Liang Xing's real counterattack was merely putting a few Digital Eggs on the official website.
The retaliation suffered by Li Ming and his little team was purely a greeting from the Digimon born thanks to them.
Of course, due to Liang Xing's interference, that greeting might not have been very friendly.
It just so happened that the team's rented place had poor wiring, with the power strip crammed full of plugs. When the computer malfunctioned, it instantly triggered a chain reaction.
The three of them were questioned at home by firefighters. A room full of electronic equipment was simply too conspicuous.
Zhou Shuya had happened to report the website's repeated crashes to the police. What a coincidence!
Liang Xing Toys Factory was now Baisha City's cash cow!
During the national holiday, tourism revenue across Baisha City had nearly risen by 50%.
The authorities would never allow criminal forces to harm local businesses!
For that very reason, the entire Baisha City government knew about the Liang Xing Toys Factory website crashes.
The fire department did not handle such matters, but that did not stop them from notifying those who did.
"ID, please. You're an islander? Check him!"
There was no prejudice involved. It was simply routine procedure.
"Sorry for disturbing you."
Unfortunately, the officers could not fly. Li Yuan had already taken the opportunity to clean up the computer, so the officers naturally found nothing.
"Leave a few people to watch them. His computer is too clean. I'll apply for equipment. I refuse to believe we can't catch him!"
"Hey, hey, hey? Why did he leave?"
The captain had originally been full of confidence, but the islander had unexpectedly refused to follow the script. He was baffled.
Could it really not have been them?
Still, none of this had been Liang Xing's intention.
He had only wanted to scare them. The electrical fire had been a complete accident.
But since an accident had happened, improvements had to be made!
Liang Xing was a rather reasonable man, so he might as well just destroy their data.
However you attack me, I'll retaliate in the same way.
You infect my website with a virus, and I'll send Virus-type Digimon to your computer!
That should be fair, right?
Liang Xing had no way of perfectly recreating Earth's Digimon, not to mention that he had not even finished watching the entire series.
But with the help of My Pondering Power, recreating the evolution paths of some common Digimon was no problem.
And as long as he remembered the most basic rules, even if he created some original Digimon, the natives of this Parallel World would have no way to tell.
In any case, Liang Xing had already signed a group of child stars, and his Digimon World Adventure was about to begin.
"Is this a new toy?"
After the competition that day, Qi Tian had raced Liang Xing as well.
Liang Xing still used the same War God from the beginning, keeping Qi Tian's Wind God half a car length behind all the way until the cliff track.
No more, no less—always half a car length.
At the final moment, Qi Tian used his flying tactic again. With the experience from the previous two times, this leap went especially smoothly, and he successfully overtook Liang Xing before the finish line.
The little guy jumped up in delight!
Liang Xing had enjoyed himself too—he did not care about winning or losing anyway.
After the race, Qi Tian became even more serious about self-study and had already finished teaching himself part of the middle school curriculum.
The little guy took Liang Xing's middle school textbooks and studied whenever he had nothing to do. Every day was especially fulfilling.
Strictly speaking, when GD Racers was released, Qi Tian had been on summer vacation after sixth grade.
By the National Day competition, he was actually already in middle school, not an elementary school student.
But whether he was an elementary school student or a middle school student, he was unquestionably the star of his school.
Since Liang Xing had a new toy, he naturally had to let his nephew try it first.
Among their generation, only his cousin Li Na's son was old enough.
His other nephews and nieces still needed to be carried, so they could not yet serve as spokespersons for Liang Xing Toys Factory.
That was right!
After the tournament ended, Liang Xing and Qi Tian signed a contract as well.
Qi Ren, Qi Tian's father, thought Liang Xing was giving their family money, but in truth, Qi Tian's online popularity had already surpassed that of ordinary second- and third-tier celebrities.
Rather than let Qian Lai take the kid out to film advertisements or let that popularity go to waste, it was better to have him promote Liang Xing Toys Factory. It was a win-win situation.
A Lie had even specifically come to ask, but Liang Xing figured that he personally appeared in all the promotional videos, and the Toy Factory did not need to shoot especially long commercials. There was no need to delay A Lie's career.
Luo Dani and the others understood what Liang Xing meant. Qian Lai happened to have plans of his own, and everyone hit it off immediately. They went off with Qian Lai to make money.
Their advertisements could occasionally be seen online now, and the brands they promoted were all fairly familiar. That was enough to show that Qian Lai was quite reliable.
At least in this industry, Qian Lai had some real ability.
Advertisements in this world did not dare make false claims.
Once someone reported them, the punishment could range from fines to having the factory shut down. There was no room for ambiguity!
Any exaggerated medicinal claims, bait-and-switch wording, or similar practices would be punished the moment they were discovered, with every account banned without exception!
Some people chasing quick profits would still do it. If they handled it properly, they could still have quite a bit of money left after paying the fine.
But that also meant they could basically forget about ever getting a bank loan again.
Their national credibility score would be negative.
In this Parallel World with real-name registration online, a credibility score could, to a certain extent, represent a person's character.
Naturally, the country could not let someone's credibility score only decrease and never rise, but if this method could make people with low scores give back to society, that was not necessarily a bad thing.
Everyone in the Parallel World understood that people with high credibility scores were not necessarily good people, but people with low credibility scores definitely had shortcomings in at least some area.
Qian Lai had a perfect credibility score. That was one of the reasons Liang Xing could rest easy watching him lead the top eight GD Racers contestants to make money.
The results of those advertisements also fully proved that Qian Lai was not a shady businessman who earned dirty money and then used it to boost his credibility score.
That meant there was a basis for cooperation between the two sides.
Qian Lai's family truly held a certain position in the entertainment industry.
Baisha City's Baisha Entertainment Company and Baisha Chain Cinemas were both Qian family businesses.
Baisha Entertainment was not well-known on the global stage, and it could not even rank among Huaxia's top ten.
But in Baisha City, Baisha Entertainment was the undisputed king.
Qian Lai had acted as the bridge for a large portion of the child stars Liang Xing signed.
It was just that Qian Lai did not quite dare invest in Liang Xing's next project.
The so-called Digimon World Adventure was the promotional film for the upcoming toys.
Liang Xing would use all of Baisha City as the setting!
The selected children would be the protagonists, defeating the Digimon Liang Xing released and saving Baisha City as the ending.
The entire process would be freely improvised by the children themselves. Liang Xing would not interfere too much—unless they truly could not defeat the Digimon he released.
Then, after editing, the Digimon World Adventure movie would be complete.
Qian Lai did not know what Digimon were, nor could he understand the kind of danger Digimon could pose to reality.
Anyway, Liang Xing had spoken with tremendous enthusiasm at the time, while Qian Lai had listened with a completely bewildered expression.
Since the Digimon had yet to be born, Liang Xing had no way to show off his new creation.
Just a few eggs on a computer screen made it difficult for anyone to accept that those eggs would save Baisha City.
Fortunately, Liang Xing did not need investment. He repeatedly explained it to Qian Lai purely to show off.
"Amazing, amazing!"
Qian Lai still did not know what Digimon actually were, but that did not stop him from thinking Liang Xing was a genius.
The existence of GD Racers was already enough for Liang Xing to earn Qian Lai's recognition.
It was not until Goblinmon returned from delivering its greeting that Qian Lai gained a direct understanding of Digimon.
So ugly!
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