(Late April 2027, XX Group Headquarters and locations worldwide. Bright sunshine, occasionally interrupted by "acid rain.")
Ever since Li Banjia commanded XX Group to unleash a dazzling flurry of combination moves—followed by a masterstroke of a "flying fairy from beyond the heavens" (in the literal, physical sense of completely totaling MIU's prized "Eye of Olympus" satellite)—the entire global village had turned completely upside down.
For a time, the names of XX Group and Li Banjia became permanent fixtures on global trending searches. Reporters from major media outlets acted like they were hopped up on adrenaline, racking their brains to dig up any scrap of "inside information" on XX Group. Headlines like "The Rise of Mysterious Eastern Power," "The Terminator of MIU's Hegemony," and "Li Banjia's Business Magic" flew around like they cost nothing. In Li Banjia's own words: "Just the other day, they practically wanted to paint me as an ogre who eats children, and today they're ready to cast me a golden statue. These media folks—even weather vanes don't shift as fast as them!"
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