Honkai Impact 3rd: Join Anti-Entropy at the start and dominate the entertainment industry.

Old Ma glared at him, saying with exasperation, "The business world is like a battlefield! We'll do anything as long as it benefits us! Besides, you can just shift all the blame onto the paparazzi later. What does it have to do with us? Nobody will know it was us!"

"Qu Yin's true identity is some serious news! Do you know how much traffic it will generate?! Alright, forget about it and go contact Anti-Entropy!"

After dismissing his subordinates, Old Ma snorted coldly and crossed his arms in front of his eyes.

"Whether it's Houmu or miHoYo, this time I'm going to take back everything I've lost!"

Bai Qianqu was unaware that he had been targeted by Tencent. He had just finished writing the remaining 100,000 words of "The King's Avatar" and sent the package to Raven.

According to Raven, 300,000 words is just enough to publish a physical book, and the 300,000 words of the novel are the most attractive part. As long as this first physical book sells well, there will be no worry about selling subsequent books.

This first step of building a reputation is very important.

Raven has given a definite answer: the top ten physical books from next month's event will be available in major bookstores.

After thinking it over, Bai Qianqu decided to continue using the old trick of self-promotion.

He logged into his Weike account and posted a status update.

[Next month, "The King's Avatar" will be printed and available in bookstores. We welcome everyone to support it.]

After posting, he logged out of his account and then entered the username and password of the [Quyin] account, attempting to repeat the same trick and forward Qianjian's post.

However, after logging in and looking at her own activity feed, Bai Qianqu was completely bewildered.

In his own social media feed, there was a recent message that was sent by Qu Yin.

[Qu Yin: Next month, "The King's Avatar" will be printed as a physical book and available in major bookstores. Everyone is welcome to support it.]

"Damn it! I logged into the wrong account!"

Bai Qianqu was stunned and frantically tried to delete the post, but so many people followed Qu Yin's account that the post was seen by countless people as soon as it was posted.

The comment section below the post was quickly taken over by fans.

[Holy crap? What did I just see? Qu Yin, the author, personally recommended "The King's Avatar"?]

[That's normal. After all, Teacher Qu Yin is the kind of person who doesn't even want to post updates because she's reading novels, haha.]

[Huh? Didn't you guys notice something? How did Teacher Qu Yin know that "The King's Avatar" would be released as a physical book? There hasn't been any official announcement about this yet, has there?]

Chapter 129 The Scheming Frog Keeps Touching Your Belly

This netizen's comment immediately caused a huge stir in the comment section.

Countless netizens seemed to realize something.

[Hiss! So, according to you, Qu Yin knew in advance that "The King's Avatar" was going to be released as a physical book?]

[Is "The King's Avatar" by World Snake? Does that mean Qu Yin, the author, has some connection to World Snake?]

[What connection could a composer like Qu Yin possibly have with World Snake Publishing House? I think Qu Yin might be related to Qian Jian, the author of "The King's Avatar"!]

[Oh wow! That makes sense! Teacher Qu Yin also shared Qian Jian's post last time, so these two knew each other before!]

[The cunning frog has been touching your belly! Qu Yin and Qian Jian definitely know each other! Otherwise, given Qu Yin's aloof personality, why would she repeatedly promote "The King's Avatar" on Weibo?]

[The truth is out! I just don't know what their relationship is, hehe. Teacher Qu Yin seems calm and collected, but the decisiveness she showed when facing the California band's provocation—I guess Teacher Qu Yin is a girl!]

[Huh? I always thought Qu Yin was a man; that song "My Sky" doesn't sound like something a girl would write at all.]

[Who said that? Look at "My Sky," there isn't a single swear word in the entire book. Doesn't that perfectly match Qu Yinshuhui's image?]

[The same goes for "The Wind Rises" and "Fleet of Time"; they sound like they were written by a girl, especially "Fleet of Time," which I felt was created from a girl's perspective.]

[Whatever, treating Teacher Quyin as my wife is definitely the right choice!]

【Huh? This is possible? What if it's a boy?】

【Isn't that even better?】

[Knowing the ways of Heaven is easy, but defying Heaven is difficult—]

Looking at the comments section, Bai Qianqu was completely dumbfounded.

How did I suddenly become someone else's wife? What kind of nonsense is going on in these guys' heads?

However, given the current situation, deleting the posts is out of the question; that would be too suspicious.

The only option now is to make the best of a bad situation and consider it as Qu Yin giving Qian Jian free publicity.

As for netizens' suspicions about the relationship between the two, Bai Qianqu didn't care much. Anyway, both accounts were her own, so no matter what others speculated, it wouldn't affect her much.

When Raven learned of this, he was completely stunned.

"Holy crap? Master Qianjian actually knows Teacher Quyin?"

She had always thought that Qianjian was a pseudonym of some powerful figure, and seeing this now only strengthened her belief.

If Qianjian wasn't a big shot, how would he have gotten to know Quyin?

Although she doesn't understand music, she knows Qu Yin's current status in the music industry.

Although it's still a C-level, it's actually treated like an A-level, someone even top-tier S-level singers have to curry favor with.

He can be considered the number one composer below the A-level.

Moreover, Raven loves every song by Qu Yin; she's practically a fan of Qu Yin herself.

"From now on, I'll cling to Thousand Swords' leg!" Raven made up her mind. "Maybe I can even get Teacher Qu Yin's autograph through Thousand Swords' connections in the future, hehe."

The online comments about Qu Yin intensified, and more and more people were calling him "wife." Bai Qianqu was exhausted by it all, so she simply turned off her computer and decided to go to Bronya for tea to clear her head.

