Master of Trading Star Card Game

Chapter 24 - Show the Importance of Agility in Person (Part 2)

Translator: Star River from wangmamaread

Proofreader: Rhith

After a period of contact with the man, Xie Mingzhe was able to identify him – his [Tuberose], proficiency in plant cards, ID, strong ability to compete with others, continuous focus on him and buying all the [Lin Daiyu] cards indicated that he must be Tang Muzhou.

Xie Mingzhe was frank about it, but unexpectedly, the man admitted that he was Legend Tang honestly.

Tang Muzhou said with a smile, "Now that you know who I am, why do you refuse to be my apprentice? No matter what you want to be, a professional designer or a professional game player, with my guidance your life will become much easier than any others'."

Xie Mingzhe replied bluntly, "Thank you for your kindness. Actually, I've seen Nie Yuandao, a guru in the Adjudication Club."

Hearing that, Tang Muzhou asked with his eyes squinted, "Lao Nie has approached you? Why?"

Xie Mingzhe said, "He invited me to join his club, but I refused. If I recognize you as my Shifu, I will have to join the Fenghua Club, right? My refusal of your invitation doesn't mean that you are unqualified to be my Shifu, on the contrary, it will be an honor to be instructed in person by a guru like you. I just don't want to join any clubs now, so I can't be your apprentice for the time being."

Tang Muzhou, "..."

Xie Mingzhe continued, "I'm sorry, Legend Tang. Thanks again for your invitation. You've taught me a lot today. I'll repay you for your kindness, but I prefer a carefree life rather than a life restricted by the rules of a club."

Tang Muzhou stared at Uncle Chubby with his eyes still squinted, "Restrictions? Are you worrying about your copyright?"

Xie Mingzhe nodded, saying, "Legend Tang, you probably think that I have failed to appreciate your kindness. However, in order to avoid my card copyrights being owned by others, I won't join any clubs."

Uncle Chubby was indeed chubby in the game, although he was friendly and his smile was warm, Tang Muzhou sensed his "fearless" spirit of young people.

Xie Mingzhe was indeed a visionary. Anyone who was gifted in card creation would be unwilling to join a club and transfer his/her copyrights to the club. Tang Muzhou had signed a supplemental agreement with the Fenghua Club, which said Tang Muzhou owned the copyright of all original cards having the LOGO "Tang". So did Lao Nie, Fang Yu and Ling Jingtang. They could take their cards away when they left their clubs.

Their agreements were signed before the fifth season.

However, in the fifth season, something unpleasant happened. Its cause was a copyright dispute.

A guru filed a lawsuit against his club, which took a long time and provoked much discussion among players. Because of this, there were fewer and fewer contracts to allow the card creator to own his/her original cards' copyright. Few players had signed such a contract with their clubs since the seventh season. Every club had strict control over copyright for fear that such a dispute might reoccur.

Players that rose in recent years had signed a contract to transfer their copyrights to their clubs. Among these players, few could create original cards, so most of them used cards made by their club's card designers and didn't care about the card copyright clause.

Obviously, Uncle Chubby cared deeply about this.

He was wise. In the long run, he would earn more money as a freelance designer than as a card designer of a club because he could make various cards with his exceptional imagination if he was not bound by the rules.