Cen Xiucheng successfully ordered a cup of milk tea according to the prompt. When the warm cup of milk tea was delivered to his hand, he was still a little dazed.
Finally, he took the cup of milk tea and walked out of the alley, arriving at a nearby bus stop.
The bus hadn't arrived yet, so Cen Xiucheng looked around. He turned his head and saw the large advertisement on the platform behind him.
Cen Xiucheng gazed intently. It was a very handsome promotional image of a two-dimensional character. The man in the advertisement held a uniquely shaped spear, and a vertical pupil had appeared in the center of his forehead, but it didn't detract from his handsomeness at all.
His face was clear, cold, and resolute, yet it held a hint of forbearance, as if he were carrying a burden. Next to the promotional image were the words "Splitting the Mountain to Save His Mother - Yang Jian." Cen Xiucheng realized then that he was likely holding the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Saber.
He could tell this was likely a promotional advertisement for a game. His gaze swept over the image, and on the lower right side, he saw the words "Meet the Journey to the West Anniversary Celebration, New Year's Day Event Officially Launched."
Cen Xiucheng was slightly taken aback. Meet the Journey to the West?
The name sounded somewhat familiar. Wasn't this a game from Taoxun?
Cen Xiucheng looked at the promotional advertisement again and indeed saw the Taoxun Games logo in the corner.
His mood immediately became a bit complicated. In his memory, Taoxun's main business was online shopping, and games were just a small department of Taoxun.
But now, Taoxun was pouring so much resources into promoting this game with widespread advertising?
He understood very well what this meant. Because Ni Na had mentioned mobile games before, he had also briefly researched the industry in the past few days. Apart from some wildly popular mobile games, ordinary mobile games that survived for a year were already considered long-lived. Some mobile games even peaked upon launch, and those that didn't even last a month were not uncommon.
And Taoxun was now using massive resources to promote this game's anniversary celebration, which indicated that this game was very popular and very profitable. It was precisely for this reason that Taoxun was willing to invest so much in promotion.
The bus arrived. Not having change, he didn't plan to board. However, someone waiting nearby opened the Taoxun app interface and naturally swiped their card to board.
Cen Xiucheng's heart trembled. Taoxun's business scope had actually extended to public transportation?
The bus drove away. Cen Xiucheng, who hadn't managed to board, left the platform and continued walking aimlessly.
Suddenly, his gaze swept across a building not far away. A huge LED display screen was embedded in the building, continuously playing advertisements.
Cen Xiucheng was immediately drawn in. This was a game advertisement with a peculiar art style. However, after watching it, he roughly understood that the game, called "Catch You," was a hide-and-seek horror game.
After Cen Xiucheng finished watching the advertisement, the words "Taoxun Games" suddenly appeared on the giant display screen.
Cen Xiucheng: ...
Could he say he really didn't want to see those words?
There was a subway station not far away. Cen Xiucheng walked down the escalator, and the first thing he saw was a massive poster.
Seeing that the style of the poster was completely different from the previous "Meet the Journey to the West," Cen Xiucheng quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
He stepped forward and saw that this was a promotional poster for the finals of the "Cosmic Hero World Competition." Cen Xiucheng was a little surprised. Which company's game was this, that it had already started holding world-class competitions and had reached the finals stage?
His gaze swept over the poster, and he soon spotted the words "Taoxun Games" in the lower right corner.
Cen Xiucheng: ...
Soon, Cen Xiucheng arrived at the subway carriage.
His mood was even more complex now.
He had just bought his subway ticket using Taoxun Pay, and he hadn't expected Taoxun Pay to have completely covered public transportation.
Moreover, from the subway station all the way here, he had been almost submerged by Taoxun Games' promotional advertisements.
Sitting on the subway seat, he subconsciously looked at the screen opposite his seat. Seeing that the advertisement was a promotional video for a movie, he couldn't help but quietly sigh in relief. He finally didn't have to see Taoxun Games everywhere...
The movie's promotional video was quite good. It looked like a family-friendly comedy for the Lunar New Year, but it hadn't been released yet.
Just as Cen Xiucheng was in a good mood, the video ended, and the words "Taoxun Pictures" appeared before Cen Xiucheng's eyes.
Cen Xiucheng's lips twitched, and he silently shifted his gaze.
However, the discussions of the passengers next to him entered his ears.
"Is this the new movie Taoxun made? It looks pretty good!"
"Isn't it! Taoxun produces, must be quality! The movie quality is definitely guaranteed!"
"I'll take my family to see it during the New Year."
"I can't do that. I don't like going to the cinema. I'll wait for it to finish its cinema run and watch it on the video website. I watched Taoxun's previous film 'Diamond' online too."
...
Cen Xiucheng became even more helpless. He tried his best to ignore these conversations.
However, sentences like "Taoxun movies are a big hit," "the box office is very high," and "it made a lot of money when it was released on video websites after its cinema run" still occasionally drifted into his ears.
He simply looked at the phone of the passenger next to him. The passenger was wearing headphones and browsing videos, and the content of those videos was quite interesting.
Cen Xiucheng watched for a few more glances, and it did indeed divert his attention.
He followed along for two stops. The passenger next to him got up and got off the bus. However, before the passenger left, Cen Xiucheng saw that the name of the live stream was T Live.
He took out his phone and searched for it, intending to download it and take a look. But after clicking on the download interface, he suddenly had an inspiration and glanced at the developer company of T Live.
When he saw the words "Taoxun," Cen Xiucheng was speechless. Why wasn't he that surprised?
After hesitating for a moment, Cen Xiucheng still downloaded Taoxun Live.
After riding for a few more stops, Cen Xiucheng got off the car in a daze and walked out of the subway station.
He had glanced at T Live just now. From T Live, he saw advertisements for Taoxun Games competitions, promotions for several Taoxun games, and a dedicated knowledge section with many free skill training courses.
Cen Xiucheng looked at the comments. These courses were purchased by Taoxun at their own expense and made public for free, with the aim of breaking down knowledge barriers.
This made Cen Xiucheng's feelings indescribable. He really hadn't expected that besides online shopping, Taoxun's other businesses were also so booming.
Suddenly, Cen Xiucheng looked up and froze in place.
He had unknowingly come near the Taoxun building...
How did he end up here?
Cen Xiucheng hesitated for a moment, then decided to leave.
But just then, someone wearing sunglasses suddenly grabbed him. The person, looking shifty, said, "Hey, hey, hey, I've got something good here, guaranteed to be what you want! Want to take a look?"