303: Chapter 303 A Phenomenal Virtual Extravaganza: CCTV's Backstage Was Exploding

Lu Jianguo nodded as well.

"It's just too realistic."

"That dragon dance just now passed right in front of me; I almost thought it was going to hit me."

The aunt smiled and said:

"Are we going to spend every New Year like this from now on?"

Lu Li replied casually:

"We still have to live in reality."

"The virtual world is just an additional option."

"Family members sitting together for the New Year's Eve dinner—that cannot be lost."

Upon hearing this, Chen Wanqing nodded in satisfaction.

She had originally worried that Lu Li engaging with such high technology would make people increasingly detached from real life.

But now it seems that Lu Li knows what he is doing.

The virtual world can be lively.

But the true reunion is still that meal in reality.

The Spring Festival Gala program continued to play.

Whenever a song or dance performance appeared on the live TV broadcast, the virtual venue would create synchronized atmospheric effects.

During the climax of a song, corresponding lights and shadows would appear in the sky.

During comedy skits, the area around the stage would shift into a softer audience mode.

During traditional opera performances, the lanterns on the Spring Festival Long Street would change colors accordingly.

If it was a folk dance, patterns of the corresponding style would float above the audience.

If it was a chorus, the lanterns throughout the town would flicker in rhythm.

These effects did not interfere with the program itself.

Yet they made the users feel as if they weren't just watching a screen.

But rather, they were truly sitting in a living, breathing Spring Festival Gala world.

It was from this moment on that those who had mocked the Guanghui Technology virtual Spring Festival Gala in the afternoon were overwhelmed by wave after wave of counter-barrage comments.

The barrage comments floating in the sky were almost entirely spamming the screen.

"Who said this afternoon that this was just watching the broadcast in a different place? Come out and take your beating!"

"Didn't you say the Spring Festival Gala couldn't come up with anything new? You call this 'nothing new'?"

"Hilarious. I thought it was really a paid store, but I've been in here for ten minutes without spending a cent, and I even grabbed twelve yuan in red envelopes."

"Where are the haters? What about the 'cash grab'? What about the 'fleecing the sheep'?"

"My mom was just sitting with my grandma in a family box watching the Spring Festival Gala; they are two thousand kilometers apart, and they're both almost in tears now."

"Who said wearing a helmet isn't a reunion? I'm away from home and couldn't make it back, but I'm sitting in a box with my parents watching the Spring Festival Gala right now."

"Isn't this a hundred times better than a video call?"

"Those accounts that said Guanghui Technology was ruining the 'New Year flavor' this afternoon, why aren't you talking now?"

"I've finally figured it out: every time Guanghui Technology gets bashed, it ends up being a massive face-slapping event."

"Can we not close this Spring Festival Gala Town? I want to spend the entire Spring Festival here."

Some people even posted screenshots of the haters' comments from the afternoon.

It clearly wrote: "What kind of new tricks can a Spring Festival Gala possibly pull?"

Tens of thousands of replies immediately followed below.

"See it now?"

"The 'tricks' are flying in the sky."

"I suggest you come in and take a look before you keep running your mouth."

"Don't play dead. When that dragon flew over my head just now, I felt embarrassed for you."

Many ordinary netizens who had been influenced by the narrative also began to change their tune.

"I admit it, I spoke too soon this afternoon."

"I thought it was just adding a few special effects; I didn't expect them to actually create a Spring Festival world."

"I just brought my parents in; my dad said this is how we're watching the Spring Festival Gala from now on."

"Guanghui Technology didn't just move the Spring Festival Gala into the Virtual Helmet this time; they moved the very spirit of the New Year into it."

"Apologies, this is actually amazing."

Meanwhile, online discussions had completely exploded.

Weibo hot searches were almost entirely dominated by the Virtual Helmet Spring Festival Gala.

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On short video platforms, footage recorded by users of the venue was everywhere.

Some filmed the lanterns flying in the sky.

Some filmed ten thousand people setting off fireworks at the same time.

Some filmed the virtual avatar of Sa Bening interacting with users.

Some filmed their parents' shocked reactions after entering the Virtual Helmet for the first time.

Others specifically filmed the Spring Festival Gala Town from a high-altitude perspective.

Looking down from above, the entire town was brightly lit.

The central main stage looked like a burning red heart.

Countless streets extended outwards.

Every street was packed with people.

Fireworks rose from different areas, converging in the sky into a flowing sea of light.

Such a scene would be stunning even in a science fiction movie.

Those accounts that had questioned "what kind of new tricks can a Spring Festival Gala pull" in the afternoon were almost all quiet by this time.

Because they could no longer keep running their mouths.

If Guanghui Technology had only made a broadcast screen, then they could certainly continue to mock it.

But now, users were seeing a complete virtual world for the Spring Festival.

There was a main Spring Festival Gala venue.

There were temple fairs.

There were fireworks.

There were red envelopes.

There were family boxes.

There were ten thousand people on the same screen.

There was an immersive space that allowed separated loved ones to sit together again.

This was no longer just a simple broadcast channel.

It had turned the Spring Festival Gala into a virtual world-class event.

Even CCTV hadn't expected the results to be this good.

Originally, they had only hoped to connect to a new channel.

In the end, Guanghui Technology had forcefully turned the Spring Festival Gala broadcast into a nationwide virtual extravaganza.

CCTV's backend data was skyrocketing.

The number of online users on the Virtual Helmet platform was constantly breaking records.

Many young people who originally didn't watch the Spring Festival Gala much anymore flocked back in because of this virtual venue.

Even many overseas Chinese entered the virtual Spring Festival Gala venue through compliant channels.

In foreign lands, looking at the lanterns filling the sky and the Spring Festival Gala stage, their emotions surged instantly.

This hastily put-together virtual Spring Festival Gala ended up being the biggest unexpected surprise of this year's Spring Festival.

The temporary overtime team within Guanghui Technology also became completely famous.

Although they were still in the virtual workspace, fixing bugs, expanding servers, adjusting firework effects, and handling user feedback at any moment.

Everyone was very excited.

Because they saw with their own eyes that the thing they had built in just a few hours was being discussed by tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of people.

This gave a much greater sense of accomplishment than launching a normal project.

Someone sighed in the virtual work group.

"I originally thought it was just working overtime on New Year's Eve."

"Now, it feels like I've participated in history."

Su Qingxue also saw this message.

She was silent for a moment before forwarding this message to Lu Li.