Starting with Genshin Impact, the whole world is going crazy for it.

Chen Bin has been in the industry for five years, and spent the first three years at another company.

He wasn't initially known for plagiarism; instead, he created a game that everyone loved.

It was a battle game called "Tiny Banners".

Although the design seems quite rudimentary by today's standards, it was highly praised back then because of its many unique features.

Actually, the gameplay wasn't Chen Bin's innovation; it came from other games. But the real reason this game became so popular was its unique art style.

Zhou Tiankuo reviewed the information sent by Chu Zichen and learned that Chen Bin's previous major was not game design, but rather an art-related field.

What's important about his games isn't the gameplay or the ingenuity, but rather his unique art style.

He designed the entire game in a pixel art style, yet it still exudes solemnity and reverence.

A pixel-style fighting game, which might be considered somewhat childish and cute by most people, is made even more brilliant by Chen Bin's art design.

Therefore, when Chen Bin debuted, he won the newcomer award that year with this game, and also built up his reputation.

He didn't start plagiarizing after that.

When the first game he copied was released, no one condemned it because he still used his own unique pixel art style.

Eventually, the truth came out.

"This person's resume is quite impressive..." Zhou Tiankuo carefully reviewed the compiled information before deciding to post the update.

But he didn't say anything, he just tagged Chen Bin.

Then a picture was added.

This post immediately attracted a lot of attention!

At this time, the conflict between Zhou Tiankuo and Chen Bin, and between Tiankuo Studio and DouDou Interactive Entertainment, was also at the forefront of public attention.

Therefore, countless players, and even industry commentators, are paying attention to this incident.

[Wow! That's awesome!]

[My god... they're getting more and more audacious each time. I can't wait to see the official response.]

[Hilarious! Before, they were tagging DouDou Interactive Entertainment, but they played dead. Now they've directly contacted the designer himself.]

Wow, what a juicy story! It's got me all fired up!

I'm speechless. Chen Bin really doesn't seem fit to be a game designer. His record is so bad! With this solid evidence, will anyone still support his games? I don't understand!

At the same time, there are also some people who support Chen Bin.

It takes only a mouth to spread a rumor, but debunking it requires a lot of legwork.

[You post a Weibo message without saying anything, just tagging someone, and you think you can pin all this on them?]

[Speechless. What era are we living in? Still playing these word games. I could find the things you plagiarized.]

Zhou Tiankuo showed no mercy, especially when he saw others say they could also find evidence of plagiarism by Tiankuo Studio, he immediately responded.

"Then please find it and show it to me. I'm curious too."

The comments section was filled with passionate banter and arguments.

As the situation has escalated to this point, many people are becoming restless.

Especially when Zhou Yunpeng used his own account to repost the content posted by Zhou Tiankuo.

He wrote a passage.

Having worked in the industry for many years, I've witnessed the bad drive out the good, and I bear some responsibility in this situation. But from today onward, I don't want to see this happen again. The gaming industry was getting better and better, and this time I support Zhou Tiankuo.

In just a few lines, one can demonstrate both their status as a senior figure in the industry and their stance.

Chapter 144 Chen Bin finally responded and proposed a bet.

Upon seeing this repost, Zhou Tiankuo read Zhou Yunpeng's words several times.

Finally, a knowing smile appeared on their faces.

Zhou Tiankuo didn't reply, but silently liked Zhou Yunpeng's Weibo post.

“At least he kept his word…” Zhou Tiankuo muttered to himself.

Now he felt that Zhou Yunpeng would be a trustworthy senior to him.

Unlike before, it didn't always feel like it was preachy or skeptical to him.

Moreover, Zhou Yunpeng's words hit the nail on the head.

As Zhou Tiankuo searched for information and reviewed related content, he gradually realized the truth of the matter.

Whether it was the content he found or the information provided by Chu Zichen, it was clear that the game Chen Bin plagiarized did indeed bring huge profits.

In fact, just seeing this point made Zhou Tiankuo feel that everything was well explained.

Why was Chen Bin able to become the chief designer despite repeatedly plagiarizing?

Why did Chen Bin dare to blatantly copy Pokémon GO so soon after its release?

Why did Chen Bin dare to release promotional material for "Catch Monsters" when Tiankuo Studio was enjoying its peak popularity?

Because of money.

This is also because of Zhou Yunpeng's statement that "bad money drives out good money."

DouDou Interactive Entertainment, and indeed the entire Dynasty Entertainment, are trying to gauge and test the players' limits.

Because they themselves are rotten to the core.

They no longer want to create original games; they just want to reap the benefits of others' work.

If Tiankuo Studio loses this time, but the game "Let's Catch Monsters" can continue to be released and make money, it means that players don't mind plagiarism.

This means that these industries can easily copy other people's games to make a profit.

Even if they lose this time, they'll just offer a perfunctory apology and compensation; their family is so wealthy and powerful that they don't care about such things.

And if this happens many times, there will always be one who slips through the net...

Zhou Tiankuo became increasingly agitated the more he thought about it.

This also explains why the PC game market stagnated after breakthroughs in new technologies.

Perhaps others have tried to create excellent original games before, but were forced to give up.

Zhou Tiankuo continued to update.

Many players also left comments under Zhou Yunpeng's Weibo post.

[Finally, a reliable comment from an expert: the matter itself is actually quite simple.]

The saying "bad money drives out good" is apt and incisive.

Indeed, this is true. Hopefully, every designer can realize that this environment is like boiling a frog in slowly heating water, and that bravely defending their rights is the right thing to do.

I still don't understand why, in such a wonderful and encouraging environment for creativity, people would do this...

[Support Starlight. Past actions can be forgiven; your speaking out this time already demonstrates your stance.]

……

Of course, there were also haters under Zhou Yunpeng's repost, who said that Zhou Yunpeng was trying to curry favor with Tiankuo Studio after seeing its rise to fame.

Some say that Zhou Yunpeng spoke up for Zhou Tiankuo because the experience center had a vested interest in him, and Zhou Tiankuo's income from the experience center was to be shared with Xingguang.

But they all felt there was no need to respond to these absurd claims.

Chen Bin has not responded.

DouDou Interactive Entertainment is still playing dead.

Zhou Tiankuo shut down his computer, letting the matter continue to escalate!

He believed the situation would be different the next day, because if Chen Bin didn't respond, he would have to post another update.

……

The next day, the incident was still trending on social media.

This incident involving Tiankuo Studio and DouDou Entertainment has indeed blown up.

In particular, Zhou Yunpeng forwarded it.

The whole incident was pushed to a level that was completely unexpected before.

After Zhou Yunpeng.

Many designers then shared it.

Support Teacher Zhou.

[An industry veteran spoke up, and I can finally stop tolerating it. In fact, I couldn't stand this environment either, which is why I changed careers.]

It's such a shame that the person who switched careers did so; they were such a promising game designer...

[Everyone, open your eyes and look! It's not that no one is trying to make good original games; it's just that something happened in between.]

[Tiankuo Studio now perhaps represents what we were like back then. Let's all keep striving...]

Among them were even people who had previously sent private messages to Zhou Tiankuo to teach him how to do things.

Zhou Tiankuo dismissed it with disdain.

But seeing that these people were able to articulate their stance, he felt that there was still hope for the world.

It's not as he initially thought!

Just as Zhou Tiankuo was hesitating, wondering whether he should post another update to provoke Chen Bin.

His private messages suddenly lit up.

It was a message from Chen Bin.

He gave a string of numbers and then said it very proudly.

This is my phone number. Please call me to communicate.

Zhou Tiankuo smiled dismissively.