Chapter 185, Section 184: You miss me again?
Li Weiya wanted to take this opportunity to ask more questions, but she saw that Lin Yanwan had already come out of the residential area.
"I'm so sorry, Aunt Li, for keeping you waiting," Lin Yanwan said apologetically.
Li Weiya shook her head gently and smiled, "How is Xia feeling? Is he feeling any better?"
"Hmm... Aunt Xia made him some hangover soup." Lin Yanwan gently brushed her hair behind her ear, feeling a little helpless as she thought about how clingy Jiang Xia had been earlier.
"That's good." Li Weiya glanced at the rearview mirror and asked, "By the way, Yanwan, where do you live?"
“Beautiful City, Aunt Li.”
"oh."
The car started slowly, and Lin Yanwan rolled down the window to look at the bright lights and bustling streets.
Back home, Xiaoman was already asleep, Lin Gaoyuan was thinking about things related to Tom and Jerry, and Ji Wanqiu was looking for Tom and Jerry videos to watch online.
"Have you been drinking?" Lin Gaoyuan sniffed the air. As a seasoned drinker, he was very familiar with the smell of alcohol.
"No, Jiang Xia drank some, so he smells a bit," Lin Yanwan said.
"oh oh."
Lin Gaoyuan nodded and continued to think about the toy factory's future development plan. Now that he had the Tom and Jerry merchandise license, he had a lot more room to maneuver. He could take advantage of the popularity of the animation to seize a share of the domestic toy market in advance.
The most important thing right now is product development. Once the merchandise starts mass production, and with the official Tom and Jerry promotion, how can we not make money?
Therefore, product design is of paramount importance in all aspects.
Watching Lin Gaoyuan scribbling on the paper, Lin Yanwan pursed her lips and asked, feigning interest, "Dad, how did the talk with the Tom and Jerry people go today?"
"We got the authorization." Lin Gaoyuan couldn't help but smile happily when he talked about it.
The negotiation went surprisingly smoothly. He was even prepared to pay a hefty price, but Li Weiya didn't mention the buyout price at all. Instead, she adopted a sales-sharing strategy.
In this way, Gaoyuan Toys' risk is minimized; whether he sells a lot or a little, he won't lose money.
"Congratulations, Dad," Lin Yanwan said with a smile.
"Thank you for your blessing, my daughter~" Lin Gaoyuan smiled, "Go wash up and rest early, I still have to work a little longer."
"Okay, I'll go to my room to check on Mom."
Lin Yanwan, with her hands behind her back, tiptoed to her mother's bedroom. Without saying a word, she peeked inside. Ji Wanqiu was resting her chin on her hand, intently reading the Tom and Jerry information, noting down useful details in a document.
She glanced instinctively at the doorway and saw a head dangling in mid-air, which startled her.
After recognizing her daughter, she complained slightly, "Yanwan, what were you doing standing there without saying a word? You almost scared me to death."
"Hehe, Mom, I was just afraid of disturbing your work."
Lin Yanwan walked over with a smile, placed her hand on her shoulder, and pressed it gently: "Mom, what are you doing?"
"It's nothing, just browsing the information for a bit. Only by knowing what people like best can we design good products," Ji Wanqiu said with a smile.
Lin Yanwan nodded slightly; this was essentially market research. She really wanted to tell her that Jiang Xia had already completed the product design in advance, but it was obvious that saying so now would give her away, so she would have to find an opportunity to tell her tomorrow.
"Yanwan, have you watched Tom and Jerry?" Ji Wanqiu suddenly asked.
"Yes, I watched it."
"So which episode, or which scene, do you think is the funniest?"
Lin Yanwan thought for a moment, but couldn't really come up with an answer right away. After all, there were too many classic scenes, and many of them could be considered famous on their own.
"Mom, you might as well ask the audience instead of me. Go to the official Tom and Jerry forum and see which GIF has the most replies. Wouldn't that make it obvious?"
Ji Wanqiu's eyes lit up; this method was good.
It seems that it's the younger generation who are more familiar with the internet than the older folks.
"Mom, Jiang Xia also likes cats and mice. I'll ask him about it for you tomorrow."
"Okay, sure."
"I'm going to wash up and go to bed now. Goodnight."
Lin Yanwan smiled. The seed she had casually mentioned had already been planted. As long as she slowly revealed some information, her mother wouldn't suspect anything for a while.
She yawned, went back to her room to get clean pajamas, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
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Jiang Xia slowly woke up from his deep sleep around ten o'clock the next morning. He had drunk too much the day before, and his head was still buzzing. He only vaguely remembered that his wife had taken him home.
Thinking that he had been a bit lazy these past two days, he went out of his room but didn't see Xia Shanshan, so he quickly ate something, logged into QQ to check Shen Ying's work report, and then planned to work on the unfinished storyboard.
Then he saw that his old classmate had already sent him a message.
"There's a teacher appreciation banquet at the Maple Hotel tonight at 6 pm. Old Wang said you absolutely have to go, so don't forget."
"By the way, please inform Wang Ming. I don't have his QQ."
Jiang Xia was stunned for a moment, then looked at the time and realized that today was already the 10th. Time really flies.
“Okay, I’ll definitely be there,” he typed in reply.
To be honest, he didn't really want to go to the teacher appreciation banquet. Apart from a few people, he wasn't familiar with the others, and it would be difficult to run into them again after graduation. However, he was genuinely grateful to those teachers who had taught him.
Moreover, he had made an appointment with someone last time, and his homeroom teacher, Teacher Wang, specifically asked him to go. It would be a bit unreasonable to stand him up.
So he immediately copied and pasted the message and sent it to Wang Ming verbatim.
"There's a teacher appreciation banquet at the Maple Hotel tonight at 6 pm. Old Wang said you absolutely have to go, so don't forget."
"Are you going or not?" Wang Ming replied.
"I don't really want to go, but I can't not go."
"Okay, I'll come find you in a bit."
Wang Ming stared blankly at the original artwork in front of him.
In the past, getting into the Central Academy of Fine Arts would have been a source of immense pride for him. He would have been the center of attention at the teacher appreciation banquet, receiving countless compliments.
But this kind of superficial hype is nothing compared to Tom and Jerry; it's just a waste of time and completely useless.
Jiang Xia sent a brief "OK" emoji, then called his wife.
Good morning, baby.
"You're awake?" Lin Yanwan was adjusting the sound effects on the software, and her tone inexplicably became happy.
"Without my baby by my side, I always feel empty inside," Jiang Xia said, distressed.
Lin Yanwan couldn't help but roll her eyes. She felt so empty inside. How could she possibly sleep until ten o'clock?
"Hmm, you called just to tell me you want to sleep with me?"
Not really.
Jiang Xia chuckled: "Actually, I'm attending a teacher appreciation banquet tonight."
"6 PM, Maple Hotel?"
"Holy crap?"
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