Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

In Director Chen's office, the air was so quiet that you could hear the ticking of the clock on the wall.

Director Chen held a cigarette between his fingers, the ash burning quite a bit, but he seemed oblivious. His eyes were fixed on the small, faintly glowing USB drive on the table, his gaze filled with shock, confusion, and a hint of... indescribable excitement.

"Xiao Lu... say it again."

Director Chen swallowed hard, his voice a little hoarse. "You mean this thing... is a system? Like those cheat codes in novels that let people travel through time or have superpowers?"

"That's one way to understand it."

Lu Jingyan nodded, his tone calm. "Based on the initial confession of the suspect Lin Feng, and the analysis of our technical department, the essence of this thing is a super database from a higher-dimensional civilization, storing massive amounts of cultural information. It binds to the host through some kind of quantum entanglement, and can 'download' a novel or a song into the host's mind within one second."

"this……"

Director Chen and Lei Ting exchanged a glance, both seeing the horror in each other's eyes.

This is beyond the scope of their decades of experience and knowledge as police officers.

"Then... how is this thing legally classified?" Thunder scratched his head, feeling his brain wasn't quite working. "It can't be considered theft, can it? It can't be said that it stole the copyright of another world, can it?"

"Can."

Lu Jingyan adjusted his glasses, his eyes flashing with rationality. "Although the law is territorial, and we cannot directly sue the copyright holder of another world, Lin Feng's use of this system to conduct business activities in this world and profit billions constitutes illegal business operations and copyright infringement (albeit potentially)."

"And this USB drive, as the core tool he used to commit the crime, should be confiscated as evidence."

"As for its ownership..."

Lu Jingyan picked up the USB drive, weighed it in his hand, and a playful smile appeared on his lips. "I think it should belong to the country."

"Hand it over to the state?!"

Director Chen and Lei Ting spoke in unison, their eyes instantly lighting up.

"That's right."

Lu Jingyan placed the USB drive on the table and pushed it in front of Director Chen. "This is beyond the scope of our local police station's capabilities. It is both a dangerous item and a priceless treasure."

"If the data inside is deciphered, it will be the culmination of a civilization. Movies, music, literature... if these things can be studied, learned, and referenced by our experts and scholars, their value to the cultural development of our country will be immeasurable."

"Therefore, I suggest that this item be immediately classified as top secret, reported to the provincial department, and then transferred to the National Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Culture."

"Let professionals study what they specialize in."

Director Chen was so excited that he slapped his thigh, and the cigarette in his hand flew out.

"Good! Good lad! That's vision! That's real vision!"

He looked at Lu Jingyan, his eyes filled with unprecedented admiration and praise. "I was worried you'd get out of control and cause trouble, but it seems I underestimated you!"

"What kind of cheat codes or systems are they? In our country, they all have to be 'public'! They all have to serve the people!"

Lei Ting chuckled beside him, "Captain Lu, that's a brilliant move! What's this called? It's called 'Seizing enemy weapons of mass destruction and adapting them for our country's civilian development'!"

……

A week later.

A private plane without any markings secretly landed at a military airport in Jinghai City.

Several elderly men with gray hair and thick-rimmed glasses descended the gangway under heavy guard. They were top physicists, computer experts, and cultural scholars from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In a heavily guarded underground secret room, they found the legendary "system USB drive".

When Su Xiaoxiao used the temporary permissions provided by the "Light of the Right Path" system to export some data from the USB drive and project it onto the big screen.

A collective gasp filled the entire secure room.

"The complete script and storyboard for Interstellar... My God, this concept of spacetime is at least fifty years ahead of our current cutting-edge theories!"

"What...what kind of music is this? The chord progressions, the arrangement...it's so beautiful! It's simply a miracle!"

"Look at this novel! One Hundred Years of Solitude? This magical realism... My God, it's a literary gem!"

The veteran experts were like a group of children who had wandered into a candy store. Looking at those cultural treasures from another world, they were so excited that they trembled and tears streamed down their faces.

Finally, after an emergency meeting lasting several hours, a top-level official document was issued to the Jinghai Municipal Bureau.

[Decision Regarding the Handling of the "Entertainment Tycoon System"]

[I. Classify this system as a top-level national secret and name it "Spark of Civilization" Project.]

[II. A special research group, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will be established to analyze, learn from, and transform the scientific and cultural information contained herein.]

[III. The Special Investigation Detachment of the Jinghai Municipal Public Security Bureau is hereby awarded a collective first-class merit. Comrade Lu Jingyan is hereby awarded an individual first-class merit, and this commendation is to be circulated throughout the entire system for study.]

The once arrogant "Entertainment Tycoon System," which attempted to control the world through cultural invasion, ultimately became a data hard drive numbered "Top Secret-001" in the National Library and the Academy of Sciences.

All its knowledge and art will be transformed into nourishment, injecting new vitality into this world it once looked down upon.

This is probably the best ending for it.

Its former host was Lin Feng.

After losing the system, he went completely insane.

Every day in the psychiatric intensive care unit, he would mutter "I am the protagonist" and "I will defy the heavens," and even tried to trigger "rebirth" by banging his head against the wall.

But he will eventually have to pay the price for his crimes.

The court ultimately sentenced him to life imprisonment on multiple charges, including copyright infringement, illegal business operations, and money laundering.

The legend of this "godfather of entertainment" has come to an end.

However, Lin Feng's downfall was like a stone thrown into a deep pool, creating even bigger ripples.

The capital behind him—Huayi Media—and the entertainment tycoons associated with him, instantly fell into enormous panic and chaos after losing this "cash cow" and "money laundering machine."

"It's over! It's all over!"

Mr. Wang, the boss of Huayi Media, was smashing things frantically in his office. His fat face was filled with despair. "That good-for-nothing Lin Feng! He can't even handle a lowly policeman! Now the accounts have all been investigated, we're all doomed!"

"Mr. Wang, don't worry!"

The other shareholders nearby were also sweating profusely. "We haven't lost yet! Lin Feng may be gone, but we still have so many celebrities and media channels!"

A young man with a sinister look in his eyes suddenly spoke up; he was the heir to another entertainment giant in Beijing's entertainment circle.

"That's right! No matter how powerful Lu Jingyan is, he's still just a cop. He can arrest people, but can he silence public opinion?"

"Let's portray him as a cruel official who 'abuses his power and suppresses the cultural industry'! Let's use all our online trolls and marketing accounts to smear him!"

"I refuse to believe he can remain calm under public pressure!"

"Yes! Ban him!"

Mr. Wang seemed to have grasped at the last straw, and his eyes instantly turned red.

"I will use all my resources to make sure this guy surnamed Lu can't survive in Jinghai... or even in the whole of China!"

"I'll show him the consequences of offending our financial circle!"

An even more intense media storm targeting Lu Jingyan is brewing.

However, they did not know.

Compared to the Lu family's vast business empire, their so-called "capital circle" is nothing but a joke.

Lu Jingyan had just finished dealing with Lin Feng's case and was about to leave work when he received a call from his older brother, Lu Mingze.

On the other end of the phone, Lu Mingze's tone carried a hint of schadenfreude and a touch of eagerness.

"Brother, well done! That plagiarist is finally in jail, it's so satisfying!"

"However, I heard... those bastards at Huayi seem a bit dissatisfied and are threatening to blacklist you?"

Lu Jingyan rubbed his temples: "You're quite well-informed."

"That's right!" Lu Mingze chuckled, his voice suddenly becoming excited. "Perfect timing! I've been pretty idle these past few days. What do you think about me acquiring Huayi?"