I'm bad, but players love me

Working can smooth out a person's edges. At this time, Xiao Zhang is no longer as naive as before in dreaming of promotion and salary increase.

After all, given the current situation, it would be good enough if he doesn't have to take the blame and be scolded to death.

It’s over, I won’t be cyberbullied, right?!

"What?! Let's go!" The copywriter's voice became more stern, urging the reluctant Xiao Zhang to quickly pack up the necessary items. Then the two of them followed the director's pace.

Before I even entered the meeting room, I heard cursing coming from inside.

"Right now, everyone's calling us names for having distorted values! The company has suppressed several reports, but as soon as one is taken down, another one pops up. We even used gossip about two celebrities, but couldn't suppress it."

As he spoke, the director glanced over, clearly keeping track of the time, yet unfortunately they were still the last two people to arrive.

After a pause, he didn't make things difficult for them. He waved his hand and signaled them to come in quickly.

But that didn't mean he was going to let them go.

"Who assured me that Yun Shuo's death wouldn't be a big deal? And that there wouldn't be any OOC issues, and that nothing would go wrong?"

As he spoke, he slammed the documents in his hand, and a pile of papers fell heavily on the table with a crisp sound.

The atmosphere in the entire conference room froze in an instant. Everyone felt insecure and dared not even breathe.

The copywriter also looked aggrieved.

He cursed in his heart: That's not what you said at the beginning, that the ELO camp is about to be unable to control the situation, Yun Shuo has the highest popularity, just cut him off, suppress the popularity, divert attention, and there will be no problem.

Now, the attention cannot be diverted, and there are still a lot of people cursing. And it’s not just a situation where they curse but also play the game. A large number of people have quit the game.

"Speak! Why are you all silent?" The director's roar echoed in the silent conference room.

"Then we can only change the plot now... We can arrange a way out for Yun Shuo, and then explain that this clue was too hidden, so the players failed to discover it in time." The copywriter said tremblingly.

The director's brow furrowed. "Change the plot? How will the sequel flow? Have you considered this?"

The planner replied hesitantly, "We...we can try to create an independent branch of the story?"

"How much work will that entail? Once Yun Shuo is 'resurrected', he won't fit in with the subsequent plot we've set. For him alone, we'll have to start a whole new storyline. Who's going to pay for this? You?"

What does it have to do with me? Isn't it you who made the final decision?

The copywriter cursed in his heart for a long time, but had to nod in agreement.

They were all just freeloaders. After scolding the group of people who just nodded like quails, the director asked, "Where's that young man from last time?"

"I... I'm here." Xiao Zhang was startled by the director's sudden call of his name. He stood up subconsciously, but then realized his gaffe and hurriedly wanted to sit down.

"Sit down and talk." The director's voice suddenly softened. He looked at Xiao Zhang, a flicker of admiration in his eyes. "I remember you. Your proposal last time was very thoughtful. Although this matter is somewhat related to you, I'd like to hear your thoughts and plans on the matter."

Xiao Zhang subconsciously looked up at the copywriter, but the other party avoided his eyes.

Amidst this silent embarrassment, Xiao Zhang could only think of a solution on his own. He adjusted his thoughts and slowly said, "Why don't we just say that Yun Shuo isn't actually dead, which is why there's no plot line for him to survive. Let's just drag it out like this until the players have calmed down. We can then have Yun Shuo make an appearance later, but don't include the main plot until the hype dies down."

"Show yourself? Where?"

"We'll show up wherever the nobles are. The nobles have more people in them, so they can help us explain immediately. Besides, most of them aren't familiar with Yun Shuo, so their reaction to him won't be too intense."

"Okay, let's try this first."

Chapter 138: Entering the Pool

Di Chou has become accustomed to the days where they can just make do with a casual statement to fool the players, and everything will be over.

As for the future, they will make money as they should and output as they should, and nothing will change at all.

In their eyes, the game is just a money transaction, and the enthusiasm and expectations of the players are nothing more than chips to exchange for benefits.

However, this storm will not dissipate as easily as they thought. Instead, under their deliberate suppression, it will become more and more violent.

For a long time, the game officials have been able to feed the players whatever they want, and the players can only curse a few indifferent words at most.

But players are human beings after all, not dogs. It is impossible for them to eat shit all their lives, and it is even more impossible for them to eat shit without resisting.

[It ended so lightly? Di Chou thought to himself, "Yun Shuo will appear again in the future," and that was it? Is that the point? He's really good at avoiding the important and focusing on the trivial!]

[Our question is: Why did Yun Shuo suddenly become less intelligent in the end? He died just for the sake of dying. His death was meaningless and inexplicable. Anyone with a brain would know that there was something wrong with the writing team.

It's so obviously subjective, tinged with intense personal emotion and a hilariously awful ending. And you just said, "It's over just because Yun Shuo didn't die?"

