It must be miHoYo's doing.

"It doesn't matter. That's why I'm here, to help you make a comeback!"

Hearing this, Dawei frowned.

"Are you... from the Zhong Group?"

"Zhong Group? What is that?"

Seeing that Tianming looked completely clueless, Dawei became even more confused.

But before Dawei could say anything else, Tianming, who had used his ability to read Dawei's memory in an instant, became angry.

"He's such a scoundrel! How dare the Zhong Group pick my peaches!"

Volume 1: The Birth of MiHoYo: 045 People who make games with love should be respected!

On the other side, inside the hoyoverse studio.

A tall woman was sitting in the main seat in the conference room, her eyes full of confidence.

"How's it going, Mr. Cai? Are you satisfied with the acquisition plan?"

The woman drank her tea and seemed completely unaware that Cai Miao's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

A voice filled with suppressed anger came out of Cai Miao's mouth.

"Zhong Ling! This is different from what you said before!"

"Oh my~~ Mr. Cai~~ What did I say before? Going back on one's word is just commonplace in the business world, or is it that our Mr. Cai has been a nerd for too long and his brain has gone bad?" There was a sneer on the corner of Zhong Ling's mouth, as if the person in front of her was just a clown.

Seeing the other party's attitude, Cai Miao could no longer suppress his anger. He pointed at the other party's nose and shouted, "We agreed before that I would sell the entire company, leave with nothing, and let my brothers continue to pursue their dreams. But now you're only offering 500,000 for the copyright of the Honkai Impact 3rd IP! 500,000... You can't even find a way out for my brothers!"

Zhong Ling stood up and walked in front of Cai Miao in high heels, with contempt in her eyes obvious.

"Dreams? How much are dreams worth? Haven't you realized it yet? After that server crash, your studio has become a recognized jinx in the gaming industry. Even if your company were given away for free, how many people would dare to take it? I'm the only one who thinks your game's worldview and story are interesting enough to be willing to pay for it. Don't be ungrateful!"

"But I've already told you, the server crash might have been my fault. It was me who brought bad luck to the company! As long as I leave, my brothers can still make good games, and nothing will go wrong!" Cai Miao's eyes were red. He had been concentrating on making games for many years, but this was the first time he experienced the intrigues in the business world.

"Does it matter? I don't care if it's your bad luck or your company's. With me, don't play the emotional card. Just one sentence - will you sell it for 50 or not?"

Although people cannot lower their noble heads, let alone people with dreams?!

But... people have to live...

In Cai Miao's opinion, their company was indeed notorious within the industry. Zhong Ling, the director of the Zhong Group's cultural department, might be the only one willing to contribute money right now. However, Honkai Impact 2rd was a product that embodied everyone's hard work and dreams...

"I……"

"Boom!"

The door opened!

Another person came into the meeting room which originally only contained Zhong Ling, her bodyguard, and Cai Miao.

"Da... Dawei! You... you heard everything...?"

Cai Miao's eyes were a little evasive, as if someone had touched her soft spot.

At this moment, Brother Dawei's eyes were also full of anger, but he was angry with himself. He was angry at himself for not seeing Cai Miao's thoughts.

Among all of them, Cai Miao is obviously the one who loves the two-dimensional world the most, and always has been!

"Old Cai! Listen up! Server crashes, bad luck—none of this is because of you! Besides, didn't we agree? We're going to realize our dreams together. No matter what difficulties we face, we'll handle them together! If you leave and give up on your dreams, do you think... we brothers can still stay in this corrupted company?!"

After saying that, Brother Dawei looked at the tall and slender lady beside him - Zhong Ling with a determined look.

"Our answer is - no sale!"

"That's the hard work of all of us. We absolutely...will not sell it to you!"

Zhong Ling, who had been calm from the beginning, finally showed anger at this moment.

"You're not selling? Are you waiting to die? You still have dreams and hard work. Even if your company, widely considered a failure in the industry, produces a masterpiece, who would dare to buy it?!"

"I'll buy it!"

A confident voice came from outside the meeting room.

Afterwards, Tianming brought Meita and... Sicock, who was drinking soy milk, into the meeting room.

Tianming put away his sunglasses and hat, revealing his handsome face and flowing silver hair.

Who would have thought that Tianming's looks, which would make any girl crazy, would only earn a "Pooh" from Zhong Ling who was standing opposite him.

"I hate handsome men the most, and I hate men who are surrounded by beautiful women even more! All the beautiful women...are mine!"

