Chapter 48 Business Prodigy

"Hundred Demon Records" has officially entered the closed beta phase. The first test released 2,000 slots, and Jian Zhen and other players tried to grab them. Unfortunately, she couldn't beat the random players. At this moment, she regretted why she refused Xu Weisheng's suggestion to reserve a slot for her a few days ago. Now, Zixin has a slot, Yang Damei's child has a slot, Lao Le... Excluding Lao Le, even if she doesn't play games, even Paopao has a slot. She's the only one who doesn't.

Every day, everyone chatted in the group, and the content all revolved around the game. Jian Zhen couldn't stand it anymore, so she shamelessly asked Xu Weisheng, "Do you have any extra beta test accounts?"

“I have… one, in my hands. Want to play?” Xu Weisheng has been extremely busy preparing for the launch recently and hasn’t had time to open the game yet. Today, he finally returned from discussing the expansion issue with the service provider and invited Jian Zhen to his home theater to play together.

Jian Zhen hesitated for a moment, then awkwardly agreed: "Okay, your house is so big anyway."

Xu Weisheng smiled to himself, holding his phone. He turned and slipped the contract into the file folder next to him, saying softly, "Then I'll come pick you up. Where are you today? Guangzhou or Shenzhen?"

"Shenzhen." Jian Zhen still had some finishing work to do. Touxue was founded in Shenzhen, the city of the future. Although Xu Weisheng helped her a lot, in the early stages of the studio, there were so many miscellaneous things to do that Jian Zhen had to do herself. As a result, she was constantly traveling back and forth between the two places. Fortunately, Boss Xu provided her with a private helicopter, otherwise the commute alone would have been a huge hassle for her.

Xu Weisheng raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh, what a coincidence, I'm here too."

Jian Zhen's lips involuntarily curled up, and she asked, suppressing the joy in her voice, "The usual place?"

"See you in 10 minutes," Xu Weisheng said before hanging up the phone.

"Boss, are you leaving?" The construction worker watched as she rolled up the blueprints, took off her hard hat, and brushed the dust off her head, looking like she was getting ready to go home.

"I have to go back first. You guys finish setting up the lights. I'll come back to check on the progress tomorrow."

The two workers exchanged a glance, and the older one nodded to her, saying in a simple and honest manner, "Okay, we'll lock the door for you when we're done."

"Thanks, I'll treat you to lemon tea later." Jian Zhen turned around, waved, and headed straight for the elevator.

The elevator doors opened, revealing a tall, thin young man wearing glasses. Upon seeing her enter, he took two steps back, forcing a stiff yet friendly smile—a typical engineering student.

Jian Zhen had seen him in this building many times and had a good impression of him. In addition, she was in a particularly good mood today, so she couldn't help but ask, "Do you work here?"

"Hmm." The boy's voice was also very young. He introduced himself as a programmer from the 19th floor.

Jian Zhen was skeptical. She looked at the box in his arms for a moment and asked doubtfully, "Is the top floor also part of your company?"

She saw him press the elevator button for the top floor several times, but according to the property management, the top floor was still unfinished and hadn't been renovated yet, so she was always curious whenever she saw him go to the top floor.

The boy smiled sheepishly, shook his head, and said, "No, that's a warehouse we rented, which also serves as our workspace."

Jian Zhen: "Warehouse, what's it for?"

“Some hardware modules.” The boy held up the box in his hand, and when he spoke about his area of ​​expertise, his voice became noticeably smoother: “In addition to my work, I started a small company with a few friends, mainly making automatic control modules for aircraft.”

"Impressive." Jian Zhen nodded. "Would you like to go and see it sometime?"

"Of course!" Receiving the attention of a peer of the opposite sex immediately made the other person shy, and their voice tightened as they spoke: "I'm available all day on the weekend, you're welcome to come over, but our place isn't renovated yet, it looks quite simple."

"No," Jian Zhen encouraged him, "It's all in the future!"

The other person smiled, nodded emphatically, and began to speak: "I see you're renovating the 15th floor. Are you planning to move in?"

“Yes, we make animation.” Jian Zhen, who had been trained by Xu Weisheng, started carrying business cards with her. She took one out and handed it to him.

"Touxue? It's a very nice name." The other person carefully placed the business card in their palm, looked up at her, and reminded her, "But you have to keep a close eye on the renovation, otherwise the workers will definitely delay your work."

“It’s not a big problem.” Jian Zhen wasn’t stupid; she was just optimistic: “You always have to leave people some room to make money.”

"That's true." The other person smiled, then glanced at the elevator buttons and asked, "What are you going to do on the 29th floor?"

“Take the fire escape to the rooftop; it’s closed on the 30th floor.” Jian Zhen said, then tilted her head to look at him and asked, “Are you interested in helicopters?”

