Even when the other party offered 300,000, he remained unmoved.
Money can be very useful sometimes, but more often than not, people still have principles.
Varian's principle is that his wife is above all else!
"My bottom line is to remove those two personas! A public apology!" Varian roared. "I want you to apologize to my wife in person! Otherwise, I'll tear you apart! I'll haunt you for life if you don't die!"
Sitting next to him, Mingyan smiled kindly and turned his head to remind him, "Don't forget to make compensation."
“Yes! Both economic losses and psychological damages must be compensated!” Varian said.
The lawyer appropriately added, "The compensation we are seeking is 30 million yuan."
The judge's lips twitched.
This offer clearly means: Settlement? No way! Come on, let's fight to the death!
Seeing that a settlement was impossible, the defendants quickly turned against each other completely.
One person said, "You say we infringed on your copyright and stole your character design, but does that mean it is? Our Shagil's character design was clearly the result of the art team's hard work—"
“This is me, for crying out loud!” Varian slammed his fist on the table and stood up. “Look at my eyes! My hair!”
The judge's eyes widened.
Well, actually he's seen the League of Legends CG too, since it's been so popular lately.
But what about the dashing and handsome swordsman inside, and the furious, bearded man in front of us?
Is this the gap between ideals and reality...?
As the situation rapidly deteriorated, tensions between the two sides escalated to the point of near-war.
“Ahem,” the defendant’s chief designer finally spoke, “Varian, it seems you’ve had a good time these past two years. Now that you’ve grown wings, you’ve decided to turn on your old employer?”
He's a veteran in the industry. Although he hasn't created any wildly popular works, a designer who can generate profit is a good designer, and he's considered one of the company's star designers.
Varian sighed, sat down, and said, "You've gone too far."
The defendant spoke in a calm tone, saying, "You've just joined Blue Star Studio, and without the capital and connections you had before, you must be having a tough time, right? I heard you only have two people working under you, and you have to draw the drafts yourself. It seems the boss of Blue Star doesn't value you much."
Varian's eyebrows twitched, and his expression turned somewhat strange.
—"You only have two men under your command"?
There are only two people, but League of Legends isn't the kind of game that manipulates character designs; the character appearances are all created and defined by the players themselves.
There isn't much character design work involved, so why hire so many people?
—"The boss doesn't value you"?
Varian glanced to the side.
Yes, Mingyan is very busy. He's been looking for voice actors these past few days, and he has dark circles under his eyes.
But he still came in person, fulfilling his promise to avenge Varian.
“Just say what you have to say,” Varian said coldly.
The defendant said, "You need to think this through. Although Blue Star Studio is currently riding high, it's still just a newly opened small studio. We, on the other hand, have been in business for nearly thirty years and have gone through countless lawsuits, big and small. Varian, consider your own worth. Do you think the head of Blue Star would be willing to fight us to the death for just you?"
Varian hadn't spoken yet.
"ha……"
Mingyan yawned deeply, smacked his lips, and said, "I'd love to."
"Who are you?" the defendant glared at him.
He bluntly stated, "The boss of Blue Star."
"..."
The chief designer's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
He knew that Blue Star was founded by a rookie architect, and he had also heard that the rookie was called a "genius"...
But I never expected that Mingyan would be so young!
She looks even less qualified than their company's master's interns!
Why can there be such a huge gap between people? Why can't their company produce an unparalleled genius?
If there were even a game called "Minecraft," they wouldn't have remained at such a small scale for so many years!
God is really unfair.
“A settlement is impossible,” Mingyan said lazily. “I’m backing Varian. You want to settle this for 300,000? To be honest, I’ve already prepared 3 million just for the legal fees. If that’s not enough, I’ll add more later.”
The room fell silent as soon as those words were spoken.
This is the kind of person you need to be wary of when you're in a lawsuit.
They're rich, they have free time, and they're in the right!
In the end, he was determined to fight to the bitter end, just to prove himself!
To be honest, the defendant's lawyer is already considering a formal apology...