mousepad-d2 Chapter 47 The Edict of Punishment!
Chapter 47 The Edict of Punishment!
After XunTeng's outrageous "self-reproach edict" was officially announced, it instantly topped the trending searches on major platforms.
Countless ordinary gamers and netizens who originally didn't care about this farce in the gaming community were completely dumbfounded.
The entire PR statement downplayed the seriousness of the matter, distorted the truth, and piled up outrageous whitewashing rhetoric, leaving everyone speechless.
The announcement listed a set of logic that could only be described as absurd:
He stated that Ji Feng, the core producer of his J1 Studio, was too obsessed with the Widowmaker character in Overwatch. He was influenced by the game's sexy character design, which led him to be careless when signing the cooperation agreement and fail to verify Katarina's true identity.
He casually tossed out a statement that Ji Feng had a special mental cognitive bias, using this as an excuse for all his absurd mistakes;
The supporting materials were even more explicit, claiming that a large number of Black Lily merchandise and limited-edition collectibles were found in Ji Feng's private residence, confirming that he had developed an obsessive hobby due to the game character.
They also claimed that the pig farm had tried to sign Caterpillar at the time, and that Xunteng's strategic goal of signing Caterpillar at that time was not a mistake;
The most outrageous thing is that the announcement then shifted its tone, openly and implicitly condemning the female character designs in Beehive's Overwatch as being too sexy and seductive, implying that the game's design was the cause of this industry controversy.
The entire article is filled with sob stories and accusations of injustice, claiming that XunTeng is the biggest victim in the whole incident and was passively dragged into the unwarranted storm.
Reading the entire statement was mind-blowing; it was utterly absurd.
After reading it, all netizens had only one question: Who wrote this self-reproach edict? What is their face made of?
Anyone with eyes can clearly see through XunTeng's whitewashing strategy:
Throughout the entire incident, XunTeng was completely blameless. All its mistakes were accidental coincidences, and all its absurd actions were due to being misled by the game design of the swarm. It was entirely innocent and a victim of the unfortunate events.
Players across the internet were instantly outraged and amused by this distorted logic.
Countless people couldn't help but mock and slap them in the face: Wasn't it XunTeng that recently used the popularity of Carter to promote itself, jumped on the bandwagon, and frantically tried to create hype, attempting to seize the market and put down its competitors?
XunTeng was riding high on the wave of traffic growth, but now that it has crashed and collapsed and its scandals have been exposed, it immediately tries to play the victim, shift blame to its competitors, and play the victim to absolve itself of all responsibility.
This double standard and shameless public relations tactic not only failed to quell public opinion, but instead ignited the anger of players across the internet, causing the gradually cooling-down storm to explode once again.
Almost instantly after the apology statement was released, trending topics on major social media platforms flooded the top of the charts, with each post filled with sarcasm and ridicule, completely igniting the entire internet.
#XunTencent's Edict Punishing You#
#J1 Studio's Ji Feng is ill – a crazy black lily obsession#
#Overwatch character designs are too sexy#
#XunTen criticizes bee colonies but claims to be a victim#
Four hashtags dominated half of the trending topics, with millions of netizens flocking to the comments section to make fun of the memes and rants.
It's only because XunTeng issued the announcement that it generated buzz. Originally, it was just a matter within the gaming community, and other people didn't have much time to understand the reasons behind it. Now, it's become known to the entire internet.
Netizens were completely taken aback by this outrageous PR move, and hilarious comments flooded the internet.
"The most outrageous blame-shifting of the year! Their own employee's lecherous behavior backfires, and they blame it on the game character being too attractive?"
"I suggest XunTeng sue all attractive game skins next; they're just too tempting!"
Ji Feng: I'm not crazy, I just like black lilies, how did that give me this whole "ill-known disease" thing?
"I watched the two videos carefully dozens of times, and I couldn't see any mental illness in Ji Feng at all. He was completely absorbed in them."
"First they were aggressively promoting themselves by riding on a swarm of bees, then they turned around and played the victim after their scheme backfired. There's no greater double standard than this!"
Soon after, an anonymous employee of XunTeng revealed the inside story, and once the truth was exposed, netizens instantly understood the whole story.
The post stated directly: Previously, all the senior executives of the company were convinced that the whole thing was a conspiracy orchestrated by Yang Yi, simply because they had suffered losses at the hands of the bee colony last year, and there was already a grudge between them.
XunTeng has been making frequent moves to criticize and create momentum, but BeeHound has remained silent and unresponsive. Coupled with Ji Feng's series of abnormal and outrageous actions, many people even suspected that Ji Feng had been secretly bribed by the other party.
To this end, the company mobilized a large amount of manpower and resources to conduct a thorough investigation for a long time, searching through all channels and clues.
In the end, they gained nothing; not only was there no evidence of collusion, but they couldn't find even the slightest trace of involvement.
In the end, everyone had to accept the cruel truth: there was no planning or scheme involved from beginning to end; it was purely bad luck that they ran into trouble, a complete accident.
The reason why Ji Feng made all sorts of outrageous moves was simple and absurd: he was simply obsessed with the character Black Lily and lost his composure for a moment.
This truth infuriated the senior executives, who were filled with rage and scheming, but in the end, they couldn't even find a target to retaliate against. They were powerless to do anything about it and felt extremely frustrated.
From the perspective of those in higher positions, they suffered losses for no reason during this incident, and were the real victims from beginning to end, with a lot of grievances they could not vent.
It is precisely because of this mindset that the subsequent absurd apology statement, which distorted the truth and shifted blame everywhere, was drafted and released, which is not surprising at all.
After reading through these insider leaks, Yang Yi simply curled his lip in disdain, instantly seeing through the other party's intentions—it was just another of their usual tricks.
This seemingly sarcastic and mocking revelation about the higher-ups is not just a simple act of gossiping and venting anger; it is actually a disguised attempt to whitewash XunTeng's outrageous announcement.
By taking advantage of the leaked inside information, they were able to explain the reason for their bizarre statement, which inadvertently reduced the negative impression caused by the distorted facts in the announcement and eased the public's hostile sentiment.
More importantly, this statement deliberately portrays XunTeng's senior executives as vulnerable, constantly on guard and on high alert, only to end up wasting their efforts and suffering unjustly.
Human nature is such that people are naturally inclined to pity and sympathize with the weak, even if these so-called weak people hold high positions.
Holding resources and power that others can only dream of, as long as one adopts an attitude of being wronged, suffering losses, and having nowhere to exert influence, many people will subconsciously put aside their prejudices and feel a bit of sympathy.
XunTeng was playing this human relationships card, using a show of weakness to gain public leniency and quietly salvage its crumbling reputation.
In the past, XunTeng did the same thing in the Lao Gan Ma incident, and the high-level executives who were deceived were almost portrayed as idiots.
However, the results were excellent, quietly mitigating the impact of being scammed, changing the previously lofty image in the eyes of players, smoothing out XunTeng's rough edges, and XunTeng's revenue reached a new high in that quarter.
This is just a repeat of the Lao Gan Ma incident; Yang Yi has done this before.
It's time to tell XunTeng that they've messed with the wrong person!
If I don't beat the shit out of you today, you'll be considered clean!
Keyboard, please!!!