Chapter 221 - Repaying Kindness with Hatred (1/2)

The next afternoon…

Pei Qian woke up naturally, got up, and looked at his watch. It was already ten in the morning.

After washing up and making a simple lunch, he swiped his phone while eating to see if anything was buzzing.

He actually found out that Hardcore Reviews’ account had a long list of notifications!

Pei Qian was stunned. He took a closer look and saw that the latest episode had become a hot topic in the electronics area. The broadcast, bullet screen comments, and comments sections were all vastly different from before.

“What’s going on? Wasn’t this still an unknown thing last night? What has happened?”

Pei Qian was a little flabbergasted.

His first response was to swear; there would be trouble if this video became popular again!

Wait a minute. I made the episodes using my own money; I hadn’t used the System Funds!

Money from the incentive plan would be mine; this is a good thing and I don’t need to fret!

The more popular this became, the more I would earn!

Pei Qian instantly became happy as he clicked on the comments section.

“People are getting paid to talk bad about Shenhua’s cell phones?”

“This is just like Shaohu Reviews; foreign trash.”

“Aye, domestically-produced cell phones are really subpar. Look at this phone’s body; it would break with a single touch.”

“The design is a little too messy, right? Cutting corners and shoddy workmanship.”

“Talking about quality issues? I recommend you guys look up the previous UP Master episode. The Pineapple cell phone broke even faster…”

“Everyone has seen this, right? This UP Master is not targeting Shenhua’s cell phones; it had released a Pineapple cell phone before.”

“Have we been taken for a ride? I don’t think that UP Master was talking bad about Shenhua’s cell phones; isn’t this the basic flow of a hardcore review?”

Pei Qian looked at quite a few comments as he was a little baffled.

What was going on; why were people arguing about this?

This episode had indeed gained in popularity. However, it evidently wasn’t a normal type of popularity; it was the type that was triggered by arguing and fighting online.

Some people were talking bad about Shenhua’s cell phones while some were offering rebuttals. Some people were sitting on the fence as well. All in all, the comments section was lighting up.

Pei Qian wasn’t particularly biased towards any cell phone brand and wasn’t interested in this sort of online bickering. However, after turning to the next page in the comments section, he finally found who was causing this ruckus.

The first major UP Master that shared this episode was the official account of ‘Shaohu Reviews’. As this platform had misrepresented the episode, many viewers had misunderstood the true intention of it. Without even watching the episode, they had started scolding profusely; and Pei Qian had become the unfortunate target of such vitriol.

Pei Qian took a look at the main page of this UP Master. It looked like a very normal program offering reviews. However, embedded in it were many signs of sponsored partnerships.

“You guys have a knack at stirring trouble; not bad. En, I could learn from this. Perhaps this could come in handy in the future.”

Pei Qian made a mental note of this company. This type of account that specialized in such methods was the most professional at taking money to execute all sorts of tasks. It might be useful for Boss Pei in the future.

Pei Qian didn’t mind at all; notoriety was after all still a form of popularity!

Everyone could continue to scold as they pleased; I don’t bother looking at the comments section. I’ll continue with my plan of making my episodes, and I’m sure they will gain in popularity slowly.

You guys can bicker and fight all you want; it is none of my concern.

Even if no one showered any appreciation or praise in the end, money would still come in from the high viewership as part of the incentive plan. Although it wouldn’t be much, it would at least be pocket money.

After all, all expenses of this program are being sponsored by Boss Lin; Pei Qian was making a windfall.

“This is great! While everyone is paying attention to this, I’ll release the next episode regarding MSC as well.”