Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 135 Director Tang: You didn’t say it was a Bugatti Veyron.

Chapter 135: 135 Director Tang: You didn’t say it was a Bugatti Veyron.

Yan Yueqing is a seasoned bookworm, having read no fewer than hundreds, even if not thousands, of books. She’s the epitome of adaptability, eating up whatever the author serves.

Once, she stumbled upon a novel by a budding writer named "Yue Luo Mianxing" on the Yuewen platform. Although the prose was somewhat immature, the plot was engaging enough to keep her hooked for a long time.

The author responded to every book review, unreservedly discussing spoilers, seemingly eager to lay out the character designs as plainly as possible. After joining the group, when people asked for spoilers, she happily obliged.

Sadly, just as she was gaining a bit of popularity, she faced two major challenges that plague authors.

Plagiarism and piracy.

Let’s not talk about the former for now. At that time, Hua Country’s laws on intellectual property were quite narrow. Unless the plagiarism was significant and exceeded a certain percentage, it often went unpunished. Someone could simply change a name or incorporate an idea, and it would be like Lawyer Qian’s first case: little chance of winning!

But how many Lawyer Qians are there in the world?

Then there was the piracy issue. Yue Luo, upon her fans’ hints, discovered numerous platforms pirating her work. Even the latest Chapters, barely ten minutes after release, were copied and distributed entirely.

She politely contacted the administrators of these platforms, hoping they would take action.

Some were friendly, just fans who wanted to share the story with netizens, unaware that redistributing VIP Chapters without author permission was infringement. These platforms would cooperate immediately upon learning. Others, however, would agree to her face then proceed to block her or even continue posting under a different account.

It was like stealing your meal and then blaming you for slow updates!

Yue Luo was speechless for a long time. Yan Yueqing even went out of her way to message her privately, offering comfort. Yue Luo expressed her mixed feelings of understanding and helplessness, "I actually understand why they read pirated copies—some really don’t have the extra cash and genuinely love my book...

But what I don’t get is why, in the environment of Hua Country, people take pride in reading pirated books? I mean, if you don’t have money, and you’re going to read it anyway, I’d be thrilled if they just came to the official app and gave me some free recommendation votes to boost my popularity...

But some, after reading elsewhere, will go out of their way to my comment section and say, ’Don’t read this here, it costs money, you can read for free on such and such piracy website’... Do you think my genuine readers won’t start to think there’s no point in paying since the updates come at the same time? Maybe it’s better to just read pirated versions?"

Under Yuewen, there are so many platforms, certain Xiao, certain Qi, certain Sleeve, certain Q, where newcomers can read for free for several days, some offer monthly subscriptions, and signing in can earn points that can be exchanged for Reading Coins... There really are plenty of ways to read the genuine version..."

It’s just that they find it too bothersome.

That feeling is akin to laboring over a design, only for the client to offhandedly suggest using AI—cheaper and easier!

Honestly, she could empathize with penniless students who resort to piracy, but when the whole environment is like this, indifferent to the author’s intellectual property rights, immediately seeking out pirated copies when they find a story they like, with some even brazenly claiming, "Why should I pay for a book when I can read for free?"

Yet, in the end, she was just a small-time author without the power to confront such a dysfunctional circle. She barely finished her ongoing novel before withdrawing from the scene.

She had once mentioned to her fan group the carefully crafted plot of her second story, "The Vile Female Supporting Character Gets Baby Bonds in the Variety Show", but it came to nothing in the end...

Yan Yueqing met the author she most wanted to protect when she was the least capable.

After coming to this world, she had searched for Yue Luo’s information, but it was as if the author had never existed. That’s why she had seriously considered that if she ever came across Yue Luo again, she would become the staunchest supporter of the author!

All you’d have to do is keep writing!

The rest?

Nevermind—my team of lawyers will take care of it!

Late at night, Director Tang was still busy with acquisition matters when his phone suddenly rang.

"Mr. Tang, hello, this is the staff from the C city car show. We’re currently downstairs of the address Miss Yan provided."

Director Tang, "You’re downstairs of my building? Alright, I’ll come down with my ID shortly."

The caller was very polite, "No rush, we will come up to handle the formalities. The purpose of this call is to inquire whether the parking garage in your community is convenient for parking? Or would you like us to deliver the car elsewhere?"

"It’s convenient, I have a parking spot." Knowing that Yan Yueqing planned to gift Tang Tang a car, Director Tang had his assistant drive his own car to the company, freeing up a space.

"Alright, I’ll wait for you downstairs to sign for it."

Director Tang went downstairs as he promised.

The car delivery service was something he had seen before: drive the car over, check that everything is fine with the owner, complete the handover procedures, tie a big red ribbon around it, snap a couple of photos, and that’s it.

But, after going downstairs.

He did not see the car.

Two staff members in suits stood straight in front of a large trailer.

There was also a crowd of onlookers, frantically taking photos with their cell phones of a huge box behind the trailer.

Director Tang was stunned. What kind of car needed to be hauled by a trailer? Weren’t they usually just driven over?

The staff approached him, "Mr. Tang, hello! We have brought the car for you. Next, we will unveil it for you. After confirming there is no issue with the vehicle, you can sign the delivery form."

An unveiling ceremony? How ceremonial.

The staffers walked over and, under the expectant eyes of the audience, slowly pulled off the huge black cover.

With the push of a button, the lights inside the enormous glass box instantly lit up. Like a showroom moved over, under the bright, clear light, a blue sports car sparkled magnificently.

The onlookers all exclaimed in awe.

"What an air of nobility! What kind of amazing car is this? It looks super expensive!"

"Don’t know, but at first glance, it’s incredibly beautiful! I’ll take a picture and ask an expert."

"Holy crap?! A Bugatti Veyron?!"

"Hmm? What car? Five characters, it sounds very expensive!"

"A car that’s nearly thirty million, how could it not be expensive?"

"Thirty million?!!!!"

Director Tang’s mouth hung open in shock.

He was still too naive...

Thinking that President Yue was only sending a car worth a hundred thousand or so...

But the result?! No one had told him it was a Bugatti Veyron!!!

At Director Yang’s sweet little spot, Li Manman browsed Weibo and suddenly frowned, "Honey, look, someone sent Director Tang a sports car?!"

Director Yang was dealing with stock issues and, upon hearing this, he furrowed his brow and walked over.

Lately, Director Tang somehow conjured a huge sum of money, taking over 40% of the company’s stock. Some old shareholders sold their shares and even advised him to let go.

"Ever since the Jun Residence invested those two hundred million, Director Tang suddenly started to buy up shares! Where’s he getting so much money? Highly likely it’s from the Jun Residence!"

"Old Yang, I’ve checked for you, and the fund transfer to Director Tang came from ES Bank, and within our country, there are only a handful of people who have an account there!"

"Sell your shares early, give the Jun Residence some face, and maybe they will see our sincerity!"

Director Yang had been obstinate, thinking perhaps there was still a chance for a turnaround.

But hearing that someone had sent Director Tang a Bugatti Veyron, he finally couldn’t hold it in any longer...

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