Chapter 69: Your video is too fake

First was the demo video, then the ad copy.

Carried along by the system, Ji Ming both wrote and copied, preparing all the promotional materials.

But just when he thought everything was ready except for the east wind, he suddenly realized a very important problem.

Exactly how should the specific promotion be done?

Or do I have to send suspicious-looking spam emails everywhere like Yang Yue?

Or become a boring hacker, asking everyone if they truly want to live?

No, I still need to draw on competitors' wisdom!

Ji Ming searched the preliminary data of several major hit games and found that the promotion for this aspect boils down to three elements

——CG with hype maxed out, sufficient massive user acquisition, and important yet unimportant, solid genuine game quality.

The first is settled, the third need not be considered.

The problem is this second element, it……

Splash ads on major websites, video soft ads from various big Vs.

Top streamers' live trial plays, leading UPs' wholehearted endorsements.

Ji Ming dared not think further, instead swallowing saliva and glancing at his savings of less than a hundred thousand,

Perhaps this sum is already not small for him personally, but for a globally promoted 3A game……

Not to mention fifty thousand; even 1.3 million or 13 million would just be a drop in the bucket.

If one truly wants to blast ads onto the eyeballs of global players, ten million wouldn't even be enough to burn for the first few days.

Alright, let's still talk about sending spam emails.

【？】

【Wait a moment】

【Is that what you mean by ad promotion?】

Just as Ji Ming opened his mailbox preparing to do something bad, Yang Yue suddenly sent him several messages, also attaching a webpage link.

He didn't need to open it; just a glance told him it was the URL of the D Station homepage.

Hmm, although D Station users generally have low willingness to pay, if one wants to stir up internet hype and cultivate a core group, this clueless, clear, and eager-to-speak-young crowd is indeed the best choice.

Could it be that the boss wants me to first do a small test run, gather the hundred closed-beta testers, and then talk?

He calculated and opened the webpage, but upon taking a closer look, he was dumbfounded.

For some reason, all the ad slots on the D Station homepage, from top to bottom, inside and out, were hung with the logo of 《Code Name: Yang Yue》.

The neat, uniform ads were densely packed, even carrying a strange sense of eeriness and horror.

Did I accidentally stumble into a Yang Yue-themed cyber backroom???

【Cough cough】

【Although I don't have much funding right now, I am an internet ghost after all】

【If it's just about controlling a user's page to increase the chance they see the corresponding ad, it's still doable】

【Wow, there's such an operation】

【Impressive, truly worthy of Lord Will!】

Ji Ming was about to praise, when he suddenly discovered another problem

【May I ask? What do you mean by saying you're temporarily out of money?】

Yang Yue fell silent for a moment.

【Please, even online money isn't conjured out of thin air】

【Actually, I've also been working hard all along……】

Following closely after were a string after string of URLs.

Ji Ming clicked them one by one to check, finding they were all homepages of online retailers.

Yang Yue Online Game Specialty Store, Yang Yue Esports, Yang Yue Esports Studio, Yang Yue Education Service Specialty Store……

Across platforms and directions, the business includes but is not limited to.

Account custody, essay ghostwriting, game leveling, online gunmen, account trading, resource sales……

Although they're all small online businesses, a casual swipe yields high-intensity order taking.

Ji Ming's fingers trembled.

【Boss, you're not paying me wages earned this way, are you?】

Yang Yue sent a bowing emoticon.

【Yeah, after all, in the real world that's all I've got left】

Cry Liao.

Turns out, while I was working high-intensity in another world, the boss was also working high-intensity in the real world.

【By the way, there's also these】

Again a string of letters and numbers covered the chat page, but this time the URL was followed by an account and password.

【These are the official website and official accounts I prepared in advance—clean background, guaranteed quality, no one can dig up the behind-the-scenes info】

【Understood, get to work right away!】

Time flowed, the summer heat rose.

Just moments ago there were thousand-mile morning glows; in an instant the blazing sun hung high.

After stuffing the wiped-clean guitar back into the black cloth bag beside him, Ai Ge, who had skipped a morning class, took a sip of the happy water in the bottle.

Whistling a pleasant tune, he glanced at the time and moved the mouse toward the browser.

As a music college student, he actually also has a few thousand fans as a music‑area uploader.

Usually he occasionally posts videos of himself singing and playing, mixing in some game music antics.

"Hehe, I wonder how the popularity of yesterday's quirky singing-and-playing video turned out after posting?"

But when he opened the D Site webpage, his gaze was caught by the advertisement in the rotating frame.

"《Code Name·Sun-Moon》?"

He furrowed his brows and softly read it aloud.

It's understandable, because they're afraid someone else will snatch the trademark, or the official name hasn't been finalized yet.

In order to promote normally while waiting for the license number, almost all games will use 《Code Name·XXX》 or 《Project·XXX》 as a temporary name.

Seeing the beautiful elf, smiling and laughing, dressed in light gauze on the cover, Aige inexplicably clicked into it.

Strangely, the webpage didn't go to D Site's game center or the corresponding Steam page, but directly jumped to the game's official website.

But Aige didn't notice this detail; instead, his ears were caught by the automatically playing promotional CG.

It's clearly just a simple melody—how could it be so catchy?

He took a breath, quickly grabbed the high-fidelity headphones beside him, plugged them in and put them on.

His professional competence and sensitivity drove him to keep watching, even if it was just to listen to the music?

And in the soaring, uplifting string music, the video begins with a picturesque blue sky and white clouds, high mountains and flowing water.

Soon, amid several powerful whooshing sounds with a strong sense of depth, numerous huge figures flew up from the mountainside covered in blooming wildflowers.

Radiant brilliance, scales and claws flying, behind each giant dragon is a warrior holding a dragon spear...

Dragon Knights.

Is this a fantasy-themed game?

Aige covered his headphones, noticing as the music gradually rose, the dense drum beats also merged into the rhythm.

Suddenly, a flock of dragons flew through a mountain ravine, and the mountains turned into towering walls.

On the pure white battlements, countless soldiers clad in armor were shouting and fighting.

Massive ballistae were rotated and moved, various magics resonated in the air.

However, with a thunderous roar like a clap of thunder, the fortress's gate collapsed with a bang.

Amid the rising dust, a giant hand reached into the city; after a scream, it turned out to be a one-eyed giant armored to the teeth.

Coordinated with the music and atmosphere, this scene was quite shocking.

However, looking at the giant's eye, filled with bloodshot veins, and the minute details of its metal gear and bloodstains, Aige's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"This thing is made too realistic..."

When something unusual happens, there must be a demon; the psychological shadows of two certain games surfaced in his mind.