Chapter 267: The Responses These Days Are Like Playing Around (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Zhou Yi is very annoyed now when he sees this sentence; it is equivalent to constantly hinting... oh no, explicitly telling you, hurry up, you'll succeed immediately!

But this prompt had been appearing constantly since an hour ago.

The atmosphere in the livestream room is a bit strange; everyone has been watching for so long and is also very puzzled. It makes no sense; how could it still not be slashed down?

Zhou Yi finally spoke: "Everyone, this situation is a bit wrong. There are really quite a lot of people here, logically speaking, but it still hasn't succeeded. Where is the problem?"

"Also, there are constant reminders in here saying so-and-so got what, and I am truly very curious. Coincidentally, I happen to know this person, so I'll ask her right now!"

This was a female classmate from Zhou Yi's university days named Wang Anqi. Of course, although they were both in Jingzhou after graduation, they had lost touch.

Besides this classmate, the names of some other friends were also constantly popping up, saying this friend got something via Free Take, that friend got something via Free Take.

To be honest, Zhou Yi thinks it is normal for some people to be able to get things for free.

He just wants to know now if there is actually a limit to this!

While letting the audience members in the livestream room continue to slash, Zhou Yi had already pulled up his classmate's phone number.

He hesitated for a moment, then dialed it. Soon, a very sweet voice rang out: "Hello, Zhou Yi? Is that you? You actually called me?"

Holy crap! As soon as these words came out, the audience members in the livestream room were instantly shocked!

They couldn't even be bothered to slash anymore and quickly pricked up their ears to listen to this voice.

There is a problem; there is a huge problem here!

Some people had already started frantically spamming the screen.

"Mengnan Zhou": Holy crap, what does A Yi's female classmate mean by this? Let's analyze this rationally. Could it be A Yi's ex-girlfriend, and then A Yi abandoned her?

There are many people in the livestream room, and all kinds of comments are constantly flooding the screen, but perhaps it was a special fate; Zhou Mouren saw this familiar name the moment he looked up.

Zhou Yi, who was on the phone, rolled his eyes. Not only was Zhou Cainiao watching his own livestream, but he was actually stirring up trouble!

Forget it, the phone call is more important.

"Classmate Wang, speak properly. What are you saying? I'm just calling you to ask a question..."

I'm truly impressed. Back in university, this classmate didn't seem like someone who liked to joke around. It's only been two years since graduation; how did she become like this?

"A question? Sigh, back then, you should have asked me sooner..."

Damn it... Zhou Mouren didn't know what to say for a moment. I have the speakerphone on!

The livestream room was already full of people jeering, and Mengnan Zhou's comments were the most numerous among them!

"Can we talk about business? I have something going on here. Let me ask you, on that Pinduoduo, did you get something for free... a bicycle?"

"Just joking, don't be so serious. A bicycle? How could that be possible? I did participate in that Free Take activity before and invited a lot of people trying to slash it down, but in the end, I was just too lazy to deal with it."

Classmate Wang on the other end laughed: "The main thing is that you have to keep inviting people, and everyone is very disgusted by this, so I didn't do it. Why, do you want me to slash for you too?"

"Oh, so you didn't succeed either."

"Yeah, what did you think? How could it be that easy."

"Alright, alright, thanks a lot. I'll hang up first; I have some things to do here. Let's chat another day."

On the other side of Jingzhou City, in the Company, a good-looking girl was stunned as she listened to the busy signal coming from the phone.

Zhou Yi, however, didn't have time to worry about that. He ignored the comments from the audience members asking him to "elaborate" and said very seriously: "Alright, we've figured it out. That is, at the very least, what it says in here is fake!"

"It pushed about five or six people to me in here, saying they succeeded, but I only asked one, and they didn't succeed."

At this moment, even Zhou Yi was a bit confused. What are the people at this Company thinking? They keep telling you that someone succeeded, and the key is that these people include your friends.

Something that can be clarified with a single phone call is just put out there like this. Do they think no one will verify it?

"Alright, verification complete. Let's continue. I really don't believe it. By the way, I didn't tell everyone before starting the stream today, but actually, a lucky audience member will be chosen in the livestream room."

"Then I will have a voice chat with them. And for the sake of fairness, I have already chosen without anyone knowing. It is this user named 'Mengnan Zhou'. Congratulations!"

