July 15th, the day of the game’s launch.

Luo Hang was busy compiling various backend statistics, while Xie Yunfan stayed behind in Qihang Games’ 13th-floor office area to work overtime.

According to the plan, next month’s “Ghost Festival event” would be incredibly rich in content. Currently, the massive Ghost Market scene was already finished. The art team was rushing to complete the characters and props, and the level design team was also intensely designing the field challenge bosses.

Xie Yunfan planned to add many fresh “ghost” designs to this event to enrich the world-building of the Ghost Realm.

For example, common ghosts like the “Hanged Ghost,” “Starving Ghost,” “Water Ghost,” and “Amorous Ghost” would have different appearances and abilities. While they wandered around the Ghost Market, players could talk and interact with them.

Since the Ghost Festival was the grandest holiday in the Ghost Realm, a massive number of side quest NPCs would naturally appear in the Ghost Market. Story enthusiasts could trigger random encounter quests in the Ghost Market, while treasure hunters could find magical items that were usually rare to see.

There were also some special ghosts and monsters that could be designed as field-respawning bosses for combat-loving players to challenge.

For instance, the “Night-Crying Ghost,” formed from the souls of children who died prematurely. They liked to hop around while walking and attacked players with eerie cries. A baby hopping and crying in the dark of night would instantly max out the horror atmosphere.

Then there was the “Thunder Ghost,” which had a long sharp horn on its head and a pair of cyan wings on its back. It appeared in the Ghost Realm accompanied by the sound of thunder. Its respawn point was set in the wilderness near Senluo Hall, and it could release lightning to attack players.

The “Daolao Ghost” was a monster hidden in the mountains, respawning randomly at the foot of the Five Direction Mountains. The sound it made was like a human roaring. Its appearance was often accompanied by violent storms, and it could spew highly toxic gas from its mouth.

The appearance of these small field bosses greatly increased the game’s playability. Players who loved a challenge wouldn’t have to grind the hell mazes every day; they could also take a walk in the wilderness and admire the scenery of the Ghost Realm while they were at it.

They had to finish all the details for the large-scale event within a month. Time was tight, so Xie Yunfan had recently stayed at his post constantly to keep an eye on the development team’s progress.

That night, he was working overtime until the early hours of the morning when a knock suddenly sounded at the door. Thinking it was the art team coming to report their progress, he looked up and said, “Please come in.”

The person who walked in wasn’t a colleague from the art team, but Luo Hang.

Luo Hang wore a black shirt that had been soaked by the rain, clinging to his body and outlining his lean waist. Water was dripping from his hair, and his deep eyes seemed covered by a layer of mist.

Xie Yunfan froze for a moment and asked, “VP Luo, is it raining outside?”

Luo Hang pushed back his wet hair and smiled: “A sudden rainstorm just started. I walked over from outside and accidentally got caught in it. Were you too engrossed in your overtime to notice the rain?”

Xie Yunfan turned his head to look out the window. The Imperial Capital had been extremely hot these past few days, but tonight, a rare thunderstorm had actually arrived, with lightning flashing and thunder rolling outside. Xie Yunfan smiled and said, “I really didn’t notice. Why did you return to the company so late? I was just getting ready to get off work.”

Luo Hang seemed to be in a very good mood. He walked over, handed a document to Xie Yunfan, and said, “The backend statistical results for the first day of launch are out. The current number of Qihang gaming cabins owned domestically is 10 million units. Today, the number of gaming cabins online playing Ghost Realm reached 7 million, with an accumulated playtime of 20 million hours.”

Xie Yunfan said in surprise, “A 70% online rate, that much?”

It seemed Luo Hang’s early-stage marketing had achieved excellent results.

Today, 70% of Qihang gaming cabins nationwide had booted up Ghost Realm. A portion of the remainder were playing Starry Sky Walk, and another portion were turned off.

7 million gaming cabins booting up Ghost Realm, accumulating 20 million hours of playtime. Based on the pricing standard of 5 yuan per hour, today’s single-day revenue…

Had actually reached 100 million?!

