300: Chapter 300: If you smear someone now, you'll regret it later.

Chen Wanqing didn't even lift her head.

"What kind of logic says that during the New Year, elders shouldn't lift a finger and just wait to be fed?"

Lu Li felt helpless.

"This is the time for you to enjoy life."

Chen Wanqing glared at him.

"Even if I'm enjoying life, I can't just sit or lie down all day."

"You young people are the same, don't just sit around without moving."

"Exercise more, it's good for your health."

Lu Li listened with a helpless expression.

He was already used to the nagging of the older generation.

The Little Aunt and Second Aunt's families also arrived one after another.

They chatted while preparing the ingredients for the reunion dinner.

In the kitchen, a Robot helped chop vegetables, prepare seafood, and control the heat.

But the elders still liked to do it themselves.

It was as if this made the New Year atmosphere feel more authentic.

They had a simple reunion lunch.

In the afternoon, the villa area became even livelier.

Children ran back and forth on the spacious basketball court outside the villa, playing basketball.

Wang Peng also ran over to pay a New Year visit, taking the opportunity to mooch some food and drink.

Lu Li's father, Lu Jianguo, sat in the yard with a few old neighbors, drinking tea and chatting about New Year celebrations in the village back in the day.

Whose family slaughtered a pig.

Whose family made dumplings.

Whose child secretly set off firecrackers when they were little and almost got a beating.

Lu Li had heard these topics many times when he was a child.

But listening to them again this year, he inexplicably found it quite interesting.

Because the Lu family now was completely different from before.

Robots, flight vehicles, Virtual Helmets, Guanghui Technology.

Even this huge villa area, along with all the landscaped greenery, belonged to the Lu family.

All these things were like science fiction.

But the content the elders chatted about was still the same domestic trifles.

This contrast, instead, made this New Year feel more authentic.

However, just as things were lively in the villa area, the internet was also heating up.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

A new search term suddenly surged to the top of the trending list.

[Guanghui Virtual Helmet Spring Festival Gala]

At first, many netizens thought it was CCTV Spring Festival Gala integrating a live broadcast channel into the Virtual Helmet.

But as some news leaked out, everyone realized that Guanghui Technology hadn't just created a live broadcast entry point.

Instead, they had temporarily set up a so-called virtual Spring Festival venue.

Spring Festival Gala Town.

CCTV Spring Festival Gala official partner live broadcast.

Virtual fireworks.

Ten thousand people on the same screen.

Family boxes.

Red envelope interactions.

Once these terms came out, the buzz instantly skyrocketed.

After all, the Virtual Helmet itself was already a nationally popular product.

Coupled with the special timing of the Spring Festival Gala, when the two met, it naturally sparked discussion.

But this time, it was different from when Guanghui Technology trended before.

Before, when Guanghui Technology released the star wing m1, or even exported the overseas version of the star wing m1, online haters actually found it hard to find real points to attack.

Because the products were just too good to use.

The star wing m1 could actually fly.

With such outrageous black technology, even if ordinary haters wanted to hate, they could only force issues from angles like price, production capacity, queues, and privacy.

But the Spring Festival Gala was different.

In the eyes of many haters, this was simply a god-sent opportunity.

What kind of gimmicks could they pull off with a Spring Festival Gala?

It was nothing more than putting on a skin, making a few virtual fireworks, and adding a few paid seats and props.

To put it bluntly, wasn't it just a disguised way to cash grab?

Consequently, many accounts that had been holding back immediately jumped into the fray.

Behind these accounts, many were supported by overseas organizations.

There was also secret support from domestic manufacturers that had been suppressed.

Especially from Google and Microsoft.

After the rise of Guanghui Technology, the impact on them had been too great.

Google's search, advertising, and mobile ecosystem had already been torn open by the Virtual Helmet ecosystem of Guanghui Technology.

Microsoft was even worse off.

The PC system business had become ridiculously bad.

In the past, when many people bought computers, the most important system was that of Microsoft.

But what about now?

A large number of users directly chose the Virtual Helmet.

Office work, entertainment, social interaction, gaming, meetings—the Virtual Helmet covered it all.

Many young people's budgets for new devices were no longer reserved for traditional computers but were used directly to buy Virtual Helmets.

New computer installations had dropped to freezing point.

What made Microsoft even more uncomfortable was that the system used by the Virtual Helmet was not a Microsoft system at all.

It was the Xingchen System developed by Guanghui Technology itself.

And this system was also going to be officially installed on the Guanghui Mobile next year.

This meant that Guanghui Technology was not just snatching the hardware market.

