The Counterattack Plan of A Villain With Ten Thousand Fans - Chapter 288 (Patreon)

Chapter 288

The assistant was startled by Chen Xingyu's sudden outburst and took a couple of steps back, not daring to speak.

Chen Xingyu knew all too well how keen the senses of news reporters could be, and he could already guess what would happen at the press conference. Going there would undoubtedly be humiliating, yet he couldn't afford not to go.

Now, at the center of controversy and having personally organized the conference, if he didn't show up, it was hard to predict how the journalists would portray the event, undoubtedly making it even more scandalous. However, now without the system, he truly lacked confidence.

While hesitating, the door to the lounge was suddenly pushed open, and several uniformed individuals rushed in, "Mr. Chen Xingyu, regarding this plagiarism incident, please come with us."

"Host, the male lead has been taken away by the Copyright Inspection Department, and given the extent of his plagiarism, he could likely face thirty to fifty years of confinement. However, since the original author cannot be found, there won't likely be any fines beyond the forfeiture of his earnings," 098 dutifully relayed the information to Ling Chunann, "Also, the artists under the male lead have been greatly affected by the plagiarism incident, and Wilan Music Association is expected to revoke their award nominations in the next few days."

Ling Chunann nodded faintly, his attention fixed on several small bottles.

Of course, 098 recognized these pretty little bottles; they had made a lasting impression since it had spent a lot of money to buy them to please its host upon arriving in this world. The collection included potions for changing appearance, promoting hair growth, and other various elixirs, though they were now empty.

This was also why even the best photo retouching experts couldn't detect the flaws in that particular photo because it was actually two people who went to take it, with Qin Muhe playing the role of female Su Su. Therefore, Qin Muhe disliked Chen Xingyu, but as for the real culprit, Ling Chunann? Qin Muhe naturally wouldn't be angry with his own beloved.

"098, I remember you once said that the system's drugs don't work on non-taskers?" Ling Chunann finally spoke slowly after a while.

With Ling Chunann's reminder, 098 finally realized this problem, "Yes, host! Why can the adult use these potions? This must be a bug, I need to report this to the higher-ups!"

Ling Chunann thought for a moment, then shook his head, stopping 098, "Forget it, how many bugs have you reported without ever receiving a reply?"

098 thought about it, and it was true. Since the beginning, when the task world's level was incorrectly set, it had been constantly reporting bugs, never receiving a reply. As for this man, he himself was a super big bug, so why care about such minor issues?

The day after Chen Xingyu was taken away, the Wilan Music Association made a decision to cancel all award nominations related to Chen Xingyu's works. Ling Chunann received 10% of the counterattack value, and the remaining 20% could be completed by winning the Best Female Singer award at the music festival, which was already a sure thing.

The storm stirred up by the musical genius Chen Xingyu came to a close with the Wilan Music Festival, and Ling Chunann, as a dark horse, swept the Best Lyricist, Best Composer, Best Album, Best Song, and Best Female Singer awards, once again becoming the darling of the entertainment industry.

As soon as he received the Best Female Singer trophy, the system prompt sounded.

"Counterattack value +20%, current counterattack value is 100%, congratulations to the host for completing the task, return to the task space now?"

"No."

On the award-winning night, Ling Chunann didn't organize any celebration but instead started a live stream from a manor near Morelga.

It was still six o'clock in the morning in China, and being the weekend, most people were probably asleep. However, as soon as Ling Chunann entered the live streaming room, the number of viewers began to worry him about Pinecone Live's server capacity.

Excited fans filled the screen with a dense barrage of comments and donations, making Qin Muhe a bit itchy to join in. However, Ling Chunann quickly retracted his wandering fingers and then stealthily took Ling Chunann's hand.

Ling Chunann adjusted his expression but didn't withdraw his hand, waving to the fans with his other hand, "Hello everyone, long time no see. Isn't it the weekend? Why are you up so early?"

"I stayed up all night watching the music festival live stream, was about to go to sleep, and then Su Su started live streaming! How lucky! Su Su, I love you!!"

"Happy! I knew Su Su would start a live stream this morning."

"

Ah, I also watched the live stream of the music festival, Su Su was awesome!!"

"Did anyone else notice? Mr. Qin finally appeared on camera! But why only one hand? I want the truth!"

"Mr. Qin, let go of my Su Su's hand, I'm jealous!"

"Congratulations to Su Su for winning a grand slam! Here's a small pine forest for you."

...

"Mr. Qin's hands are not free now, my era has arrived haha!"

"Su Su's brainless fans donated a pine forest to Su Su."

"Su Su's brainless fans donated a pine forest to Su Su."

"Su Su's brainless fans donated a pine forest to Su Su."

"Su Su's brainless fans donated a pine forest to Su Su."

