Divine Lucky Star
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Chapter 314: Chapter 314 Declaration of War Chapter 314: Chapter 314 Declaration of War Following Lin Xiaoyun into the conference room, they’d hardly walked a few steps before reporters stopped them–

“Hello to you both, are you also here to attend the summit? Which company do you represent?”

“Would you mind giving us an interview?”

“With the rapid decline of physical comic books this year, what are your thoughts?”

Surrounded by reporters, Lin Xiaoyun’s face flushed with excitement; despite her many years in the industry, she had never been interviewed before! Clearing her throat, she smiled and said, “Hello everyone, I am Lin Xiaoyun, the general manager of Golden Cloud Animation Technology Company. It’s a pleasure to meet you all.”

“Golden Cloud Animation?” The reporters looked at each other, then shook their heads together: “Never heard of it!”

Is it really nice to crush someone’s spirit like this?

Suddenly, one of the reporters pointed in a direction and shouted loudly, “Look, it’s the ‘Supreme God’! I recognize him!”

“Where, where?!” Supreme God, huh? The reporters immediately abandoned Wang Hao and swarmed in that direction!

Lin Xiaoyun: “…How hurtful…”

“Supreme God?”

Curious, Wang Hao looked in the direction pointed out, and sure enough, a man around thirty years old walked through the doorway. He had an ordinary common face, was about five feet seven inches tall, and looked rather pleased with himself; he was probably the “Supreme God.”

“Supreme God,” the reporters surrounded him, setting up cameras and flashing lights clicked, then bombarded him with questions: “Did you come this time to discuss copyright adaptation issues?”

“Yes,” Supreme God responded with a confident smile, “The novel and comic sectors are inseparably linked, so I was invited here to discuss this matter.”

“No wonder he’s the Supreme God,” a female reporter fluttered her eyelashes continuously and asked, “Supreme God, the Wind Cloud Chinese Network has had a few really strong new books in the last two months, what do you think about this?”

“As they are newcomers,” Supreme God didn’t regard ‘Break the Heavens’ or ‘Devouring the Stars’ highly, saying, “Their foundation is still shallow. Just because one book is successful doesn’t guarantee the next will be, and whether they continue to perform well can only be determined over time. Besides, the sudden success of these two books is quite abnormal.”

Wang Hao: “…”

Indeed, colleagues turn out to be competitors, but is it really okay to speak ill of others behind their backs like this?

“Sister, I don’t like this man!” Lin Xiaoyun, who treated Wang Hao like a younger brother, pouted upon hearing Supreme God’s words: “Let’s go, let’s head inside first!”

“Sure,” Wang Hao, sharing the sentiment, nodded: “Let’s go in first.”

Upon entering the venue, Wang Hao looked around; there were at least four hundred chairs, divided into more than a dozen areas marked with labels like Jianfu Province, Dongguang Province, etc., presumably organizing seats by region.

“Little brother, over here!” As soon as Wang Hao entered, Lu Wansong greeted him: “Come over!”

“President Lu,” Wang Hao quickly replied and immediately went over with Lin Xiaoyun.

Just after sitting down, Lin Xiaoyun became excited again. She lowered her voice and exclaimed, “Look, it’s the four major companies of our Jiangnan! Aside from Jiangya Media, there’s Aud Animation, Bright Animation, LeTian Comics! My gosh, to think we could sit with them, I’m so excited!”

They belonged to the smallest kind of company in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province and naturally couldn’t sit at the front. The two found seats behind Lu Wansong, possible only through pulling some connections. At that moment, five or six people already seated nearby were whispering among themselves; they seemed quite familiar with each other. As Lin Xiaoyun and Wang Hao sat down, all five or six turned to look at them, and one middle-aged man said, “Why, isn’t this President Lin?” The man, dressed in a suit, was around forty and had a pleasant demeanor.

Lin Xiaoyun smiled and nodded, saying, “Mr. Zhang, long time no see. This is Wang Hao, our company’s new director.” Then she introduced to Wang Hao, “This is Mr. Zhang from Jinhua Animation Circle, under whom De Yun Animation is also quite renowned.”

