Entertainment to the death, make a tokusatsu film that will crush the entire internet.

At this stage of the story, Yang Qian finally found out.

To be precise, it was Su Xiaoran who pushed the tablet in front of him during the Monday morning meeting.

The screen displays a long infographic titled "A Complete Overview of the Mysterious Boss Incident in the Land of Light," which has been shared over a million times.

Yang Qian sat in his office chair, picked up his tablet, and scrolled through the long image from beginning to end.

He put down his tablet, turned his chair around, and his gaze fell on the figure on the windowsill who was curled up in a milky white ball, sunbathing.

Shijiu lay sprawled beside the greenery, its eyes half-closed, its tail dangling leisurely over the edge of the windowsill, occasionally flicking lazily.

"You said you,"

Yang Qian said to the cat, a helpless smile in her voice, "How did I become the behind-the-scenes boss?"

Upon hearing Yang Qian's voice, Shi Jiu opened one eye to glance at him, then closed it again.

Su Xiaoran stood in front of his desk, trying hard to suppress her laughter.

"Alright."

Yang Qian sighed, "Since this has blown up so much, let's clarify things."

Su Xiaoran nodded, already preparing to turn around and make arrangements, but paused, turning back to ask, "To what extent should the clarification go?"

"Tell the truth, how did Shijiu get here, what role does she play in the office, and what are those so-called signatures all about?"

"Just explain it clearly and exactly as it is."

"And that was the end of it?"

Su Xiaoran's tone carried a hint of uncertainty.

Yang Qian did not answer immediately.

He glanced at Shijiu on the windowsill.

The cat had rolled over, belly up, with its four paws curled up in front of its chest, and was purring softly.

He suddenly realized that the more he explained this matter, the more fun the netizens would probably have.

as predicted.

Two hours later, Miriam Yeung posted a status update with a video.

In the video, he is sitting in his office, wearing that dark gray polo shirt.

Shijiu was held on his lap, and the whole time she was trying to pry open the lid of the box of dried fish on the table with her paws.

Yang Qian's opening remarks were very serious and formally worded.

"I've seen a lot of online discussions about the mastermind behind the Land of Light. I'd like to clarify this today."

He paused, seemingly considering how to explain the matter in the most serious and formal way.

"Shijiu is a cat I adopted a long time ago. I've shared pictures of it with you all before."

The comments appeared the moment he paused.

"Ah-Kuang is going to refute the rumors!"

"Oh my god! He's really responding to this seriously, what should I do if I want to laugh even more?"

"Please pay attention to Shijiu's behavior at the bottom of the screen. He is tearing open the packaging of dried fish. His hands-on skills are truly worthy of the boss."

Yang Qian looked at the camera and explained.

"The so-called mysterious signature is because there is an unwritten tradition in our company that everyone who handles a proposal or approval document will have Shijiu put his paw print on it."

It all started when a member of the design team casually created a small program that would automatically add a cat paw watermark to the corresponding files.

It has gradually evolved into a kind of ritual, similar to letting the group's favorite member take a look, but it has no actual approval effect.

The actual signature on those documents was still Yang Qian's name.

At this point, the comments section was completely unresponsive to any explanations.

"He panicked! Ah Guang panicked! He even made an animated demonstration of that mini-program. Have you ever seen anyone make an animated short film to prove a rumor before debunking it?"

"That cat paw watermark is so cute!! So Shijiu will still review it, but he won't sign it himself anymore, the boss is being lazy."

"Ah-Kuang tried to explain the most outrageous things in the most serious way, but it just made it look even funnier."

"As for the so-called private office," Yang Qian said, bending down to hold down Shi Jiu as she tried to climb onto the table, "that's the company's pet rest area."

"The main reason is that it wanders around and affects the work of the original artists, so we specially set aside a place for it to stay."

Bullet comments:

"Hahaha, if the pet rest area is called a private office, then from now on, the fish we keep in our company should also be called CEOs."

"Ah Guang, the more you explain, the more believable it becomes."

"This is just a cover-up; notice how his lips are practically drooling, he can't even continue speaking."

"As for greeting Shijiu when you start the job..."

Yang Qian laughed as she said this, and shook her head. "It's just that the administration wanted to take this opportunity to let everyone relax. It's also a small icebreaker activity for new employees. Don't overthink it."

After the clarification video was released, its views quickly began to climb rapidly.

The "behind-the-scenes boss of the Land of Light" meme not only failed to be clarified and quelled, but instead took a completely different turn due to Yang Qian's personal response.

The most liked comment in the comment section reads like this.

"Ah Guang: I'm not the boss, Shi Jiu is. The whole internet: We know. Ah Guang: No, no, what I mean is I'm not the boss either, nobody's the boss. The whole internet: Right, it's the cat. Ah Guang: ...Okay."

When Yang Qian saw this comment, her eyes lingered on the screen for two seconds before she exited the app.

He turned to look at the real boss who was dozing on the windowsill, sighed, and called Su Xiaoran in.

"Since no one believes the clarification anyway..."

Yang Qian leaned back in her chair, a slow smile spreading across her lips.

"Then let's not bother clarifying it at all."

"Have the design team create a few co-branded merchandise items for Shijiu, called the 'Boss's Choice' series, and put its image together with the main characters of various IPs under the flag of the Kingdom of Light."

Su Xiaoran paused for a moment, then looked down and quickly jotted down keywords in her notebook.

"What about collaborations?"

"19, the entire IP of the Land of Light. Since everyone says it's the mastermind behind it, let it truly represent the Land of Light this time."

That afternoon, the official account of the Land of Light posted a new update.

The accompanying photo is a high-definition portrait of Shijiu squatting in front of the project planning wall.

The cat's eyes are wide open, its gaze piercing, against a backdrop of densely packed concept art from an unreleased new work.

The accompanying text consists of eight characters, in bold font, and centered.

"The boss said we have to work on the surrounding area."

Comment area:

"Hahaha, Ah Guang, you've finally met your match!"

"This is a victory for fictional historians!"

"Now you know what pain is, Ah-Guang, after being stabbed like that!"

Meanwhile, overseas audiences have finally received the new series from the Land of Light, "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

Overseas viewers: "Great! It's a magical girl anime! I love magical girls the most!"