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Chapter 453 The Not-So-Simple Lawyer's Letter

The general manager said bitterly, "The relevant department just said there was illegal information and it needed to be shut down, without giving any other explanation."

"This is fucking ridiculous, isn't it?" Huang Weicheng couldn't help wanting to curse.

You shut down my forum, saying there's illegal information, yet you don't specify what the illegal information is.

This is just absurd.

Suddenly, Huang Weicheng thought of something.

Damn it, this must be Xu Yang's doing!

The live streaming platform was closed down, it was definitely Xu Yang's doing.

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When it comes to the forum being shut down, other than Xu Yang's meddling, Huang Weicheng couldn't think of any other possibility.

It seems that Xu Yang, this kid, has a really strong network in the internet field.

Huang Weicheng took a deep breath and said, "Forget it, don't worry about it anymore."

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

This was a forum valued at tens of billions.

To just let go and not care, when had the boss become so magnanimous?

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 contacts in his network.

"If I say don't bother with it, then don't. That's it for now, I'm hanging up!"

After hanging up the phone, Huang Weicheng's face showed fluctuating expressions.

Xu Yang was truly ruthless, causing him to lose two companies in one fell swoop.

However, he quickly calmed down.

If those two companies were gone, so be it, as long as his core company was unaffected.

His core company was a gaming company.

His gaming company specialized in browser games.

It could be said that in the field of browser games, he had reached the pinnacle.

When he was young, he was a gaming fanatic, playing games like Legend with his brothers every day.

Later, when he switched to the internet, he also thought of making games, and he focused mainly on browser games.

Don't think that just because it's the era of mobile internet, making browser games isn't profitable anymore.

In fact, making browser games is very profitable.

Many office workers, wanting to slack off at work without getting caught by their bosses, can't play with their phones and will secretly play browser games.

Constantly tapping the keyboard, the boss might even think you're working hard.

When the boss comes over, just shut it down and that's it.

Moreover, Huang Weicheng was very willing to spend money on advertising for his browser games, going to almost crazy extents.

Now all over the country, whenever someone opens a web page, they can see ads like "If you're my brother, come and chop me."

The annual advertising expenses reach several billion.

Huang Weicheng is no fool; he wouldn't spend so much money on advertising if he wasn't making a profit.

Thus, as long as his gaming company is fine, his overall business won't be affected too much.

Even so, he still felt very annoyed.

After all, he had lost tens of billions.

But it's annoying as it was, there was nothing he could do since he couldn't reach out to his network, and neither could he restore the situation nor take revenge on Xu Yang.

As he stewed in his frustration, his phone rang.

Looking at the caller ID and realizing it was the general manager of his browser gaming company, his brow furrowed instantly.

Could there be a problem with the gaming company as well?

That's not possible.

Despite being very rudimentary and rough, browser games, before going to market, had to be reviewed by the relevant departments.

Furthermore, browser games have one characteristic: their content doesn't change.

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

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

The General Manager said anxiously, "Mr. Huang, it's bad news. We've received a cease-and-desist letter."

As soon as Huang Weicheng heard this, he burst out laughing in anger, "Fuck, who the hell sends a cease-and-desist letter in the middle of the night, and who the hell receives one at this hour? Just ignore it!"

Many people think a cease-and-desist letter is a big deal, as if using a lawyer to send one means they'll be sentenced by a court the next day, like they're going to jail or something.

But that's not the case; a cease-and-desist letter is just a warning.

Put simply, it's like someone saying to you, "Bro, what you're doing is really pissing me off, I'm going to sue you, so you better watch out!"

That's all there is to it, no legal force behind it, nor any other real action to follow, it won't do you any harm.

However, after saying that, Huang Weicheng felt that something wasn't quite right.

Logically speaking, as the General Manager of this game company personally recruited by him, there should be absolutely no issues with his capabilities, and he would be well aware of such concerns.

Something that had occurred to him would surely not have been overlooked by the General Manager.

It was just a cease-and-desist letter, was there really a need to panic like this?

There must be something unusual about this cease-and-desist letter.

So, he took a deep breath and asked, "Which company sent the cease-and-desist letter?"

The General Manager immediately replied, "It's from Han Country's DK Company, claiming all our games have plagiarised their Legend and demanding we immediately cease game operations."

DK Company from Han Country is the maker of Legend.

The web games of Huang Weicheng's company were basically copies of Legend.

Whether it was character and scene settings, or modeling and gameplay, they were all copies of Legend.

There were also original elements, and that was the rechargeable gift packs, something Huang Weicheng had his employees design themselves, just to make better money.

Even though it was a copy, Huang Weicheng wasn't worried about DK Company coming after him.

After all, defining plagiarism in games is an incredibly tricky task.

Take CS and CF for instance, anyone who sees them thinks they look extremely similar, they might say CF plagiarised CS.

But legally, it is not considered plagiarism.

It was very likely that DK Company from Han Country would lose if they tried to sue Huang Weicheng.

Thus, even though DK Company was aware of many similar games in Huaxia, they wouldn't file a lawsuit, prefering to turn a blind eye.

But now, they had gone ahead and sent him a cease-and-desist letter.

Could it be that DK Company saw how well he was doing with web games and wanted a piece of the pie?

Impossible, right?

As far as he knew, after creating Legend, DK Company hadn't released any other hit games.

The current state of DK Company was rather pitiful, with a total market value not even exceeding ten billion Huaxia currency, and there were often rumors of bankruptcy.

Such a company still had the inclination to send a cease-and-desist letter to his game company in the middle of the night?

After a lot of thought, Huang Weicheng just couldn't figure it out, so he decided not to dwell on it anymore and scoffed, "Just tell them, if they want to sue, let them sue!"

Such lawsuits are incredibly difficult to win; otherwise, DK Company would have long since filed countless claims.

Besides, DK Company was a Han Country company; it would be even more challenging for them to file a lawsuit in Huaxia.

That's why Huang Weicheng wasn't worried at all.

The General Manager said, "Okay, I'll respond to them."

Huang Weicheng nodded, "Mhm, go on."

After hanging up, Huang Weicheng made calls to his contacts, but still, no one answered.

"What the hell is going on?"

Huang Weicheng was puzzled to no end.

Right then, his phone rang again.

The caller ID showed it was still the game company's General Manager calling.

Huang Weicheng frowned and answered the call, "What now?"

The anxious voice of the General Manager came through, "Mr. Huang, it's bad. I've just replied to them, and I've received a summons from the court. DK Company has taken us to court, and the hearing is scheduled for tomorrow morning!"