With revenue breaking a hundred million on launch day, this absolutely possessed the potential to become a “massive blockbuster”!

Even excluding the commissions for regional publishers and storefronts, as well as various operational and maintenance costs for the gaming cabins, they could still net over 40 million.

Achieving such an enviable result on the very first day—no wonder Luo Hang was so happy, rushing back to the company overnight just to share this good news with him.

Xie Yunfan praised, “VP Luo’s marketing wasn’t in vain. This is a very good start!”

Luo Hang smiled and said, “Yes, it exceeded my expectations. However, how it performs going forward will still depend on the seven-day retention rate. This is a long-term game; if we can’t retain players and lack momentum later on, that won’t work either.”

Xie Yunfan asked, “How are the reviews from the first wave of players?”

The reviews from the initial launch were extremely important. After all, many players were still waiting to see how it went. If the game’s reputation collapsed, subsequent profits would suffer a Waterloo.

Luo Hang said, “I have people monitoring public opinion across the entire internet. Currently, I haven’t received feedback from overseas yet. Across major domestic gaming forums, short video sites, Weibo, etc., there are many discussions about Ghost Realm. The overall trend is mostly positive reviews, and quite a few gaming influencers who participated in the evaluations are recommending this game.”

Xie Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good.”

This was a game he had spent half a year developing; naturally, he hoped Ghost Realm would achieve a double harvest in both reputation and profits.

Xie Yunfan turned off his computer, stood up, and said, “By the way, VP Luo, more than half of the content for the first Ghost Festival event has already been completed. I want to discuss the monetization method with you.”

Luo Hang asked, “What are your thoughts?”

Xie Yunfan said, “The Ghost Market for the Ghost Festival will be open to all players. The mall can sell some cosmetic appearances that don’t affect stats. For example, Ghost Festival limited-edition clothing, Nie Xiaoqian’s outfit, Qiao Sheng’s outfit, and so on. These will need to be purchased with Nether Coins.”

“Currently, the main sources of Nether Coins are achievement point rewards and Treasure Hunting system exchanges. I have two proposals for your reference. First, Nether Coins must be obtained within the game. Those who want Nether Coins can go treasure hunting to save up money, or do achievements to exchange for money. We would rely on playtime fees to generate profit.”

“Second, Nether Coins can be exchanged using real money (氪金/P2W). I left a piece of foreshadowing back then, which was Wei Zheng saying that players can appear in the dreams of their relatives and have them burn joss paper, which converts into the Ghost Realm’s universal Nether Coins at a set ratio. We can turn ‘burning joss paper in front of the grave’ into a microtransaction system, allowing players to top up money in exchange for Nether Coins. This provides convenience for paying players who are too lazy to do quests.”

Luo Hang looked at Xie Yunfan in slight surprise. Planners didn’t need to consider things related to profitability too much; they just needed to make the game. Exactly how it was monetized—like what gifts to give for topping up or how to sell gift packs—was the operations team’s job.

But Xie Yunfan had considered everything comprehensively. He had even left foreshadowing in the NPC’s dialogue. Wei Zheng had indeed mentioned that Nether Coins could come from “having relatives burn joss paper.” Once the event launched, players using “burning joss paper at the grave to exchange for Nether Coins” would feel perfectly natural and logical.

When playing games, a portion of the paying players were too lazy to do quests for money and preferred to use their “wallet abilities.” For these people, being able to buy it directly would actually make them happy.

Meanwhile, players who weren’t as wealthy or preferred taking their time doing quests themselves wouldn’t be stopped from exchanging for clothing for free by completing those quests.

It killed two birds with one stone and could also boost the event’s revenue.

Meeting Xie Yunfan’s inquiring gaze, Luo Hang smiled: “You thought this through very thoroughly. I think the second proposal is better. After the Ghost Market event opens, I will open a top-up channel… which is the ‘joss paper burning system’ you mentioned, to make it convenient for paying players to change clothes.”

Xie Yunfan nodded: “Mm, we’ll only sell cosmetics. Players who don’t want to buy them won’t have their gameplay experience affected. There’s no need to sell items and harvest players like leeks for a game built on a good reputation. Ghost Realm has a lot of playable content; just charging for playtime should be enough to turn a profit, right?”

