Chapter 81: Yaqing, Mocked by the Entire Internet
After watching the movie, everyone celebrated together. Of course, Yaqing paid the bill. A day passed. When Yaqing woke up, he saw the internet was flooded with mockery, claiming he was unworthy of being a scriptwriter.
"Just let Welt Yang take over as the writer. If Yaqing keeps writing the scripts, he'll just ruin the Honkai series."
"Seriously, the movie that premiered yesterday was a world apart from the last one. The emotions weren't rich, the character development was lacking, it was confusing to watch, and even the power levels were a mess."
"Indeed. In the last movie, when Her Majesty the Queen first appeared, you could feel the terror of a Herrscher. In this one, Wendy appears as a Herrscher and gets knocked out by a mech. How is that not a power scaling disaster?"
"Yaqing Schariac is not worthy of being a scriptwriter at all!"
"The whole movie felt bizarre to watch. It wasn't even as good as the post-credits scene. Was the post-credits scene written by Welt Yang?"
"Purely plot-induced stupidity. It can't compare to the last one at all."
"Cecilia's sacrifice in the last movie moved me to tears. And this one... all I can say is 'heh'."
In the Golden Courtyard, everyone was worried about Yaqing after seeing the online reviews. One by one, they tiptoed to his room door, not making a sound.
"He's not going to do something stupid, is he?" Kevin's imagination ran wild.
"Can't you think of anything good, little follower?" Mobius said irritably.
"I think... we might need someone to go in and check on the situation," Pardofelis suggested.
"Pardofelis is right," Su agreed.
"Why is everyone looking at me?" Mobius noticed all eyes were on her.
The door to Yaqing's room was pushed open. Mobius saw Yaqing sitting in his gaming chair with his back to her, his shoulders shaking. Her heart softened instantly, and she silently closed the door behind her.
Everyone else: "???"
They were all stunned. We sent you to investigate, you could have at least left a crack for us to listen!
The soundproofing in Yaqing's room was excellent. Once the expensive door was closed, not a single sound from inside could be heard from the outside.
Mobius walked up behind Yaqing. Just as she was about to offer some comfort, she saw the cup of instant noodles in his hand. He was slurping them down fiercely.
Yaqing looked up with confusion, swallowed a mouthful of noodles, and asked, "Doctor, what are you doing in my room so early in the morning? Do you need something?"
"It's nothing," Mobius waved her hand and sat on Yaqing's bed, not knowing how to start.
The atmosphere became quiet again.
"Did you... see the reviews online?" Mobius asked.
"I did."
"Any thoughts?"
"No thoughts," Yaqing shook his head. "I admit the script this time was really bad. Even I think so myself. How can I expect the audience to praise it against their conscience?"
"So... are you planning to continue creating?"
"The post-credits scene is already out. How could there not be a next one?" Yaqing looked at the flood of abuse on his computer screen and smiled playfully. "They think I didn't give them enough feels. Then in the next movie, I'll be sure to give them all the feels they can handle."
Looking at Yaqing's smile, Mobius shivered, then leaned in curiously. "What bad ideas are you cooking up now?"
"No spoilers, Doctor," Yaqing said, pushing Mobius's pretty face away.
To reassure everyone, Yaqing and Mobius went out together. Soon, Yaqing was enjoying the treatment of an emperor, because no one believed that someone could be so indifferent to online harassment.
"Brother Yaqing, have some candy," Little Griseo took a piece of candy from her pocket.
Since it was Sunday, the Courtyard was unusually full.
It wasn't just the people in the Courtyard who were worried about him. Yaqing's phone hadn't stopped ringing all day. First, it was Overseer Otto, then Theresa, then his sister, and finally, even Welt called to comfort him.
Faced with everyone's concern, Yaqing didn't even dare to turn off his phone.
"By the way, do I need to hold a press conference?" Yaqing said.
At the thought of this, Yaqing lost his appetite for food and was about to head to the company, but was stopped by Elysia.
"No way! You have to eat lunch first!"
Yaqing obediently sat back down. It wasn't because of Elysia's persuasion, but because Kalpas's eyes were already burning with anger.
Yaqing had a feeling that if he didn't take a bite of the food Kalpas had made today, he might get a punch.
After lunch, Yaqing prepared to head to the company. Everyone was still worried, so they had Kevin accompany him.
"Ahhh, honestly, why me? I was planning on going on a date with MEI this afternoon," Kevin said, extremely annoyed, sitting in the passenger seat.
"Kevin, what's the meaning of life?" Yaqing, who was driving, suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Kevin was instantly terrified. They were on the highway, driving at high speed. If Yaqing just jerked the steering wheel, neither of them would survive.
"No, Yaqing, bro, godfather, please don't joke with me," Kevin said, looking at the rapidly passing scenery outside, almost crying in fear.
"I never joke with people, Kevin," Yaqing's tone was low.
"Yaqing, think of your family, think of your friends, think of everyone in the Courtyard. Please don't do anything stupid," Kevin said, tightly gripping the handle on the passenger side.
MEI, it looks like I won't be coming home for dinner tonight.
Seeing that Kevin was really about to cry, Yaqing finally laughed. "Just kidding, Kevin. Why are you crying?"
"Are you sick in the head?!" Kevin roared, his face red with anger.
Arriving at the company headquarters, this was Kevin's second time at the Schicksal Far East Branch.
With an attitude that was unusually swift and decisive, Yaqing had Rita convene a press conference.
At the press conference, Yaqing apologized to the fans of Honkai and promised that the next movie would fix all the toxic points of the previous one, and that the character development and scriptwriting would surely shock everyone.
Yaqing's press conference was just uploaded to the internet. The flood of abuse seemed to have lessened a bit, but there were still people mocking Yaqing for his overconfidence.
"Shock us all? Looking at this movie, forget about being shocked. Even if you forced us to praise it, we couldn't."
"Just looking at this Poem of the Wind, it reminds me of Yaqing Schariac's debut work, The Saint's Redemption. As expected, this is his true writing style."
"Hurry up and hire Welt!"
"Hurry up and hire Welt!"
Subsequently, Yaqing posted a status update on his own account.
"Since you all feel it wasn't 'cutting' enough, for the next movie, I will sharpen my knives and wait for you all in the theater."
And with this press conference, the movie Honkai I: Poem of the Wind finally came to a close.
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