The West Cold Seal Society was founded in the thirtieth year of Qing Guangxu by the Zhejiang school seal carvers Ding Fuzhi, Wang Fu'an, Wu Yin, Ye Weiming, and others, with Wu Changshuo as the first president.

Chen Yiyang had previously picked up some items from Wu Changshuo and was considered to have a connection with the West Cold Seal Society.

Moreover, the West Cold Seal Society was not only established early but is also the oldest and most accomplished international research organization studying the history of stone and seal carving and has the highest influence in the study of seals and arts worldwide, known as "the world's number one famous society."

The West Cold Eight refers to eight individuals who initiated modern seal carving.

The Ding Family, one of the four founders of the West Cold Seal Society, started collecting seals from the grandfather's generation, beginning with the seals from four families, then reaching six families in the father's generation, and finally expanding to eight families in the grandfather's generation.

After nearly a hundred years spanning three generations, they finally collected and preserved over 600 seals of the West Cold Eight.

However, later with the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Ding Family's old house library, "Eight Thousand Volume Tower," was burned down by the Japanese army, only rescuing over 500 seals from the West Cold Eight.

This incident led Ding Ren to conceive the idea of creating a seal collection for posterity.

He meticulously reproduced the seals of the West Cold Eight into a volume, narrating the detailed origins of each seal, the carver's life, and artistic achievements in small script comprising over nine thousand words.

This is the famous West Cold Eight Seal Collection.

Moreover, the cover, title page, and translation of this Seal Collection were handwritten by three famous individuals, adding great value.

Of course, because of the changing times, the Seal Collection soon disappeared from public view.

It wasn't until 2003 when Ding Ren's granddaughter found the West Cold Eight Seal Collection while sorting through family heirlooms and displayed it, causing a sensation throughout the seal carving academic community.

And by 2011, Naito Fumio, vice president of the All Japan Seal Carving Alliance, requested to borrow the collection for exhibition, hoping that Ms. Ding Ruxia, granddaughter of Ding Ren, would lend it for display.

Ding Ruxia lent the Seal Collection to him for the sake of friendly cultural exchange.

Then.

Three weeks after the exhibition ended, Naito Fumio had not returned the Seal Collection.

After multiple reminders from Ding Ruxia, Naito Fumio finally agreed to meet at a hotel to return the West Cold Eight Seal Collection.

When Ding Ruxia arrived at the hotel.

Naito Fumio suddenly told Ding Ruxia a piece of news.

That he had placed the West Cold Eight Seal Collection in a paper bag, and during a quick visit to the restroom, the paper bag disappeared.

Exactly.

The excuse was just that absurd.

No matter how outsiders speculated, Naito Fumio insisted that it was during a restroom visit that the West Cold Eight Seal Collection was lost.

He was only willing to compensate Ms. Ding Ruxia two million yen, roughly equivalent to 120,000 RMB.

Even after Ms. Ding Ruxia took him to court, Naito Fumio pitifully claimed that he was also a victim.

Mind you, in the 2011 West Cold Seal Society autumn auction, a collection with 500 seals, without any handwritten inscriptions or explanatory text, which was made into 50 copies of the West Cold Eight Seals Selection, still were sold for 600,000 RMB.

Not to mention the unique West Cold Eight Seal Collection, which includes over 600 seals, over 9,000 words, and has handwritten inscriptions by masters from the same era.

This amount of money is nothing but a joke.

But regardless, even though Ms. Ding Ruxia took him to court, Naito Fumio insisted that the Seal Collection was lost.

Thus, the matter eventually ended without resolution.

Chen Yiyang never expected to find what seemed to be the genuine West Cold Eight Seal Collection at a street stall.

The current West Cold Seal Society has four to five hundred members, many with a significant reputation in the industry.

Xu Xiaosheng quickly got in touch with members of the West Cold Seal Society.

Based on the photos, they provided feedback.

The West Cold Eight Seal Collection in Chen Yiyang's possession doesn't look like a printed version, which could very likely be the original.

But to confirm if it's indeed the original, an onsite authentication is necessary.

"Okay, I know." After finishing the call with Xu Xiaosheng, Chen Yiyang thought for a moment and then called Yang Chengru to ask him to help contact people at the domestic embassy in Tokyo.

Yang Chengru didn't even ask about the matter, and once informed of Chen Yiyang's needs, he promptly arranged the necessary contacts for Chen Yiyang.

Thus, Chen Yiyang packed the West Cold Eight Seal Collection in a briefcase and headed to the embassy, depositing the briefcase there.

"It's been a while, looking more beautiful."

When Chen Yiyang saw Ye Yue again, to be honest, Ye Yue seemed a bit more haggard compared to before.

But Chen Yiyang still complimented her insincerely.

"Really?" Ye Yue blinked her eyes and then covered her mouth with surprise, saying, "I've been working overtime lately; I thought I looked uglier."

"Can't see it at all." Chen Yiyang patted Ye Yue's head.

"That's great." Ye Yue, smiling blissfully, gave Chen Yiyang a tour of her company.

The scale of Ye Yue's company was indeed not large, and the working environment was quite cramped.

But land is precious in Tokyo; unless a company is super large, the office environment isn't typically great.

"We meet again, Mr. Chen." Ye Yue's boss also came out to greet Chen Yiyang.

"Confident about the game?" Chen Yiyang chatted casually with the boss.

"I'd be satisfied if the sales reach one million." The Japanese game company's boss had low expectations.

After all, it's a low-cost game, where even the in-game models were AI-created, saving costs to an extreme.

Knowing it would become a hit, Chen Yiyang simply smiled and said nothing.

He had already acquired the distribution rights and sales profits for the game in Mainland China.

In fact, the official release date of the game was yesterday.

But due to the statistics from the V platform, the sales figures for the game company would be available today.

The preorder sales for the game were only in the tens of thousands, so the company boss was anxious about the final sales.

After waiting for a bit in the company, data from the V platform was received.

First-day sales amounted to two million, with the online user count exceeding 500,000.

With these figures revealed, the entire company erupted in joy.

Even the typically restrained emotional state known for Japanese salarymen couldn't contain their cheers.

These sales numbers were miraculous.

It's important to know that the project for Elf Paru involved, excluding outsourcing, only over fifty employees.

This is equivalent to the scale of a small independent game studio.

Yet the first day saw two million copies sold.

The boss went ecstatic.

"After work today, I'm treating everyone to a gathering." The boss shouted excitedly.

After-work gathering?

How boring.

Later that evening, after Chen Yiyang, at Ye Yue's rented small apartment, applied skills learned from Japanese films, he received a call from his hired guide.

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