Inside the law firm, Zhou Xinran was stunned when she saw this. She wanted to pretend she wasn't there, but the comment section was full of her spam...

"No reaction? It seems our Mengnan is a bit shy. It doesn't matter, I've already remembered this name, maybe next time!"

It's over, this person definitely knows who I am...

Then the question arises, Zhou Xinran sat at her desk and began to ponder: When did he find out!!

After teasing Zhou Cainiao, Zhou Yi continued his price-slashing journey.

Another two hours passed, and Zhou Yi finally couldn't help it. Still nothing?

"There is a prompt here for a 9.9 Acceleration Pack. I'll buy it. Now I'll just say this: as long as it tells me to do something and says it can speed up progress, I'll do it. I want to see what the situation will be."

The Acceleration Pack was bought, but there was still no result. Finally, Zhou Yi couldn't take it anymore.

"I can't do it anymore, audience members. I started the stream at 12:38 PM, and it's been seven hours now. I really can't hold on, so this experiment can only end here."

"However, everyone can use this as a reference to see if this Free Take is really free. Personally, I think it's really not worth it."

Zhou Yi rubbed his eyes and looked at the livestream room.

After such a long time, many of the audience members had also gone to rest. He really couldn't hold on anymore.

After saying goodbye to all the audience members, the livestream ended, and Zhou Yi went straight to bed. He was too tired.

Pinduoduo had, of course, already noticed Zhou Yi's livestream.

It could even be said that Zhou Mouren's name is now like thunder to the ears of the public relations departments of many internet companies.

He received a large express delivery, and the three major express companies were rubbed into the ground.

He went to Dreamland, and the rules of Dreamland were changed.

Not to mention that he stayed at a hotel before, and as a result, both the food delivery drivers and the ride-hailing drivers suffered.

For a person like this, everyone has to be a little careful. Plus, with such a high-heat livestream now, Pinduoduo naturally had to pay attention internally.

Although some people thought the other party was deliberately looking for trouble, after the Company's research, they decided to just make the price-slashing succeed.

Issue a special coupon.

As long as the other party doesn't come to cause trouble, this matter must absolutely not be blown out of proportion.

However, although Pinduoduo's public relations department had already started to control the heat, they did not expect that although the livestream had stopped, the fire ignited by the livestream suddenly burned out of control.

To put it in one sentence: the world has suffered under Qin for a long time!

Perhaps some people like such things, but many people truly hate this behavior of sending a request to "slash" a price.

As a friend, it is hard to refuse, so one can only pretend not to see it, but there are still those who have no sense and will call you up to ask why you didn't look at their message...

Don't you know what it means when I haven't looked at the message?

Moreover, more people have tried the Free Take and tried the Cash Withdrawal, but none of them succeeded; every time it looked like they were about to succeed, they were just one person short, but when the person was finally brought in, the gold coins turned into Diamond.

Therefore, in a very short time, Zhou Yi's live streaming incident directly hit the trending searches!

"Haha, I'm dying of laughter. One hundred thousand people in five hours could make the people of Huacheng surrender, yet they couldn't slash the price of a single mobile phone?"

"Speechless, truly speechless. This is the ultimate request; won't Pinduoduo come out and explain?"

"It reminds me of the event I participated in before; it was the same. It looked like I could get it soon, but I just couldn't, always just a little bit short. Now that I think about it, this is all a trap, right?"

Take a few steps if you have nothing to do—this is everyone's current demand for Pinduoduo.

If so many people couldn't slash the price down, then exactly how many people are needed for this so-called "slash"?

Many people are actually not Zhou Yi's audience, but at this moment, they directly turned into voluntary promoters, determined to charge at Pinduoduo; you must give an explanation.

At the same time, many integrated media and Self-Media also began to forward the news in various ways, things like "One hundred thousand people couldn't slash the price of a mobile phone," and in short, they made it as exaggerated as possible.

Zhou Mouren slept until evening, ate something, and continued to sleep; when he woke up again, it was already the next day.

He still lingered in bed for a long time before getting up, only to be stunned when he looked at his phone; he just slept yesterday, so why does it feel like something huge has already happened online?

Looking again, Pinduoduo made a response yesterday, or rather, what they called a "Serious Statement."

"Up Master A Yi has already succeeded in the price slash at 9:30 PM, and a coupon has been issued to him, allowing him to get the mobile phone for free for one cent, but the other party has not yet claimed it."

