Huang Ming briefed Chu Yu on what had happened over the past few days.
While Chu Yu had been taking care of personal matters at home, Copycat Animation Studio had officially begun production on its Attack on Titan anime.
But since it was a newly formed team, it inevitably needed time to find its rhythm.
A minor incident had also occurred within the company during that time.
Huang Ming had discovered a few employees sneaking around with people from Tianxing. With Chu Yu away, he had taken matters into his own hands, using both threats and intimidation to get some information out of them.
It was just as Chu Yu had feared. Tianxing had deep roots in Modu's Animation Industry, and some of the people it had recruited had murky connections with the company.
Tianxing had bribed a few people, hoping to find out detailed information about Attack on Titan.
"I don't know what those people are thinking. So what if they find out the plot of Attack on Titan? I've kept all the evidence of its creation. Do they think they can get away with copying it?" Chu Yu was already in a foul mood, and this only made him more frustrated.
"They definitely wouldn't dare copy it outright, but imitation is still possible. Or they might release all kinds of spoilers online once the production reaches the right stage. It's happened with plenty of movies in Dragon Country. Before the films even hit theaters, pirated copies were already circulating online. Sometimes it was because the footage wasn't properly secured, and sometimes it was deliberate sabotage by competitors," Huang Ming said.
After discovering what was going on, Huang Ming had immediately fired those employees and added confidentiality clauses to the staff contracts.
"But there's no need to worry too