Chapter 1247: Unintentional Planting of Willows

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Electronic games, especially explosive online games, are truly tools for massive cash.

Like *Genshin*, *Warcraft*, *Overwatch*, these top-tier online games.

Even if they can't be like traditional MMORPGs where you can spend unlimited money to build game characters, because the quality is too outstanding, the player base is quite large, and the monthly turnover is basically at the level of nearly ten billion.

Equivalent to the Bilibili purchased at a high price at the beginning of the year, these few games earned it back in less than half a year.

And the next *Fantasy World*, which has better performance in all aspects, is about to go online, so its money-making ability naturally goes without saying.

It is equivalent to saying that starting from next year, her company can earn ten billion a month just by relying on games, and the point is that a considerable part of these years is foreign exchange, which is too liked by the leaders.

Whether it is a pay-to-win mobile game or electronic trash, as long as you can bring huge tax revenue and foreign exchange, it is worth supporting.

So while

Where there is profit, there are more people willing to cooperate.

Although Tencent is also dabbling in the gaming industry itself, they rarely produce online games; they only act as transporters for online games.

Fantasy World currently has unparalleled momentum, and since Miss Luo Quan is a high-quality client who has cooperated with them N times, after signing the agency rights, they naturally used their nationwide, unrivaled channels for viral promotion.

In today's society, there are many people who don't use QQ, and quite a few who don't use WeChat.

But for those who use neither of these two pieces of software, they are truly as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Faced with Tencent's all-out push and promotion, Fantasy World has become the hottest online game at the moment.

Especially after EDG won the championship, and after the championship fever lasted for a week, the popularity of League of Legends also entered a cold winter along with the end of all competitions.

This is the most suitable time period for Fantasy World to exert its strength, and the more than 30 million pre-registrations on the official website also prove how massive the number of users anticipating it is.

Of course, this also includes many foreign players.

However, it is not so convenient to carry out promotion abroad; one can only rely on throwing money at it.

As for how popular the game will eventually become, Miss Luo Quan expresses that she is very much looking forward to it.

The next day, the list of winners was out, and a total of 3,000 lucky users won prizes.

The luckiest one won a 10,000-yuan red envelope, and the smallest prize was 500 yuan, which is a quite decent income for most people.

They can go have a big meal, buy a good keyboard, or top up their accounts to buy a few nice skins.

As for the fans who didn't win, they were all asking how big of a red envelope Bilibili would be giving out for this Spring Festival.

Some even suggested just sponsoring the Spring Festival Gala directly.

Several companies sponsored the Spring Festival Gala last year, advertising in front of the whole nation—the effect was incredible, wasn't it?

The idea is great, but it's almost impossible.

You can't just get an advertising slot for the Spring Festival Gala if you want one; without some connections and networking, would they give it to you?

Although with the resources Miss Luo Quan has on hand now, if she really shamelessly asked for one, she could still get it.

But if she used her favors in this kind of place, it would be too wasteful.

It's just an advertisement; whether it's on the Spring Festival Gala or not really doesn't matter.

Moreover, those who watch the Spring Festival Gala now are mostly middle-aged and elderly people over thirty-five.

This demographic doesn't belong to Bilibili's target user group anyway, so how many could she attract by advertising there?

Once others come over and see your thick "two-dimensional" flavor, they'll probably uninstall it immediately.

The generation gap is right there; this is something that can't be helped.

Perhaps in another ten years, when the post-90s and post-00s become middle-aged, Bilibili might be able to advertise on the Spring Festival Gala, because by then, the backbone of China will more or less know what "two-dimensional" is.

If they know "two-dimensional," then they certainly won't be unfamiliar with Bilibili.

Of course, that's assuming Bilibili can survive until then.

"Bilibili probably doesn't have the ability to get that advertising slot, but we have also prepared a very generous cash red envelope this year, which will be distributed to everyone on New Year's Eve."

Miss Luo Quan used some ambiguous wording, directly stating the four words "cash red envelope," remaining as honest as ever.

And it is precisely this honesty that attracted such a large batch of users to her at the beginning of the year.

Hearing that they could draw free red envelopes on New Year's Eve again, they were naturally grinning from ear to ear.