[After playing this ending, I sat in a chair and thought for a long time. I couldn’t understand why the entire plot of "Crisis of Faith" was so malicious towards Yun Shuo.

Later I figured it out. Not only did I understand why Yun Shuo had to die, but I also understood why ELO's popularity had never risen.

Obviously, in terms of plot and playability, the two camps are evenly matched, and the ELO camp even has more plot highlights.

But apart from a small number of overly eye-catching secondary creations (and even these were short-lived), there are basically no popular works.

Because Di Chou is deliberately suppressing the popularity.

All old players should know that at the beginning, there were no two camps in "Crisis of Faith". From the beginning, players automatically stayed in the "noble camp".

When did the "ELO camp" begin to emerge? Who caused it?

It was Yun Shuo! After Yun Shuo announced that he was the commander, the popularity of ELO suddenly became unstoppable.

Some players could no longer ignore the correctness of the ELO organization, and could no longer say against their conscience that the nobles were right, so they began their first rebellion.

In the end, out of desperation, the "ELO camp" was hurriedly brought out to take the blame.

In other words, Di Chou never included the "ELO Organization" and "Yun Shuo" in the plot of "Crisis of Faith" from the beginning.

I even wonder whether the plot related to Yun Shuo was written by Di Chou or AI.

After all, Di Chou himself admitted that it contained some AI creation parts, otherwise there would be no way to explain why Yun Shuo was able to grow his own flesh and blood despite the maliciousness of the copywriter.

Even from the earliest PV, we can see that Yun Shuo has not shown his face. In the game, he does not show his face, and he is dressed in black, which is not memorable at all. He is basically an ordinary NPC, or a minor villain who died after a few appearances.

However, because the ELO organization was too correct and Yun Shuo's personal brilliance was too dazzling, the "ELO camp" appeared.

To sum up, the emergence of the "ELO camp" is due to the players, not the company. So to a certain extent, the existence of the "ELO camp" and "Yun Shuo" represents the interests of the players, while the noble camp represents the interests of the company.

The "ELO camp" represents the concessions that companies make to players. It's players telling companies, "Stop feeding me shit! I won't eat it, and I'll smash the plate!"

But this is undoubtedly not worth it for the company's benefits.

Moreover, it is precisely because of the existence of the "ELO camp" that the people in the "noble camp" appear so ridiculous and absurd.

The company couldn't accomplish what it wanted, so it could only destroy Yun Shuo, the soul of ELO, physically and personally, in an attempt to end the players' "small resistance".

So Yun Shuo must die. Only when he dies can the players hand over their interests to the company.

If we just casually accept the company's frivolous response this time, it won't be long before both "Yun Shuo" and the "ELO camp" will be suppressed and disappear into thin air.

Then our resistance this time would be completely meaningless.

It feels like the ELO faction's storyline was entirely written by two people. The entire storyline was written by one person, and the ending was written by another.

[In the story line where civilians kill nobles, I protect the lives of nobles at all costs. I came to the ELO camp to kill nobles, not to watch you, Ella, killing everyone there!

Later on, do we players want to apologize to the nobles and say sorry. We commoners should accept our fate for the rest of our lives and should not resist you noble adults?

We are here to play games, not to be mean! 】

If you know there's a problem with the Noble Faction, then fix it, instead of fixing the ELO Faction here. It really is like, "If you can't fix the problem, fix the person who raised it," right?

[Crisis of Faith is now full of hypocritical hypocrisy and illogical logic. The aristocracy's oppression of the people is just a set-up, and they flaunt their power under the banner of "God."

Now I think the gods look like clowns. Some people even have Yun Shuo's face on their idols. Just look at who is the most popular.

[First, there is AI involved in "Crisis of Faith"; secondly, the ELO camp is not taken seriously, so the proportion of AI participation is relatively high; finally, the logic of ELO is much stronger than that of the nobles, and its justice is beyond doubt.

In summary, AI isn't incapable of replacing humans. Otherwise, if the land is ugly, just don't get involved and let the AI ​​handle the ELO camp's copywriting. I think with the copywriting you have, it's probably not something an AI could write.

[Di Chou said the person wasn't dead and there would be a plot later, but at the same time he wouldn't let anyone enter the pool. Ha!]

[No way, once I'm in the pool, how can I suppress the heat?]

[Press, I'll let the ugly dog ​​press again! ]

While players were taking turns cursing under the official account, the official account of "Crisis of Faith" finally issued a response.

【Faith Crisis Official Account:

Listen to others and eat enough.

As the most responsive team on the internet, collecting and responding to player feedback from all platforms has become a daily routine. This time, we've decided to follow through with our advice!

"Crisis of Faith"'s new special character: Yun Shuo, will arrive in seven days.

[I want to be an unquenchable wildfire, lighting up the whole world!]

