Chapter 35: A new cat called the Royal Cat is online.

The proposal for national gifts came suddenly. Although it was recommended by the elders, it also meant that if Jia Wenyan wanted to take over this order, she had to design and prepare all the relevant national-themed porcelain before the start of the Winter Olympics.

Jia Wenyan did a quick calculation and found that according to official data, a total of 91 countries will participate in the 22nd Yanjing Winter Olympics.

91 countries means 91 different porcelain designs.

Although she had considered using different paintings on the same porcelain vase to highlight the theme, she was not the only one in the Donghuang Society who could make porcelain.

If it was just a porcelain vase, it would be difficult to stand out from the crowd of traditional cultural crafts. Jia Wenyan didn't want to miss this opportunity, so she had to take on the task even if it was difficult to complete.

After making up her mind, she rushed back to the Yong'an Workshop which had just been renovated two days ago.

After calming down, she briefly reviewed the current situation in her mind and quickly dialed Zhen Shuwang's number.

"Hello, Wenyan, what's going on?"

Different from his usual orderly and quiet demeanor at the company, Zhen Shuwang's voice at this moment was filled with obvious sleepiness and boyish innocence.

Jia Wenyan could tell that the submission of the animation film for review after its completion had greatly relaxed his tense nerves.

Zhen Shuwang decided to start a business in his sophomore year, and the production cycle lasted for three years from his junior year to graduation. Although he didn’t know what the final outcome of the movie would be after it was released, he did feel a sense of relief when the pressure on his shoulders was suddenly lifted when the movie was completed and submitted for review.

This was the first good night's sleep he had since he started his business.

As a rich second generation (grandmother has a strong family background), his family gave him enough support and security in starting his own business. But it is also because of this that he is eager to use his achievements to prove what he insists on.

Although Jia Wenyan could not fully understand the mentality of the rich second generation, since she called him, she certainly did not understand the other party's difficult thoughts at this time.

She glanced at the list of countries and representative elements in her notes and immediately changed her tone to a more formal one:

"I heard from Dean Zhen that the animation production work on your side has been completed, so I wanted to ask if the staff of your company are interested in taking on a side job before the New Year."

"Something that can help you promote your movie."

"What extra money?"

Zhen Shuwang became curious as soon as she heard that she could help promote the movie. The next second, she received a total of 100 porcelain design themes from Jia Wenyan.

Zhen Shuwang: "One hundred pieces of porcelain with different national themes...are they used as national gifts for the Winter Olympics?"

"Yes, this is the work that Dean Zhen just introduced to me this morning. However, it is still in the proposal stage. Whether it can be finally implemented depends on the completion effect before the start of the Winter Olympics."

"Today is November 20th. There are still two and a half months, or about 80 days, from now until the Winter Olympics officially begins."

"I calculated that at my production speed, I should be able to finish it before the Winter Olympics, but if I do it all by myself, I won't have time to polish the design of the porcelain."

"So I want you, the artists at Zhenxin Animation, to do me a favor. I'll pay for the overtime and if we can finally get through, I'll also put your company's name on my project design."

"How about it, do you want to do it?"

"Yes, why not? But I don't need to pay for overtime. The animation team of our company has been working hard for several months to submit the film for review in time for the New Year. If you give me some time, I can definitely keep up with your production speed."

Jia Wenyan: "Okay, I'll settle the design fee with you based on the market price when the time comes."

"That's fine. If you really want to pay, make me an all-ceramic Optimus Prime. I want it to be a highly realistic replica."

Jia Wenyan: "That depends on whether you have the ability. Don't forget that I am competing for a national gift. If the quality of your design is not up to standard..."

"If you don't meet the standards, I'll give you a five-minute A-grade animated commercial for free."

"Okay, you said so, let's hurry up, I'll make the Donghuang theme first, and you can start designing from bottom to top according to the form I sent. When the design is ready, send me a WeChat message, and I will give you a unified reply every few hours."

"Zhe, Wen Yanliang, don't worry, I'll do it here."

…

After saying this, Jia Wenyan hung up the phone.

Although the direction of the negotiation was somewhat different from what she had originally imagined, it was not a big deal. However, what she didn't know was that at this moment, Zhen Shuwang, who had just gotten up from the bed, was immediately disappointed by the list of participating countries sent by Jia Wenyan.

XXXX, which country is this? I seem to have seen it in high school geography class. Wait, what is the representative culture of this country?

Zhen Shuwang was confused when he saw the unfamiliar country names on the list.

He suddenly understood why Jia Wenyan came to the entire Zhenxin Animation.