Last year, she gave out hundreds of millions in red envelopes; some people with good luck directly drew the 100,000-yuan super prize, which is more than what many people earn after working hard for a whole year.

Even those with worse luck got red envelopes of over a thousand yuan.

Except for the fact that the number of participants was simply too large, making it relatively hard to win, this activity had no flaws whatsoever—it was countless times more conscientious than that "Pinduoduo slash-a-price" red envelope thing.

Consequently, the excited fans directly bestowed the title of "Conscientious Entrepreneur" upon Miss Luo Quan, and it even hit the trending searches.

Seeing such a trending search, Miss Luo Quan didn't even know what to say.

"I only hope that when you scold me in the future, you don't take me to be hung from a lamppost."

Miss Luo Quan sighed helplessly and said something that could very likely appear in the mouths of netizens.

With the current economic downturn and high life pressure, negative emotions are everywhere.

Therefore, those who possess wealth beyond the reach of ordinary people naturally become the targets for everyone to vent their emotions.

Internet celebrities, stars, and the wealthy—these are groups that seem to have achieved financial freedom without much effort, so they are naturally the primary targets of netizens.

Internet celebrities and stars are still a bit better; people at most just envy them, scold them for being uncultured, or say they are unworthy of their positions.

But as for the wealthy, people truly wish they were dead, as if every single one of them deserves to be dragged to a lamppost.

Miss Luo Quan was slightly better off before, but now that she's a Bilibili "Auntie," the number of people scolding her has increased.

It's as if as long as one is associated with capital, there's definitely no such thing as a good person.

There is a saying that goes well: power itself has no good or evil; good and evil depend solely on its user.

The same applies to capital.

Miss Luo Quan feels that the treatment she gives her employees is already high enough.

Both companies have regulations that any employee with more than five years of service can receive a certain amount of shares.

In addition to that, year-end bonuses and overtime pay are also very generous.

Having reached this level, Miss Luo Quan feels there is no room for further improvement.

She can't just average out her monthly income and distribute it to the employees, right? That's simply unrealistic.

Of course, the company's employees are definitely very satisfied with the status quo; in the entire working world, there are truly not many bosses more conscientious than Miss Luo Quan.

After all, other "conscientious" bosses donate money to offset taxes and incidentally gain a good reputation for themselves, but they never think about improving the treatment and compensation for their own employees.

So these bosses have a good reputation online, but what their own employees actually think of them is unknown.

And Miss Luo Quan belongs to the type that takes care of both sides—donating money generously and treating employees generously, doing everything she can.

In the past, she could at least be rated as one of the "Top Ten Conscientious Entrepreneurs Who Moved China."

But now, once the emotions flare up, it's the same "hang them from a lamppost" treatment.

After all, netizens are not her employees, and in all likelihood, they are not the group she funds either.

Having received no benefits, why would they speak up for her?

Fortunately, her reputation is usually good, she hasn't done anything to attract hatred, and her professional ability is truly beyond reproach, so there are also quite a few people defending her.

As for that sentence just now, it was just a joke, and she wasn't really worried that she would be scolded by netizens to the point of being hung from a lamppost.

And the fans clearly held different opinions regarding Miss Luo Quan's joke:

"Don't worry, Luo Bao, you definitely won't be hung from a lamppost; who would have the heart to do that?"

"Indeed, hanging from a lamppost is too wasteful, but there will definitely be other ways of punishment."

"Elaborate on the punishment."

"Haha, I knew you bunch of brats were up to no good."

"Miss Luo Quan: Why are there always treacherous people wanting to harm me?"

"Are we starting to make dirty jokes again in this confused state?"

…………

Miss Luo Quan now has a deep understanding of what it feels like to be speechless; she truly couldn't say a single word, because she had been so baffled by the unique thought patterns of these netizens that her own mind went blank, and she could only remain silent.

After a while, Miss Luo Quan sighed helplessly: "Jokes are jokes, but everyone should still pay attention to the occasion when saying such things in the future.

After all, I am now a well-known entrepreneur, the kind with a bit of international fame, so you should at least give me some face."

"Life is not easy, Luo Bao sighs."

"I know, you've made a fortune in business and know many big shots; you're already different from us country folk, and you won't even call me 'husband'."

