Chapter 58:
"Hello?" Da Wei pulled out his phone without even checking if it was a scam call and immediately answered.
From the other end of the line came the voice of a young man.
The voice was very magnetic and instantly broke the heavy, oppressive atmosphere in the conference room.
"Hello, may I ask if this is Mr. Da Wei, the boss of Bu Fan Studio?"
"Yes, it's me. Who is this?" Da Wei was a little surprised. The caller was specifically looking for him.
"My name is Tang Yu. I'm a streamer. I saw online that you mentioned your game studio needs investment. Is that correct?"
Hearing these words, Da Wei's originally dejected face instantly lit up with energy.
He sat up straight and asked carefully, his voice trembling slightly: "You… you want to invest?"
This was the first time since losing the lawsuit against Penguin that someone had contacted him about investment.
The other employees of Bu Fan Studio also perked up the moment they heard Da Wei's words.
All ten of them stood up and crowded around him.
Da Wei gestured for everyone to be quiet, then turned on speakerphone.
"Yes, is it convenient to talk? I'm currently live streaming. You can join my live room and we can discuss it via voice connection?"
Tang Yu's voice came through at the right moment.
"Okay, okay, okay!" Da Wei was extremely excited and quickly agreed.
After that, Tang Yu gave him the live room ID and hung up the phone.
"Yay!"
After hanging up, Bu Fan Studio erupted with deafening cheers.
A rare smile also appeared on Da Wei's face.
"Don't get too excited yet. Maybe he's just asking casually!"
With that, he logged into his live-streaming platform account and searched for the room number Tang Yu had given him!
On the other side!
In Tang Yu's live room, the viewers were discussing animatedly.
{WTF! The host is really doing it! This is getting interesting!} {When it comes to investment, it's usually mid-sized game studios, right?} {It's just investment, not acquisition! Sigh! I got my hopes up for nothing.} {Yeah! There's still a difference between the two.} {...}
Tang Yu originally wanted to answer the viewers' questions, but at that moment, a voice connection request sounded in the live room.
He quickly accepted it.
A man with a large mole on his nose appeared in Tang Yu's live room.
"Hello!" Upon seeing Tang Yu, the man immediately put on a flattering smile.
"You're the boss of Bu Fan Studio?" Tang Yu returned a smile.
In fact, the moment he saw the man, he already knew who he was.
When he had previously looked up information about Bu Fan Studio, he had already seen the man's photo.
The large mole on Da Wei's nose was particularly memorable.
In the live room, the viewers were also stunned! They felt this studio sounded familiar!
But they couldn't quite remember where they had heard of it!
"Yes," Da Wei said with a smile, then got straight to the point and asked Tang Yu: "You said you're interested in investing in our studio? Is that true?"
"As far as I know, after you lost to Penguin, the entire studio has been in a paralyzed state, right?"
Tang Yu didn't answer Da Wei's question. Instead, he asked back.
Da Wei nodded. He didn't hide it— these things could be found online anyway.
"Yes," he sighed softly.
The viewers picked up on the important information from Tang Yu's words.
They had a lawsuit with Penguin?
Bu Fan Studio?
{WTF! No wonder it sounded so familiar! So it's that studio! They released a game that was similar to Penguin's before.} {Yeah! Dying of laughter. They claimed Penguin copied them, but clearly Penguin released their game first!} {Sigh! Tang Yu, why did you have to pick this studio of all places!} {So weird! What kind of good people can come from a copycat studio?} {Look at this boss—he has such a shady face! Disgusting!} {.....}
The viewers had already found Bu Fan Studio familiar.
After hearing Tang Yu mention the lawsuit with Penguin, they finally remembered.
So Bu Fan Studio was the one that had been sued by Penguin.
Because of this, the viewers immediately started criticizing Bu Fan Studio.
Some even directly cursed at Da Wei.
On the other side, Da Wei was naturally also watching the barrage.
His face instantly turned green and purple.
He felt more wronged than Dou E!
The employees around him couldn't stand it.
The male employees wanted to curse back, but Da Wei glared at them and the words got stuck in their throats.
The female employees had tears in their eyes and spoke with choked voices:
"What are you all scolding us for? This game was clearly our original creation."
"We just don't know why the data leaked. Penguin is big and powerful, with a much larger development team than us."
"They just took our ideas and made the game faster than we could!"
These words were transmitted through Da Wei's mic and reached the viewers' ears.
The barrage immediately became much calmer!
From the voices filled with sobs, they could hear the other party's grievance and helplessness.
{WTF! Is this for real? If it is, that's too tragic.} {Uh… if it were any other game company, I wouldn't believe it, but since it's Penguin… maybe what they're saying is true.} {Haha! Anything is possible. After all, Penguin is famous for starting by copying others!}
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