"
This makes Zhang Qifeng even more confused, isn't it? Well, what does the game Against Heaven have to do with us?
Although they are editors of game media, they cannot play all games. After all, the usual work itself is very busy, with manuscripts to be written, and there may be as many as a dozen games involved at the same time, so it is impossible to play them all.
At most, a few colleagues can divide it up 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 overturning. It is true that there are not enough manpower to play, and it is easy to have problems with the manuscripts written.
But Zhang Qifeng is an experienced editor after all. He is very careful in this regard and all manuscripts are carefully verified.
So far, the intersection between Shaowan Game Network and "Heartbeat Dreamland" seems to be the only interview, right?
Although Shaowan Game Network does have internal plans to publish a game review and trial guide for "Heartbeat Dreamland", and the task of writing the article has been assigned, the submission date is still early!
There was something wrong with that interview?
That makes even more sense, because Zhang Qifeng only truthfully recorded the words of Zhou Yang, the producer of "Heartbeat Dream", can this thing also overturn? ,
Unless he's tricking me!
Thinking of this, Zhang Qifeng hurriedly explained: "Mr. Liu, I definitely wrote that interview according to what the producer of "Heartbeat Dreamland" said. 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 grateful that he had the habit of archiving all the recording files in the recorder. If he had deleted them, he would not be able to clean them up even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Liu Dong obviously did not particularly believe what Zhang Qifeng said.
After all, they are all working in the media. Would he not know the virtues of the editors under him?
Who doesn’t understand the fascinating moment of journalism?
Of course, Shaowan Game Network has a little bit of a bottom line here. It will slightly beautify the content of the interviewees, and it may sometimes be a little condescending, but in general, it will not deviate. There are too many facts.
But looking at Zhang Qifeng’s determined attitude, maybe this interview is really true to his word?
This is indeed very possible, because at the time of the interview, the game "Heartbeat Dreamland" had not yet been released. Even if Zhang Qifeng wanted to play freely, he had no material or reason at all.
Thinking of this, Liu Dong frowned: "Then you mean to say that we have been taken advantage of?
"Is it the producer from Nitiantian who deliberately used our interview to convey wrong information to the players and mislead them?
"That's a bit too ungrateful! ”
The more Liu Dong thought about it, the more he felt that this was very possible.
Because “Heartbeat Dreamland” was already regarded as a scam by players at this time, Nitiantian official, whether it was releasing demos, promoting, or Selling figures is basically misleading players.
Since these are all misleading, what's weird about misleading the media for exclusive interviews?
Zhang Qifeng was a little unsure: "This...Mr. Liu, it's hard to say. I think the producer of "Heartbeat Dreamland" is quite honest and doesn't talk much. He shouldn't lie to me on purpose."
Liu Dong was a little angry: "As an old man, you don't know much about the truth, right? You know people and faces, but you don't know the heart. You should have a longer memory!"
Zhang Qifeng didn't know what to say. The facts are here. Here, too, it was difficult for him to argue.
I could only quickly browse the relevant information on the web page, and then compare it with the interview content at that time. Then, Zhang Qifeng said with a somewhat complicated mood: "Mr. Liu, don't tell me, the producer told 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 love games require 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 are you saying 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 half achieved. No problem.
"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 that the geese that hunt all year round can peck their eyes..."
As media people, they are the only ones who have always deceived the interviewees. How could they be deceived by the 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.
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, he certainly cannot 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 seems to be kind and not aggressive, so it is clear who the culprit is.
Liu Dong's anger was almost gone. 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, giving 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 Tian.”
Zhang Qifeng also nodded a little: "Well, Mr. Liu, please calm down and I'll think of a way."
The simplest way to deal with it is to simply issue a statement saying that he should play less games online at that time. I haven’t played the official version of the game yet, so the interview transcript is entirely based on the producer’s answers.
In short, let’s clear up the relationship.
But doing so would be a bit too blunt, and it would easily lead to a breakdown in relations with Nitiantian.
You encountered a little pressure from public opinion this time, so you quickly swung the blame and cut off the relationship. Then next time you want to ask Nitiantian to arrange an exclusive interview, I'm afraid they will ignore you.
So it's best not to do this unless absolutely necessary.
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 can still have two or three days to think about it carefully.
Liu Dong nodded: "Okay, put your other work aside recently and deal with this matter first! Anyway, there have been no new masterpieces in the gaming industry recently, and the popularity is basically the same. They are all here in "Heartbeat Dreamland"
"If there are any new discoveries by then, maybe there will be 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 I have to do it myself!
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.
(End of this chapter)