Chu Yu's words struck like a storm, sweeping through the minds of all four Tianxing shareholders, including Yin Tian!
"H-How is that possible? You only came off your four-year ban less than six months before Zhao Qinyin made a name for herself in the Animation Industry. You were working together? Why would she put herself under your thumb?" The shareholder beside Yin Tian couldn't help speaking up.
Even though Chu Yu's Attack on Titan had edged out Fullmetal Alchemist, plenty of people in the Animation Industry still thought Zhao Qinyin was just a little better than Chu Yu!
Most people assumed that because Zhao Qinyin was stronger than Chu Yu, she wouldn't let him keep her under his thumb!
Everyone thought the two of them were friends. Now Chu Yu was saying they were partners—that he had funded Zhao Qinyin and supported her rise. And yet they had cultivated an image in the Dragon Country anime market of being friends, but also lifelong rivals and competitors.
Yin Tian had thought that after he dealt with Chu Yu, Zhao Qinyin's rise would follow. One surprise after another had thrown his plans for his anime IP empire into disarray, and he had chalked it up to bad luck.
"So, look at me. Even though you treated me so badly, I haven't asked you to apologize, have I?" Chu Yu said.
"When I was banned four years ago, Tianxing's market value was nearly twenty-nine billion, wasn't it? Now it's only fourteen-point-six billion. You own thirty-three percent of Tianxing, so the value of your shares has dropped from around nine-point-six billion to four-point-eight billion. That's a loss of four-point-eight billion. Of course, the loss of wealth is secondary. If I hadn't risen during my four years at university, and if Zhao Qinyin hadn't challenged