Indeed, if it is purely based on the production of national gift porcelain, with the main focus on highlighting the country's representative culture rather than originality, a professional artist can fully match Jia Wenyan's production speed.

But the problem is that many countries on the list are not as representative as Donghuang, especially in Europe. Due to the relatively small population and territory of the countries, many bordering countries have a high degree of overlap in the cultural field.

In this case, Zhen Shuwang does not have much room to choose from in terms of representative cultural images.

He must try his best to avoid causing any cultural controversy with his designs, which undoubtedly increases his workload in disguise.

But perhaps because of the promise he had already made, Zhen Shuwang did not want to back down at this time, nor did he want to affect his employees' long-awaited vacation.

His brush traveled through cultural web pages one after another. At the same time, Jia Wenyan was also designing one recognized representative image after another.

In order to create designs that can be recognized at a glance as representing the culture of a country, Jia Wenyan tried her best to choose the most representative themes in the designs of several countries that are more familiar to the public.

For example, the giant pandas in our own Donghuang, the polar bears in neighboring Russia, the bald eagles in the United States, and the Eiffel Tower in France.

Jia Wenyan tried her best to choose the designs that were most understandable to the public, and soon as several representative cases came out one after another, Jia Wenyan's porcelain report was officially approved by the higher authorities.

It is said that as long as Jia Wenyan can complete all the works with guaranteed quality before the start of the Winter Olympics, she can have a place in the list of national gifts for this Winter Olympics.

This undoubtedly gave Jia Wenyan great confidence, but just when she thought everything was going on track in an orderly manner.

A round black shadow suddenly appeared from nowhere and sat down on the half-finished draft of the red-crowned crane by Jia Wenyan.

【Jia, you are treacherous. 】

The sudden huge monster glared at the girl who didn't know what was going on on Jia Wenyan's workbench.

"Are you Huang Dongdong?"

The dormant memories gradually awaken in the brain.

Jia Wenyan: "Shouldn't you be at the Forest of Steles Museum?"

[That's because you abandoned the cat. ]

"I... abandoned the museum... and abandoned the cat? Wait a minute, what are you talking about? I don't understand a word you say."

[Why else? Did you know that your Yongan Museum has a royal cat? ]

"Yongan Museum... Imperial Cat? You mean someone like you?"

[That's right. As a time-honored brand that has been passed down in Donghuang for hundreds and thousands of years, Yong'an Pawnshop is certainly qualified to have its own royal cat. However, because Yong'an Pawnshop later chose to donate its collection to the newly established Xian'an Museum, the royal cat of Yong'an Pawnshop did not awaken through memory inheritance as usual.]

[Originally, when your Yongan Museum was reopened a while ago, the royal cat in your museum had already reawakened. But who would have thought that before its memory inheritance could stabilize, you actually moved the Yongan Museum.]

[Do you know what this means? This means that an ancestor who has awakened thousands of years of memory has woken up and found himself unemployed. ]

"No, no one... no, no cat told me that. And moving doesn't mean it's closed down. The Yongan Museum still exists."

"Besides, after the Yongan Pawnshop was completely transformed into a workshop, it still belongs to the Yongan Museum."

【This is the crux of the matter.】

[If you had moved to a modern museum as usual, the Royal Cat Senior would not have awakened.]

[But it was precisely because you chose to keep it that the memory of that Royal Cat Senior was resurrected by a bug.]

[As a royal cat, it can only regain its spiritual power if it returns to its own organization, but the problem is that modern museums like yours don't allow cats to enter.]

Jia Wenyan: "So you want me to bring the imperial cat into the museum?"

[No, according to the rules, we Royal Cats can only serve the cultural treasure house of Donghuang tradition. Your modern buildings do not meet the conditions for our cats to be registered in the Royal Cat Association.]

[You need to prepare a position for the Royal Cat Senior in the museum that matches the positioning of your museum. ]

"A position that fits the museum's profile...what does that mean?"

[It means you can place a statue of a deity in the museum to protect your home. ]

[For example, you humans often place stone lions at the entrance of government offices. ]

[You must prepare a statue like that in the Yong'an Museum so that the soul of that predecessor can have a suitable carrier.]

"Oh, I see. Cat plus statue, why don't you just ask me to put a lucky cat in the museum?"

Huang Dongdong: [Be careful with your words! ]

As soon as Jia Wenyan said this, the fat orange (Huang Dongdong) in front of her looked around in a panic, as if something big was about to happen.

Jia Wenyan didn't understand what it was afraid of, and the next second she saw a cute little kitten outside the window, meowing at her and Huang Dongdong.

Kitten: [Meow, come and carry me over here quickly. ]