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Chapter 260 Gradually Clearing Memories

In a quiet teahouse in Nanjing, the air is filled with the light smoke of cigarettes.

Yang Yang called over his two underlings, Zhang Ruoyun and Chen Xiao, looking very wary.

"Be careful around Tencent lately, don't let them overwhelm you with their sweet talk," Yang Yang said softly, holding his teacup.

Zhang Ruoyun chuckled, "Yang-ge, in our company, Tencent is only eyeing top stars like you. Someone like me, just starting to gain some recognition, is probably beneath the notice of the big companies, right?"

"Don't even mention it. They contacted me through an intermediary just the day before yesterday." Yang Yang shook his handsome head, his eyes full of apprehension. "The terms offered by Tencent were indeed tempting. They said that as long as I agreed, they would help me terminate the contract, help me open a sole proprietorship studio, and even split the profits 60/40! I get 60%, and Tencent gets 40%."

"But if we really go, we'll be completely offending Boss Li," Yang Yang scoffed. "Our boss isn't exactly a magnanimous person. Just you wait and see, in this industry, anyone who dares to backstab you will definitely suffer the consequences!"

......

At the same time, Zhao Liying and Mao Xiaotong, who had just finished filming "The Legend of Zu" and returned to Jinling to rest, were also browsing Weibo in their apartment.

When asked about Tencent's recent large-scale poaching of talent from within the industry, Zhao Liying couldn't help but chuckle, finding Tencent's actions utterly ridiculous.

"As for the top male stars, there might actually be a possibility of them being poached with money." Zhao Liying took a bite of fruit, her eyes somewhat meaningful. "But as for our female artists... any one of the four little actresses who can become one of them hasn't been to Zijin Mountain Manor? And every single one of them has slept with the boss?"

The woman who's at the table isn't someone that can be swayed by a small share of the contract with Tencent.

......

Jinling, Haofeng Group Headquarters Building, President's Office.

Li Feng leaned back in his boss's chair, closing his eyes to rest, when his secretary, Zhang Yuxi, handed him a neatly organized document.

"Boss, Tencent Video is poaching people on a large scale recently."

Zhang Yuxi reported in a low voice, "There's been some activity in our artist department. That man, and Li Moufeng, have been in frequent contact with representatives from Tencent lately, and they don't seem to be behaving themselves."

Upon hearing the news that these two top celebrities were preparing to switch jobs, Li Feng did not show the slightest anger on his face.

"If it's going to rain, it's going to rain; if a mother wants to remarry, she's going to remarry. Let them be."

"They're just two ungrateful wretches. If they want to leave, let them go."

He paused, a cold glint flashing in his deep eyes: "However... keep your tail."

"Tail?"

Having followed Li Feng for so long, Zhang Yuxi has become quite shrewd and perceptive.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly understood what Li Feng meant by "tail".

The company's public relations and legal departments had already collected a large amount of solid evidence through various channels regarding how chaotic their private lives were and how promiscuous they were.

If these scandals involving serious violations of laws and regulations are exposed at this critical juncture, it will not be a simple ban, but rather irrefutable evidence that could send them to jail to work on sewing machines!

"Understood, boss." Zhang Yuxi bowed her head in response. "The legal and public relations departments have been keeping a close eye on things; none of them will escape."

……

After dealing with the trivial matters in the artist department, Li Feng turned his attention to the latest industry data submitted by the game department.

Tencent's flagship 3D over-the-shoulder MOBA game, Smite, has been in open beta for some time now.

In terms of visual presentation and innovation, this game has indeed received unanimous praise from the industry, with many established gaming media outlets touting it as "the future of MOBA in the 3D era."

But when Li Feng looked through the statistics from the game department, he found that the game was in a rather awkward situation—it was well-received but not commercially successful.

The 3D over-the-shoulder aerial combat and skill judgment features an absurdly high skill ceiling for the average domestic player in this era.

The 3D motion sickness combined with the extremely poor field of view caused great frustration for players who were used to the 2.5D top-down perspective.

A large number of new players attracted by GG were completely overwhelmed after just a couple of games, resulting in an alarmingly high churn rate.

The data shows an extremely dire situation.

The actual number of online players and popularity of "Smite" is far from being able to compete with "League of Legends", and it can't even beat "DOTA2", which is distributed by Tencent itself.

Although it's slightly better than those two old-timers, "Qifan" and "Meng Sanguo", it can barely rank third in the domestic MOBA category.

But this level of popularity is nothing compared to League of Legends.

After all, just last week, the esports industry experienced another surge in online traffic.

The League of Legends LPL Summer Split Finals have concluded successfully. Despite facing doubts and expectations from the entire internet, EDG swept their opponents 3-0 in the finals to win the Summer Split championship trophy.

The birth and defense of this new god set a new record for the highest viewership since the start of the LPL season, pushing the daily active users and online players of LOL to a peak that made all its peers feel the pressure.

Li Feng looked away and closed the folder in his hand.

"Yu Xi, go and call Old Chen over."

"Okay, boss." Zhang Yuxi obediently replied and briskly left the office in her high heels.

Before long, Chen, the director of the game department, jogged into the office.

"Mr. Li, you wanted to see me?" Old Chen stood somewhat awkwardly in front of the desk.

Li Feng leaned back in his chair, interlaced his fingers, and asked directly, "What's the situation with Royal Never Give Up (RNG) right now? I instructed them before to elevate Uzi and Faker to god-like status in the Chinese server and globally. Why didn't we even see him in the Summer Split finals this year?"

Hearing the boss's question, Old Chen quickly smiled apologetically and explained:

"Mr. Li, please don't worry, let me explain to you slowly."

"Royal Club's progress is exactly as we planned! Although they only finished third in the Summer Split regular season, the addition of two strong Korean imports, InSec and Zero, has created an amazing chemistry within the team!"

"They've already secured their ticket to the S4 World Championship, and their current tactical and technical synergy is arguably the best in China. As long as they don't make any major mistakes on the S4 stage, they absolutely have a chance to contend for the championship this year! We can definitely make Uzi a legend!"

"but……"

Old Chen changed the subject, a hint of helplessness and bitterness appearing on his face:

"Regarding the other god you previously instructed us to promote, namely Faker, the mid laner of the Korean SKT team... the Korean branch and operations team just sent back an urgent battle report yesterday."

"Faker probably won't make it to the S4 World Championship this year."