Fei Zhiyuan felt a surge of anger.
But he restrained himself, not wanting to blow up at the celebration banquet.
He took the phone that Kong Zhuoran handed him, wanting to see how serious the situation was.
The phone screen displayed Mengjin's mobile game section, and even without any keyword filtering, the entire page was filled with topics about "Mirror World Tales"—
[Lol, as expected of Izumo's famous artist, his XP is niche enough]
[F*ck your mother, Okamoto Yoshimori! F*ck your mother, Moyu Games! F*ck your mother, Fei Zhiyuan!]
[Apologize? I suggest seppuku!]
[Where are the Truck-kun? I'm asking you, where are the Truck-kun!!!]
… …
Fei Zhiyuan randomly clicked on two posts, and the content was similar—
Thumbnails and translations of Okamoto Yoshimori's doujinshi from four years ago, screenshots of the dialogue and background story of [Lingyu Flower · Star Moon], and screenshots of NPC dialogues in the story missions…
Then, piecing all of this together, they came to a conclusion:
Okamoto Yoshimori's wicked heart hasn't died, and he hid personal stuff while designing the characters, concealing his special XP in the game!
At the end of the posts, without exception, there were angry condemnations of Okamoto Yoshimori and Moyu Games, demanding that Moyu give everyone an explanation.
"You want an explanation?"
"I want an explanation too!!!"
Fei Zhiyuan felt a surge of anger, and his blood pressure soared.
"Boss, what do we do?" Kong Zhuoran ignored his anger and quickly asked for countermeasures.
"Play dead for now," Fei Zhiyuan said subconsciously. "The players are all worked up right now, they won't listen to anything we say."
"Wait until tonight to issue a statement, saying that the doujinshi stuff is old news, Okamoto Yoshimori has long since reformed, retired from the doujinshi world for many years, and his creative philosophy has also changed."
"Now! Have him draw a few heartwarming and cute character sketches, saying that they are sketches he drew in his spare time, proving that he now has only a father's pure concern for the characters—especially Star Moon."
"Now, drag him away to draw! I don't want to see him again today!"
"The rest of the matters can wait until the celebration party is over."
Fei Zhiyuan felt that the situation was still under control and didn't want to interrupt the celebration party.
Okamoto Yoshimori was sitting to his right because he was the "main contributor," and he had already stood up with his wine glass in response to Fei Zhiyuan's toasting gesture.
But Fei Zhiyuan's toast was suddenly interrupted, so he was stuck there.
Okamoto Yoshimori didn't understand Chinese and could only blankly watch Fei Zhiyuan and Kong Zhuoran communicate, completely unaware of what they were talking about.
He was very confused: Weren't you going to toast me? Why did you stop halfway?
So, should I drink this wine or not?
He turned to look at his translator.
But the usually considerate translator was also awkwardly stunned there, unsure whether to translate or not.
Until Kong Zhuoran found her, asked her to relay the message, and then ruthlessly dragged Okamoto Yoshimori away from the celebration banquet to draw.
Watching this scene, the project team members at the celebration banquet were somewhat bewildered and uneasy.
But Fei Zhiyuan didn't explain.
Instead, after Okamoto Yoshimori left, he picked up the wine glass again and changed the subject:
"The success of 'Mirror World Tales' is not the success of one or two people, but the result of the entire team's joint efforts!"
"This glass of wine should be toasted to everyone!"
"Of course, Gong Feng, as the project supervisor, has led effectively and has also made indispensable contributions, so this glass of wine will first be toasted to…"
"Peng!" Another operations member who stayed behind, Zhang Mingyu, rushed in, interrupting Fei Zhiyuan's toast again.
"Boss, it's bad, something happened!"
"?" Fei Zhiyuan looked at him with a ridiculous expression, "What is it now?"
Zhang Mingyu opened his mouth, wanting to put it more tactfully.
After all, this was the celebration banquet for the "Mirror World Tales" development team, and everyone was present, so it wouldn't be good for everyone's face if he said it too harshly.
But the incident happened suddenly, and he couldn't think of a tactful way to say it, so seeing the boss getting angrier and angrier, he had no choice but to quickly abandon his euphemisms and bluntly repeated:
"The 'Mirror World Tales' development team secretly photographed the female models' private parts, and after being discovered, they became enraged and beat up several models."
"The project team's deputy supervisor molested a model, and the supervisor, Gong Feng, turned a blind eye."
"?" Fei Zhiyuan was stunned at first.
Then, he rummaged through the corners of his memory and dug out this old matter.
But…
"Secretly photographed??"
He turned to look at Gong Feng on his left, "There's such a thing?"
"No," Gong Feng shook his head and denied, "At that time, they were displaying clothing and taking photos, and a few people also took a few pictures with their phones. No one was hiding and secretly photographing."
