Chapter 15
As a high school boy, He He's sole hobby is gaming, leading him to follow numerous live-streaming accounts. He's been following the up-loader "Snacks Have a Town" for a year now. He's active, humorous, and known for his impressive in-game mechanics. His followers initially wanted to learn his strategies, but eventually became captivated by his playful antics and bookmarked him for the comedy section.
He He discovered this person at first because he was playing a super difficult open world single-player game at the time. In the game, the player has a main storyline, which is to get to know the big shots in the central city through a series of small side quests, and then get the favor of this big shot to obtain the most important prop.
While 50% of the players were still struggling to complete a bunch of tedious small tasks, 40% of the players finally met the big shot, and 9% of the players were struggling to conquer the big shot... only "Snack Town" released a video that taught you how to get important props in ten minutes and it went viral on the entire Internet.
He He didn't believe it at first. He figured even if someone could find a bug to skip all those tedious pre-quests, it wouldn't be possible to defeat that important character in ten minutes. After all, the important NPCs in the game had vibrant and complex personalities and were incredibly difficult to deal with. However, when He He clicked on the video, he gushed out a mouthful of boiled water, unable to believe what he was seeing.
This guy actually found an unguarded path to sneak into the mansion of a big shot, beat him up, and then forced him to hand over a key prop! From the time he sneaked into the mansion to the time he got the prop and ran away, the whole process took less than ten minutes!
His actions also alarmed the game's officials, forcing them to urgently work overtime to update the game. However, it was useless. As the saying goes, "You have a plan, I have a ladder to climb over the wall." "Snack Town" was still the first to complete the game thanks to various unexpected operations. Everyone copied his strategy immediately, shortening the life of a single-player game from a year to a month.
Since then, He He has become a die-hard fan of "Snacks Town". Later, he even stopped playing games and just watched his videos every day for fun. Therefore, although the title of the video released by "Snacks Town" this time was very scary for fans, He He still clicked on it immediately.
He thought it was another new trick played by the up-loader. Before the video started, he was still wondering whether the up-loader was playing a theme park management game this time. After watching the video, he was confused for a moment, and then he pulled the progress bar to continue watching. The more he watched, the more confused he became.
This is undoubtedly a legitimately funny video. While the faces of the tourists in the video are blurred, the sight of them jumping up and down, screaming, and even resorting to various maneuvers to avoid the monster is hilarious. Halfway through, He He marveled at the impressive special effects and, at the same time, became curious about the source of the video, wanting to see what the real object was that was scaring the tourists. As the segment ended, the sound of "Snack Town" began to play, and the screen transitioned to an introduction to the park.
"I'm sorry everyone, I won't be a game streamer anymore. I'm going home to inherit the family business and open a theme park... From now on, this account will be the official account of Fantasy Park. After the official account application is approved in a few days, it will have a cute blue logo... As you can see, this is not a special effect, this is the actual business of the park. I plan to turn the park into a real-life game theme park, where everyone can enjoy fun comparable to holographic games..."
He He belatedly realized that Fantasy Paradise...wasn't that the place Cao Xiaoliang and Zhang He had recommended in their group chat the night before? Back then, he'd declared it absolutely impossible, leading a group of classmates to "expose" Cao Xiaoliang and his friends. And now, his favorite influencer claimed he was the owner of Fantasy Paradise. Could Fantasy Paradise's technology be genuine?
He felt that this matter was even more fantastical than the existence of a fantasy park. The message reminder on his mobile phone rang. He He had the habit of leaving a message before watching a video. At this time, a bunch of netizens had already built a high-rise building under his message.
"Friend, your IP address is in Jinan City. It's so close. Do you know there is such a paradise?"
"Is the up master joking with us? You can find out if you go there and take a look."
"The person above just realized it. Didn't they see the hot topics today? This park has been the hot topic all day!"
"Today, Xiaodai Mengmeng and Jiang Zharen were arguing all day on the trending app. At the time, I was thinking that Xiaodai Mengmeng, the up-and-comer, was really working hard to get along with others, even though she was paid for promotion! But now that I've seen the video about snacks, I'm shaken. Could it be that the world has changed without me even realizing it?"
