-66- Bid

Lu Kai forced a smile: "Sister Zou has talked to Dorasi, and this time Dorasi has agreed to leave." Zhao Jinghuan looked at him quietly. It wasn't until this moment that she began to feel that something they had worked so hard to build was silently collapsing bit by bit. But it was not until this moment that she realized that Lu Kai was no longer prepared to make any efforts to save the relationship. From that day on, Lu Kai never came to work again. Zhao Jinghuan went to his house to look for him once. He was wearing a loose T-shirt and said apologetically that he had been a little lazy these days and would go to work tomorrow. But he didn't come the next day either. When talking about this with Ji Anya, Ji Anya said: "You still want to find me a job? In the end, you don't want me to find you a job." Speaking of work, Fanqie had already received a new offer. After struggling for a few days, he finally spoke up and told Zhao Jinghuan that he was leaving. "I think Lu Kai doesn't seem too eager to leave..." Zhao Jinghuan frowned and looked at Fanqie. "He's just been feeling down these past few days. He'll be fine after some rest." "Ah... yes, he'll be fine," Fanqie hesitated. "But the conditions they offer me are pretty good, and I also want Dragon Palace Elementary School to be born soon. Lu Kai also said before that if I want to leave..." Zhao Jinghuan understood Fanqie's dilemma. "If you're embarrassed to bring it up with Lu Kai, I can go with you to see him." Fanqie shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, he's in a bad mood right now, so let's not upset him. I just need a certificate of resignation. Don't you have the official seal? Just get me a certificate." Zhao Jinghuan was stunned for a moment. "You didn't tell Lu Kai before you left?" Fanqie looked embarrassed. "No, no, didn't you tell me that the other day?" Zhao Jinghuan, unable to resist Fanqie's repeated requests, printed out a certificate of resignation for him and stamped it with the official seal. Before handing it to Fanqie, she took a photo of the certificate and sent it to Lu Kai. This was considered normal work, but she secretly hoped that Lu Kai would see it in time, and even try to persuade her to stay. However, Lu Kai did not reply immediately, and it was unknown whether he had seen the message. Fanqie received the resignation certificate, said "thank you" to Zhao Jinghuan, and left in disgrace. Zhao Jinghuan was the only one left in the empty office. Her nose suddenly felt sore and she felt like crying. Thinking carefully, she had no reason to cry. It was just a job, and she was just a salaried person. Unless... unless they were friends. When Zhao Jinghuan sent the message, Lu Kai was with Zou...

Lu Kai forced a smile and said, "Sister Zou has talked to Dorasi, and this time Dorasi has agreed to leave."

Zhao Jinghuan looked at him quietly. It wasn't until this moment that she began to feel that something they had worked so hard to build was silently collapsing bit by bit. But it was only at this moment that she realized that Lu Kai was no longer prepared to make any efforts to save the situation.

From that day on, Lu Kai never came to work again. Zhao Jinghuan went to his house to look for him once. He was wearing a loose T-shirt and said apologetically that he had been a little lazy these days and would go to work tomorrow.

But he didn't come the next day either.

When I talked about this with Ji Anya, Ji Anya said, "You still want to find me a job? In the end, I won't be the one to find you a job."

Speaking of work, Fanqie has already received a new offer. After hesitating for a few days, he finally opened his mouth and told Zhao Jinghuan that he was leaving.

"I think Lu Kai doesn't seem to want to do this anymore..."

Zhao Jinghuan frowned and looked at Fanqie: "He's just been a little depressed these past few days. He just needs some rest."

"Ah... yes, it will be fine." Tomato hesitated, "But the conditions they offer me are quite good, and I also want to let the Dragon Palace Elementary School students come out as soon as possible. Lu Kai also said before that if I want to leave..."

Zhao Jinghuan also understood Fanqie's dilemma: "If you're embarrassed to tell Lu Kai, I can go with you to see him."

Tomato shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, he's in a bad mood right now, so let's not provoke him. I just need a certificate of resignation. Don't you have the official seal? Just help me get a certificate."

Zhao Jinghuan was stunned for a moment: "Don't you want to tell Lu Kai before leaving?"

Tomato was embarrassed: "No more, no more, didn't I say that the other day?"

Unable to resist Fanqie's repeated requests, Zhao Jinghuan printed out a resignation certificate for him and affixed it with the official seal. Before handing it to Fanqie, she took a photo of the certificate and sent it to Lu Kai. This was standard procedure, but she secretly hoped that Lu Kai would see it in time and perhaps make some effort to retain her.

However, Lu Kai did not reply immediately, and it was unknown whether he had seen the message.

Tomato received his resignation certificate, said "thank you" to Zhao Jinghuan, and left dejectedly. Zhao Jinghuan was the only one left in the empty office. Her nose suddenly felt sore and she felt like crying.

If you think about it carefully, there is no reason for her to cry. It's just a job and she is just a salaried person.

Unless... unless they were originally friends.

When Zhao Jinghuan's message was sent, Lu Kai was with Sister Zou.

That morning, Sister Zou brought Dorasi to meet Lu Kai to discuss Dorasi's contract transfer.

Dorasi seemed to not want to meet Lu Kai yet. After arriving downstairs in the community, he refused to go upstairs no matter what and said he would wait downstairs. Sister Zou thought about it and called Lu Kai to come down. But when Lu Kai came down, Dorasi still hid far away, making it clear that he didn't want to talk to him.

Lu Kai and Sister Zou sat down on a stone bench in the community fitness square. He looked at Dorasi from afar. She didn't wear brightly colored clothes as usual, but just a simple white T-shirt. She even took off the exclamation mark on her head, and she looked much darker.

Lu Kai felt unhappy: "Doraxi must be very unhappy with this."

