Chapter Four: Ten Million for the Cutting-Room Floor

A city map appeared in InstantFrame. One hundred silver lights ignited, each connected to the cutting-room layer. Gu Yan's new Resonance began draining at one hundred points per second. 【Pirated narratives are extracting the original creator's authority.】 【At zero authority, reality will conclude that Gu Yan never made *Gears of the Fog Capital*.】 Lin Xia looked at the promotional posters appearing online. Gu Yan's directing credit was already fading. Three silver words replaced it: THE FACELESS MARQUIS.