"Forehead……"

Tianming scratched his head and looked at the two female bodyguards behind the queen in front of him, who were at least 9 points in appearance.

It’s confirmed, this woman is a lesbian.

"Ahem, ma'am, let's get back to the point. I bought this company, Hoyoverse! And I bought the entire company!"

Zhong Lingqi smiled and her eyes became sharp.

"Where did this brat come from, daring to steal my business? I tell you, you must be aware of the reputation of this company. When bad luck hits you, you'll know you're wrong."

"Bad luck?" Tianming sneered. "I only saw a group of people with dreams using their passion and hard work to create a great game. So-called bad luck is simply that before Heaven can bestow a great responsibility upon a person, it must first test their will and their body. This isn't a punishment from Heaven, but a reward for them. As long as they survive this, I believe... they'll be greeted by a future that businessmen like you could never imagine!"

Tianming's voice was like a resounding bell, naturally imbued with the power of the Memory Star God, a revelation that resonated with the listener. Cai Miao and Dawei, standing nearby, felt their eyes tingle with redness for some unknown reason. And Zhong Ling, the one closest to Tianming—the one who had been so arrogant just moments before—subconsciously slumped back in her seat, a look of fear on her face, as if she were facing some powerful figure.

Coming back to her senses, Zhong Ling quickly stood up with anger on her face.

As the jewel in the crown of the Zhong Group, it was the first time that she showed such a humble look in front of other people, which was a great blow to her.

Glancing at the bodyguards behind her, Zhong Ling pointed her finger at Tianming and shouted, "You two! Beat him up! If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility!"

After hearing this, Cai Miao and Dawei on the side hurried forward to help. They didn't want the person who recognized them and rescued them to get hurt.

However, there are people who are faster than them.

Si Keke, who was standing next to Tianming, drank the remaining half bag of soy milk in one gulp and then pointed.

Several purple sword energies rushed out, knocking the two bodyguards away, and they fell to the ground screaming in pain.

Everything happened in an instant, and no one except Tianming and Meita could see it clearly.

"What the hell... is this?"

Fear showed on Zhong Ling's face. Even though she was in a high position and knew many secrets, she had never seen such mysterious methods.

When the morning comes, I cover my head.

"Silker, this isn't Teyvat. When facing ordinary people on Blue Star, you should use abilities that are acceptable to ordinary people, okay?"

After saying this, Tianming snapped his fingers, altering the memories of several people. In the eyes of Zhong Ling and the others, the two bodyguards were now kicked out by Silkock.

PS: Thanks to @抢钱抢利塔 for the two monthly tickets and @{"reader_id":"1274371","reader_name":"淡血"} for the three blades. orz~

It's exactly five pictures, I'll add another chapter today~

Volume 1: The Birth of miHoYo: 046: A Tech Geek Saves the World! (Updated)

"Buy such a jinxed company and you'll be losing money!"

The two embarrassed bodyguards took the equally panicked Zhong Ling out of the studio and could only utter harsh words to show that they were not invincible.

In the conference room, Cai Miao finally reacted and stepped forward to ask, "May I know your name, sir? Are you really willing to buy our company despite your bad luck?"

Tianming smiled and patted Cai Miao's shoulder.

"My name is Tianming. It's not the first time we've met, so why are you being so polite? As for buying your company, I'm serious!"

"Isn't this the first time we meet?"

Cai Miao was a little confused. As far as he could remember, this was clearly the first time they had met. Furthermore, as a veteran 2D otaku, meeting a man with this 2D look and silver hair should have left a lasting impression.

Just as he was thinking about it, Cai Miao suddenly found that Dawei beside him was pointing at Tianming and he was stunned where he was.

"Hey, Dawei, what's wrong with you? Have you seen him?"

Dawei turned to look at Cai Miao, the shock in his eyes still not dissipating.

He swallowed and whispered, "I didn't realize the urgency of the situation just now, but now I suddenly realize it..."

"What did you see, Dawei? Don't stop talking halfway."

Dawei looked at Tianming with some excitement and excitement in his eyes.

"If I'm not mistaken, you're one of the characters in that holographic performance video at a comic convention that went viral a week ago! Could your company be... miHoYo? The one that recently launched the virtual livestreamers that went viral online?"

Tianming touched his head. He didn't expect that he would be recognized before he was exposed as a miHoYo employee.

But think about it, the video with Klee a week ago has been viewed nearly 100 million times online, which means at least tens of millions of people have watched it. It's not surprising that they were recognized, not to mention veteran 2D otakus like Cai Miao and Dawei.

