But to her utter surprise, just as she raised her fist, millions of players online had already thrown their fists!
Three days later, at noon, a group of players staged a sit-in protest right outside the media outlet's door.
Many female players wore the same outfits worn by the female celebrities that day and sat at the media entrance; a small number of male players held up signs featuring their daughter, Yunshang.
One wealthy woman even ordered a dress directly from a high-end clothing brand, with the words "Loser who can't afford nice clothes" written on the back, and left it under the label worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Passersby: "…………" Wow, what's wrong with these rich women?!
The media outlet closed down that day, but still refused to apologize.
However, the video of the players' sit-in protest has sparked a new wave of discussion online.
The Dragon Slayer Sword Studio, which was previously not very popular, has suddenly been forced to become a leading force, and all players have begun to—
[Support Dragon Slayer! The player did nothing wrong! Yunshang is innocent! Long live the game!]
Today we are all losers.
Not long after, in the "Yunshang Moms Group" group, a wealthy woman printed a batch of T-shirts in her own factory and sold them online at a loss of 1 yuan per piece with free shipping.
The t-shirt says "Loser who can't afford nice clothes" and playfully features a cute chibi version of Yunshang.
By the time Mingyan discovered this, the T-shirts had already sold hundreds of thousands of units...
Even many employees of Blue Star bought it!
Mingyan: "Eh?"
This incident inexplicably turned into a "holy war" among gamers.
This t-shirt with the word "loser" printed on it is called their "battle robe".
Compared to the latest self-media, the ideas of these mainstream media outlets are still stuck in the past. Their inherent contempt for players makes everyone feel indignant.
Soon, even more people took action—
Diana, the famous actress from the Sixth Star Province, known as "Goddess Luo," appeared at the International Airport wearing this t-shirt;
"Goddess's Kiss," a national-level player from the Jia League, conducted a charity event in the Second Star Province, donating tens of millions to establish an educational fund. He also took photos with children while wearing his competition uniform.
Li Weike, vice chairman of the Classical Culture Preservation Association, attended an international conference. During a break, he took out his phone to play games, and playfully wrote "loser" on his phone case.
The "Yunshang Moms Group" collectively shared screenshots of their spending, with each person spending at least 400,000 yuan per year, and the highest contributing 400,000 yuan in taxes in a year. Netizens commented that they were "so shocked they dropped their melon seeds on the ground."
And Blue Star Studio, a leading game company in the sixth-star province, has collectively changed into "uniforms"—
He openly stated that he had ordered a set of "loser" clothes directly from the manufacturer and placed them in the break room for employees to take and wear as they pleased.
Online, players gathered together to work together.
The media outlet that initially caused the trouble dared not open its doors for half a month, but it was still pressured from above, forcing them to bring out the instigator—an editor-in-chief—to apologize in public and record an apology video.
But the "loser" controversy is unlikely to pass anytime soon, and the trend is only intensifying.
Even netizens from the neighboring Galactic Empire heard about this!
What's wrong with you guys? The richer and more handsome they are, the more they like to call themselves "losers"? I'm going crazy learning a foreign language...
[(Pouting) Our viscounts here are all raising daughters. You try saying "loser" in my great empire? You'll get your head smashed in.]
[Are you there? If you don't like Yunshang, you can send it to us. We can handle the 4000 ping here without any problems. If you don't like Time and Space Romance, Heaven-Defying Technique, or Idle Hero, you can send it too. It would be best to send the entire Dragon Slayer Sword.]
In this context, the search index for the Dragon Slayer Sword in various games has skyrocketed.
The new game "Love in Time and Space" also became a trending topic, and the "Yunshang Moms Group" joined the platform to show their support.
The female gamer who first started the "loser" T-shirt trend lost approximately eight million yuan in cash this month and was invited to visit the Dragon Slayer Sword Studio.
On Tu Long's side, Ming Yan personally came forward to thank her for her contributions to Tu Long.
At the same time, they roughly finalized a cooperation agreement.
Starting next month, the game "Cloud Dreams of Clothes" by Tu Long Bao Dao will collaborate with her clothing factory to launch two new outfits. The net profit generated from these outfits in the game will be compensated to her.
However, what the female player was most concerned about wasn't that, but rather: "You, you, you...aren't you Chief Designer Ming from Blue Star?!"
"Um..." Mingyan said softly, "Please keep this a secret for me, thank you very much."
There's no way around it; the players have made such a huge sacrifice for the studio, so the person in charge definitely has to come out and thank them. It would be too insincere to hide anything.
By explicitly stating that his true identity has appeared, he expresses both gratitude and trust.
The Dragon Slayer Sword Studio is not usually open to the public, but this time they made an exception and gave this female player a tour of the office.
The staff even took her to see Yunshang's dressing room.
To create "Daughter's Cloud Garment," the designers had their own little dark room, decorated like a 14-year-old girl's dressing room, and even filled with exclusive custom designs from various partner manufacturers.
Actually, as this player wandered around, his mind became a complete mess.
As she passed the conference room, she saw foreign business people with the logos of "atlas" and "ipp" on their name tags chatting quietly.
"Chief Engineer Ming is amazing! This time, his reputation has increased dramatically again."
"The Dragon-Slaying Saber is now a major selling point."
"Haha, back when the Heaven-Defying Technique was first released, who could have imagined today?"