Meng Hao rubbed his temples, relieving the headache from overthinking.
Unable to immediately devise a way to broaden marketing channels and sell "toy mechs" worth millions upon millions of US dollars, he decided to watch some skit videos to clear his head.
In recent days, not only had the entire Huarong Industrial factory complex been meticulously organized by Chenghua, but the floor where Meng Hao worked had also received special attention from renovation and construction crews Chenghua had hired.
The hundreds of square meters office floor, except for essential load-bearing beams, had all non-essential walls demolished. It was redecorated into an integrated space for entertainment, leisure, and work, looking more like a lavish penthouse for the wealthy!
Indeed.
If a swimming pool were added, waterproofed, filled with spring water, and equipped with artificial hot spring heating facilities, Meng Hao might even invite some scantily clad girls for a party.
He opened his top-of-the-line, expensive computer and typed in the URL for Bilibili.
He had been so busy lately that he hadn't logged onto Bilibili in a long time. In the information age, online hotspots were ever-changing.
Having not logged in for a few days, Meng Hao unsurprisingly found that the popularity of his previous million-dollar bounty question had significantly faded. He casually clicked on a skit video to play and then navigated to the discussion section.
Good heavens.
He hadn't expected this. Casual fans barely paid attention to his updates anymore, and true fans only followed him quietly, occasionally checking in. But the haters! They were still tirelessly and zealously slandering him. He wondered if they were simply too idle, or if they wanted to continue riding the wave of his topics for traffic. It was no wonder that Cai Xukun, a legend of the internet, didn't care about being blackened to the extreme. In terms of fighting power, true fans were like a broken army; it was the haters who truly persisted and set the narrative!
...
"Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that Sha Fu's million-dollar marketing expenses were wasted,"
"Where are the promised mechs? Where are the F-35s? Why is there no follow-up?"
"Those brainless idiots actually believed this guy could create intelligent mechs. Damn it, the most advanced AI robot currently is Boston Dynamics' BigDog from Maple Leaf Country... They spent hundreds of billions of US dollars and over a decade on marketing to develop world-leading robots. Where does this attention-seeking guy get the nerve to claim he's created an intelligent humanoid mech!"
"I think he's just another charlatan trying to deceive the public. Indeed, our eyes are the clearest. We've completely nullified the million dollars in operational expenses he spent..."
Seeing these rabble-rousers, who fabricated narratives and led others astray with no basis in fact, Meng Hao couldn't be bothered. To argue with these people who only slandered for the sake of slandering, to generate buzz and attract attention, would be an insult to his intelligence.
Scrolling through the comments, Meng Hao surprisingly found a user named "A Mech Girl Who Loves Mechanics" who was supporting him.
[That user, 'Hao Ge is Awesome,' is not just seeking attention. I've studied hand-drawing, and judging by the light and shadow in the photos, his picture with Jarvis is real...]
[Why are your hearts so dark? Perhaps he genuinely wants to build domestic large-scale mechs. For someone who spends money and effort, if you don't support him, why do you try to gain attention and traffic by slandering him...]
[From large aircraft carriers and battleships to chips and software, all you do is slander and smear. Besides, did Hao Ge say he wanted to build humanoid mech intelligent robots? Perhaps he only wants to make large mech models...]
[... ]
Out of curiosity, Meng Hao clicked on the user's profile. It turned out to be a streamer who didn't show her face. What made Meng Hao even more interested was that this streamer, unlike those sexually suggestive female streamers who sent him strange or revealing photos and videos, hadn't even followed him. It was clear that her engagement in arguments with the haters stemmed entirely from her passion for mechanical and technological products like mechs and fighter jets... and her honest expression of her own views. Furthermore, judging by the videos and hand-drawn art she posted, she seemed to be a mechanical enthusiast with very basic skills. Despite her passion, her works were unremarkable, with her concepts, modeling, and PS rendering techniques all being at an entry-level... This explained why her followers were barely a thousand!
A girl who likes mechanical aesthetics? That's truly rare!
As for not showing her face, Meng Hao was unconcerned. As an engineering student at Shilin University, Meng Hao had long heard the joke, "Engineering girls are as rare as ghosts, and a sudden turn of the head will scare a sow to death." Ever since his system awakened, Meng Hao, who had dedicated his entire focus to mechs, desert bases, and various black technologies, had never paid attention to the appearance of girls.
However, the fact that this Mech Girl was so supportive of him was somewhat surprising.
Switching back to the discussion thread, the replies under Mech Girl's post annoyed Meng Hao. Were these haters even speaking human language?
"She's flustered, she's flustered," "You rare dog," "If you want to lick the rich guy's ass, go deliver yourself to him from a thousand miles away," "She doesn't even dare to show her face, she must be Qiao Biluo."
Damn it.
These haters, who dared not spew vulgarities at Meng Hao for his million-dollar reward, were now ganging up to bully a girl. Were they even men? Were the two centimeters hanging between their legs meant for frying grasshoppers???
...
Meng Hao first posted a few photos he had taken on his phone of the assembled mechs equipped with F-35 fighter jets, then tagged Mech Girl.
"Thank you for your support. I haven't been online these past few days because I've been busy with mech matters..."
"These three mechs equipped with F-35 fighter jets are already completed products. If you like them, I can send you some more photos from all angles..."
"As for these flies who can't see winter in the toilet and think everyone is beneath them, ignore them. After all, not everyone had a childhood with both parents..."
Mech Girl was clearly online. After being tagged by Meng Hao, she immediately replied.
"Hahaha."
"Hao Ge, you're so awesome, explaining a few ancient Chinese proverbs and idioms so perfectly..."
"Summer insects cannot be told of ice, dogs' eyes look down on people, and they lost their parents when they were young..."
"Hahaha, this is hilarious... But, I'm wearing a resurrection armor, and I'm alive again."
Clearly, this Mech Girl was a tomboy with a very masculine personality.
Seeing that the person in question, Meng Hao, had personally replied, most of the haters collectively went silent. The very few who dared to respond to Meng Hao's insults of "stinky insects, mad dogs, orphans" appeared particularly weak and unconvincing.
"Who knows if the pictures are real..."
"Maybe they're just photoshopped..."
"Anyway, I don't believe it..."