"If Xiaoxiao had just released a promotional video, I could still think that Fantasy Park was financially strong and supported Xiaoxiao to make a living. But Xiaoxiao said this was his park, and I panicked. After all, I helped Jiang Zharen to fight Xiaodai Mengmeng today."
"My home is also in Jinan City, just three bus stops away from Fantasy Park. Ladies, wait for my news tomorrow!"
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Xiaodai Mengmeng fought with Jiang Zharen all day today, and her fingers were sore from typing. She saw that all the high ground of public opinion was occupied by Jiang Zharen. Some people even began to discriminate against the region, saying that Jinan was a poor place with nothing outstanding, and that the people there were full of lies and would do anything to make money. She was furious, but there was nothing she could do. After all, she was just a newcomer with little power, and she could not compete with Jiang Zharen, who had many fans and a team behind him.
Her friend comforted her, "Forget it. True gold fears no fire. Anyway, everything in Fantasyland is real. If they don't believe it, it's their loss. There will be plenty of opportunities to embarrass them later."
Xiao Dai Meng Meng also understood this, but she felt aggrieved! She was no longer speaking purely for Fantasyland, but also wanted to restore the reputation of her hometown. Moreover, if she withdrew, wouldn't they be even more proud? Xiao Dai Meng Meng was just thinking about taking a shower to calm down and then continue her struggle when she suddenly heard her friend say, "Hey, there are suddenly a lot more people speaking up for you in the comment section."
Xiao Dai Meng Meng was taken aback. While there were indeed real tourists speaking up for her today, Fantasy Park was newly opened, so there weren't many visitors. Even fewer were online, so it was quickly overwhelmed by Jiang Zharen's fans. She picked up her phone again, only to find that the previously chaotic comment section was now filled with many more normal comments, some even asking her about Fantasy Park. Surprised, she flipped through the comments section and discovered that these people were all from "Snacks Have a Town." Xiao Dai Meng Meng wasn't interested in games, and didn't know many of the game's uploaders, but she did know "Snacks Have a Town." He had over a hundred thousand followers and was famous for his comedic style, so she'd occasionally come across him.
At this time, she found out that "Snack Town" was the boss. Besides being shocked, she felt a warmth in her heart, thinking that she was finally not alone.
She immediately opened the private messaging interface to send him a message, but found that "Snacks Have a Town" had sent her a private message two hours ago. However, she was busy fighting with Jiang Zharen's fans at the time and had turned off all private messages. She only discovered it now.
Xiaodai Mengmeng slapped himself in annoyance and quickly sent a message to the other party.
Snack Town: Hello, Xiaodai, I'm the owner of Fantasy Paradise. I want to talk to you about something. Hello, are you there?
Xiaodai Mengmeng: Yes, yes, sorry I just saw it now.
After sending the message, she thought she would have to wait for a while, but unexpectedly, the other party replied immediately.
Snack Town: It’s okay. Your video promoted my theme park today and it has so many views. I want to talk to you about the promotion fee.
Xiaodai Mengmeng thought to herself that this boss was a tiger, as he was still leisurely discussing promotion fees at this time. She quickly typed and told him about the dispute on the Internet today, emphasizing Jiang Zharen's sinister intentions.
On the other side, Chi Yizheng was a little surprised when he saw Xiaodai Mengmeng's reply. After all, he had been busy all day and had no time to pay attention to online public opinion. He didn't even have time to read the comments section of his own video. He was very calm and felt that facts were facts. He didn't care what the comments section said. He didn't expect Xiaodai Mengmeng to take it so seriously.
Xiaodai Mengmeng: Boss, strictly speaking, that video of Jiang Zharen is defamation. We can sue him. We can’t just leave him alone!
Chi Yizhen understood this logic, but he couldn't do it this way. First, while Jiang Zharen was using his influence to criticize the park, it also brought more traffic to Fantasy Park. With millions of views, Fantasy Park is now familiar to most people who use video platforms. Second, if he sent Jiang Zharen a lawyer's letter, he might delete the video, but it would definitely cause netizens to be disgusted. His fake hologram had no technological content at all, and most netizens would not trust it.
After thinking about it, Chi Yizheng replied: It’s okay, let it ferment for two days. Tomorrow, reporters from the city TV station will come to the park for an interview.
Xiaodai Mengmeng was stunned. No way, is the official trying to slap him in the face?
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