ps: Aiyin= Einstein
Nancheng CBD, miHoYo Studio.
Right now, the studio was empty, appearing exceptionally quiet.
On the girls' workstations, scripts for Honkai Impact 3rd, semi-finished art drafts, some planning documents, and of course, a few girlish decorations were neatly stacked.
Ding-a-ling~~ Ding-a-ling~~
Just as Su Luo stepped one foot into the miHoYo studio, his recently very busy phone rang again.
"Hello? Mr. Li, it's you again."
Given that Li Yue had always spoken very politely and courteously, Su Luo had no intention of blacklisting him.
"I have been disturbing you a bit too much lately." Li Yue also sounded somewhat embarrassed. "However, this time, I want to remind you of something very important."
Su Luo's curiosity was piqued. He stopped at the entrance of miHoYo and asked, "What is it?"
"You need to be careful of Penguin Games. Protect Honkai Impact 3rd's source code," Li Yue said bluntly.
"Uh... Are you trying to say that Penguin Games plans to plagiarize Honkai Impact 3rd?" Su Luo asked with some hesitation.
"..."
There was a moment of silence on Li Yue's end, then he briefly replied with two words: "That's right."
"...Mr. Li, can I ask a question?" Su Luo frowned slightly, asking with a trace of confusion, "I remember you're the person in charge of Penguin Games, right?"
"So why are you telling me this? Are you deliberately trying to provoke me?"
Honestly, Su Luo completely failed to understand Li Yue's actions.
"No! Of course not!" Li Yue hurriedly denied it. He thought for a moment and added, "Although I am the head of Penguin Games... I'm nothing more than a high-level wage earner."
"There's not much I can do, and I certainly can't influence the decisions of Penguin's upper management. Besides..."
He might not be the head of Penguin Games for much longer.
"Anyway, that's the situation. Penguin Games won't necessarily plagiarize Honkai Impact 3rd, but it's always better to be safe than sorry."
"You've brought an excellent game to the market. I don't want Honkai Impact 3rd to be ruined because of something like this."
After hearing Li Yue's words, Su Luo replied, "Mr. Li's reminder, I've noted it."
He wasn't worried about plagiarism; copying Honkai Impact 3rd wouldn't be that easy.
He paused for a moment, then couldn't help but add, "Actually, what I least expected was that you, Mr. Li, would be... this kind of person."
Compared to learning that Penguin planned to copy Honkai Impact 3rd, Li Yue's behavior surprised him more.
With Honkai Impact 3rd being so popular, it was normal for Penguin to think about "learning" from it; he was already mentally prepared for that.
But Li Yue, how to put it, felt a bit like the Honkai Impact 3rd characters around him.
Overly pure.
"Huh?"
After a slight daze, Li Yue understood and said with a smile, "It's probably because I know some people... I've been influenced by them. Yes, a lawyer friend of mine named Welt once said that a person's character can be affected by..."
"..."
After hearing Welt's name, Su Luo completely missed what Li Yue said afterwards.
He didn't expect Li Yue to actually know Welt?
Although, thinking about it carefully, it wasn't exceptionally strange.
It couldn't be that Honkai characters could only know other Honkai characters and only become friends with Honkai characters, right?
There was no such rule.
On the contrary, it was a miracle that Kiana and the others could gather together by chance and create miHoYo.
"A lawyer? Actually, our miHoYo is in need of professional legal consultation. Mr. Li, could you introduce your lawyer friend named Welt to me?"
For the future main story plot of Honkai Impact 3rd, Su Luo certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity.
Besides, miHoYo did indeed need a reliable and trustworthy professional lawyer for consultation now.
"This..."
"Mr. Li, you don't need to worry too much. I just want to collaborate with Mr. Welt," Su Luo's voice was full of sincerity.
"Well... alright. I can help you ask Welt about his thoughts."
With the matter settled, the call ended.
Su Luo thoughtfully put away his phone, just about to walk into miHoYo.
"Wait a moment."
A voice, somewhat familiar, yet Su Luo couldn't recall where he'd heard it, sounded in his ear.
"Wait a moment!"
The voice was closer now.
Su Luo subconsciously turned around, and a pair of red pigtails and a head of light-colored, naturally curly hair jumped into view.
"Aiyin and Tesla?!"
"You know us?" Tesla stopped her hurried rush, a scrutinizing look in her eyes.
"You two look exactly like the Einstein and Tesla from the Honkai Impact 3rd I created... don't you?" Su Luo improvised a reasonably fitting excuse.
"No, the way you looked just now, it didn't seem like... Mmph mmph~~"
Tesla crossed her arms, tilted her head up, looking imposing, and was about to speak her mind properly when Aiyin beside her suddenly reached out and covered her mouth.
Aiyin took over, speaking faintly, "Discovering that game characters you created actually exist in reality is indeed a surprising matter."
Su Luo: "..."
"Bird's Nest Hair, what are you doing?" Tesla fiercely slapped Aiyin's hand away.
"Please call me Aiyin when we're outside."
Aiyin met Tesla's gaze and calmly explained to her, "We came here only because we want to provide the voices for Einstein and Tesla in Honkai Impact 3rd."
"According to general rationality, discussing the topic you were just about to bring up, Tesla, would instead hinder us from achieving our goal."
Su Luo: "..."
So, could you please lower your voice when you're explaining that?
Su Luo now had no idea what expression he should be making.
"Ahem, so you two came here because you wanted to voice Einstein and Tesla, that is, Bird's Nest Hair and Lobster Doctor from Honkai Impact 3rd?"
"Bird's Nest Hair? Lobster Doctor?" Tesla's attention was diverted.
"That's what the Honkai Impact 3rd players call you."
"I can understand the nickname 'Bird's Nest Hair,' but why am I called 'Lobster Doctor'?"
Before Su Luo could explain, Aiyin, who was beside her, was already holding her phone, reciting in a monotonous voice, much like a Pokémon Pokédex describing a scanned Pokémon.
"Anti-Entropy's tsundere Lobster Doctor. Besides her hairstyle looking like a lobster, her personality is also as domineering as a lobster. However, this usually arrogant and despotic individual has forgotten one thing: it seems only cooked lobsters have hair as brilliantly red as hers."
Tesla: ???
#!
Her red pigtails even twitched upwards slightly.
"Aiyin, let's go! We don't need to do this voice acting!"
"Hmm..."
Aiyin, however, took a step and stood beside Su Luo, saying to Tesla, "Then you can wait for me here."
She turned to look at Su Luo and advised him, "With Tesla's temper, if she's unwilling, you'd best delete the in-game Tesla. But it doesn't matter..."
She lifted her head and pretended to adjust non-existent glasses.
"I'll take her lines."
Tesla: ???