My outside expression is different from my inner expression

Chapter 99.2

Editor: Jodi

Li Qingzhou’s preparedness could also be credited to Liu Bohuai’s findings from his investigations abroad during the New Year period.

–Lu Jizhen wanted to climb up within the ranks and succeed in entering the power center of the Lu Group through this game, a goal for which she had naturally paid a huge price.

However she indeed had good networking skills as she managed to successfully attract high-level technical expertise.

The game currently being worked on by the Lu Group shouldn’t be underestimated– as it had the potential to become a groundbreaking benchmark, and this wasn’t just empty talk.

What’s more the web tech company that they had enlisted actually had connections with the Casper family as well.

The Yu family and the Lu family—one manufactured car parts, while the other was a gaming company—seemingly had no competitive or cooperative relationship on the surface.

However Liu Bohuai had said previously, that Lu Jizhen, Liu Jingyuan, and the Yu family were closely associated, and now the Casper family….

Li Qingzhou: The highest-end hunters often appear in the guise of prey.

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Li Qingzhou’s game studio had an official Weibo account, and from time to time they posted beautiful character images of items from ‘Sky Juvenile’, including scenes, clothing, and equipment.

And these posts almost perfectly replicated the descriptions in the comic, satisfying many fans.

And recently, the official Weibo account announced that the game had entered its subsequent production stages and would soon meet with the public,

Causing the fans to be excited.

However today, another post was made

—With the company saying that there were some issues with the game’s production, and that its release would be delayed.

[There’s a problem?! What kind of problem? In what area? Please resolve it quickly, I’ve been looking forward to this.]

[I told you the Li Group’s game production isn’t reliable. Just stick to whatever you’re supposed to be doing. Have you even researched and developed autonomous driving technology?! They have challenged you right to your doorstep and you still haven’t responded—no, it’s not that you haven’t responded, you’ve given ‘wait and see.’ Go on, let me see.]

Fans of the comic ‘Sky Juvenile’ also left comments demanding an explanation.

Then not long after, a fan posted a set of images and tagged the official Weibo account

—[Guys, look, why do I feel like this character model looks like one from the comic ‘Sky Juvenile’….. especially the hairstyle. It seems to clash with the images released previously by the studio?!]

[It does look similar, where did you find this?]

The netizen immediately shared the source, which turned out to be the official Weibo account of the Lu Group.

They had posted several game character modeling images.

And the fans of the comic ‘Sky Juvenile’ found not just one, but multiple instances of character designs clashing, as whether it was the clothes, hairstyles, accessories, and even some backgrounds, they were all very similar.

Fuck, so shameless!

This was almost the unanimous thought among all the fans of ‘Sky Juvenile’— wasn’t this blatant plagiarism!

After that, it wasn’t known which god unearthed this information—the Lu Group had spent a lot of money to poach some of the Li Group’s game studio’s art planners.

The fans of ‘Sky Juvenile’, completely enraged, run to the Lu Group’s official Weibo to accuse them.

However their comments were like water off a duck’s back for the Lu Group.

What’s more they even released another post.

The game the Lu Group was working on now was called ‘Machine Warfare’, and it was also set in an interstellar background with mechas and blood-pumping action…..

The theme undoubtedly clashed with ‘Sky Juvenile’s’.

However all this wasn’t the most important point. The key piece of information brought out by this Weibo post was that ‘Machine Warfare’ would be the first holographic game to appear in the country.

Holographic!

–Something which offered a whole new experience in visuals, auditory, and sensory perceptions.

Many netizens wondered if it was real or just a gimmick under the guise of holography.

Then after multiple confirmations, the Lu Group’s official account indeed confirmed the news—holographic gaming was on the horizon.

This announcement immediately attracted many gaming influencers and big names to the Lu Group’s official Weibo page, pushing the fans of the comic ‘Sky Juvenile’ to the side.

[Looking forward to it! Launch it soon!]

[World Skill Game Company is awesome. Not a peep was heard before, and now they’ve hit us with such a big surprise. I’ll definitely be the first to play this holographic game.]

[‘Machine Warfare’ copies characters and backgrounds from ‘Sky Juvenile’! Such a game should be boycotted!]

[The little sister upstairs, please hurry up and go wash up and sleep. ‘Machine Warfare’ is a holographic game, what is your ‘Sky Juvenile’?! It’s just ordinary, okay? Even if the backgrounds and characters are the same, it’s like two people wearing the same clothes, who’s the awkward one depends, and besides, I don’t see any similarity.]

The allure of ‘holographic’ was too strong, as soon, the fans of ‘Sky Juvenile’ were quickly suppressed, unable to cause any stir.

And more and more people started to look down on the game adaptation of ‘Sky Juvenile’, questioning the Li Group Corporation’s game production capabilities.

Such opinions became rampant online.

And over time, aside from a portion of fans who continued to support ‘Sky Juvenile’, many more people gradually started to look forward to the holographic game.

The game adaptation of ‘Sky Juvenile’ was being disparaged before it was even produced fully.

Meanwhile, the Casper family launched a commercial challenge at the Li Group Corporation, forcing the Li Group Corporation to participate.

—Autonomous driving car versus autonomous driving car, with company shares as stakes, and the loser had to exit the autonomous driving market.

If one party reneged on the agreement afterward, then they had to compensate the other for the corresponding losses.

As commercial wagers agreed upon by both parties had legal effect.

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