"Yes, our company is indeed miHoYo. However, when I say buy your company, I don't mean buy in the ordinary sense. It's more like a partnership."

"Cooperation?" Cai Miao and Da Wei exchanged glances, seemingly puzzled by the term. After all, their current studio was still in debt and plagued by bad luck. What was there to collaborate on?

Seeing that the two were a little confused, Tianming waved his hand, and Meita on the side immediately took out the contract that had been prepared long ago.

The two of them took it and looked at it, and the more they looked, the more shocked they were.

"This...this contract?"

"They invested 10 billion in us, but didn't want any shares, and only asked us to follow the orders of miHoYo headquarters. This... this is too magical."

Cai Miao slapped his face to make sure he was not dreaming. After all, after reading the contract, the 10 billion seemed like a gift for free.

Brother Dawei even slapped himself several times and almost fainted.

After a long time, the two reacted and looked at Tianming again, but their expressions were not excited at all, but full of worry.

"Mr. Tianming, you're not kidding us, are you? This kind of contract is impossible no matter how you look at it. If you don't want any shares, doesn't that mean you won't make any money at all?"

Tianming thought to himself, "I'm not looking to earn money, I'm looking to earn fantasy points." With the purchasing power of one fantasy point per ton of gold, he'd already be the richest man in Blue Star. He didn't want their shares, thinking that only by doing so could they better create. After all, the work attitudes of employees and bosses are different.

Of course, Tianming couldn't say that. He simply spread his hands and said, "Just treat me as a rich sucker. Of course, this money isn't given away for free. I need you to produce some work, otherwise there won't be any follow-up investment."

"There will be subsequent investments!" The two seemed to have completely ignored the warnings from Tianming and An, and their attention was fully focused on the subsequent investments.

"Of course there will be follow-up investment. The reason I chose you is because of a dream - to create an 2D game that everyone will love and make 2D accepted by the public. Like you, I also have a passion for 2D."

As he spoke, Tianming pointed to a banner hanging on the side of the conference room.

"Just like what's written on your banner—Geeks save the world! You want to save the world, then I'll give you a chance! A chance to save the world!!"

It wasn't until many years later that Cai Miao and Da Wei finally understood the deeper meaning behind Tian Ming's words. After all, everything they had done truly... saved Blue Star!

………………

A minute later, Cai Miao and Dawei, still extremely excited, tremblingly picked up the pen and signed the contract.

Seeing this, Tianming smiled.

Because this wasn't just any contract, it was a system-generated one. While he trusted Cai Miao, Dawei, and the others, it was always a good idea to be prepared. As long as they signed the contract, they wouldn't be able to do anything harmful to miHoYo. Tianming also planned to have all Blue Star people joining miHoYo sign this contract.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps were heard outside the conference room. Then, a young man opened the door of the conference room, panting.

As soon as the door opened, the young man immediately shouted hurriedly, "Old Cai! Something big has happened! A huge sum of money just appeared in our company's account from a company called 'Anti-Entropy Investment'! Do you know how much it is?!"

The young man took a deep breath and shouted, "One billion! I've never seen so much money in my life! What should we do? Did that investment company called 'Anti-Entropy Investment' transfer the money to the wrong account? Should we return it immediately?"

After the young man finished speaking, he noticed that there were other people in the meeting room and quickly covered his mouth. At the same time, he also noticed that Cai Miao and Da Wei's faces did not show the slightest shock.

Cai Miao smiled. "Lao Luo, don't make such a fuss. You don't have to return the money. Let me tell you, from now on, our company will be renamed miHoYo. It will be a subsidiary of miHoYo focusing on game production. As for the 10 billion, it's the investment given to us by the parent company. We can continue to realize our dream!"

The young man called Lao Luo was completely stunned...

A few minutes later, the news of the cooperation with miHoYo spread throughout the studio, and all employees were in jubilation.

In the conference room, hoyoverse, no... all the core members of miHoYo branch, also gathered at the moment.

Tianming took out two thick planning proposals and threw them on the table.

Cai Miao and Dawei each picked up a book and started reading.

"Honkai Impact 3rd? The spiritual sequel to our "Honkai Gakuen 2"? Boss, did you come up with a plan before investing in our company?"

"Genshin Impact?! Isn't this the game that our main company, miHoYo, recently promoted using virtual streamers? Are you handing us over to such a big project?"

Volume 1: The Birth of miHoYo: 047 Bronya: "Hello, Xiao Liu at the front desk."