The dim candlelight, scattered blueprints on the floor, and in the small space, only his eyes were astonishingly bright.

Di Chou was not sure how many stars Yun Shuo had to be in order to satisfy these people, so he had to make him a special character.

Because the public opinion storm was so overwhelming, they couldn't tell whether they were doing it for Yun Shuo or simply wanted to vent their dissatisfaction with Di Chou.

Therefore, letting Yun Shuo enter the pool is more about seeing whether he can make any money from this character.

……

On the way back from Cori City, Luo Lan was stunned by what the mayor of the neighboring city said.

As soon as she stepped into the territory of the neighboring city, she hurriedly said goodbye to the city lord and went back to discuss things with her housekeeper.

The housekeeper had also been waiting there anxiously.

After Luo Lan and I arrived in the next city, we have been behaving ourselves peacefully, not daring to show off or act rashly.

But who knew that even though they acted so low-key, the mayor of the neighboring city still kept his eyes on them.

Not only did he suddenly invite Lord Luo Lan, but he also never came back after he left.

It wasn't until he received the note Luo Lan wrote before returning to Cori City that the housekeeper finally felt a little relieved.

After all, the mayor of the neighboring city also went there. With her looking after him, Lord Luo Lan would surely be able to escape danger even if he was in trouble, and would not be criticized too harshly.

But Luo Lan had finally returned, and not only did he look dusty and dirty, but he also guzzled a cup of cold tea right off the bat. The housekeeper was so frightened that he hurriedly tried to dissuade him, picked up the teapot and turned his back.

Luo Lan smiled knowing she was in the wrong, then excitedly shouted to the housekeeper who was preparing tea for her, "Housekeeper, let's go back to Cori City now!"

The butler was stunned by Luo Lan's sudden decision before he even put down the tea tray. He then asked softly, "Master Luo Lan, what happened in Cori City?"

Why did you suddenly say such things after just going to Cori City?

Luo Lan's eyebrows immediately lit up when he heard this, and he excitedly explained, "Cori City has now been quietly taken over by the ELO organization. But don't worry! The ELO organization is different now!"

"Yun Shuo and Setash were both killed by Willis. And to seize the city lord position, Willis even went so far as to disguise himself as 'Setash' to confuse the public. We've also confirmed that the top brass in the ELO organization all want to become nobles. Now, no one in the ELO organization wants to kill nobles anymore!"

She winked slyly and smiled brightly, "So, now we can go back with peace of mind!"

The housekeeper beside her also blinked gently, but his eyes revealed a hint of deep thought, and he was skeptical about Luo Lan's words.

She had an impression of both Yun Shuo and Willis. Based on her years of experience and intuition, the housekeeper did not think Willis would be the kind of person who would easily betray Yun Shuo.

The butler carefully placed plates of exquisite refreshments on the table one by one. He stood quietly by, looking down at Luo Lan, who was wolfing down his food. He asked in a questioning voice, "Master Luo Lan, have you personally examined the bodies of Yun Shuo and Master Saitaishi?"

"Corpses?" Luo Lan said vaguely, "Um... I don't know, I've never seen them." As he spoke, he shook his head, his eyes filled with clear stupidity, "Why would I look at their corpses if I had nothing to do?"

The housekeeper's heart froze when he heard this. He hadn't even seen anything, yet he dared to assert that both Yun Shuo and Sai Taishi were dead? That was way too hasty.

She frowned slightly and continued to ask, "How did you know they were dead? Is it Willis who told you? But how can we trust his words?"

Luo Lan raised her head, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, as if she was puzzled by the housekeeper's words, but she still cooperated and explained, "The mayor of the neighboring city told me."

"Who is the mayor of the city we are in now?" the butler asked.

"Yes." Luo Lan said it as if it was a matter of course.

The housekeeper sighed, his tone filled with worry, and earnestly advised, "Lord Luo Lan, you can't trust everything the city lord says. You must know that she doesn't want us to stay here for long. For her own benefit, she doesn't care how chaotic Cori City is, nor does she care if we live or die. As long as she can drive us back, that's all that matters."

Luo Lan frowned slightly, as if digesting the housekeeper's words, "So, she was lying to me?"

There was a hint of disbelief in her voice, and then she asked hesitantly, "So... we're not going back?"

The housekeeper quickly shook his head and denied it, "How can we not go back? They've already posted the order to expel us."

"Then let's go back?"

"But who knows what the current situation in Cori City is?" the butler asked again.

I can’t go back, and I can’t not go back either. What should I do?

Luo Lan's hand suddenly stopped, and he glared at the housekeeper, signaling her to think of a solution quickly.

"The mayor of the neighboring city asked me to bring the news to all the nobles coming from Cori City, and I agreed." Luo Lan said gloomily, "She really thinks I am the leader of this group of nobles."