Wang Hao: “Hello hello.”

De Yun Animation, that sounds so familiar…

“It’s been three years, hasn’t it?” Mr. Zhang smiled and said, “The last time we met was at that Zhonghang exchange event, how has your business been these past few years?”

“Pretty average,” Lin Xiaoyun sighed, “Things haven’t picked up much in the last two years, and taking the physical route is really challenging these days.”

Lin Xiaoyun had just finished speaking when a man in front turned around and smiled, “Yeah, physical businesses are tough to run these days! Our company is here to explore adaptations of online literature.”

The group chatted idly about topics like the gloomy market.

While they were talking, an old executive from Bright Animation sitting to the left of Lu Wansong stood up and waved, “Over here, Supreme God!”

Seeing the executive wave, Supreme God immediately walked over.

The executive introduced Lu Wansong, “President Lu, this is Supreme God from our online literature circle. You should really get to know him.”

“Wow, I’ve long admired your renown!” Lu Wansong quickly stood up and extended his hand, “Hello, I am Lu Wansong, Vice President of Jiangya Media.”

Vice President! Supreme God’s eyes lit up at the title and he smiled, “Hello, hello, please take good care of me in the future.”

“I dare not claim to take care,” Lu nodded and then introduced Wang Hao, saying, “Supreme God, speaking of which, this young man next to me is your colleague! Do you know who he is?”

Supreme God looked carefully at Wang Hao, then shook his head, “I don’t know him.”

“Heaven Thread, the author of Break the Heavens!” Lu Wansong laughed, “I only met him yesterday and found out he’s so young. You are both big names in the online literature scene, you should keep in touch.”

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked!

This young man was the author of the hugely popular online novel Break the Heavens?

“You are Heaven Thread?!” Supreme God paused when he heard the name, then quickly extended his hand, “Oh my, I’ve long admired you! I’ve always been curious about what the author of Break the Heavens would be like, and I never thought I’d meet you here!”

“Not bad,” Wang Hao shook his hand and smiled, “You’re the seasoned legend, I should be the one admiring you.”

“Just so-so,” Supreme God chuckled subtly, discreetly withdrawing his hand, then asked Wang Hao in front of everyone, “By the way, Heaven, I’ve always been curious about something, can you actually break even with your approach?”

As soon as he said this, Lu Wansong’s mouth fell open!

What’s going on?!

He meant well, after all, it’s beneficial for people in the industry to connect.

But who could have expected Supreme God to be so blunt?

Supreme God was the Supreme Elder in the online literature community, and Wang Hao was absolutely the king of newcomers. Were they about to clash the moment they met?

“Supreme God,” Mr. Zhang carefully asked, “Do you mean that his explosive popularity was all fabricated?”

“Absolutely,” Supreme God nodded confidently, “A newcomer like him couldn’t achieve such amazing success and outperform many veteran big names unless he was a major manipulator. Even when I launch a new book, I don’t get as much buzz as him, it’s clearly fabricated!”

“So that’s what it was!” At that moment, the executive from Bright Media looked at Wang Hao with disdain and said, “Our company was evaluating whether to adapt his book into a good business prospect, now it seems we need to rethink this.”

“Of course,” Supreme God sneered, “Results obtained through manipulation can’t be trusted, anyone who buys the rights to his book is likely set for a loss.”

At that moment, the people around Wang Hao instinctually shifted their positions.

“Alright, you guys continue talking,” Supreme God shrugged “just in time,” then added, “I have a meeting coming up and I need to prepare my report.”

“Sis, this Supreme God is too bullying!” Lin Xiaoyun stared at Supreme God’s retreating figure, angry, “Who talks like that?!” Then she scowled at the surrounding people, “What’s with all these looks?!”

Lu Wansong felt embarrassed: “Bro, I just meant to introduce you guys, didn’t expect this to happen…”

“It’s nothing.” Wang Hao shook his head lightly, then narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Supreme God’s retreating figure.

Supreme God huh? Is this a formal declaration of war then?

Fine, you’ve been targeting me behind my back all along, let’s settle everything today!