"Hmm?" Fei Zhiyuan was a little confused.
"You mean, they're slandering you?"
"You didn't secretly photograph, but openly photographed, you're justified?"
Gong Feng lowered his head, speechless.
"What are you still standing there for? Go solve the problem you caused!"
"We absolutely cannot accept the accusation of secretly photographing!"
"Just say that we didn't have experience in this area and there were unprofessional aspects in the process, which led to some misunderstandings."
"Also, there was no beating, just some physical friction, and we have already reached a reconciliation with Longteng Fashion afterward."
"Remember to contact Longteng Fashion and reach a tacit understanding in advance."
"Finally, find some shills to shift the topic, contact the platform to remove the trending searches and suppress the heat, I don't need to teach you this, right?!"
Everyone present could hear the dissatisfaction in Fei Zhiyuan's words.
So, one by one, they were as silent as cicadas in winter, forming a huge contrast with the enthusiastic atmosphere of a few minutes ago.
After Gong Feng also left with a few people, Fei Zhiyuan had two empty seats on his left and right.
With these two "generals" causing such a mess, he was completely in no mood to drink, let alone celebrate.
But "Mirror World Tales" had made a lot of money after all, and after solving these troubles, it would become another economic pillar of the company in the future.
He couldn't take his anger out on the entire team because of a few people's problems.
Fei Zhiyuan remembered that he was the boss, suppressed his anger, and continued the celebration banquet.
However, he omitted the links such as congratulatory speeches, thanks, and encouragement.
—He was worried that if he said more, someone would rush out and shout at him, "Boss, it's bad!"
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He just said, "The problem is not big, everyone can rest assured," and then signaled everyone to start eating.
But the boss was obviously in a bad mood, and the project they were responsible for also had problems, so how could the employees sit at the celebration banquet and eat and drink with peace of mind?
Because "Mirror World Tales" was a great success, Fei Zhiyuan asked the assistant to contact the famous local high-end restaurant [Imperial Palace Hotel] when arranging the celebration banquet.
These tables of dishes were all top-notch high-end ingredients, combined with the skillful cooking and plating of top chefs, it can be said that they were perfect in color, aroma, and taste.
But this room of people forced the atmosphere of the celebration banquet into a funeral banquet.
The entire hall was completely silent, with only the slight sound of chopsticks hitting bowls and plates.
The air almost solidified into ice.
Fei Zhiyuan really couldn't stand it anymore and left first.
As soon as the boss left, the remaining people also got up and left.
The entire celebration banquet ended unhappily.
And this seemed to be a foreshadowing.
Throughout the entire afternoon, the situation faced by "Mirror World Tales" was extremely bad.
After the announcement was issued, it couldn't convince the public at all.
The most liked comment in the comments section below the announcement was:
"Summary: There was no secret photographing, it was open photographing. There was also no beating, just 'physical friction.'"
This thing not only failed to appease female users, but further intensified the conflict.
As for suppressing the heat…
It couldn't be suppressed at all!
Mengjin is now an unignorable position in the field of gacha games and social news.
It just so happened that they were the opponent of Moyu Games, and the public relations team couldn't intervene at all.
Other social media platforms were a little better.
—But it was also very limited.
They could suppress the heat, but as soon as they suppressed one, another one would appear.
Gong Feng suspected that someone was competing with them, burning money together.
But he had no evidence.
He also couldn't lock down who did it.
… …
When Okamoto Yoshimori finally finished drawing the three sketches, the "Mirror World Tales" project team also released an explanatory announcement regarding the "Star Moon Incident."
Okamoto Yoshimori's own Weiguan account also updated its status at the same time, explaining his aesthetic changes (XP changes) over the past four years.
—Of course, Okamoto Yoshimori doesn't know Chinese, so the public relations of the project team wrote this update for him.
Unfortunately:
Neither the announcement nor the update could convince the players.
"What we want is dismissal! It's a refund! It's standing up to apologize and admit our mistakes!"
"Not this kind of flippant apology announcement!"
The players were furious.
A client uninstallation campaign has been launched.
The entire "Mirror World Tales" project team had a headache!
Until the end of get off work hours, a large number of staff members stayed in the company to discuss plans and countermeasures.
The development staff and artists left work on time.
But their mood was not relaxed at all.
—Because when they walked out of the company gate, they saw big trucks.
Six big trucks lined up in a row, blocking the entrance of Moyu Games, with black and white headshots of Fei Zhiyuan, Gong Feng, and Okamoto Yoshimori and large posters saying [CNM Refund], [Apologize and Repent], [Rogue Company].
Those three black and white headshots were also painted with large blood-red crosses, which looked extremely creepy!
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