"Of course." The other person tensed up again, but this tension quickly dissipated when Jian Zhen led him onto the tarmac. He hugged his metal box and couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! Wow!"

"Isn't that interesting? No photos allowed!" Jian Zhen smiled and waved goodbye to him in the gust of wind.

Xu Weisheng saw that besides Jian Zhen, there was another person on the rooftop, a young man who was not bad-looking. He immediately felt a strange feeling. He planned to go down and meet him, but Jian Zhen was too fast this time. Before he even got off the plane, Jian Zhen had already climbed up the gangway.

"Let's go, I can't wait to get back to playing games." She rubbed her hands together and sat down.

"Who's that person on the roof?" Xu Weisheng subtly revealed his displeasure.

"I don't know him—" Jian Zhen blurted out, then realized two seconds later that Xu Weisheng didn't believe her. She turned to look at him and reorganized her thoughts: "Uh, we just met?"

Xu Weisheng still frowned, so she could only sigh and explain in detail: "...In short, it's always good to get along well with your neighbors who work in the same building, right?"

"Don't be too enthusiastic," Xu Weisheng muttered, then realized he had blurted out his true feelings. He was worried that Jian Zhen would scratch him, so he quickly changed the subject and asked, "How is He Youjia doing lately?"

"Are you asking about the person or the painting? The painting is really good, damn, so good that I'm jealous! As for the person, she's not bad either. I originally planned to rent her a one-bedroom apartment, but there are very few one-bedroom apartments around here, and she insisted on sharing. In the end, we found a single room with a private bathroom." As she spoke, Jian Zhen hissed and sighed, "The rent here is really expensive, it changes every day, much more outrageous than in Guangzhou."

“It will only get more expensive in the future.” Xu Weisheng looked at the towering buildings of the city outside the porthole. The two of them fell silent for a moment, and Jian Zhen suddenly asked, “What will air transportation in this city be like in the future?”

“It’s hard to predict…” Xu Weisheng has been immersed in the business world for a long time recently, and he tends to think about making money whenever something happens. For example, right now, he is thinking about whether he can profit from future transportation.

"Will helipads be as sought-after as parking spaces in the future?" Jian Zhen's idea was quite original.

These words were like a wake-up call. Xu Weisheng suddenly turned his head to look at her, and Jian Zhen asked in bewilderment, "What?"

“We can buy a few and try it out!” Xu Weisheng’s current helipad is rented on an annual basis. The rent is not expensive compared to the aircraft itself, but considering the future appreciation potential of such limited resources as rooftop space, he believes that this deal is a sure thing.

“Ha!” Jian Zhen stroked her chin and thought seriously, “Indeed, maybe that handsome guy in our building will become successful in the future and fly around every day, and he’ll have to rent our helipad.”

Xu Weisheng's face fell, and he turned his head away. It was very inappropriate to be jealous like this; he was trying to convince himself, but what right did someone without status have to be jealous?

Jian Zhen saw this and turned her face away, looking at the other window and suppressing a laugh.

When they returned to Xu Weisheng's house, he was as normal as ever, it seemed he had been coaxed by her. Jian Zhen took off her shoes and ran to the media room to turn on the lights. Xu Weisheng bent down behind her to straighten her shoes, then looked up at her back and smiled helplessly.

"Want some ice cream?" he asked at the door of the media room.

"Eat!" Jian Zhen was already sitting cross-legged on the floor, staring at the screen and operating the controller.

Rum or chocolate?

"I want them all!" Jian Zhen replied without even glancing away.

Hsu Wei-sheng: "...You can only choose one."

“Let’s have two kinds! I’ll have rum, and you can have chocolate. I’ll share half with you, and you can share half with me, okay?” Jian Zhen put down the controller with a grin, turned to look at him at the door, and her smile gradually calmed down.

She looked at Xu Weisheng with a different gaze and teased, "You've been so busy lately, yet you still go to the gym?"

Xu Weisheng was wearing a black t-shirt, and the lines of his arms were clearly visible through the cuffs. He raised his arm and showed off his biceps for a few seconds, saying with a hint of pride, "Looks pretty strong, right?"

Jian Zhen chuckled, turned her head and continued fast-forwarding through the prequel to "The Hundred Demon Records," casually saying, "Your strength is so-so, but the way you stand by the door, you look like a married man. Do you even know what a married man is? Hey!"

Xu Weisheng snatched the game controller from the room and left with lightning speed, leaving behind only an arrogant provocation: "You're not playing anything today, and you're not allowed to eat ice cream either!"

Ha... Imagine a sky full of airplanes... What a terrible sight!

Haha, actually there are quite a few now. Also, sorry, I'm off today and forgot to mention it. Sorry.