Chapter 1420
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Players could nominate OTPs (One True Pairings), and then everyone could vote for their favourite . These people were generally celebrities in the gaming circle . Some of these people were actually close in real life, but others were just friends . Not only were these people paired together, but whole fan fictions were written about them . These stories were highly sought after in the official forum's gossip section .
Lu Li had never paid any attention to these kinds of things . The only reason he knew anything about it was because Lu Xin really loved these stories and was fascinated by them . Lu Li suspected that she had probably participated in the writing of some of these stories, but he didn't have any evidence yet .
Once, Lu Xin had read a post and had come to ask him about it . She was very curious as to whether Immortal was really in love with Elevenless . She had asked Lu Li because he might be familiar with them . After all, he was in the professional gaming circle .
Of course, Lu Li didn't know any of these secrets . As per his character, even if there was a secret, he wouldn't have paid attention . However, now that he had skimmed through the forums, he saw it was filled with gossip .
Of course, Lu Li saw posts about him and Water Fairy . Not only were they saying that Lu Li and Water Fairy were in a secret relationship, but they were also one of the OTPs . The gossip section had a variety of news about him and Water Fairy, in addition to a number of other OTPs . Lu Li started reading some of the fan fiction, but quickly stopped . At first it seemed normal, but it soon started getting perverted . When these posts first started, he noticed that Water Fairy was a bit uncomfortable, but he couldn't quite work out why .
"Yes, I've seen them before," Lu Li admitted .
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"Since you have seen it, this will be much easier," Customer Service sighed . "This is my intention . We hope that after the Couple System appears next Monday, the two of you can participate in the event and form the first couple in the game . "
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that," Lu Li immediately refused . He didn't even hesitate before rejecting .
"Mr Lu, please don't refuse this so rashly . This is an easy way to make you very popular, much easier than playing the game . "
Customer Service 316 was becoming a little anxious . This kind of thing usually boosted the respect and popularity of the player, so he couldn't think of why Lu Li would refuse . Before he came, their project team had even met up to discuss how they would persuade Lu Li .
There were some who thought Lu Li and Water Fairy were not completely indifferent to one another like some of the other OTPs . They had drawn some rather embarrassing conclusions about their relationship . They thought it was likely that Lu Li wanted Water Fairy but couldn't get her because of their gap in status .
If Lu Li agreed to this and allowed for the both of them to be listed officially as a couple, then Lu Li would have far fewer troubles pursuing Water Fairy .
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"Sorry, I'm not interested in popularity," Lu Li still shook his head and refused . "And in any case, I don't want to make my life too public, whether in game or in reality . Marriage is a serious affair, and not something to be taken lightly . "
"How stubborn!" Customer Service had thought this was going to be a piece of cake . He didn't expect the situation to play out like this . "I think you are mistaken Mr . Lu . There are two types of statuses in the Couple System . The first is for love, which just describes the relationship status between a man and a woman . The other is marriage, which is the advanced version of love . Our marketing will be mainly to promote the relationship, which isn't directly connected with marriage . "
After such a long explanation, Lu Li just looked at him with a smile . He still wasn't interested . As someone who had experienced Rebirth, Lu Li knew how the Couple System would work . The Love status would be symbolic for their actual relationship . When the two parties played together and reached a certain level of intimacy, an option to transition into marriage would become available .
Relationships could only be formed between a man and a woman, but this would be changed in the future due to the demands of the player base . It wouldn't just be limited to a relationship between a man and a woman; even two women could obtain a relationship status .
Customer Service 316 went back to the company's conference room, where seven to eight people were waiting for the results of their meeting . Customer Service 315, who was responsible for communicating with Water Fairy, was already here . The faces of both Customer Service players and the atmosphere in the room were a bit dull .
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The supervisor first asked Liu Xing, who had used the ID of Customer Service 315 . His face seemed to have a little hope in it .
"Xiao Liu, how about you go first?"
"I contacted Miss Shen when I entered the game . We had communicated before (as Water Fairy is the ambassador of the Night Elf race), and Miss Shen was very polite . However, when I mentioned that she and Lu Li should form a game couple, she immediately refused," Liu reported in frustration .
"How about you?" the supervisor asked the other staff .
Customer Service 316 sighed, "It was basically the same for me; he just isn't interested in improving his popularity . "
"I thought Lu Li was pursuing Water Fairy . Why would he reject an opportunity to become closer to her? It seems like your intel was not entirely accurate," the supervisor frowned at the disappointing reports .
"Ahem, I only heard that it was just a rumour," the employee who had made that claim quickly added .
"I heard that you will be on the next list of employees laid off," the director joked coolly .
Although the supervisor was kidding, the employee that heard this couldn't help but tense up . Since Dawn had appeared, a number of other game companies had started to decline . There had been mass layoffs and closures in the industry . There was a growing pool of talent outside of Dawn, and there were some that were worried that Dawn would lay them off to make room for these unemployed workers .
"What now? Should we consider other OTPs?" someone asked .
"The popularity gap between these two and the rest is too large . If you look at the post, the number of votes for these two is five times that of the OTP in second place . Our research also tells us that the second OTP might not even be real," someone else immediately rejected the suggestion .
If the difference in popularity wasn't that large, then the officials could have figured out a new plan . The key was that Lu Li and Water Fairy were currently the centre of attention of the forums and the game . Either they collaborate with them for the promotion of this system, or they didn't collaborate with anyone at all . Otherwise, they would be a laughing stock . None of the players would care about the new system .
"Let me see how the interactions happened," the supervisor said .
Normally, when a Customer Service player entered, there was a live feed recorded so that every move could be subject to investigation . The two Customer Service players easily pulled up the video feed that was recorded .