Luo Hang said, “Exactly. Today, just from domestic playtime fees alone, revenue has already broken a hundred million, and this doesn’t even include overseas. Overseas revenue is settled quarterly; when the time comes, we’ll be able to recoup another massive sum of profit.”

Xie Yunfan curled the corners of his lips and said, “Looks like the people who participated in the project’s development will be able to get a massive bonus at the end of the year!”

Even though they had been terribly busy lately, both of them were very satisfied with the game’s performance post-launch.

After finishing their chat about future plans, they were also filled with confidence regarding next month’s Ghost Market Ghost Festival event.

Luo Hang and Xie Yunfan walked out of the Qihang Building together.

At the same time, on the internet, two strange trending topics were unknowingly rising in popularity.

One of them was: #HeartAttackFromPlayingHolographicGame#
The other was: #ShouldAGhostRealmThatDisregardsHumanRightsExist#

Xie Yunfan went to sleep as soon as he got back and didn’t pay attention to the public opinion online.

Luo Hang had been so busy these past few days that he only slept four or five hours a day. With the game’s excellent performance on its first day, he also breathed a sigh of relief and went back to catch up on sleep.

At 3:00 AM, the two topics suddenly charged up the trending search list.

The heart attack topic shot to number one on the “Social News” trending list. The one about disregarding human rights charged to number one on the “Gaming” trending list.

A blogger posted, saying: “My brother played a horror game called Ghost Realm today and was so scared he had a heart attack! He was sent to the hospital for emergency resuscitation and almost died! @QihangGames, @YangfanStudio, you made such a disgusting thing to terrorize players. Do you have antisocial personality disorders?”

This Weibo post received hundreds of thousands of likes, and many people left comments in the section below.

“Too scary, I quit immediately as soon as I entered the game.”
“How did this kind of garbage game pass review?”
“Getting dragged out to be punished right at the start, are everyone playing this game masochists?”
“The Tongue-Ripping Hell almost made me throw up from disgust! Who came up with such a sickening scene? I suspect the planner has a mental illness.”
“I suggest suing them to make the planner pay for the medical bills!”
“I’ve blacklisted Qihang Games anyway. Holding it in for three years just to push out this broken piece of crap. Starry Sky Walk was your peak; you deserve to go downhill!”
“Wishing Qihang Games an early bankruptcy!”

In the middle of the night, the discussions grew more and more numerous, and public opinion began fermenting constantly.

Many passersby who had never played the game clicked in from the “Social News” section and took a look. Good heavens, what kind of horror game is this? You can even get a heart attack from playing it!

Certain “passersby” immediately followed the trend and commented: “Games with such warped values should be taken down! Stop poisoning our youth!”

Others called for action: “Everyone go call and complain, support taking it down.”

The comments multiplied.

Some even directly @’d the National Game Review Department, demanding it be taken down.

Meanwhile, in the gaming news section, the discussion regarding “human rights” was also growing increasingly fierce.

The cause was someone reposting a review from a gaming blogger in the European region. The original text was in English on Twitter, and translated, it meant:

“The horror game Ghost Realm from Hua Xia. After humans die and become ghosts, they still have to accept various cruel tortures: having fingers cut off, corpses scorched, being cooked in steamers, being crushed into meat patties by stones…
These cruel tortures disregard human rights and show absolutely zero respect for the free souls of humanity!
I believe the death penalty is already the limit of punishment. For the soul to continue suffering torture after death is too terrifying!
How could anyone make such an antisocial game?
This game planner should go get their mental state checked. A game that promotes violent tortures like this should not be promoted and released globally to poison the youth.”

Beneath this review, a massive number of netizens also left mocking comments.

“Losing face all the way overseas, what kind of thing did Qihang Games make?”
“Tried copying others in making a horror game and ended up getting scolded, serves them right!”
“I also think this hell punishment mode is terrifying and going too far! It’s truly too disgusting.”
“When people are alive they should be respected and enjoy freedom, and even in death they should have basic human rights!”
…

The next morning, before Xie Yunfan even had time to eat breakfast after waking up, he received a call from Luo Hang: “Look at the trending searches. Something happened.”

