Chapter 113 - Boss Pei was a Petty Man (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Back then, when Qiao Liang dissed The Lonely Desert Road, he did not think about doing any marketing for Tengda. He was purely doing it to satisfy his own interest. His main intention was to become popular…

Although it turned out to be a win-win situation, where both the game and Qiao Liang became popular, the segment was meant to be a dissing segment. He dissed the game so badly; how could the creator of the game not bear a grudge against him?

He could only hope that the creator would be magnanimous.

Lu Mingliang replied very quickly: “Boss Pei is very happy. He says that the video must be published under the New Recommended Games of the Month segment. The script cannot be changed. What’s more, you cannot let your audience think it’s sarcasm. You must play the role well; it must sound genuine.”

He was confounded. He’s finished; this Boss Pei bears a grudge indeed! He wanted to watch Qiao Liang make a fool out of himself!

Although New Recommended Games of the Month was used especially for sponsored partnerships and the audience knew this very well, he could not publicize a game without any standard. He would be cursed by his audience for sure!

What’s more, since this segment was meant for sponsored partnerships to begin with, the audience would not think that he’s being sarcastic or using reverse psychology.

In addition to Boss Pei’s request for him to play the role well and sound genuine…

He could predict that once they saw the video, the audience would think he was shameless when it came to accepting sponsored partnerships. They would think Teacher Qiao was going against his own values!

Boss Pei was doing this on purpose, wasn’t he? He was taking revenge; everything about this situation made that clear! He could not accept this job, no matter how much they were offering him!

Qiao Liang immediately typed a reply: “I’m sorry, Boss Lu. You are asking too much of me. I don’t think I’ll be able to do it. Please find someone else for the job.”

Lu Mingliang, “Six thousand, Teacher Qiao!”

Qiao Liang, “…”

You’re not giving up, are you?

Are you going to keep adding to your offer to see where my bottom line is? Aren’t you trying to shame me?

This is not about the money… although, six thousand really is tempting…

Qiao Liang’s heart was bleeding.

That was a lot of money! If he used the six thousand yuan sparingly, it would be able to make him last for two months. He would not have to work for two months. He could play whatever he wanted. How tempting was that…?

He was struggling intensely inside. Ai, alas, he could not take this step. He just could not set his pride down.

Qiao Liang pondered over it for a long time before he began typing: “This is not about the remuneration.”

He had only types several words before a new message came in.

“Teacher Qiao, I just asked Boss Pei about this. He says he can pay you up to ten thousand yuan. Of course, this is the final price. I know that you are a content creator who cares a lot about your reputation. If you don’t want to accept this job, we will not force you.”

Qiao Liang’s hands trembled. He accidentally hit the Return key.

“This is not about the remuneration.”

The message was sent immediately after the previous one. It looked as if Qiao Liang was rejecting him.

Lu Mingliang: “Alright, we wish you all the best in your career. We will not bother you any further.”

Qiao Liang began to panic. Holy shit, that’s not what I meant! Don’t go!

He quickly hit his keyboard. The typing speed of this single man in his twenties suddenly peaked: “This is not about the remuneration. Boss Pei is my old friend. I will do him this favor for sure!”

The message had been sent.

Qiao Liang heaved a long sigh. It was a good thing that Lu Mingliang did not blow up in anger and send a whole load of curses to him.

Lu Mingliang, “Really? That’s great! I will send you more video materials right now.”

Qiao Liang downloaded these new video materials. In just a couple of minutes, he went from being angry, to worried, to shocked… to excited. All in all, his heart was set.

Would posting it in New Recommended Games of the Month ruin his reputation? He was accepting sponsored partnerships; there was nothing to be ashamed of! The audience would surely understand. En, that would be the case!

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“Teacher Qiao accepted it?”

“En, that’s right.”