"Regarding the mention in the report of one hundred thousand people slashing the price, it needs to be clarified that there were not one hundred thousand people; during the live broadcast, the Anchor already explained that it was forwarding messages to Penguin and WeChat groups."

"It was clearly a successful price-slashing case, yet under some deliberate promotion, it became a trending search and a hot topic completely contrary to the facts, thereby confusing public opinion. The Company's Legal Department has already begun to secure relevant evidence!"

"Finally, thank you to all sectors of society for their attention and support regarding the relevant activities. In the future, the platform will further improve the activity process and rules, optimize activity guidance, and enhance the activity experience."

They responded, but it was as if they hadn't responded at all.

Zhou Yi looked at this response; so-called, he had already been issued a special coupon and could directly claim that mobile phone?

But that's not right; it clearly hadn't succeeded when he was slashing the price before.

Looking at the replies from other Netizens, Zhou Yi soon laughed.

Netizens are of course not fools, especially now that some Self-Media who like to ride the coattails of trending topics have jumped out directly.

"This counts as a response? You haven't mentioned the key issues. First, why was it said to be a success when it clearly wasn't? Is this False Propaganda?"

"Second, the Up Master did not succeed when he ended the broadcast at night; how did it succeed in the middle of the night? What is this situation? Can A Yi borrow the power of ghost soldiers to help slash the price?"

"Third, there weren't one hundred thousand people, so how many were there? Ninety-nine thousand? To be honest, this number is not something a normal person can invite, so exactly how many people are needed to succeed in the price slash?"

"Regarding the three questions above, please have Pinduoduo respond directly."

Eh, Zhou Yi looked at this reply; this person is quite interesting, "Zishen Lvshi Lao Li." Never mind the name for now, but this profile picture seems familiar.

Wait, isn't this that Lawyer Li from Modu who had a Debate with Fang Dazhuang last time, blocked him after replying, and then was trolled by Fang Dazhuang's twenty alt accounts for many days, leading him to quit the internet?

Has he changed his appearance and come back?

No wonder this argumentative style looked familiar; it turns out he is an acquaintance.

It's just unexpected that this guy spoke up for him this time.

In Modu, Li Chen looked at his reply on the computer and was very satisfied. The previous account was abandoned, but fortunately, he had some foundation, and the second account was built up.

This time, Li Chen decided to learn his lesson; he absolutely must not do that again, he must be smart.

For example, when that Up Master from Jingzhou has a dispute with someone, he must blindly help him speak.

What's more, he could pick out many problems from Pinduoduo's response with a casual glance.

After replying, looking at the support comments he gained in an instant, Li Chen was very happy. When you're out in the world, you must have social awareness; what is face worth? How much money can it be worth...

As a veteran troll, perhaps Li Chen is not very good at other things, but when it comes to arguing, he is truly very professional.

As for last time, to be honest, if it were anyone else facing Fang Dazhuang, they would have had the same outcome.

With such a response coming out, Pinduoduo was directly silenced; there was really nothing to say.

But you definitely can't play dead, so after deliberation, Pinduoduo made another response.

That is, because Up Master A Yi's price-slashing behavior involved inviting too many people to click in a short time, problems occurred.

"The system determined there was malicious price-slashing behavior, which is why it didn't show as a success."

Once this response came out, Zhou Yi, who had originally just been watching, finally couldn't hold back.

"Wait, what is called malicious price-slashing? Can this thing even be malicious? Or does it mean that as long as it is detected that someone's account has a problem, the other party cannot help at all? Or what is the reason?"

Yes, according to your rules, the right of interpretation for the activity belongs to you, that's correct, but can we not know anything about an activity that is created?

"Actually, I just want to know one thing: in this activity of yours, exactly how much can one invited person slash off? Or, to succeed in slashing, how many people need to be invited? There must be a fixed procedure, right? Can't even this be said?"

"I believe many people want to know this question!"

Zhou Yi didn't have a Weibo account; these remarks of his were already posted in his updates, but soon someone forwarded them to Weibo.

And many people attached their opinions.

Whether it's false or real, let's not worry about that for now; at the very least, you have to let people know how this is actually done.

And finally, amidst this public attention, Pinduoduo made its final response.

"This activity has already given away three thousand six hundred mobile phones; everything is real."

The previous chapter was indeed watery and short; everyone was right in their comments. I got up early this morning to rush out a chapter to soothe your throats.

(End of chapter)