Chapter 1442 Could President Pei Be Targeting Me?

At the same time, Pei Qian had just finished watching the video from the sales department that Meng Chang had forwarded.

The quality of the video certainly didn't reach the level of a large corporate promotional film.

Because that wasn't what Pei Qian and Meng Chang wanted in the first place.

The main reason for wanting this video was to catch the mole, to ferret out the person within the company who had created the Young Master Tian account along with Tian Mo.

Although Young Master Tian's video editing skills were excellent, they didn't reach the amazing level of a large corporate promotional film; at most, they were on par with an outstanding content creator on Aili Island's website.

Therefore, when Pei Qian and Meng Chang gave the task to the sales department, they used this as the standard.

If they really had to make it into a large corporate promotional film, Tian Mo would see that his subordinates couldn't handle it, and he would definitely look for a professional team to edit it. Wouldn't that be a waste of effort?

So, Pei Qian and Meng Chang had deliberately set a relatively low requirement at the time: editing this video to the level of Young Master Tian's videos would be enough.

Of course, they didn't say it so directly, only saying that the video only needed to reach the upper-middle level of individual content creators on Aili Island's website, and the important thing was that it must be "completed independently by internal personnel of the sales department."

The reason, of course, was that the sales department people knew the department's current situation best, and the video they produced would better reflect the spiritual core of the sales department.

Of course, this was all to fool Tian Mo.

Tian Mo was still naive and didn't expect that there might be a trap in this. He did whatever the higher-ups asked him to do.

It might also be because Tian Mo believed that he had done it flawlessly, thinking that his identity as Young Master Tian was well hidden, unaware that the discerning President Pei had already cut through layers of fog and locked onto him.

"In this way, the new list for the Suffering Travels is complete!"

Pei Qian contentedly added Ding Xiyao's name to the list.

Since you are the two sides of the same coin as Young Master Tian, then go suffer together in place of Young Master Tian!

You think you can hide behind the internet cable, hidden inside Tengda, and I won't be able to catch you?

No one who has stabbed me in the back can escape!

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In the evening, Qiao Liang took out his key, opened the door to his Sloth Apartment, and stepped inside, dragging his suitcase.

Seeing everything before him, Qiao Liang almost wanted to cry with joy.

Finally, he was finally back!

He had been away for two whole months!

Do you know how I spent these long two months?

Qiao Liang inexplicably felt like he had been transported to another world. Everything in the apartment was so familiar yet so unfamiliar, making him miss it immensely.

After taking the clothes out of his suitcase and throwing them into the washing machine and changing into his home clothes, Qiao Liang collapsed onto the comfortable sofa in the living room and turned on the large TV, then didn't want to move anymore.

There's no place like home!

When receiving the medal earlier, Qiao Liang had a momentary, absurd thought of going on a second Suffering Travels, striving to get a higher medal and the title of "Outstanding Ascetic."

But he had completely changed his mind now.

Go to that terrible place a second time? Is he crazy?

Isn't it great to stay at home?

Look at this big TV, high-end Rof computer, smart fitness clothes rack, Moyu Takeout at your beck and call... isn't any of this better than the Suffering Travels?

Although Qiao Liang really wanted to turn on his computer and play some long-lost games right now, two months of suffering plus the travel back and forth was too tiring. He just wanted to curl up on the sofa and not move.

Even if he moved, he could only wiggle his fingers at most.

"Order takeout! Midnight snack! A pound of skewers first!"

"Uh... I need to weigh myself before eating."

After ordering the midnight snack, Qiao Liang barely managed to stand up, went to the bathroom to get the scale, and weighed himself.

The main reason he could overcome the sofa's gravity and stand up was because Qiao Liang knew that his weight should be at its peak right now. After this meal of grilled skewers, his weight would only go up.

At this moment, he had to take a picture to commemorate it.

"Damn, I'm actually 140 jin!" (70kg)

Although he had expected it, Qiao Liang was still shocked by the specific number.

When he was in the imperial capital, his weight reached a peak of 180 jin (90kg) due to irregular work and rest and overeating. After arriving in Jingzhou, due to the improvement in his diet and the exercise from the smart fitness clothes rack, his weight hovered between 155 and 165 jin (77.5-82.5kg).

After two months of hard training, he found that his weight had actually come to 140 jin (70kg), which was simply his peak state!

For many skinny people, 140 jin (70kg) may not be considered skinny, but for Qiao Liang, this was already considered slimming down to a beam of light.

Moreover, this wasn't achieved by dieting, but by real exercise.

