Sensation

"Scouring game news, focusing on what players love—hello, everyone, I'm Tiantian, a reporter for Tiantiian Game News!"

Wednesday.

Zhongjing.

Outside Hall Five of the Zhongjing International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Facing the camera, a sweet-looking girl held up a microphone.

"Welcome to this special program,"

As she spoke, Tiantian gestured behind her.

"As you can see, I am currently at the venue for this Yiyou Development Festival Exchange Event,"

"Today, representatives from over four hundred game development groups will gather at the international convention center behind me,"

"And Gu Sheng, the rising game designer who earned the title of 'Supernova' at this Development Festival, will also make his first public appearance to share his views on the future of game development,"

"All right, without further ado, let's head inside!"

With that, Tiantian nodded, and the camera shut off.

She turned around.

The entrance to the convention center was already bustling with activity.

Major developers were filing in one after another.

More than a dozen media reporters like Tiantian stood at the entrance as well, covering the event.

"This is quite a production,"

the cameraman remarked as he gathered up the cables.

"Didn't the Yiyou Development Festival not have this event in previous years?"

"They really didn't hold offline events like this before,"

As a game media professional, Tiantian naturally knew all about it.

"The Mini-Game Development Festival used to be purely online. They'd symbolically hand out awards, make an announcement, and that was it."

"So what's going on this time?"

The cameraman finished winding up the cables and lifted the camera in his hand.

"The International Convention and Exhibition Center—quite the investment."

"CEO Yan reformed things after he took office,"

Tiantian put away her microphone, organized her equipment, flipped over the press badge on her chest, and headed toward the venue.

"Yiyou Platform wants to create legends and bring our local game designers into the mainstream."

"Whoa, that's a major change. It might even affect the entire gaming industry," the cameraman said, raising an eyebrow as he followed Tiantian inside.

"That's why,"

Tiantian shrugged and looked back as she walked.

"the editor-in-chief sent us here—to see what this Supernova really looks like!"

"...Why do I feel like the two of us don't fit in here at all?"

At that moment!

The venue was packed with people. Representatives from various developers stood around in small groups, chatting and occasionally bursting into laughter.

This exchange event had the feel of a Western-style cocktail reception.

So the atmosphere was relatively casual.

Shen Miaomiao and Gu Sheng stood in a corner beside the stage.

They were both dressed very casually today.

Shen Miaomiao wore an off-white sporty hoodie, sweatpants, and a pair of chunky sneakers.

Gu Sheng wore his eternally unchanged black Mickey Hoodie, casual pants, and skate shoes.

On the street or on a campus, their outfits would have looked fresh, sunny, and perfectly normal.

But here at the venue...

Looking at the people around them, all dressed in suits and formal wear, Shen Miaomiao felt a little self-conscious and instinctively edged closer to Gu Sheng.

The two of them looked like a pair of foolish students who had wandered into a high-end social gathering.

Oh, no.

They didn't just look like students.

They were students.

They were already young, and with those outfits, naturally no one was willing to approach them and strike up a conversation.

What was more, some of the ruder representatives even cast strange looks at them as they passed by.

"Sigh..."

Shen Miaomiao felt like she had nowhere to hide.

She had been planning to mingle with their industry peers and learn from their failures.

But look how that turned out.

Forget exchanging ideas—no one even wanted to acknowledge them.

With a dejected sigh, Shen Miaomiao muttered, "I should've dressed more formally."

Gu Sheng glanced at her. "Then why didn't you dress more formally?"

Shen Miaomiao was stunned. "Come on, you're calling me out? You're dressed even more childish than I am."

"It's not that bad," Gu Sheng said, lowering his head to stare Mickey on his hoodie in the eye. "Don't you think he's cute?"

Shen Miaomiao fell silent for a moment. "...Not really... And the longer I look at him, the more I feel like his expression is kind of mocking me."

"Then let him mock all the industry peers here for failing to recognize true talent."

Gu Sheng shrugged and smiled easily.

Shen Miaomiao burst out laughing at that.

Gu Sheng really knew how to play the fool before revealing his strength.

And now that he mentioned it, Shen Miaomiao really was curious about what expressions these industry peers would make when they saw her take the stage later.

Before long, the host stepped onstage and announced the opening of the event.

The venue immediately erupted in applause, and the media set up their cameras and long lenses.

The sound of camera flashes clicking never ceased.

Next, as the event organizer and president of Yiyou Platform, Yan Sheng took the stage to deliver an opening speech.

In his speech, he fully expressed his hopes and confidence for the future changes in China's gaming industry.

His words fired up every representative in attendance, drawing wave after wave of applause.

"...I firmly believe that through our shared and unrelenting efforts, the game development environment in China will only continue to improve,"

"And now, we have already successfully taken the first step!"

At the podium, Yan Sheng's voice rang out with conviction.

"So next, it is my honor to invite the representative of Golden Wind Game Company—the company that claimed the crown at this Development Festival with 43,775 copies sold in a single day—Chief Executive Officer Ms. Shen Miaomiao,"

"to come up and deliver a speech!"

Whoosh—

The moment those words were spoken!

The entire venue burst into thunderous applause!

The media instantly seemed to have been injected with stimulants, raising their cameras and snapping away furiously!

At the same time, the many representatives below the stage began to stir, looking around in every direction—

Where is she?

Which one is she?

Yeah, we hadn't seen anyone from Golden Wind before. I was planning to talk to them and learn from their experience.

Talk to them? You're overestimating yourself. At our level, are we even worthy of speaking to them?

True...

She's probably coming out from backstage.

Exactly. With those terrifying sales figures, CEO Yan must be giving her special treatment.

Why hasn't she appeared yet?

Yeah, wasn't she supposed to come up and give a speech? Where is she?

*...*

For a moment, the entire venue buzzed with discussion.

Whether it was the cameras or the representatives from the various companies, everyone looked around, eager to catch a glimpse of the leader behind this promising company that had set such an astonishing sales record.

Just as they were talking!

A cute young woman in a white casual tracksuit, with two bun hairstyles, chunky sneakers, and a round little face, walked onto the stage.

In an instant!

The venue fell deathly silent!

Everyone watched helplessly as the young woman walked to the podium and reached out to shake Yan Sheng's hand.

Then, she lowered the microphone slightly and, with a smile she could barely keep from breaking into laughter, nodded at the hundreds of industry representatives whose expressions had become uniformly dumbfounded.

"Good morning, everyone,"

"I'm Shen Miaomiao, Chief Executive Officer of Golden Wind Game Company,"

"It's an honor to participate in this event."

The next second, the entire venue erupted.