Sister Zou shook her head: "Don't blame yourself too much. No one expected Wanfeng's death. What happened later was just a continuation of it."

Lu Kai took a deep breath and said, "If someone else encountered these things, they might be able to handle it better."

Sister Zou nodded: "Maybe. Even if he could have handled it better, it's only because he doesn't care about Wanfeng leaving."

Sister Zou looked at Lu Kai and said, "It's not wrong to care." She seemed hesitant about Dorasi's departure. She had clearly come here to recruit new people, but she still asked Lu Kai, "Do you want to talk to Dorasi?"

Lu Kai looked at Dorasi from a distance. She was sitting on a swing at the other end of the square, and she had never turned her head to look at him. Lu Kai asked Sister Zou, "Haven't you already talked to her? She's willing to leave."

Zou said: "She is just 'willing', but not necessarily 'wanting'."

Lu Kai shook his head and said that given the current situation, it would be a better choice for Dorasi to leave with Freckles.

"My reputation is already tarnished. Only when she and Freckles are untied from me can we start over and get back on track."

Sister Zou was a little worried: "But if Dorasi leaves, what will happen to the studio?"

Lu Kai shook his head and said he didn't know. "But in the current situation, if Dorasi doesn't leave, will the studio be okay?" Lu Kai asked Sister Zou, "If you were still here, could you think of any way to revive it?"

Sister Zou frowned and shook her head: "If you are unwilling to make a video to explain the whole story, then there is really no good way. We can just wait for the hype to pass. I don't know how long it will take, one or two years. By the end, the value of the Freckles IP may be gone." She asked Lu Kai if he really didn't intend to explain the whole thing?

Lu Kai shook his head, saying he didn't want to tell the world that the deceased Wanfeng had left behind a work that even his friends, and even himself, despised. He said, "It's fine this way now. Even though Hu Mingyuan signed a contract with Wanfeng's mother, as long as I don't release the video, he won't dare to move forward. Otherwise, once his toys are released, if I come forward and explain the reasons for my previous actions, I'm afraid Mr. Hu will also face a boycott. So let it be... We were friends before, and I want to preserve his dignity."

Sister Zou asked, "What about you, Fanqie, and Jinghuan? Are you going to start making Dragon Palace Elementary School students next? You and Freckles are indeed linked, but if you make other toys, netizens may not find out. It's just a matter of registering a shell company and getting a business license."

Lu Kai smiled and said, "Tomato, Tomato is leaving too."

Sister Zou was stunned for a moment. She cursed Tomato under her breath. Lu Kai smiled and said, "You're being a bit hypocritical. Just because you and Doraemon can leave, can't Tomato leave?"

Sister Zou asked if that could be the same, and Lu Kai nodded: "Yes, that's what people with double standards say."

Sister Zou added, "Then Jing Huan..."

Lu Kai waved his hand to stop her: "Don't ask anymore, it makes you seem like our parent, worrying endlessly."

Sister Zou said, "I've been your parent for the past few years." She looked into the distance and sighed softly for a while:

"Just like that..."

Lu Kai felt bad, but he still grinned and said casually, "How much are you going to pay Little Freckles? Am I going to get rich? Logically speaking, I can get half of the transfer fee, right?"

Ms. Zou said, "Doraxi wants to leave all the money to Waikiki. But half is reasonable."

Lu Kai said, "She's so generous, so I'll take 30% of it. So how much do you want to pay?"

Sister Zou shook her head and said that this is not how it works, you make the first bid. Lu Kai said with a smile, "Then I will ask for a high price." Sister Zou's expression was still serious:

"Sure, come on."

At this moment, Lu Kai's cell phone suddenly rang. He took a look at the phone and saw that it was Zhao Jinghuan who sent him Tomato's resignation certificate.

He stared at the picture on the screen for a while, unable to explain what he felt. Sister Zou asked him what was wrong: "Is there something wrong?"

Lu Kai shook his head. "It's okay. I just think it's just right. Today is an important day." He gathered his thoughts and asked Sister Zou, "Where were we talking just now?"

Sister Zou said, "It's your turn to bid."

"Oh, then I'm really excited." Lu Kai rubbed his hands together and raised a finger jokingly: "Then... ten million!"

Sister Zou said, "Make it cheaper."

Lu Kai chuckled and said, "It won't be cheap, just 10 million."

Sister Zou nodded and said, "Okay, then ten million."

Lu Kai was stunned: "I said 10 million."

Sister Zou said, "I heard it, and I said yes."

"Are you sure?"

Sister Zou said, "This price is within the budget the company gave me."

"Then you just said it was cheaper?"

Sister Zou said: "There has to be a bargaining process. I'm taking their salary."

Lu Kai frowned and looked at her, still unable to believe it: "Ten million...RMB?"

"Don't act like a child."

"Then... fifteen million?"

Sister Zou glared at him and said, "Get lost. Don't regret it."

"Okay, ten million." Lu Kai frowned. "So what is the budget the company has given you?"

"Don't ask me any questions. I'll bring you the contract later."

Lu Kai was silent for a moment, then smiled helplessly: "Okay. But... 10 million."

He took a deep breath and suddenly felt as if his lungs were filled with water. The huge but abstract number did not seem to bring him any happiness. Instead, it made him truly begin to understand that this was the end.

Their journey, using a fur ball to represent the sun, ended here. The Knight of the Evening Wind disappeared, and the three-headed vicious dog also grew a body and went its own way.

As for the pink little devil, her color seemed to fade with sadness. Lu Kai wasn't sure if it was just a temporary disability. He hoped she would be happy again, regain her magic power, and embark on her journey.

Even without their company.

Lu Kai felt that he should say something at this moment, but in the end he could only squeeze out one sentence:

"You better be careful. Your boss must have a park in Myanmar."