Although Qiao Liang hadn't reached the state where he could see his abdominal muscles, his body was well-proportioned and solid. His slightly loose clothes made him look quite slender, and his appearance had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to the fatso he used to be.

Qiao Liang took several photos with satisfaction.

Then, he returned to the sofa, scrolling through his phone while waiting for his grilled skewers to arrive.

"Alas, these two months have really delayed things, I missed so much!"

"Global Invitational Tournament, Real Estate Agent Simulator, The Successor, Thrill House's roller coaster, Safe and Civilized Driving, Proxy Academy..."

"With so much material, if I hadn't gone on the Suffering Travels, I might have already released ten, no, twenty videos!"

"It's all because of the Suffering Travels, I missed all the hype!"

Qiao Liang was simply full of regret.

He could play with his phone during the Suffering Travels, but only a little bit.

Qiao Liang originally thought that there might be no signal on the deserted island, but after arriving on the island, he found that he had been worrying unnecessarily. Perhaps considering the safety of the Suffering Travels, the deserted island chosen this time had signal coverage!

It was precisely because of this that Chang You was able to hold a press conference on the island and pull off a big stunt.

Qiao Liang was originally quite happy, because this meant that these two months of suffering wouldn't be completely isolated from the world, and he could still know what was happening outside.

But as Tengda's projects sprung up like mushrooms after rain, Qiao Liang's mentality collapsed.

These weren't Tengda's projects, they were clearly his, Qiao Laoshi's, perfect stage to perform!

He could accept not being able to ride the hype of projects like the Global Invitational Tournament and the roller coaster, that wasn't a big deal, but not riding the hype of the two games "Real Estate Agent Simulator" and "Safe and Civilized Driving" and the drama series "The Successor" was simply killing Qiao Liang.

Those were two Tengda games!

Of course, the games were right there, and he could make videos whenever he wanted, but the problem was that the hype had passed!

Players had been playing for so long, there were a bunch of strategy videos and analysis videos online, and the streamers were almost changing games. Now Qiao Laoshi was releasing a video? Was that even appropriate?

The key was that after many content creators had already analyzed it, there was very little room left for Qiao Liang to maneuver, and it couldn't support the content of the video.

Forcing such a video would be equivalent to smashing his own brand.

When the first project came out, Qiao Liang could barely comfort himself, but seeing the continuous stream of heavy-hitting projects being launched one after another within two months, and the peak of the hype passing one after another, Qiao Liang couldn't hold on anymore.

Suffering physically on the deserted island during the day, and suffering mentally when he scrolled through his phone at night and found that Tengda had launched a new project!

Thinking about it later, it would have been better without the internet.

Although he would still learn of these bad news after returning, that would be like giving him a quick death, at least he wouldn't have to endure this torture on the island, it was like being sliced to death!

This situation even gave Qiao Liang an illusion.

"Could it be that President Pei is deliberately targeting me?"

"Before I went on the Suffering Travels, Tengda's new projects were still being released, but it was basically at the rhythm of one major project per month, or two at most, which was still acceptable."

"As a result, after I went on the Suffering Travels, six or seven major projects were released in a cluster within two months?! Not to mention the small projects, which were even more numerous."

"Could it be that President Pei didn't want me to make videos, so he deliberately sent me away before releasing these projects, and could also watch me suffer while he was at it??"

"No, no, no, that shouldn't be possible."

"First of all, President Pei is definitely not such a nasty person, and secondly, this motive doesn't make sense."

"Coincidence, it's probably a coincidence."

"The planning time for these projects is long and short, early and late, they must have just happened to come together."

Qiao Liang couldn't help but feel a little guilty. How could he use such a bad idea to speculate about his good friend President Pei?

People can't, at least shouldn't.

"Maybe it's because I suffered for too long, and my mentality is a bit distorted, that's not good, I have to adjust it."

"This period of suffering has made me realize how happy and decadent my life was before."

"I should cheer up, make good use of my precious time, and do more meaningful things!"

"Um... let me see if Tengda has any new projects to launch..."

"Huh? There's another game!"

Qiao Liang was surprised to find that Tengda actually had another game about to be released after the two games "Real Estate Agent Simulator" and "Safe and Civilized Driving": a fighting game "Ghost General 2"!

With President Pei's speed of production, the old sows in the production team would hang their heads in shame!

"Isn't this just a coincidence?"

"Although I'm not a fighting game player, since it's Tengda's fighting game, it's definitely worth a try!"

Qiao Liang was suddenly full of motivation.

At this moment, the hardships on the deserted island and the depression of missing so much good material all turned into creative motivation.

Qiao Liang decided to use "Ghost General 2" to start, experience it as soon as the game is released, and make a video!