It was also snatching the future of operating systems.

So as long as they could damage the reputation of Guanghui Technology, those overseas tech giants would naturally not let any opportunity slip.

Soon, various comments steering the narrative began to appear online.

"Virtual Helmet Spring Festival Gala? Hilarious. What new tricks can they pull with a Spring Festival Gala?"

"To put it simply, it's just watching the live stream in a different place. You can watch it on TV, you can watch it on your phone, why do you have to wear a helmet to watch it?"

"I've already guessed it. It'll be free at first, and then everywhere will be paid fireworks, paid seats, and paid boxes."

"Is Guanghui Technology starting to fleece the sheep now, too?"

"I respected them when they did hard tech, but now they want to turn the Spring Festival Gala into a virtual shopping mall?"

"The most important thing about the Spring Festival Gala is the family sitting together to watch it. What kind of reunion is wearing a helmet?"

"Getting more and more virtual. Not celebrating the New Year properly in reality, but running into a virtual world to celebrate—is that really fun?"

"I think it's just a gimmick. I bet when you go in tonight, it'll be full of recharge portals."

"Ten thousand people on the same screen? Don't let it lag like a PPT when the time comes."

"No matter how awesome the Virtual Helmet is, it can't turn the Spring Festival Gala into some god-tier show, right?"

These comments spread very quickly.

Especially some marketing accounts that directly steered the topic to "Is Guanghui Technology becoming overly commercialized?"

Some people even deliberately brought up Guanghui Technology's money-giving at the reunion dinner last night and the virtual Spring Festival Gala today together.

Saying things like they just built a persona yesterday with employee benefits, and today they want to harvest users through the Spring Festival Gala.

Many ordinary netizens were also a bit hesitant after reading it.

After all, everyone really couldn't imagine it.

A Spring Festival Gala, what kind of tricks could they really pull off inside a Virtual Helmet?

Isn't it just changing screens to watch the live broadcast?

At most, adding some firework special effects.

Can it really be any different?

Of course, many Guanghui Technology users were unconvinced.

"Can you stop rushing to bash them? When has Guanghui Technology ever disappointed people?"

"When the Virtual Helmet first came out, some people said it was just a VR reskin, but what happened?"

"When the home Robot was first released, some people said it was a gimmick, but now whoever manages to snag one is secretly happy."

"Before the star wing m1 was released, some people said civil aviation flight was impossible, but now ordinary users are flying."

"The biggest problem with this company, Guanghui Technology, is that it can actually make the things you think are impossible."

"Don't rush to curse yet, go in tonight and see for yourself first."

However, the haters clearly didn't intend to stop.

Having finally found an opening that seemed like it could attack Guanghui Technology, they naturally had to stir up emotions first.

Consequently, throughout the afternoon, the debate online surrounding the "Guanghui Virtual Helmet Spring Festival Gala" grew increasingly intense.

One side felt that Guanghui Technology was pioneering new ways to play.

The other side felt that something like the Spring Festival Gala couldn't possibly be played with any new tricks.

There was also a portion of people who were purely led by the narrative, feeling that Guanghui Technology would most likely crash and burn this time.

This sentiment, instead, pushed the buzz even higher.

After seeing the online public opinion, Su Qingxue quickly sensed that something was wrong.

The rhetoric of these accounts steering the narrative was too uniform.

Either saying Guanghui Technology was cash grabbing, or saying the virtual Spring Festival Gala destroyed the sense of reunion, and some even concluded in advance that this was just a paid shopping mall disguised as a Spring Festival Gala.

She scanned it a few times and said calmly:

"Someone has entered the fray."

Lu Li was leaning on his chair eating an orange; hearing this, he lifted his eyes.

"Google or Microsoft?"

Su Qingxue put the tablet on the table.

"Likely both have a hand in it."

"They didn't achieve any results when they smeared the Virtual Helmet, Robot, and star wing m1 before, but now they've finally found a point that looks attackable."

Lu Li chuckled.

"The Spring Festival Gala?"

"Yes."

Su Qingxue said:

"The Spring Festival Gala involves reunion, tradition, and nostalgia; these topics are the easiest to stir up emotions."

Lu Li nodded.

"Then let them stir it up."

Su Qingxue looked at him.

Lu Li said slowly:

"No need to explain."

"The more we explain, the more it looks like we have a guilty conscience."

"Just have the PR department keep an eye on the rumor-spreading accounts; there's no need to worry about normal questioning."

"The higher they hype up the expectations and controversy now, the greater the contrast will be when users go in tonight."