Seeing that he was looking at Elsa, Olivia bent forward in order to block his view of her roommate.
Allen turned away from Elsa and Oliver to glance at Charlie, who was seated a few seats away. Then he turned to look elsewhere. Last night, he had asked George about Charlie's identity and background, but George had revealed nothing more than saying that Charlie was not somebody he could provoke. Naturally, George's advice made him even more curious. He had seen with his own eyes that the senior executives of Falloon Mall act respectfully towards Charlie. How could such a person only live off Evelyn? The only possibility would be that it was because Evelyn had given him such a high position. Could that be true?
With these thoughts swimming around in his head, he looked over at Evelyn and Charlie, who were seated next to each other. Evelyn was leaning towards Charlie, whispering something to him. Then she laughed so hard that her shoulder was touching Charlie's. They looked very intimate together.
At that moment, a man walked onto the stage. After pushing his thick glasses over the bridge of his nose, he bent slightly and said on the microphone, "Good afternoon, every dear player! Welcome to the Party! First of all please let me express our sincere pleasure to receive all of you on behalf of the Dragon Game Department of Flight Media..."
After his opening remarks, the man began to introduce the development concept of Dragon in the following and something to be released in the game soon. As soon as they saw the glorious special effects and the skills and configurations of characters to be added on the large screen on the stage, the players burst into an uproar and looked quite excited.
Then came the cosplay. Two popular multi-talented stars, a male and a female, appeared respectively as a member of Dragons and Dark Wizard, the two biggest ethnic groups in the game, causing another uproar of cheers from the players. One of the two stars was signed with The Flight Media, while the other was signed with The Dream Media. Despite different names, both the companies belonged to the Long Family. Stars signed with the two companies occupied half the market share. Thanks to the abundant financial resources of the two companies, every star had a bright prospect for their development in future.
Of course, the Dragon Game Department of Flight Media had been able to invite the most popular male and female stars to advertise for Dragon from the beginning. Dramatically, the two of them became a real couple in the end because they usually advertised for Dragon together.
After a representative of every character appeared, new characters appeared on the stage. The splendid and aesthetic attire and weapons made the players' eyes light up every now and then.
"We will draw a lottery during the dinner party to find two lucky players. They will be given new configurations for new characters as gifts," the person in charge said while new characters appeared on the stage, causing the players to shout for joy. He waited for them to calm down from the surprise. When the time came, he gave them a gesture, indicating that he was going to continue speaking. While the players stopped shouting, he took a look at Charlie before he said, "Now please let me invite the founder of Dragon..." He paused to intentionally create suspense. It was not until everybody's heart rose to his or her throat that he stretched his hand towards Charlie and continued, "Mr. Charlie Long! He is also a legendary character who has always drawn everybody's attention in the game Dragon—Silent Sorrow!"
As soon as the man's words faded away, the excitement on everybody's face was replaced by a daze. When a spotlight was given to Charlie and he stood up, the players burst into crazy roar, as if the roof of the venue was about to be turned over.
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