Holding a small packet of tea leaves, Bai Qianqu arrived at the floor where Bronya was, seemingly familiar with the area.

Many artists came to see Bronya today, and Bai Qianqu didn't dare to go in and disturb them. So she found a row of chairs by the door, sat down, observed the passing crowd, and listened to what they were discussing.

Bai Qianqu's identity is known only to the upper echelons and a small group of people within Anti-Entropy; these minor artists are naturally not qualified to know.

Ever since Bai Qianqu was surrounded by a group of artists last time, Bronya has strictly forbidden the dissemination of Qu Yin's information, and those who know Qu Yin's identity have been put on a gag order. Therefore, even though he is sitting here, no one recognizes him.

Next to Bai Qianqu were two female artists, who looked like new singers who had just joined the company, and they were walking and chatting.

One of them said excitedly, "After five rounds of auditions, I've finally become a singer for Anti-Entropy! It was such a difficult journey!"

Another person chimed in, "Yes, Anti-Entropy is currently at its peak. Not only has it repeatedly topped the new song charts, but it has also won the new singer competition, surpassing Zhu Huo several times. It seems poised to become the number one in the music industry."

"Zhu Huo is still capable, after all, Eden is still there, and Zhu Huo hasn't exerted its full strength these past few times, their top singers and composers haven't been mobilized."

"I heard that Raiden Ai is coming back next week."

"She's back?! The legendary soprano goddess? Her high-pitched song 'Peak' remains unmatched to this day!"

The two female artists walked away, and Bai Qianqu couldn't hear what they said afterward, but he had already caught a key piece of information.

Raiden Ai, a soprano!

He was initially a little worried about who he should approach if he got a soprano song in the future, since soprano songs are very difficult to sing and cannot be mastered without outstanding skills and talent.

Isn't this a great option now?

However, Raiden Ai is a singer from Chasing Fire, so it's uncertain whether the other party will even acknowledge him.

However, that's for the future. He still has a song called "Reverse War" in hand, but there isn't a suitable singer for him to sing it yet.

Wendy and Kong aren't really suited to singing this kind of song. If all else fails, they can try looking in the company's sound library.

As for the song "Crossfire" that the system tricked him into playing, he didn't know what to do with it. He couldn't just let it go to waste, could he?

As he was lost in thought, he heard a familiar, mischievous voice.

"Hi! Chiku!?"

Bai Qianqu was stunned for a moment when she saw the smiling Ellie in front of her.

"Ellie? Why are you here?"

"Guess what?" Ellie sat down next to Bai Qianqu, ignoring the surprised looks from those around her, and pulled out a handful of milk candies from her pocket. "Here, I brought these especially for you. I made them myself. Try them and see if they're good."

Bai Qianqu looked at the milk candy in her hand, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"You're here to see Bronya, right?" Bai Qianqu put the milk candy in her mouth, and a rich milky aroma filled the air; it was indeed delicious.

"Chiku is so smart! You guessed it right away!" Ellie put on a surprised expression, then became smug. "I'm here to talk to Bronya about something important! Oh, and I also want to introduce you to someone."

As she spoke, Ellie waved towards the other side of the corridor.

"Thousand Calamities! I'm here!"

Chapter 130 Unprecedented

Hearing Ai Li's shouts, Bai Qianqu almost didn't react, but when he looked in the direction Ai Li was waving, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

On the other side of the corridor, a man dressed in black with silver hair walked over with his hands in his pockets. He wore a very scary mask and exuded a bad aura. The celebrities on the street all avoided him, afraid of being targeted.

Seeing Qian Jie walking towards her menacingly, Bai Qianqu also felt inexplicably nervous.

After all, this is a thousand tribulations, with an extremely eccentric temperament and an arrogance beyond the ordinary.

If they're friends, then it doesn't matter what, but if they treat you as an enemy or rival...

Bai Qianqu looked at her small frame and then at Qianjie's muscular and powerful arms.

I couldn't help but shudder.

Ellie smiled and waved, "Qianjie, don't be so angry. Come sit down and have a chat."

"Hmph!" Qian Jie snorted coldly, shifting his gaze to Bai Qianqu, his eyes behind the mask filled with wariness. "Who are you? Why are you sitting next to Ai Li?"

Qianjie remembered clearly that Eden had told him to be careful of suspicious people around Ellie, because Ellie seemed innocent and could easily be targeted by people with ill intentions.

The kid in front of me looks very suspicious!

Bai Qianqu looked completely innocent: "I'm just an ordinary composer, and a friend of Ai Li."

“Yes, Chiku is Airi’s best friend.” Airi smiled brightly beside her.

"Tsk, alright!" Hearing that Ai Li also admitted it, Qian Jie's wariness lessened considerably. However, he did not sit down, but stood upright next to the two of them, like a gatekeeper. A space immediately opened up around them, and no one dared to approach.

Ellie didn't seem to mind at all, and continued to introduce Bai Qianqu with a smile: "This is Qianjie. He's an excellent cook. My milk candy recipe was learned from Qianjie!"

"Uh, hello?" Bai Qianqu tried to greet Qianjie, but Qianjie just glanced at Bai Qianqu coldly and ignored him, making Bai Qianqu feel a little embarrassed.

"Qianjie, don't be so cold," Ai Li pouted. "Qianjie needs to make more friends."

Qianjie said somewhat impatiently, "Alright, Ai Li, I'm not here to make friends! I lost a bet with you, and I'll honor my bet and grant you one request: what exactly did you bring me here for?"

"A bet?" Bai Qianqu asked, puzzled.