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Xie Yunfan clicked open the trending searches and, sure enough, saw two topics glaringly hanging on the front page.

In the Social News section was the news about “having a heart attack playing a holographic game,” naming and shaming Ghost Realm for being too terrifying and causing a brother’s heart attack, sending him to emergency resuscitation where he nearly died.

After a night of fermenting public opinion, the topic had over 100 million reads and hundreds of thousands of discussions. Clicking into it, it was full of people saying “the planner has mental issues” and “support taking this garbage game down.” The timestamp for the majority of the comments was around 2:00 or 3:00 AM…

The number one trending topic on the Gaming list was the discussion on “human rights.”

Someone had reposted a blogger’s review from some obscure corner overseas and translated it to expand its influence, claiming the punishment rules in hell were too bloody and violent, completely disrespecting human rights. There were also people hurling insults like “losing face overseas,” wishing for Qihang Games and Yangfan Studio to be locked together and go bankrupt together.

Xie Yunfan: “…”

This wave of negative public opinion came in fiercely; one look and he could tell it wasn’t simple.

Moreover, the unified talking points in the comment sections made it blatantly obvious that a massive army of paid internet trolls had been deployed to stink up Ghost Realm‘s reputation.

You trolls even use an underworld schedule?

Popping up in the middle of the night to leave comments, taking advantage of the time when most people were sleeping to let public opinion rapidly ferment.

This move was truly sinister and ruthless.

Playing a game and getting a heart attack? This “social news” was impactful enough to attract the eyeballs of many passersby. Melon-eating (gossiping) passersby loved following the crowd the most. Seeing everyone scolding Ghost Realm‘s planner, some people would also join in and hurl a few insults.

As for the discussion about “human rights,” Eastern and Western concepts were fundamentally different to begin with. Xie Yunfan had long anticipated that Ghost Realm would face some negative discussions when published overseas. After all, the world he constructed didn’t align with the understanding of most foreigners.

Questioning it was normal. Seeking common ground while reserving differences, he didn’t demand that everyone understand the rules of this world. It was a game; many games had fictional backgrounds. Players who liked it would naturally accept it, and those who didn’t could simply not play.

Not liking a game was a very normal thing.

However, on the second day of the game’s launch, overwhelming negative comments and two negative topics parachuting to the top of both the social and gaming trending lists…

This was clearly an attempt to smother Ghost Realm in its cradle.

Those leading the rhythm in the comment section kept shouting for it to be “taken down.” It was obvious they wanted to use a public opinion war to kill Ghost Realm. Their motives were deeply malicious!

Xie Yunfan frowned and asked, “Are these large-scale negative reviews the work of our competitors playing tricks behind the scenes?”

Luo Hang said calmly, “Obviously. Our game launched yesterday and hit 20 million hours of online playtime, with single-day revenue breaking a hundred million, and a 70% boot rate for Qihang gaming cabins. They grew anxious.”

The cake for holographic games was only so big, shared among a few companies. Naturally, others didn’t want Qihang to produce a blockbuster game and use the opportunity to turn things around.

Originally, Qihang had been going downhill for the past two years. At first, their competitors were just watching the show, believing the game Ghost Realm couldn’t make much of a splash.

But the response to Ghost Realm‘s launch yesterday far exceeded Luo Hang’s expectations, and definitely exceeded the expectations of their competitors as well.

They started to get scared!

They were afraid Qihang would use this opportunity to completely turn things around, becoming a giant in the domestic holographic gaming industry and siphoning away their users.

They were even more afraid that Yangfan Studio would become a powerful game development team, deepen its collaborative relationship with Qihang, gain enough funding, and make even more fun games to further seize their market share.

Taking advantage of the fact that Ghost Realm hadn’t been launched for long, that there weren’t enough objective reviews yet, and that passersby were still waiting and watching…

This was the best time to kill off their opponent.

