My capital is quite large.

Hearing Miyamura's almost naked analysis, Hayata, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, suddenly raised his head, his face flushed, and retorted:

"No! Miyamura-kun, you don't understand! Atsuko-chan and I are true love! She's not like those vulgar women who only care about money; she understands me!"

Seeing Hayata's pathetic attempt to hypnotize himself with the illusory notion of "love," Miyamura's eyes gleamed with even more sarcasm.

"True love? Hayata-kun, if this is what you call love, then why has Atsuko-san become increasingly cold towards you lately?"

Why does she stop replying to your messages and even make excuses to avoid meeting you?

Upon hearing this, Hayata froze.

He opened his mouth, trying to find an excuse, but all that flashed through his mind were Dunzi's recent perfunctory attitudes.

All the words I wanted to say turned into silence at that moment.

The private room was so quiet it was almost oppressive, with only the faint sound of sake sloshing in the glass.

Looking at Hayata's ashen face, Miyamura knew that Hayata's psychological defenses were on the verge of collapse.

He leaned forward, his tone gentle, yet every word pierced the heart:

"Hayata-kun, let's make this even clearer."

Why did your wife betray you and fall into another man's arms?

"Isn't it because, Hayata-kun... you're not earning enough?"

"I..." Hayata wanted to hysterically retort, but when the words reached his lips, it was as if something was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Miyamura pressed his advantage, his tone laced with seduction:

"Admit it, Hayata-kun."

"In this world, women are like chickens, and money is like rice."

"If there's rice, the chickens will naturally wag their tails and gather around."

"Without rice, even looking at you is a waste of time."

"In this realistic society, nobody cares about the feelings of a penniless person."

"Your wife is like that, and so is Miss Dunzi."

Under the influence of alcohol, Hayata's mind was already somewhat muddled, and Miyamura's twisted logic at this moment pierced through the fragile shell he had built from pride and self-deception.

He felt a chill run through his body, and the alcohol was churning in his stomach.

Yeah... If it weren't for my lack of money, why would my wife have cheated on me?

If I could spend money like those big tycoons, how could Dunzi be indifferent to me?

She clearly loved him; the tenderness she showed when she leaned against him in the hot spring hotel was absolutely genuine.

The problem isn't with the pile; the problem is with my own incompetence!

"It's my incompetence... I'm useless..." Hayata's tears streamed down his cheeks.

His emotions gradually collapsed, and he growled:

"Because I have no money, even love has become a luxury I can't afford."

"Miss Atsuko clearly loves me. If I had money... if I had money..."

"If I had money..."

......

Meanwhile, the public opinion in China regarding Lu Han and point guard number one did not subside with the end of the New Year's Eve gala; instead, it intensified like wildfire.

Just as the entire internet was still lamenting the restraint shown by the fake Nailiang on stage, an even more destructive storm suddenly erupted online.

Following the clues, some people dug up a large number of works created by Point Guard No. 1 during his underground period.

You wouldn't believe it until you dug in; what you found was truly shocking.

In some of his early representative works, he was not only suspected of openly instigating minors to engage in drug use and insulting women.

Even the song he considers a masterpiece is filled with a series of obscene and vulgar lines, such as "cosplaying a Christmas reindeer."

This underground subculture, rife with toxins, has now brazenly become mainstream, fueled by capital.

Public opinion was in an uproar.

Several influential official mainstream media outlets spoke out simultaneously, pointing the finger at Tencent Entertainment, the biggest financial backer behind the scenes:

By forcibly bringing this underground culture, which promotes violence, drugs, and pornography, into the public eye and hailing it as top-tier, is Tencent Entertainment, as an industry giant, not extremely irresponsible towards the physical and mental health of young people and social morality?

The involvement of state media not only shattered the reputation that Tencent Entertainment had built up over the years, but also brought up the issue of the bottomless monetization of Tencent's two flagship games, "CF" and "DNF," which were making money hand over fist, and these issues were criticized by angry netizens.

"A Fire Kirin Spear costs 888 yuan? Is Tencent robbing us?"

"How many ordinary families at Dongda University earn less than 3000 yuan a month? Who exactly is Tencent selling this virtual gun to?"

On the DNF platform, netizens have been even more critical of it.

Especially the big streamer Jimao Ge, whom Tencent has been heavily promoting and pushing behind the scenes in recent years.

With Tencent's tacit approval and rule manipulation, this top streamer would casually spend millions or even tens of millions of yuan in his live stream to try and achieve the elusive equipment enhancement.

This almost insane and pathological behavior of spending money on in-game purchases, under the influence of Tencent's traffic allocation, has been glorified as a "heroic feat," creating a distorted atmosphere among players that "you don't deserve to play the game if you don't spend money or upgrade your character."

This has greatly induced a large number of immature teenagers and ordinary working-class players with fantasies to blindly follow the trend.

Many ordinary people, in order to become a so-called "main character" in the virtual world, do not hesitate to take out online loans to cash out and overdraft their credit cards, shattering their wonderful real lives.

In the end, the game is just a bunch of numbers that flash by, while in reality, what remains is a messy and chaotic life.

Penguin Games' ruthless and bloodthirsty behavior has shown the public its cold-bloodedness in the face of money.

Moreover, angry netizens also compared Haofeng Group to Haofeng Group.

The charitable foundation under Haofeng Group has donated over 10 billion yuan to education, poverty alleviation and other fields over the years, and its social contributions are evident to all.

In contrast, the penguins that make huge profits have only invested a paltry few hundred million yuan in public welfare and charity.

Does Tencent truly possess the social responsibility expected of an industry leader?

......

Just as Tencent Entertainment was overwhelmed by this wave of public opinion and had no choice but to urgently remove all of Point Guard No. 1's works and endorsements.

On Haofeng Film and Television's side, "The Coming One," which had been performing lukewarmly, also ushered in its final episode.

On stage, Mao Buyi won the championship trophy without any suspense, with his song "Xiaochou," a song that is worthy of being recorded in the history of the music industry, amidst cheers from the entire online audience.

The awards ceremony for the champions had just ended, and the stage lights were still shimmering with residual heat.

On the official Weibo account and homepage of Haofeng Film & Television, a huge poster with a strong Korean fashion sense has been prominently displayed.

In the center of the poster, there is only one line of program title shimmering with a light pinkish-blue light:

[The brand new variety show that will take over the time slot—"Idol Producer"—is coming soon.]