Chapter 517: Chapter 232: Jiang Banxia’s Weibo Post

When Dou Ying’s family went to Jiangbei, Li Yang left early and returned to Capital City.

Avoiding meeting Dou Ying would be best. Meeting now might just set her off.

After some time, it will be fine. Let’s see if a paternity test can dispel her doubts.

Unintentionally, it was already the end of October, and the weather in Capital City started to turn cold. After returning, Li Yang still felt somewhat unaccustomed.

It was still thirty degrees in Jiangbei, while Capital City was only twenty-three degrees, dropping to about ten degrees at night.

He went to Jiang Banxia’s place to change into long sleeves before heading to school.

Classes must be attended as scheduled.

After returning, Jiang Banxia noticed the clothes hanging on the balcony and knew Li Yang had been back.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yang returned immediately, which showed he still cared about saving face, which made her happy.

Otherwise, if Li Yang had a conflict with Dou Ying and their disagreements couldn’t be reconciled, it would be difficult for her.

Though it wouldn’t affect the final decision, anyone would choose an easy decision over one under tremendous pressure.

At first, Li Yang said he was busy. She thought it was about the lawsuit between Penguin and Aurora Studio, so he went to Shencheng City himself.

She followed the case for several days, eager to see the final outcome.

But on the 9th, online news suddenly emerged that the entire case was dismissed due to procedural issues.

Dismissed on the day it was supposed to open, quite dramatic.

It’s as if the meal was already served, and as you reach for it, you’re told it’s not food, so you can’t eat it.

The specific reason wasn’t clear at the time.

But with the internet’s buzz, everything became clearer.

Korean Lotte provided deployment sites for SD, leading to a boycott of domestic Lotte supermarkets.

At this time, as the South Korea ban was about to be imposed, who dared to file such a lawsuit?

This matter itself couldn’t be considered plagiarism. Can issues in the gaming world be plagiarism? What does it matter if the similarity is 30%? Even at 60% similarity, no one says anything.

A case that shouldn’t have been accepted was, due to capital intervention.

If the lawsuit went through, it would acknowledge judicial procedures suspecting Aurora Studio of plagiarism. Losing would be a slap to the country’s face.

So they simply initiated a self-destruct process, as if the case never happened.

Penguin didn’t make a peep when they found out.

For Penguin, this was more than just losing the case; there was so much more...

For instance, they had been delayed for several months.

Had it not been for Blue Hole, they would’ve already initiated their own battle royale game. They had illusions about Blue Hole and thought acquisition was better than starting their own project.

Now... they couldn’t back out.

Over the past few months, they had been promoting Blue Hole’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, bringing it into the country, and it was just waiting for approval to launch.

However, everything was progressing smoothly until in October, it was suddenly announced the game didn’t pass review.

The reason: overly violent imagery.

The representative from Penguin Game was about to curse on the spot. Damn it, wasn’t Aurora Studio’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds violent? Blood splatters with a gunshot...

But they couldn’t help it; they understood the deeper reasons.

No matter the anger, they resolutely wouldn’t take any action now.

For Aurora Studio, this was a win-win situation.

They successfully delayed Penguin’s game project progress, and it was too late for them to initiate a new project now.

Aurora Studio’s status in the gaming world, along with time, was becoming increasingly solid.

...

After Li Yang returned, he learned about Aurora Studio’s situation, and everything was going well.

The backlash Penguin Game faced was directly proportional to how aggressively they promoted PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

More and more players were flocking to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

The number of registered users surged from over 20 million in September to over 30 million now.

Although the game was free, it required real-name registration and a phone number.

The implicit cost of a game account was not low.

Unlike Penguin Game, Aurora Studio didn’t authorize all streaming platforms for free.

Now, on various major streaming platforms, fewer people were streaming LOL.

Because there was no audience.

Nothing exciting, getting repeatedly crushed.

Last year was like this, and this year’s world championship was already halfway through, with the result... haha... not a single LPL team left.

Li Yang was confident that there wouldn’t be any in the next few years, either.

Since LPL’s championship in 2018, it was unlikely to happen again. Li Yang dismantled that team, letting EDG obtain a core player.

This is business warfare!

What if LOL won another championship and drew domestic players’ enthusiasm away?

It was better for it to die out!

Historically, LOL might not be given enough status due to its short-lived popularity, not even as much as CrossFire.

At most, it was popular for two and a half years, and this year PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was already beginning its relay...

After class, he went to Aurora Studio, and Huang Jing came over to report the situation.

"Boss, according to the information we received, Penguin Game hasn’t given up. They’re preparing to operate the overseas version of Blue Hole’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, expected to go live officially in December this year."

Li Yang asked, "What about our overseas version?"

"Currently, it’s being represented by hoyo. We’ve promised them 70% of overseas item sales revenue, so they’re wholeheartedly helping us promote the game globally. Although they don’t have Penguin Game’s powerful channels, the current results are good. Besides domestic, overseas registered users have surpassed 15 million, with peak concurrent users exceeding 1.2 million."