Xie Yunfan said with concern: “We can’t let this public opinion continue to spread; it will severely impact the game’s reputation. Passersby won’t look into the details closely. Once they have a preconceived notion that ‘the game is terrible,’ we will lose a massive number of potential users.”

Luo Hang said in a low voice, “Fortunately, I was prepared for this. That heart attack claim is obviously fabricated. In half an hour, I will have Qihang Games’ official account issue a statement.”

Xie Yunfan thought for a moment: “Alright, I’ll go write a statement too. Let’s post them together.”

Luo Hang truly had foresight. Holographic games were bursting with realism. Players with poor psychological fortitude or heart conditions could genuinely suffer accidents while playing this game.

Being 18+ stopped minors, but it couldn’t stop adults with heart problems.

That was exactly why, during the game development phase, Luo Hang had spent a massive sum to hire a professional medical team to conduct sample testing.

He had medical experts create an intelligent screening system. When players logged into Ghost Realm, it would connect to their ECG and EEG data for a preliminary screening.

If it detected a player with a heart condition, it directly urged them to quit.

How did this blogger’s brother evade the system’s analysis? And playing to the point of a heart attack requiring emergency hospital resuscitation—could it be any more outrageous?

…

On the morning of July 16th, major domestic media outlets successively reposted the news of “Playing Qihang’s game Ghost Realm caused a heart attack, sent to hospital for resuscitation.” Many bloggers on short video platforms were also reporting this news.

Media outlets all needed traffic KPIs; whatever news was hot, they reposted. Many outlets wouldn’t carefully investigate the authenticity of the event.

The overwhelming negative public opinion across the entire internet, the fierce cries for it to be “taken down,” and the calls for “complaints” everywhere pushed Ghost Realm, which had only been launched for one day, directly into the eye of the storm.

Some players who liked Ghost Realm were also stunned.

Why did the wind of this public opinion feel wrong? Someone had a heart attack and was sent for resuscitation, and some were elevating it to the level of principles, saying the game had “no human rights”?

Since when did you have to discuss human rights when playing a game?

A Ghost Realm player proactively spoke up: “I think the Ghost Realm is very fun. If you picked Zhong Kui at the start and got scared, you can try changing to a different judge. It’s genuinely fun. If I’m lying, I’ll eat my gaming cabin!”

Someone mocked: “If you’re an adult with such small guts, why are you even playing a holographic game? Going home to play in the mud is more suitable for you.”

An irritable bro directly started flaming: “What do you mean ‘everyone who loves playing Ghost Realm is a masochist’? Whoever uses AoE attacks on Ghost Realm players, I’ll fucking scold them to death! I just love playing it, what’s it to you? If you have the guts, come argue with me face-to-face!”

“Were paid trolls bought for this? People are shouting for it to be taken down and complaining everywhere. Coming in so fiercely, are they trying to kill Ghost Realm?”
“Don’t! I haven’t played enough yet, you’re not allowed to take it down!”
“Negative trending searches arrived on the first day of launch. 666, did this attract someone’s jealousy? Does anyone know Ghost Realm‘s revenue from yesterday?”

However, the genuine players’ comments were quickly drowned out by the massive volume of complaints and demands for it to be taken down.

At exactly 9:00 AM, seeing public opinion rapidly spreading outside gaming circles, the Qihang Games official account urgently published a statement.

