Yan Yueqing is a seasoned bookworm, having read no fewer than hundreds, even if not thousands, of books. She’s the epito of adaptability, eating up whatever the author serves.
Once, she stumbled upon a novel by a budding writer nad "Yue Luo Mianxing" on the Yuewen platform. Although the prose was sowhat immature, the plot was engaging enough to keep her hooked for a long ti.
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 forr for now. At that ti, Hua Country’s laws on intellectual property were quite narrow. Unless the plagiarism was significant and exceeded a certain percentage, it often went unpunished. Soone could simply change a na 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 nurous 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.
So were friendly, just fans who wanted to share the story with netizens, unaware that redistributing VIP Chapters without author permission was infringent. These platforms would cooperate imdiately 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 al and then blaming you for slow updates!
Yue Luo was speechless for a long ti. Yan Yueqing even went out of her way to ssage her privately, offering comfort. Yue Luo expressed her mixed feelings of understanding and helplessness, "I actually understand why they read pirated copies—so really don’t have the extra cash and genuinely love my book...
But what I don’t get is why, in the environnt of Hua Country, people take pride in reading pirated books? I an, if you don’t have money, and you’re going to read it anyway, I’d be thrilled if they just ca to the official app and gave so free recomndation votes to boost my popularity...
But so, after reading elsewhere, will go out of their way to my comnt 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 co at the sa ti? 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 newcors can read for free for several days, so 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 botherso.
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 environnt is like this, indifferent to the author’s intellectual property rights, imdiately seeking out pirated copies when they find a story they like, with so 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-ti author without the power to confront such a dysfunctional circle. She barely finished her ongoing novel before withdrawing from the scene.
She had once ntioned 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 ca to nothing in the end...
Yan Yueqing t 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 ca across Yue Luo again, she would beco 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 co down with my ID shortly."
The caller was very polite, "No rush, we will co 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 sothing 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 mbers 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 exclaid 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, soone 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 sohow conjured a huge sum of money, taking over 40% of the company’s stock. So 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 ca 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 so 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 soone had sent Director Tang a Bugatti Veyron, he finally couldn’t hold it in any longer...
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