Meng Chang had already sent people to thoroughly investigate the Allie Island website and other video websites, specifically looking for up-and-comers with a large fan base and a history of unscrupulous endorsements, or those with few fans and little influence.

This VR headset didn't have *Animal Island*; it only had a few ordinary VR games currently on the market.

Because this promotional campaign was to promote the VR headset itself, and didn't say anything about promoting the game, right?

It’s perfectly normal and reasonable for a game to be delayed for a week or two, or even half a month, for various reasons, isn't it?

A delay of only half a month? That doesn't even count as a delay, does it?

I just don't like you guys acting like you've never seen anything before.

At that time, these up-and-comers will definitely sing the praises of this headset, but the players won't have one...

These up-and-comers won't be able to prove that this headset is as amazing as they say.

Moreover, Tenda will sign a confidentiality agreement with them, stating that they can't mention the specific parameters of the headset before it officially goes on sale.

This is nominally to prevent leaks, but in reality, it's to avoid too much unnecessary attention being drawn to the headset due to its high parameters.

These up-and-comers either have little reputation or a history of malicious endorsements, coupled with the bad names of Chixin Studio and Meng Chang, so everyone will definitely suspect that they're being paid to do things.

Even if they do live streams, it's useless, because projecting the VR image onto the screen completely eliminates the unique immersive experience of VR, and there's no *Animal Island* game on the headset anyway. They can only stream some existing VR games, which won't have any effect at all.

In addition to the promotional video and the previous groundwork, the players' expectations are infinitely raised. When the true face of this headset is revealed, it will definitely disappoint them greatly!

In this way, after some time, the headset can be officially released.

Because the hype has been suppressed almost entirely, sales will definitely be poor.

Wouldn't that complete the reverse promotion?

The plan is perfect, the key is whether there will be any problems in the implementation process.

Meng Chang seized the time to contact the 100 carefully selected up-and-comers, sign electronic agreements with them, and then pack and ship the DoubtVR headsets.

The effect he was aiming for was that, ideally, as soon as the VR headset's promotional video was released tomorrow night, a batch of experience videos and live streams about the headset would immediately appear online!

Although the previous groundwork had already filled players with doubts about this VR headset, there were still some people who were looking forward to it.

If this expectation is allowed to continue to ferment without releasing a real product, the hype might actually get higher and higher.

Therefore, it's necessary to let the players see the real product as soon as possible, and feel this huge psychological gap in a short period of time. Only then will this sense of anticipation turn into a feeling of being deceived, turning their love for this headset into hatred!

...

...

July 4th, Wednesday.

Today, Qiao Liang didn't go to Chixin Studio, but instead lay at home resting.

Because his work on *Animal Island* had already finished.

So far, the main work on *Animal Island* has been to modify the game's beginner's guide according to President Pei's requirements. The game's core content and general gameplay have already been completed.

Although this game has received a lot of investment, it's not the type of game that piles up content and levels. It's a casual game, all the story takes place on an island, and the daily gameplay is made up of various mini-games. The scale isn't that large, so the development progress is relatively fast.

Next, he could almost wait for the official version of the game to be released.

Although Qiao Liang had a lot to say to his fans, he restrained himself.

When Meng Chang found him to try out the game at Chixin Studio, he said that he hoped he would keep the project secret and that no news would be leaked online, otherwise it might affect the promotional plan.

Qiao Liang agreed without hesitation at the time.

Although Qiao Liang was later fished in the fan group, and the *Eternal Reincarnation* incident occurred, he had always remembered this point and had not revealed any new information about *Animal Island* in the fan group.

Including the fact that the relationship between Chixin Studio and Tenda Group had been hotly debated online for the past two days, Qiao Liang had remained silent.

Because he felt that once the game came out, the truth would naturally be revealed!

Although Tenda and Chixin Studio did have an investment relationship, the idea for this game was given by President Pei, and Lin Wan, the original person in charge of Shang Yang Games, was responsible for the operation. This was an authentic Tenda game!

But why did Tenda specifically post a Weibo to clarify their relationship?

Maybe it was to avoid putting so much pressure on Lin Wan!

After all, the title of "Tenda's orthodox sequel" was too heavy, and not everyone could bear it. If the players' initial expectations were too high, and the game didn't meet their expectations after it came out, it wouldn't be a good thing for Lin Wan, who had just founded Chixin Studio.

Therefore, Qiao Liang didn't pay too much attention to the online discussions, but patiently waited for the promotional video.

Because once the promotional video was released, it would mean that Tenda's promotional offensive would officially begin, and everything would naturally get on the right track!

There was a knock on the door. It was the fixed delivery time for Mo Yu Takeout.