“Dear players:
Ghost Realm is a holographic game with a horror-leaning style. Since its launch on July 15th, it has garnered widespread attention from all sectors. We are very grateful for the players’ support of Ghost Realm.
At the beginning of development, to prevent some players from experiencing excessive terror due to the realistic gaming experience, which could lead to heart attacks or other situations endangering personal safety, we specifically invited a team of experts from the Imperial Capital Academy of Sciences to conduct detailed sample testing. We also hired professional AI engineers to implant a vital signs monitoring system into the gaming cabins.
Qihang Vital Signs Monitoring System, National Patent No. 2023XXXX.
The system automatically connects to the player’s five senses when the game boots up, recording data such as ECG, brainwaves, and respiratory rate. If the monitoring detects abnormalities in a player’s heart or other issues, it will immediately urge the player to quit and prohibit them from logging into the game.
Of course, our system cannot compare to the advanced diagnostic equipment in hospitals and cannot detect certain hidden heart diseases. Following testing by the medical team, the preliminary screening of the Qihang gaming cabin can eliminate over 90% of common heart conditions.
Players, there is no need to worry. We will do our utmost to ensure the gaming safety of every player.
Qihang Games publicly promises here: If a player develops any illness due to the stimulation of the game’s content during gameplay, the company will compensate all resulting medical expenses. Please directly contact qihanghq@xxx to submit evidence, and professional staff will handle your issue.
Hereby stated.
We wish everyone a happy time playing in Ghost Realm.”

The moment this statement was released, players were instantly shocked.

“Holy crap, are Qihang gaming cabins this advanced now?”
“I was wondering why there was a ‘System Monitoring’ loading bar when I logged into the game. It turns out it was giving me a [physical exam]!”
“666, a smart gaming cabin with built-in ECG monitoring? Doesn’t this instantly crush the competitors’ technology by a massive margin?”
“What do the competitors think? I remember Cool Play and Wings of Dream haven’t developed this function yet, right? Qihang truly walks at the cutting edge of the industry!”
“As expected of a game company founded by a team of engineering students, so hardcore!”
…

The wind of public opinion gradually reversed.

Since the Qihang gaming cabin was equipped with an intelligent monitoring system developed by a medical team, the claim of getting a heart attack from being scared by the game was clearly questionable.

Was this an intentional smear by competitors?

At almost the exact same time, Yangfan Studio also published a statement.

“Thank you to all players for your attention to Ghost Realm. We have noticed the discussions regarding the issue of ‘human rights’ in the game. Everyone has different thoughts, and we respect every player’s freedom to express their opinions.
The original intention behind the design of this game was not to promote violent or cruel tortures, but to convey the design team’s philosophy that ‘good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil.’
The Four Great Judges of the Ghost Realm have always adhered to the principle of ‘enforcing the law impartially.’ Good people receive rewards after death; bad people receive the punishment they deserve after death; and people who suffered injustices can have their grievances cleared by Judge Lu after becoming ghosts.
The game constructs a fictional ‘world of dead souls.’ Although this world is absurd and bizarre, it adheres to basic rules of good and evil and the laws of impartial judgment.
There is a saying—if you do nothing to feel guilty about, you won’t fear ghosts knocking on your door at midnight.
Ghosts are actually not scary, because all ghosts are the forms humans take after death. They retain human thoughts and personalities. Those who were good while alive remain good ghosts; those who were evil thugs while alive continue to do evil as ghosts.
This is actually the same as our world.
We hope that what players experience in Ghost Realm isn’t just horror and cruelty. We created a bizarre, colorful world for everyone to explore, and this world still has much rich content waiting for everyone to slowly uncover.
In reality, there are judges who protect the rights of the people. In the Ghost Realm, there are similarly judges who punish evil and promote good for the little ghosts.
The Ghost Realm will respect every free ghost.
Thank you to all players for your support ^^”

The two statements were released almost simultaneously, and the players of Ghost Realm instantly grew excited, running over to leave comments of support.

“You can do it, Little Sailboat! Someone is intentionally trying to mess with you guys!”
“Are the people shouting about human rights while playing a game mentally ill?”
“Little Sailboat came out too, releasing a statement at the exact same time as Qihang. Are you two together~”
“I think Ghost Realm is very fun, supporting Little Sailboat!”
“Seeing someone wish for Yangfan Studio and Qihang Games to go bankrupt together, then I wish you two lock in and continue collaborating—Yangfan Qihang (Set Sail, Set Off), prospering every day! Piss them off!”
…

Looking at the comments below the Weibo post, Xie Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he had rich experience with this wave of public opinion, and Luo Hang’s side had also prepared in advance, so they should be able to weather it without any real danger.

The first wave of the public opinion war after launch was crucial. It wouldn’t be that easy for competitors to kill them off.

