Chapter 240 The TPDB Website

The netizens following this thread had obviously noticed this phenomenon as well, because the TPDB website, standing firm amidst a long list of changing websites, was like a firefly in the night, so conspicuous.

"Strange, how come the rating of this website hasn't changed?"

"Is it because the website is too small, and the water army didn't notice it?"

"Impossible, the water armies don't discriminate when it comes to brushing ratings. Several websites much smaller than this one haven't escaped their clutches, how could they let this one go?"

"Besides, this website has quite a few users, haven't you heard of it, or are you just ignorant?"

"Ah, what website is this?"

"The Tengda Project Database. It contains ratings and evaluations of all Tengda Group projects, including every game and every physical store. They all have ratings."

"Tengda's own website? Then they probably locked the ratings... no wonder the water army can't budge it."

"Definitely not. If you've been following this website, you'll find that the scores do change. Many projects start with very low ratings and gradually rise. Moreover, all the ratings can basically be said to be objective and fair!"

"Yeah, this movie is worth a 9!"

This thread was originally meant to record the miserable state of these websites under the onslaught of the water army, but as more and more people watched, the discussion went off-topic from some point.

It turned into "Why aren't the ratings on the TPDB website affected by the water army?"

There were many theories, but none of them guessed correctly.

Because the TPDB website's rating rules were hidden from the very beginning and never revealed to the public.

Tengda's internal high-level evaluations, comprehensive evaluations from ordinary employees, comprehensive evaluations from authoritative media, consumer evaluations, and netizen evaluations are all factored into the overall score according to different weights. After a special formula calculation, the final rating is obtained.

This rating mechanism certainly can't be said to be perfect, after all, evaluation is a very subjective thing, but it can minimize the impact of the water army and malicious ratings, so that the final score infinitely approaches the score that the work deserves.

Everyone flipped through the netizens' discussions in this thread and found it quite interesting.

Huang Sibo smiled and said, "I don't think these people will be able to guess what the specific rating rules of TPDB are even if they guess for half a year."

Zhu Xiaoce rubbed his chin: "Well... but won't that make the audience question the objectivity of this website? After all, this is our own website, and we are both players and referees, so there will always be some gossip."

The smile on Huang Sibo's face became even stronger: "There will definitely be audiences, oh no, trolls who question the objectivity of this website, which is unavoidable. After all, trolls can always find inexplicable entry points."

"But... is that important?"

"We don't need to explain this kind of thing at all."

"The credibility of a website cannot be established overnight. Under the supervision of all netizens, after enough projects appear on the website and it lasts for a long enough time, and the scores of these projects meet the expectations of most people, the credibility of the website can be finally established."

"The TPDB website is Tengda's internal assessment mechanism, which directly determines the distribution of bonuses for each department. All the behavior of internal employees is under the supervision of President Pei, who would dare to make trouble?"

"Stand firm on a cliff, be selfless and upright."

"As long as it is selfless and not bought by capital, this website will always maintain fairness and justice."

"In other words, as long as President Pei is here, it's only a matter of time before this website becomes the standard for the entire industry!"

"And now, with the help of the movie *A Beautiful Tomorrow*, the TPDB website has officially entered the field of vision of most ordinary netizens, which is a good start!"

"Sooner or later, the ratings on this website will become the most authoritative ratings and become the standard for various industries!"

Zhu Xiaoce thought for a while: "Then, what if other film review websites also introduce similar mechanisms?"

Huang Sibo smiled and said with a bit of pride, "I don't think that's very likely. After all, there are too many conflicts of interest involved. I don't think the bosses of other websites can completely put personal interests aside like President Pei."

"Of course, if other film review websites also establish similar mechanisms to make it impossible for the water army to brush, that would be equivalent to Tengda promoting progress in the entire industry. I believe President Pei would also be very happy to see this scene."

"Speaking of which, no matter how this movie is on other websites, it will always get a fair evaluation on the TPDB website."

"The same is true for other Tengda projects. No matter how the outside world attacks or smears them, the TPDB website will be like a warm haven. Here, all projects will get the deserved and fair evaluation."

"President Pei seems to be saying to all the employees, it's okay, I see your efforts, and I won't let anyone's hard work go to waste!"

"I think this should also be one of President Pei's original intentions for creating this website, right?"

Huang Sibo's face showed a kind of pride that only Tengda employees could understand.

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"Ah-choo!"

"Who is talking about me behind my back..."

Pei Qian rubbed his nose and continued to browse the web carefully.

He didn't notice that TPDB had begun to enter the field of vision of many netizens, because at this time, he was paying attention to another more important thing.

The advertisements in *A Beautiful Tomorrow* were being over-interpreted!

Originally, many viewers didn't pay attention to these advertisements and just regarded them as meaningless background boards in the movie.

Because the advertising plans for these brands were all original and didn't clash with any existing advertisements, and the logos were all collected from various departments, and were different from any existing logos on the market.

Therefore, at first glance, you couldn't see any clues at all.

However, with the in-depth exploration of various film critics, more and more people found that the advertisements in the movie seemed to have other meanings and began to study them frantically!

Many people watched the movie two or three times just to study all the advertisements clearly.

After comparing them with the projects on the TPDB website, everyone was surprised to find that the logos of these advertisements seemed to be extremely similar to Tengda's existing industries.

For example, the advertisement of a novel website in the movie was obviously changed from the logo of Qidian Chinese Website.

And the logo of a virtual reality entertainment room in the movie also has some kind of strange similarity with the logo of Moyu Internet Cafe. You won't feel it the first time you see it, but the more you look at it, the more familiar it becomes!

As a result, many viewers developed a strong interest in these brands!

Some went to Moyu Internet Cafe to surf the Internet, some ordered ROF mainframes online, and some ran to Qidian Chinese Website to read novels...

And what made Pei Qian feel the most desperate was the Moyu complex in Lincheng!

When it opened, Pei Qian went there once. He originally thought that Moyu Internet Cafe 2.0 would have a 60% or 70% occupancy rate at most, but on the opening day, it was directly packed!

As for what the situation is there now?

Suppose you are a resident of Lincheng.

One day, you strolled leisurely to the cinema.

After watching *A Beautiful Tomorrow*, you casually flipped through some film reviews and then saw a post titled *In-depth Analysis of the Brand Prototypes of Advertisements in the Movie*.

You were surprised to find that the industries written in this post, including Moyu Internet Cafe, Moyu Delivery, ROF Assembly, Nifeng Logistics, etc... were not far from here, or right at your doorstep!

At this time, you should choose:

A. Go and take a look, buy something casually, and take a photo as a souvenir.

B. Restrain your curiosity and go home to sleep.

What would most people choose? This is simply obvious!

Pei Qian didn't dare to ask Xiao Peng, the person in charge of Moyu Internet Cafe in Lincheng, because he was worried that his fragile heart couldn't bear the painful answer.

Just imagining it made him feel that the consequences were unimaginable...

Closing the web page, Pei Qian looked out the window in dismay.

Forget it, let's hurry up and think about what benefits the employees are missing...