Qiao Liang took his dinner from the delivery guy, sat down in front of his computer, and opened the Allie Island website while eating, preparing to watch a video to eat with.

Just then, he saw a new post that had just been published.

"Huh? The promotional video for the VR headset is finally out!"

"I wonder how this video was shot? I'm so excited!"

Qiao Liang immediately clicked on the video to view it.

Others knew nothing about this VR headset, but Qiao Liang was very clear that this VR headset was amazing!

Compared with the VR headsets currently on the market, even compared with the mainstream VR headsets that have already been commercially available and mass-produced abroad, DoubtVR was not inferior at all, and even surpassed them in many details.

Whether it was in terms of the hardware configuration, the functions of the controllers, the overall shape design, or the adaptation of the system software, it was all done very well.

Qiao Liang could imagine how to shoot the most perfect promotional video.

First of all, the real rendering of the DoubtVR headset must be shown, especially giving a big close-up of the two unique controllers, introducing the functions of each part in detail, so that the audience forms a deep first impression.

Secondly, the detailed parameters of this VR headset must be listed, including the resolution and refresh rate of the two lenses, the chip configuration of the machine, and its ability to stream wired or wirelessly.

Finally, a new game must be mentioned, right? *Animal Island VR* is a game that has been fully developed in cooperation with DoubtVR. Many features of the VR headset can only be fully utilized in the game *Animal Island*.

Find a beautiful girl with a sunny image, let her wear VR glasses and do a few archery or shooting actions, and then match it with the image of the cute animal characters in the *Animal Island* game also doing archery or shooting...

Wouldn't that be perfect?

With this kind of promotional plan, Qiao Liang felt that he could do it himself.

How simple!

The key is that the product itself is already amazing enough. As long as the promotional plan is implemented step by step, there will be absolutely no problems.

With the promotional plan for this kind of product, wanting to screw it up? That's also a very challenging and skillful thing to do.

Qiao Liang did notice that the name of this promotional video wasn't "VR Headset Promotional Video," but "VR Era Concept Promotional Video."

But he didn't care too much. Maybe they just thought that calling it that way would be more impressive. The content should still be the same.

While Qiao Liang was letting his imagination run wild about the content of the promotional video, the promotional video had already started playing.

...

In a pure white, empty space, a geek with slightly messy hair was staring blankly at two buttons on a pure white platform in front of him.

One of the buttons was blue, with the word "Virtual" written below it, and the other button was red, with the word "Real" written below it.

After a brief hesitation, the geek reached out and pressed the blue "Virtual" button.

Then, a very small VR headset, like a pair of sunglasses, appeared on the pure white platform.

The geek picked up the headset and put it on.

In that instant, he suddenly teleported to a snow-covered forest.

The camera quickly zoomed out and panned, the geek ran along a long, empty road in the forest, with towering coniferous forests covered in snow on both sides, which also quickly receded with the camera.

The camera turned, and the geek, who had changed into a complete set of high-tech clothing, arrived at a place similar to a high-tech temple. All around were dark gray, cold, angular metal pillars, and the empty temple hall was so vast that it could not be seen to the end.

The geek ran wildly in this cold hall. As he ran, the scenery on both sides changed rapidly, sometimes turning into a vast desert, and sometimes into a turbulent sea...

There was also a scene where the protagonist was running wildly in a spaceship in the vast interstellar universe, and the insect swarm had already torn apart the outer shell of the spaceship and was chasing him...

The geek's body gradually became stiff as he ran. His body seemed to freeze, turning into a slideshow, only able to make a series of freeze-frame movements, and his face was also full of horror.

Suddenly, the pure white platform appeared in front of him again. This time, he tried his best to rush over and pressed the red button that said "Real" with all his might.

The moment he pressed it, everything around him collapsed!

The high-tech clothing on his body also disappeared without a trace, turning into the casual clothes he was originally wearing.

Finally, the geek took off the VR headset he had been wearing with lingering fear and threw it away.

The fragile VR headset hit a wall, flew far away again, bounced and fell on the ground, constantly rolling, and finally shattered into a pile of parts.

The geek looked around and found that he had returned to the real world, with a familiar bedroom, desk, and computer, but on the computer screen was a special logo and a line of small characters.

This special logo was the Chixin Studio logo, with a horizontal line passing through the center, and the small characters were "The Virtual Reality Era is Coming"!

The geek breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, the scene he saw at that time was all his illusion. He might have fallen asleep and had a nightmare.

He picked up the water cup on the table and got up to go out to get water to drink.

But just after he turned around and left, in an inconspicuous corner of the room, a pot of flowers placed there suddenly became disordered, and different color blocks mixed into mosaics.

It was like the game had a bug.