Xie Yunfan knew the quality of the game in his heart. Anyone who truly played Ghost Realm, even if they didn’t like it, wouldn’t demand the game be taken down.

A whole morning passed, and the two negative trending topics were thoroughly scolded by the organic fans of Ghost Realm. The irritable players hurled insults without holding back and even learned Black Impermanence’s mockery.

“With how clumsy and stupid you look, you still have the nerve to play Ghost Realm? Going home to play matching games is more suitable for you.”
“Shouting ‘human rights, human rights’ every day, look how awesome you think you are. But I’m a ghost now, and our Ghost Realm only cares about ghost rights!”

At this moment, gaming bigwig Purple Cauliflower also scrolled past the negative news on Weibo. He frowned, thinking to himself: With competitors jumping out so excitedly to smear Ghost Realm, it looks like this game is about to blow up!

Yangfan Studio was a newcomer studio. They couldn’t be allowed to be crushed to death by competitors; he had to stand up and support them.

Purple Cauliflower immediately posted on Weibo: “In my heart, Ghost Realm is the TOP 1 holographic game of the year. It’s incredibly fun! Yesterday I only played the challenge mode of the Zhong Kui route, and fighting the bosses was highly satisfying.
My friends also played the Treasure Hunting system, the Random Encounter system, and the Scenic Record system. The degree of freedom is extremely high. Everyone, don’t be influenced by certain negative public opinions. Whether a game is fun or not, you only know after playing it yourself!
Hurry up and give it a try. For 5 yuan, you can experience it for an hour.”

Netizens teased in response: “Vegetable God, you really seem like a paid troll hired by Little Sailboat, always speaking up for him!”

Purple Cauliflower clarified helplessly: “I’m really not. Little Sailboat didn’t even give me a single dime. I still have to pay out of my own pocket to buy a Qihang gaming cabin.”

On the internet, more and more passersby were attracted by the “smear trending searches” as well as the players’ recommendations and went to experience Ghost Realm.

As they played, many people discovered that this game was genuinely fun!

Some who had money and space at home felt that running to a holographic gaming experience center every day was too troublesome, so why not buy a gaming cabin?

Consequently, many players flooded into local Qihang gaming sales centers, placing orders directly on the spot.

Purple Cauliflower also opened the online shopping mall, searched for Qihang’s official flagship store, and planned to buy a gaming cabin to keep at home and play slowly.

Recently, Qihang happened to be running a promotional event. Gaming cabins were up to 30% off, marking the lowest price in history.

Moreover, buying a Qihang gaming cabin within 1 month came with 10 hours of free trial time for Ghost Realm as a bonus…

Purple Cauliflower placed his order without hesitation.

He believed there would definitely be many players like him who wanted to buy a gaming cabin after playing Ghost Realm. Running an event at this time was exactly the right move to consolidate this batch of users.

He had to admit, VP Luo truly had a brilliant mind for business!

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The next afternoon, the Marketing Department Manager excitedly knocked open the door to Luo Hang’s office, saying, “VP Luo, sales of Qihang gaming cabins have hit a historical high! In just yesterday alone, we sold 50,000 units!”

Luo Hang: “…”

Thank you to our competitors for gifting us this wave of popularity.

They tried to smear the game from every angle but failed, and instead caused a massive spike in Qihang gaming cabin sales.

After all, Qihang was the first to introduce an “Intelligent Vital Signs Monitoring System” developed by a medical team into holographic games.

Qihang’s hardware had always walked at the forefront of the industry.

Now, their software (games) had also caught up with the industry’s pace.

Their competitors must be feeling even more pressure now, right?

Luo Hang sent a message to Xie Yunfan: “Qihang gaming cabin sales didn’t decrease but actually increased. Their public opinion war failed completely. You can focus on making the event with peace of mind; I’ll keep an eye on the other matters.”

Xie Yunfan replied: “Okay~”

With a happy mood, the pace of work naturally sped up as well.

This week, he was going to finish all the content for the event. After testing, it would officially launch next month.

During the Ghost Festival, they would give their opponents another wave of surprises.