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Chapter 688 I will miss all these twists and turns
... The current situation of the forum is still uncertain.
Lin Bing fell silent after hearing what his eldest daughter said.
He is not a person who knows nothing.
At least, he knows the concepts of community culture and online circles.
This is not difficult to understand, because it is originally an extension of the mainstream culture of reality on the Internet.
And the game is undoubtedly a big circle.
At least from Lin Bing's perspective, after he roughly understood the situation of the major projects of Linmu Studio, he could easily draw a conclusion-this circle is not small at
all. Otherwise, it would not be possible to bring such a huge revenue to Linmu Studio.
And in such a large circle, the members of the circle are almost all discussing the same company-Linmu Studio.
This is outrageous in itself.
Any circle, as long as it has a certain commercial value and a brand can be recognized by most members, can make money. This is true
for small circles. So
is it for large circles.
The operation of Linmu Studio also proves this point. The third-party game forums are all discussing the products of the same company.
They make money by making games, and the speed of making money is even more exaggerated than real estate at its peak.
Linmu Studio is undoubtedly the recognized number one in the game circle.
But Lin Xi said that this was not accurate...
How outrageous was the actual situation?
Lin Bing could hardly imagine.
"Besides, Linmu Studio is not only profitable from games."
Lin Xi looked at his father and added, "You just came out yesterday. Although you have heard of WeChat and mobile payment, you probably haven't actually tried them, right?"
"..."
Lin Bing raised his head.
"Give me your phone, I'll show you. This is also a more important profit point for Linmu Studio besides games. Miss Mu Wanqing should have wanted to say it just now, but I interrupted her."
Lin Xi stretched out his hand to his father: "In addition, there are some important investments, such as Fandian Takeaway, Safe Travel, etc., which have not been mentioned just now... This part of the income is also visible. Fandian Takeaway and Safe Travel just completed the C round of financing not long ago. The valuations of both companies are around 20 billion, and Linmu Studio owns about 20% of the shares of these two new star companies."
"Also, in addition to Youmei Technology, Linmu Studio headquarters also has hardware, which is a game console. The console hardware part has been profitable for a long time. At present, the sales of this console have exceeded 100 million..."
Lin Bing: "..."
He rubbed his eyebrows and suddenly felt that... he was not worthy of being Lin Yao's father.
...
On the other side.
Lin Yao didn't know that she had lost her biological father at a certain moment.
She left Zhong Xiu and went to several larger project groups within Linmu Studio and talked with the person in charge.
Then in the Breakout project team,
she was delayed for a while because of the "hide and seek" game. When she left the Breakout project team, it was lunch time.
She breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to go to the bathroom, and then asked Mu Wanqing what she wanted for lunch.
But as soon as she entered the bathroom, she saw Mu Wanqing.
The girl with black silk stockings and glasses was standing in front of the mirror, with her eyes closed, her proud chest heaving slightly, as if she was taking a deep breath.
"Miss Mu."
Lin Yao called her out.
Mu Wanqing, who was taking a deep breath, shuddered and shrank her shoulders. When she was sure that it was Lin Yao, she turned around.
"What are you doing?" Lin Yao came to her side and asked with a smile: "This is the bathroom, you are taking a deep breath."
"...I'm a little nervous." Mu Wanqing was a little embarrassed.
"What are you nervous about?" Lin Yao washed her hands, turned around, and asked curiously.
"...I'm just nervous." Mu Wanqing hesitated for a moment, lowered her head slightly, and did not answer directly.
Lin Yao thought of a possibility and asked mischievously, "Is it because of my father?"
Mu Wanqing: "..."
"Hahaha, it turns out that my Miss Mu can be like this."
Lin Yao saw the expression on Mu Wanqing's face and immediately knew that she had guessed right.
She smiled brightly, put her snow-white arm on Mu Wanqing's neck, then looked at her beautiful face and tilted her head and said, "You didn't say this when you told me you couldn't sleep."
Mu Wanqing bit her red lips, raised her head and glared at Lin Yao.
"I'm not afraid~ I never cared about other people's eyes."
Lin Yao imitated Mu Wanqing's tone and said vividly what she said when they lived together.
"Woo..."
Mu Wanqing's face flushed and she let out a short cry.
Then, she became more and more daring, hugged Lin Yao's slender waist directly, and pulled her to the toilet cubicle.
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you in such a hurry!"
Lin Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "And if you're shy, just hide in here! Why did you drag me in here!"
"Revenge..."
"...
" ...
Lin Yao and Mu Wanqing made a fuss for a while.
It was almost half past twelve.
The two of them returned to the office.
When Lin Yao pushed the door and entered the office, she saw her cheap dad slumped in a chair, maintaining the same posture as in the smoking room in the morning... Looking at the ceiling, he was doubting his life.
Seeing this scene.
