Seeing Fujishima Yuichiro put on a regretful and apologetic look in front of the camera, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, Xia, the translator, couldn't help but feel nauseous and disgusted.

"It seems this internet celebrity, like the politician, is a natural-born actor."

Prior to this, Xia, the translator, still held a certain degree of positive feelings towards Fujishima Yuichiro.

After all, he is someone who spares no effort in promoting his country's traditional culture, and the image he presents to the public is always positive and uplifting.

Seeing the utter contempt that the other party exuded when facing Chinese people, Xia's idealized image of them shattered instantly.

In addition, the group of enthusiastic fans surrounding Fujishima Yuichiro gave Xia a strange sense of dread, like that of obsessive fans.

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party was not paying attention to her, Xia the translator quickly turned around and walked away from the crowd.

As she walked, Xia, the translator, was silently muttering to herself.

"Perhaps Mr. Chen is right. Discrimination does exist in Japan, but it is well hidden by the Japanese people."

……

At noon, Beijing time, Xingka released a statement on its official social media account, coinciding with lunchtime.

"Due to special circumstances, Starcard Games has decided to withdraw from the Edo Game Show. However, through this exhibition, Starcard has gained a lot of valuable player feedback, and the official version of our new game, Escape from Chickenkov, will be available to everyone within a month!"

The statement quickly went viral and attracted the attention of many gamers.

As one of the most high-profile exhibitions in Asia, the opportunity to participate in the Edo Game Show is quite valuable. As long as the quality of the game is good, it can be used to promote the game and expand its popularity.

Although Starcard did not explicitly state the reason for withdrawing from the Edo Game Show, anyone who has been following the event knows what the so-called special reason is.

After all, the video is still trending, even right below Xingka's statement.

As a result, the comments section once again began to attack Fujishima Yuichiro, a national blogger in Japan.

"Just an ordinary video blogger, what's with the attitude?"

"When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Today I truly understand the meaning of this saying. Although I wasn't a direct participant in the events, I still feel quite aggrieved."

"He's just a YouTuber with millions of followers, yet he's become a national influencer in Japan. It's like when the cat's away, the mice will play."

"Since the Japanese don't welcome us, let's just region-lock Escape from Chickens after it's released in Japan."

"Doesn't anyone think that Brother Dong has a lot of Chinese spirit? Even though he's on the other side's turf, he doesn't show any stage fright at all, and his aura completely overwhelms the bodyguards on the other side."

"Damn, wasn't he still called Dongzi before? How come he's changed his tune and is calling me 'Brother Dong' so quickly? Has he turned his back on me?"

The comment section under the trending topic was lively, but most people were focused on the unfair treatment Chen Dong received, rather than the new game from Star Card.

However, Chen Dong didn't care much about the shift in the focus of the onlookers' attention.

At this very moment, he is in the conference room of StarCard, starting a meeting with his employees.

Apart from the Product Development Department 5, which was responsible for developing "Black Myth: Wukong", all the other programmers were sitting in the meeting room.

After everyone had arrived, Chen Dong cleared his throat and slowly began to speak.

"I decided to launch Escape from Chickenkov within a month in order to catch the annual GJA Awards, also known as the Golden Joystick Awards."

Upon hearing this, the programmers exchanged glances, all seeing the excitement in each other's eyes.

Everyone here is an adult, so they can naturally understand Chen Dong's unspoken meaning: the production cycle is short, and everyone needs to work overtime.

For them, if they were still at their original company, hearing the boss announce overtime would surely have filled their faces with despair.

But at Starcard, they even look forward to working overtime.

Not to mention that Chen Dong would offer overtime pay three times the market rate, he would also give everyone a big bonus after the development work was completed.

With a boss who truly understands the wolf-like culture, who would resist working overtime?

Xiao Qin was the first to react.

"Rest assured, Mr. Chen, since Star Card requires it, I will naturally go through fire and water, even at the cost of my life!"

Xiao Qin is one of the few employees in the company who joined Xingka right after graduation, and is also a long-time employee who has been with Xingka since its inception.

Being able to become a department head in his early twenties with an annual salary exceeding one million, Xiao Qin was extremely grateful to Chen Dong.

Therefore, whenever Chen Dong issues an order, Xiao Qin is always the first to respond actively.

Seeing this, the other employees secretly regretted being a step too slow, and quickly responded.

Seeing the employees respond so enthusiastically, Chen Dong couldn't help but sigh that the high salaries and generous benefits he usually gave to his employees had indeed paid off.

Many hands make light work; as long as everyone works together, Chen Dong believes that they will be able to produce "Escape from Chickenkov" faster and better.

"Since everyone is willing to contribute to Starcard, after retaining the necessary manpower for game operation, everyone else will be temporarily integrated into Product Development Department 4 to accelerate the development of 'Escape from Chicken'!"

At Chen Dong's command, all the employees responded loudly as if they had been injected with adrenaline, and then filed out of the conference room to get down to work.

Because Chen Dong occupied his lunch break, and because he had a lot of work to do and needed to work overtime, the two hours of his lunch break were counted as overtime by Chen Dong.

After the meeting, Chen Dong went to the office where Jiang Jia and the photography operations team were located.

Although it was only 12:30, Jiang Jia had already finished lunch and started getting her face done, preparing for the afternoon's filming.

Upon seeing Chen Dong arrive, Jiang Jia asked him with some confusion.

"Mr. Chen, weren't you attending the Edo Game Show in Japan? Why are you back all of a sudden?"

Chen Dong gave a helpless smile. "We encountered some special circumstances, so we had to end the exhibition early."

"By the way, how many followers do you have on your YouTube channel?"

When Chen Dong suddenly asked this question, Jiang Jia's face immediately showed an unnatural expression, and she hesitated before speaking.

"The account doesn't have many followers, only... less than 200,000."

"Less than 200,000? How much is that?"

"198,621".

Jiang Jia spoke cautiously, not forgetting to steal glances at Chen Dong's expression.

In her view, Chen Dong offered her extremely generous compensation, but she was never able to create corresponding value for him.

However, Chen Dong was taken aback when he heard the number of followers on Jiang Jia's account.

"Did I just stumble upon a holy grail for self-media?"

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