...

After twenty consecutive donation messages, the brainless fans for the first time managed to dominate the screen, and the barrage erupted into laughter.

"Hahaha, it's too much, the brainless fans have finally gone crazy."

"Brainless fans, just admit it haha, Mr. Qin is now holding Su Su's hand, that's the real life winner!"

"Hahaha! Poor brainless fans, why not just give up, brother loves you."

"Don't turn our cute brainless fans away! Brainless fans, come to sister's arms!!"

...

"I only love Su Su!"

"Su Su's brainless fans donated a pine forest to Su Su."

"Su Su's brainless fans donated a pine forest to Su Su."

"Su Su's brainless fans donated a pine forest to Su Su."

...

Another round of donations followed, and Qin Muhe pitifully looked at Ling Chunann, who then hooked a corner of his mouth, signaling agreement. Qin Muhe excitedly opened the donation page.

The alert fans clearly noticed Ling Chunann's smile.

"Su Su just smiled towards Mr. Qin!"

"I have a feeling, Mr. Qin is going to do something big."

"A moment of silence for the brainless fans."

"At least this time, the brainless fan climbed to the top of the donation list and stayed there for two minutes, breaking the previous record."

...

"Mr. Qin donated ten pine forests to Su Su."

"Mr. Qin donated ten pine forests to Su Su."

"Mr. Qin donated ten pine forests to Su Su."

"Mr. Qin donated ten pine forests to Su Su."

"Mr. Qin donated ten pine forests to Su Su."

...

This time, Qin Muhe's donations surpassed any previous ones, and within a few seconds, Mr. Qin's name had kicked Ye Fan off the top spot, drawing a round of good-natured laughter from the fans.

At this moment, the number of viewers in the live streaming room reached a new high since Ling Chunann started streaming, greatly boosting his international fame, as could be seen from the mix of foreign characters among the Chinese barrage.

"I'm so happy to see everyone still so enthusiastic," Ling Chunann said as soon as he spoke, the barrage quieted down, he blinked, "I actually didn't have anything specific for this live stream, just wanted to share my excitement with you all, but it seems you already knew, so there's nothing much to say, thank you for your donations, those of you who stayed up all night should get some rest now, goodbye."

Ling Chunann then quickly exited the live streaming room.

Staring at the now dark screen, the fans were bewildered, then a wave of lamentations followed.

"Su Su, come back!!!"

"If I remember correctly, Su Su only said two things today, one greeting and one farewell."

"Su Su, you're going to lose me like this!"

"What's going on? I just got the notification that Su Su started a live stream, where is Su Su?!"

"Mr. Qin! Mr. Qin is still there! Quick, call Su Su back! We all didn't know she won the award! Really!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Mr. Qin, please call Su Su back, we were wrong, we won't stay up late anymore."

...

Faced with such pleas, Qin Muhe's reaction was... no reaction. He had been sent by Ling Chunann to make a midnight snack.

Three minutes later, Ling Chunann reopened the live streaming room, and not a single person had left, in fact, the numbers had increased. He smiled warmly at the audience, "Good morning everyone, I was just playing a little joke earlier."

...

"Su Su, are you happy with that prank?"

"Su Su, you're getting worse!"

"If you keep this up, Su Su, you really will lose me, really!"

...

Seeing the barrage, Ling Chunann made a sad expression, "It seems you all don't welcome me, then I should probably leave."

"No, no, no! Su Su, don't go!"

"We were just kidding!"

"Su Su, we love you so much! How could we not welcome you!"

...

Two minutes later, Ling Chunann finally relented, "Alright then, seeing how much you love me, I'll reluctantly stay." Though he said so, the slyness in his eyes was evident, but the fans, who had long recognized their idol's occasional mischievous nature, didn't say anything else and quickly shifted the topic.

"When will Su Su release a new song?"

"Su Su hasn't released a new album in three months, I want a new album."

"When will Su Su hold a global concert?"

"When will Su Su return to China?"

...

Ling Chunann quickly picked a few questions from the many.

"I have a single that's been recorded recently, it'll be posted on Music Home in a few days, probably in the next few days."

"The global concert is planned for next year, I hope everyone will support it."

"I plan to return to China in three days, and to avoid our poor traffic, I won't tell you which flight I'll be on."

"Pfft!"

"Su Su, too cute! Who doesn't know there's only one flight a day from Wilan to Haicheng."

"Since Su Su won't tell, I don't know either, but I just happen to live near the airport, always hanging around there, might just bump into Su Su."

"I also don't know."

"Don't know +1."

...

After the live stream ended, it was already late at night, and Ling Chunann sat at his desk, picking up a pen and paper to start writing.

"Baby, what are you writing?" Qin Muhe asked, holding the midnight snack.

"A will."

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