Chapter 483 - 453: The Not-So-Simple Lawyer’s Letter

The general manager said bitterly, "The relevant department just said there was illegal information and we needed to shut down, they didn’t say anything else."

"This is fucking bullshit," Huang Weicheng couldn’t help but want to curse.

You shut down my forum just because there is illegal information, but you didn’t specify what the illegal information was.

This is just messing around.

Suddenly, Huang Weicheng thought of something.

It’s definitely Xu Yang pulling the strings!

It was Xu Yang who got the streaming platform banned.

As for the forum getting shut down, apart from Xu Yang messing with it, Huang Weicheng couldn’t think of any other possibility.

It seems that Xu Yang has quite a strong network in the online sector.

Huang Weicheng took a deep breath and said, "Forget it, don’t bother with it anymore." Enjoy exclusive adventures from empire

"What? Just let it go?" The general manager’s face was full of disbelief.

This forum was valued at tens of billions.

To just let go like this, when did the boss get so open-minded?

What the general manager didn’t know was that Huang Weicheng couldn’t do anything even if he wanted to.

Because he couldn’t get through to any of his contacts.

"I said let it go, so let it go. That’s it for now, I’m hanging up!"

After hanging up the phone, Huang Weicheng’s expression was uncertain.

Xu Yang was really ruthless, making him lose two companies in one fell swoop.

However, he quickly calmed down.

If these two companies were gone, so be it, as long as his core company wasn’t affected.

His most important company was the gaming company.

His gaming company specialized in browser games.

You could say he took browser gaming to the extreme.

When he was younger, he was an avid gamer, playing Legend all day with his friends.

Later, when he switched to the internet, he thought of making games as well, focusing primarily on browser games.

Don’t think that because it’s the era of mobile internet, browser games don’t make money anymore.

On the contrary, browser games are very profitable.

Many office workers who want to slack off at work, fearing getting caught by their boss, can’t play on their phones, so they secretly play browser games instead.

Constantly tapping on the keyboard, their boss may even think they are working hard.

When the boss comes over, they just close the game and that’s that.

Moreover, Huang Weicheng was very willing to spend money on advertising for browser games, going almost insanely far with it.

Now, all over the country, everyone who opens a web page can see ads like "If you’re my brother, come and chop me."

The annual advertising expenses amount to tens of billions.

Huang Weicheng is no fool; he wouldn’t spend so much on ads if they weren’t making money.

So, as long as his gaming company is fine, his overall business wouldn’t be too badly affected.

Still, he was very annoyed.

After all, it’s a loss of tens of billions.

But he couldn’t do anything about it, since he was unable to contact his connections. He couldn’t restore things as they were, nor could he get back at Xu Yang.

As he was stewing, his phone started ringing.

It was the general manager of the browser game company. His brows furrowed immediately upon seeing the caller ID.

Did the gaming company run into trouble too?

That’s impossible.

Though browser games are pretty low-end and rough, they have passed through the relevant authorities before being released.

Plus, browser games have one characteristic: their content doesn’t change.

What the game looked like when it was submitted for review is what it has always looked like.

Thinking this, Huang Weicheng answered the phone, "What’s wrong?"

The general manager said anxiously, "Mr. Huang, something terrible has happened. We’ve received a lawyer’s letter."

Upon hearing this, Huang Weicheng burst into laughter, "Motherfucker, who sends a lawyer’s letter in the dead of night, and who receives a lawyer’s letter at this hour? Just ignore any lawyer’s letter!"

Many people think a lawyer’s letter is something serious, as if once it’s used, you feel like you’re going to be sentenced by the court the next day, as if you’re about to go to jail.

In reality, a lawyer’s letter is just a warning, that’s all.

To put it simply, it’s like someone telling you, "Dude, what you’re doing is pissing me off. I’m gonna sue your ass, so watch your back!"

That’s all there is to it, no legal force, and no other practical actions will be taken. It won’t do you a lick of harm.

However, after saying this, Huang Weicheng felt something was off.

Logically, the general manager of the gaming company was personally recruited by him and was definitely competent. He should be clear about such matters.

What Huang Weicheng could think of, the general manager couldn’t possibly miss.

It was just a lawyer’s letter; was there really a need to be so anxious?

Perhaps this lawyer’s letter was no simple matter.

So, he took a deep breath and asked, "Which company sent the lawyer’s letter?"

The general manager immediately replied, "It’s from Han Country’s DK company. They claim all of our games plagiarized their Legend, demanding we immediately stop game operations."

DK company from Han Country is the maker of Legend.

Huang Weicheng’s company’s web games were basically carbon copies of Legend.

Whether it was character and scene settings, modeling, or gameplay, it was all copied from Legend.

There were original elements too, such as the recharge packages, which were designed by Huang Weicheng’s employees, purely to rake in more money.

Although they were copies, Huang Weicheng wasn’t worried that DK company would come knocking with a lawsuit.

Defining game plagiarism is a very troublesome matter after all.

Take CS and CF, for example; anyone seeing them would find them extremely similar and believe CF plagiarized CS.

But legally, it’s not considered plagiarism.

DK company from Han Country suing Huang Weicheng had a very high chance of losing.

That’s why DK company, despite knowing there were many similar games in China, never filed a lawsuit, just turning a blind eye.

But now, they had actually sent a lawyer’s letter.

Could it be that DK company saw how well he ran his web games and wanted a piece of the pie?

Impossible, right?

As far as he knew, after making Legend, DK company hadn’t produced any other hit games.

The current DK company was in shambles, their total market value not even exceeding ten billion Chinese yuan, and they were often rumored to be on the brink of bankruptcy.

A company like that, they still had the mood to send a lawyer’s letter to his gaming company late at night?

Thinking it over, Huang Weicheng just couldn’t understand it, so he decided not to bother anymore and coldly snorted, "Just tell them, if they want to sue, let them sue!"

Lawsuits like these are incredibly hard to win. Otherwise, DK company would have filed who knows how many compensatory lawsuits by now.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Moreover, as DK company was from Han Country, trying to sue in China would be even more difficult.

So, Huang Weicheng wasn’t worried at all.

The general manager said, "Okay, I’ll reply to them."

Huang Weicheng nodded, "Mm, go ahead."

After hanging up, Huang Weicheng tried calling his network of contacts again, but still no one answered.

"What exactly is going on?"

Huang Weicheng was completely baffled.

At that moment, his phone rang again.

Looking at the caller ID, it was still the gaming company’s general manager calling.

Huang Weicheng frowned and picked up, "What now?"

The general manager’s anxious voice came through, "Mr. Huang, it’s bad. I just replied to them and we’ve received a court summons. DK company has taken us to court, and the hearing is tomorrow morning!"