"That's amazing! Which company made this anime? Just this one episode alone must have cost at least two million to produce!"
Li Yundong trembled all over. He wanted to let out a long howl to release the excitement in his heart, but after thinking about it, he decided that it was too childish and gave up.
He then quickly returned to the book club and opened several other videos. The anime had already been updated to the latest chapter, almost simultaneously with the update.
After watching it, Li Yundong was even more excited. These episodes of the anime maintained the quality of the first episode, with a smooth storyline, unchanged art style, and no downgraded special effects.
"Awesome! Who is this author? Comics, anime, background voice acting, game adaptations, and TV adaptations are all happening simultaneously..."
"Could it be... that the author is Ma Huateng's illegitimate son?"
Li Yundong's eyes lit up; he felt he had found the truth.
After watching all the videos, he reluctantly closed the "Rebirth of an Urban Immortal" book club and shut down the Diaoniang app. As for the other books he was following, Li Yundong had no interest in reading them anymore.
He opened QQ and found that all the book club groups had exploded with messages, all about the full copyright operation of "Rebirth in the City".
As if he had found his tribe, Li Yundong quickly joined in.
………………
The news of the full copyright adaptation of "Rebirth in the City: A Journey to Immortality" not only caused a sensation among readers, but also stirred up waves within the company behind the novel.
The girl on Huya was in a panic. She was the editor in charge of "Rebirth in the City: A Journey of Immortal Cultivation," responsible for reviewing new books, providing suggestions for revisions, arranging recommendation slots, and handling issues related to book listing.
Previously, when the book had just been published and exceeded 6,000 words, it caught her attention. After review, Huya immediately applied to sign a contract with the book.
Unexpectedly, the author chose the B version contract.
At the time, Huya thought, "Another newbie blinded by copyright, with a misplaced confidence that he can make his book a hit. He really doesn't know his own limitations!"
Huya then stopped paying attention, since there are always a few newbies like that every month, and it's nothing new.
Besides, she manages hundreds of authors and thousands of books; she doesn't have time to think about such trivial matters. She just grumbled for a while and then forgot about it.
To my surprise, when I arrived at work this morning, I found several colleagues in my group looking at me strangely. Before I could figure out what was going on, my team leader called me to his office.
The three group leaders are from the editor-in-chief's office.
"Sister Winnie, you were looking for me!"
After Huya entered, he saw the editor-in-chief, Winnie, looking down at something, and quickly greeted her.
"Tiger Tooth, what's wrong with you?"
Winnie looked up and saw that it was Tiger Fang coming in. She nodded, and then her first words startled Tiger Fang!
"Huh? What happened to Sister Winnie?"
Huya is still completely baffled.
Seeing that she didn't seem to be faking it and appeared unaware, Winnie rubbed her temples, pushed the tablet on the table towards her, and said, "Take a good look!"
"Oh, okay, Winnie!"
Seeing her serious expression, Tiger Tooth didn't dare to be negligent and quickly took the tablet from the table to start watching.
Upon closer inspection, it was quite astonishing.
"This...this..."
Huya panicked.
The tablet screen displayed a single chapter from the author of "Rebirth in the City: A Journey to Immortality" regarding the full copyright operation, along with the comics and anime updated simultaneously in the reader community.
"Sister Winnie, I don't know! I..."
After the initial panic subsided, Huya's first reaction was to explain the situation to her boss, editor-in-chief Winnie.
Winnie waved her hand to interrupt her and said in a deep voice, "You don't need to explain to me. I believe you don't know, but the editor-in-chief won't believe it, the director won't believe it, and President Chen won't believe it either!"
Hearing how serious it was, Huya panicked even more, his face fell, and he looked like he was about to cry.
"Huya, you're a veteran editor, not a newbie. You should know how much importance the head office places on copyright!"
"The head office's plan in recent years has been to create major IPs, from content creation to copyright adaptation and production, and distribution—a complete one-stop service!"
"Therefore, the source of IP, online literature, is particularly valued by the head office!"
"Last May, the entire executive team was replaced, and President Chen was parachuted in! This shows the determination of the head office!"
“Now, some authors under our group have bypassed the company and developed their own copyrights. This has caused such a mess that even I don’t know how to explain it to my superiors!”
"Tiger Fang, you'd better prepare yourself!"
At that moment, Winnie was disheartened and felt that there was no future for her.
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The CEO's office.
"President Chen, it's my fault. I mismanaged my subordinates and I must take the main responsibility! Please punish me, President Chen!"
Pushing open the door, Editor-in-Chief 314 walked in and immediately apologized to CEO Chen Wu.
Chen Wu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scenery outside. Hearing his words, he turned around and waved.
"Old Yang's here, have a seat!"