Lin Yao's curiosity was rekindled immediately. She looked at her sister and asked, "Sister, what's wrong?"
Lin Xi put down her phone, then smiled at her sister and said nothing.
At this moment,
Lin Xi's demeanor was exactly the same as Lin Yao's.
It can only be said that they are worthy of being sisters.
Lin Yao was even more confused and turned to look at Lin Bing.
"...Xiao Yao."
Lin Bing noticed his little daughter's gaze and finally calmed down.
He looked at his graceful little daughter and said hoarsely, "Call me daddy."
"What are you doing?"
Lin Yao got goose bumps when he looked at her.
Mainly because his eyes were too strange.
"I'm looking for a sense of reality..." Lin Bing replied.
"What sense of reality?" Lin Yao continued to ask.
"Ignore him."
At this time,
Lin Xi finally couldn't help it, smiled, and explained the reason to her sister.
In short,
Lin Mu Studio had a huge impact on Lin Bing, especially when Lin Xi showed the entire Lin Mu Studio to Lin Bing.
As someone who has experienced the golden age to some extent.
Lin Bing has suffered, enjoyed happiness, struggled, and been frustrated.
He was eventually able to make it out of a small town, and it can be said that he has seen all kinds of storms.
But it is precisely because he has seen too many storms... He believes in his experience.
And when this experience is completely overturned... it is not very pleasant.
The other two companies are like a prelude.
After learning about the situation of Linmu Studio, Lin Bing's emotions were completely ignited.
The new era is like a huge wave, and it has arrived in an instant.
Lin Yao remembered that she had watched a popular science video in her previous life, saying that the rise of mobile Internet giants, the most anxious are the super-rich people who took advantage of the east wind in the old era.
Of course, she was not rich in her previous life.
So I never understood it, just regarded it as electronic pickles, and forgot it after watching it.
Now, she felt that she could apply such an example to Lin Bing...
So, after listening to her sister's words, Lin Yao looked at Lin Bing and gave such an evaluation: "Psycho."
"..."
Lin Bing didn't mind what Lin Yao said, but was amused: "How do you talk to your father?"
"Do you think Linmu Studio grew out of thin air?"
Lin Yao ignored him, but continued with a smile: "If there was no first round of funds provided by Linmu Financial Holdings, if Linmu Financial Holdings failed to acquire the predecessor of this company, Development Department 2, do you think Linmu Studio would be so easy to succeed?
After all, family is also a factor in the success of Linmu Studio. Don't be so self-indulgent here. You came first, and then we two sisters came. After all, we two sisters are standing on your shoulders."
Lin Bing was stunned when he heard it.
"Do you feel better when you say that?" Lin Yao looked at him, blinked, and asked.
"...You."
Lin Bing looked at his little daughter with a smile.
It has to be said.
Although he knew it very well in his heart.
Linmu Studio can still be successful even without Linmu Financial Holdings.
But after hearing what Lin Yao said, he did feel a lot better...
After all, he didn't really mind anything, he was just a little disappointed.
"Okay, if you feel better, let's go eat, go to the cafeteria... Walk, walk, since you are not picky about food, let's not go outside, it's too troublesome."
Lin Yao said as she walked around behind Lin Bing, put her palms on his armpits and helped him stand up.
Lin Bing stood up and suddenly felt in a good mood.
...After all, she is still a little cotton-padded jacket!
Seeing this scene, Lin Xi smiled gently.
"By the way, do you know Linmu Carnival?"
Lin Yao suddenly asked Lin Bing before going to eat.
"Well, I just found out, what's the matter?" Lin Bing asked back with some curiosity.
"After you go back to see grandma, come to the site when you have time. I'll ask the staff to take you to see the best activities of our Linmu Studio!"
Lin Yao smiled brightly at him, and then said, "By the way, I'll give you a surprise."
"Oh? What surprise?"
"It's already called a surprise, so why call it a surprise?"
"That makes sense."
The father and daughter walked out the door side by side.
Lin Bing was fooled and nodded frequently. While he began to imagine the grand occasion of the carnival, he looked forward to the surprise that Lin Yao said.
He didn't realize how big this surprise was...
"Miss Lin Xi."
Mu Wanqing watched Lin Yao leave, then turned to look at Lin Xi, ready to ask her to have dinner together.
"Just call me Lin Xi."
Lin Xi smiled at Mu Wanqing, then took out her mobile phone, lowered her head and quickly tapped the glass screen, and said at the same time: "Wait for me for a moment, I'll be there soon... I need to talk to Uncle Zhang and ask him to keep it a secret."
Mu Wanqing: "..."
To a certain extent.
The two sisters are simply cut from the same mold.
...
Afternoon.
After Lin Bing finished his meal, he left the Linmu Studio and went directly to the airport.
After seeing his daughter, he had to go back to his hometown.
Because his old mother was still waiting for him at home.