"How can you be so shameless saying that? Luo Bao hasn't called anyone 'husband' since she debuted, right?"

"More than that, she hasn't even called anyone 'boyfriend'."

"The only two kissing scenes in her movies—one was a camera trick plus Photoshop, and the other was with Wen Xia; which means she's in her twenties and definitely hasn't even given away her first love."

"Hahaha, while I feel fortunate hearing that, I also feel it's so pitiful."

"Indeed, I was already a father several years ago."

"That's also truly a bit too early, isn't it?"

"She dresses more sexily than anyone, but inside she's actually more conservative than anyone."

"It's fine, I just like this kind of contrast."

"It would be great if it could be the other way around."

"Who could withstand that?"

………………

The jokes were still being made, but fortunately, the sense of propriety was much better than before.

And because of Miss Luo Quan's cold treatment, these jokes finally disappeared after lasting for about ten minutes.

After the once-a-day "teasing Miss Luo Quan" segment passed, the equally popular "Miss Luo Quan's Sharp Commentary" segment also arrived.

"Luo Bao, how do you evaluate multiple stars speaking out to protect animals?"

This is today's topic, and also a topic that has been very popular recently.

This series of news has been on the trending searches for nearly half a month.

She originally thought it wasn't a big deal, but she didn't expect the popularity to remain high, eventually leading to such a situation.

Not only are countless netizens divided into two sides arguing endlessly, but even many stars have entered the fray and started to stir up trouble.

Miss Luo Quan knows very well how high her influence is; faced with such a sensitive topic, if she speaks up, intensifying the argument is inevitable.

Therefore, her opinion must absolutely not be outrageously wrong; it must conform to universal values.

First, she looked at the Weibo posts published by these stars.

They were all calling on everyone to treat animals kindly and praying for those dead animals.

But not a single constructive opinion was put forward, nor did they say what they were going to do for the slogans they shouted.

Alright then, her argument was found.

"First of all, I am also a pet owner myself." Miss Luo Quan snapped her fingers at Da Hei and Xiao Yu on the floor; the two guys were very sensible—one jumped into her arms, while the other stood up on its hind legs and leaned onto the table, sticking out its tongue to lick her hand.

"Beast, damn it, beast!"

"Good for you, Da Hei, taking advantage of Luo Bao, aren't you?"

"I haven't even licked her yet?"

"Never thought I'd actually have a time when I envy a dog."

"Hope I can be reincarnated as a dog in my next life, and then let Luo Bao adopt me."

"Haha, there are too many of these heaven-defying people."

Miss Luo Quan was amused by these silly netizens and shook her head, saying: "First of all, I also keep pets myself; all kinds of certificates and vaccines are taken care of, and I definitely use a leash when going out.

Then, even if I don't want to keep them anymore, I would definitely find a proper place to handle it, such as giving them to someone or sending them to a pet shelter, instead of just throwing them onto the street and letting them become stray pets."

As she spoke, Miss Luo Quan stroked Da Hei's head: "Of course, they will definitely stay in my home until they die of old age.

And the point that causes this current problem is that there are simply too many irresponsible pet owners now; they don't follow the rules, don't follow the law, and don't even have any morals.

In the end, they let innocent passersby bear the consequences; this is where the contradiction lies, and wanting to solve it is by no means a task that can be done overnight, and it will definitely be accompanied by a great deal of pain."

Miss Luo Quan paused here, glanced at the bullet comments, and continued: "As for those stars calling for animal protection, their hearts are definitely in the right place.

After all, they are all lives; except for perverts, no one takes pleasure in torturing these lives, even the dog-catching squads—that's just their duty, so there's no need to blame them.

However, shouting slogans is useless if you want to solve the problem.

Just like poverty alleviation—you have to take out real money, build roads, help farmers, develop local specialty industries, attract traffic, promote, and build infrastructure; only when each plan is implemented and each payment is in place can the villagers become wealthy.

Just moving your lips to solve the problem is no different from acting like a hooligan.

So, if you really love stray animals, donate money or adopt a few yourself.

Instead of ignoring them while they are alive and only starting to cry and wail after they die.

This is not called animal protection, but rather seeking personal gain under the banner of protection.

So, if you really like animals that much, don't just talk—take out the money."