Chapter 64: Chapter 64 Battle with Xiao Cangtian
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“Holy crap, why did you tip so much?” Wang Hao was stunned when he saw it, then viciously pinched Ren Xing’s belly. “After all these years of friendship, you shouldn’t do this, man. Tell me, should I pay you back this money or not?”
“Be formal with me for what? It’s purely a sponsorship!” Ren Xing laughed heartily, “If this web drama turns out well, why don’t we start a film company to play around with later, Brother Hao? Half the shares for each of us, I’ll put up the money, and you supply the scripts. How about that?”
Eh? That’s actually a viable path.
While the idea was good, Wang Hao also knew that this wasn’t something to dive into right away.
Having not spent much time with the film crew, he still understood some basic truths.
Simply put, the film and television circle in this world really values seniority. It’s not about just throwing some money in and making any old film. If you’re not a somewhat famous director or screenwriter in the industry, no one will promote your work.
How important is promotion? Even the best film falls flat without proper marketing!
Fortunately, Wang Hao had now become the student of the great screenwriter Li Fei. Just mix around for a bit longer, get known, and then when the time comes to release a good film and Li Fei recommends it, that’s when it can really catch fire.
“Got it,” Wang Hao said, “I’ve actually thought about this path too. But for now, we can’t do it. I need to build my reputation here in this crew first.”
“Hehe, no problem for you, Brother Hao,” Ren Xing nodded, “Just let me know whenever you think it’s the right time, and I’ll be there!”
“Deal,” Wang Hao said as he opened QQ. As soon as he logged in, he saw the avatar of Mojikuma flashing wildly—
Tianyi-Mojikuma: “Brother Ritian, you’re freaking amazing! Another Alliance Hierarch appeared and tipped two hundred thousand in one go!”
This guy could tip ten times that without an issue!
Wang Ritian: “This is a friend of mine, a supporter in real life, hehe.”
Tianyi-Mojikuma: “I see, hehe. Hey, Brother Ritian, there’s still a battle going on in Dragon Mountain Forum. What do you plan to do?”
What else to do? Today is my lucky day!
Take them head-on, of course!
Wang Ritian: “Don’t worry, I’m going to check the situation first!”
As he spoke, he opened Dragon Mountain Forum. Ren Xing, curious at his side, asked, “Brother Hao, what’s going on? What battle?”
“Um, there’s a deity picking a fight with me. I’m going to take a look.” Wang Hao quickly opened the forum, and as soon as he entered the web literature chatter section, he saw full screens of battle posts—
“[The Battle Inside and Outside the Circle]: On the Qualities an Author Should Possess.” Clicks 8542, Replies 438.
“[The Battle Inside and Outside the Circle]: This new author could be named the Most Shameless of the Year!” Clicks 10523, Replies 546.
“[The Battle Inside and Outside the Circle]: Extra, extra, the new author got two more Alliance Hierarchs!” Clicks 1954, Replies 135…
The battle was really intense indeed…
“Holy shit, Brother Hao, are all these posts attacking you?” Ren Xing was staring in shock. “So many people, who did you offend?”
“Some crap deity wanted to buy my book title,” Wang Hao grunted, “Stop talking nonsense and get ready; we’re going to counter-attack!”
Damn it, I’ve said before, the day I’m lucky is the day you hit rock bottom!
Wang Hao had long planned how to bring down Xiao Cangtian.
Wang Ritian: “Taking him down is simple. Think about it, we might not have new evidence, but he doesn’t have evidence either! Right now, we’ve put the image online, right? So, we can find a professional graphic designer to prove that our image hasn’t been tampered with, and then we call on him to provide evidence proving he genuinely thought of this explanation days ago and discussed it with others. Isn’t that enough?”
Tianyi-Mojikuma: “Oh my god, that’s a great idea! Hahahaha, Brother Ritian, you’re a genius! Damn, it just so happens I know someone in the forum who does graphics. Don’t worry, I’m going to call them right now! Granny’s, we can totally wipe him out with this approach!”
Our evidence is lying right there, the question is, where’s your evidence? Pictures speak a thousand words, right?
Granny’s, dare to face me head-on and see if you can handle the consequences!
I’m invincible today, bring it on and I’ll knock it down!
At this time, Dragon Mountain Forum was almost entirely denouncing Break the Heavens, but this situation was quickly overturned!
The cause was a post by someone called Professional Graphics Designer—
“[The Battle Inside and Outside the Circle]: Professional Graphics Designer Reveals the Hypocrisy of the Deity Xiao Cangtian!”
Below is the main text:
“Hello everyone, I’m the Professional Graphics Designer, the one who does cover designs in the black market section. I was really bored today with no business, but then I heard about the explosive news of someone taking over a godly author’s book title, life’s a drama, and it all depends on the acting, right? So now, let me, the designer, unveil the hypocrisy of the deity Xiao Cangtian. Don’t get too excited, Dragon friends, the climax starts now!”
He first took a screenshot of the evidence previously posted by Wang Hao and commented—
“Everyone, look at this picture, a simple QQ screenshot, right? Some guy called Heavenly Gods’ Divine Envoy claimed this was forged. Actually, it’s very simple. After enlarging this image by ten times and comparing it with any random QQ chat screenshot that I take, just look at the details around the text… all exactly the same, right?”
Then he took another image and commented—
“OK, let’s switch to an image enlarged twenty times… still all exactly the same, right? No traces of any modifications to the entire image, right? Now, some might ask, could his Photoshop skills just be really badass and high-end? This is a good question!”
“Next, I’ll teach everyone a simple method to distinguish between photoshopped images and ordinary ones!”
“Firstly, download the image in question to your local computer (right-click and choose ‘Save image as’). I believe everyone knows how to do this step.”
“Then, right-click on the downloaded image, select ‘Open with’, and use Notepad to open it.”
“The image opened in Notepad will be a bunch of gibberish, which isn’t important. What’s important is if the photo has been edited, the software name will appear in the first two lines of code, as shown in the example below.”
The image below is one he used as an example, and when opened with Notepad, the top two lines indeed contain Photoshop information—”AdobePhotoshop7.02016:0711:04:46″
The Professional Graphics Designer further explained: “See what I mean? This image’s information displays that. If you don’t believe it, you can try it for yourself. Now, someone might wonder, what if the author knows this method? I can assure you all that this information can’t be deleted. If removed, the image will become unopenable.”
“So here, I can confidently guarantee that the screenshot presented by this author is absolutely genuine, and has not been altered in any way.”
“Now, this new author has already provided the picture and proof. What we need to do is just to wait for the great deity Xiao Cangtian to present his evidence.”
“Of course, if he can’t provide any… hehe, there’s no need for me to say what comes next, right?”