Lin Xi also returned to Linmu Financial Holdings to deal with his own affairs.
As for Lin Yao, just like in the morning, she ran around various project teams.
She would chat with familiar staff members when she met them.
And when she met unfamiliar staff members, she would also say hello.
Most of the topics she talked about with the staff revolved around games.
It was hard to say whether it was work or just a simple chat.
Anyway, Lin Yao felt it was work.
And the time came to the evening.
After tossing around for several hours, Lin Bing finally returned to Fujian Province.
Back to his most familiar home.
Lin Bing opened the car door.
In the afterglow of the setting sun.
The old lady had been waiting at the door.
She turned her back to her home and saw her son, whom she had not seen for a long time and even thought that she might not be able to see him again alive, appear in front of her, and her eyes immediately turned red.
Lin Bing had an apologetic look on his face and his eyes were a little red.
But he quickly put away his extra emotions, put on a smile, and called the old lady.
"Mom."
"..."
In the afterglow of the setting sun.
The old lady finally moved after hearing the familiar voice. She took a few steps forward, then grabbed Lin Bing's hand and held it tightly.
Lin Bing smiled and held her hand in return.
A faint warmth was flowing.
Until.
The old lady picked up the crutch with her other hand and began to hit Lin Bing.
"Unfilial son! Abandoning two daughters! Look what you did!!!"
"Do you know how much suffering the two girls have suffered!?"
"Are you going to piss me off to death!"
Lin Bing: "..."
He was hit by his old mother's cane without any strength at all, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He hurriedly said some nice words to comfort his old mother.
This was reluctant, but it could be regarded as another kind of warmth.
...
At the same time.
Lin Yao didn't know that her father had been defeated again when he returned to his hometown...
She finished a day's work and it was time to go back.
However.
Perhaps it was affected by Lin Bing's release from prison.
Lin Yao stood up, looked at the night view outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and suddenly didn't want to take the car back.
She thought about it, walked out of the office directly to find Mu Wanqing, and then took her away.
Mu Wanqing was a little surprised, but she still followed Lin Yao obediently.
The two took the elevator to the downstairs.
As soon as Lin Yao walked out of the building, she immediately looked up, looked at the gray sky and stars under the bright lights of the city, and smiled softly.
"What's the matter?" Mu Wanqing held Lin Yao's hand and asked curiously.
"I thought of something and wanted to go for a walk."
Lin Yao turned her head and smiled at her: "It's been a long time since you walked, right?"
"Is that so..."
Mu Wanqing turned her head to look at Lin Yao, who was more dazzling than the bright lights in her eyes, smiled gently, and nodded.
"Remember... the first time we walked back together like this?"
Lin Yao shook Mu Wanqing's hand and asked suddenly.
"Of course I remember." Mu Wanqing nodded.
"What did I say at that time, do you remember?" Lin Yao continued to ask.
Mu Wanqing was stunned, then turned her head away, obviously remembering it.
Lin Yao stopped, then turned to look at her and smiled.
The smile was clean, clear and moving.
"That's right - we want to be the largest and best game company in the world!"
"We have succeeded! We succeeded a long time ago!"
Lin Yao held Mu Wanqing's other hand, with a smile on her pretty oval face that seemed to heal people's hearts. Under the same night sky, she said exactly the same words as before.
"...Yeah."
Mu Wanqing heard this and smiled brightly on her face as well, and nodded vigorously.
Then.
She held Lin Yao's hand and looked back at the way they came.
Unknowingly.
The two seemed to have walked a long way...
At this time.
Lin Yao looked up at the starry sky again, with a faint smile, and suddenly hummed softly.
She was still singing Pu Shu's "Empty Sailboat".
But this time.
She sang the second half.
"When I heard the wind whistling past my ears,
my heart beat violently with ecstasy.
I love every day that is difficult but full of effort.
I will miss all these twists and turns.
I face the wind.
I face the wind..."
Mu Wanqing heard the song and turned her head again to look at Lin Yao.
Lin Yao's voice was still soft and her singing was still unclear.
Mu Wanqing still didn't know which singer sang this song.
But she still thought it sounded good, even if she only listened to the tune.
She looked at the stunning profile of the girl next to her, held her hand tightly, and calmed down.
The main road beside her was busy with traffic, and the sound of horns honking and whistling came one after another.
The starry sky above was gray and dim.
The two girls stood in the middle of the sidewalk holding hands.
The lights in the distance became hazy.
It was as if it was yesterday again.
...
The next day.
The online mode of "Modern Scrolls"... was officially launched.
At the same time, Linmu Studio officially announced.
This year's Linmu Carnival will be held on June 15th!
I was a little literary, and I wanted to add the word "finished" at the end, but...after thinking about it carefully, it would be better to welcome the end happily.
The next is the final chapter.
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(End of this chapter)