"President Jiang, Vice President Lin, Director Li, I'm leaving get off work now."
"Okay, Sister Liu, Happy National Day."
"Thank you, Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Xia slowly withdrew his gaze from the newly recruited administrator, and Li Weiya smiled faintly, "Xin Yue is quite an excellent child; she can complete the tasks assigned to her on time."
Jiang Xia nodded slightly. As a receptionist, Liu Xinyue was not bad-looking. Judging from the few times they had met, she was quite good at dealing with people and analyzing and organizing.
"Don't you even know who hired you?" he said with a laugh.
Li Weiya was slightly taken aback; this kid was actually flattering her.
Is there a seven-day holiday for National Day?
"Yes, the National Day holiday is three days, the Mid-Autumn Festival is one day, plus two public holidays and one day of make-up holidays, for a total of seven days," Jiang Xia replied.
"That's good."
"It's so nice to be a student. You don't have to worry about anything during holidays, you can just relax and have fun," he sighed softly.
Li Weiya chuckled and said, "Aren't you two students?"
"No students are as busy as we are."
Jiang Xia shook his head helplessly. Since his rebirth, he hadn't really taken a vacation. Starting an animation career from scratch took up half of his time, while the other half was devoted to his wife.
"Yes, I've never seen a student your age who has earned several million. Many people would envy that. You should be content."
"That makes sense."
He glanced at Lin Yanwan, and the young couple smiled at each other, their unspoken understanding unspoken.
Wang Ming arrived late from school at 6:30 p.m.
The four of them then went to a nearby Chinese restaurant for dinner, ordering Chongqing-style stir-fries, but it felt like something was missing.
"Old Jiang, I've almost finished drawing all the storyboards you gave me. I can go to work every day during the upcoming National Day holiday, or even live at the company," Wang Ming said while eating spicy blood curd.
Jiang Xia shook his head and chuckled, then picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea into his cup. "If every one of my employees worked as hard as you, our company could easily produce a quarterly output every month."
Wang Ming silently rolled his eyes. He just felt that it was a waste of time to "play" now. It would be better to go to work and draw Tom and Jerry. At least, all the hard work would be worth it when he saw Tom and Jerry on TV.
Moreover, even his mother is working overtime every day now, so what reason does he have to rest?
“However, there’s no need to rush. You’ve finished all the work, so what do you need others to do?” Jiang Xia chuckled, putting the peeled crayfish into his wife’s bowl.
"I'll do it myself, you don't need to worry about me," Lin Yanwan said softly. She usually couldn't get a word in edgewise when it came to things related to painting.
Wang Ming ignored their affectionate behavior and asked, "So, you're planning to give me a break?"
"I won't let go."
Old Wang: "..."
Seeing his smug look, Wang Ming was speechless. This guy had already said everything, good and bad, so what was the point of him saying anything more?
"Uh, what I mean is, we can put the original artwork aside for now. I have something else for you to do."
"Speak, what is it?"
Li Weiya was also slightly curious about what Xia planned to have Amin do.
Jiang Xia put down his chopsticks. "Do you remember what I said before, that I would hand over the Tom and Jerry project to you in the future?"
Wang Ming frowned deeply. "You don't mean to make me take responsibility right now, do you? No, no, please spare me."
He's fine with focusing on drawing original artwork, but creating scripts and storyboards isn't his forte.
"I'd like to, but you can't handle it if I put you in charge right now."
"So what do you mean?"
"We'll train you to be an animation director through practice, in the shortest possible time," Jiang Xia said earnestly, looking into his eyes.
Wang Ming: "??"
"I understand every word you say, but why can't I understand you?"
"Let's put the original drawings aside for now. During this National Day holiday, let's learn how to conceive the script and create the storyboards in advance," Jiang Xia continued. "At the latest, by next June, I will hand over full responsibility for Tom and Jerry to you."
Wang Ming was stunned. Next June was too fast. The key point was that he didn't know anything except for original drawings.
Turning to look at Li Weiya, she didn't seem surprised at all. It seemed that the two of them must have exchanged opinions while she was away.
"Are you kidding me?"
Jiang Xia patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "There are still eight months until the middle of next year. As long as you learn quickly, you'll have enough time."
He wasn't speaking without reason; he knew his brother too well.
He was able to independently produce and win awards for short animations during his sophomore year of college, which shows his exceptional talent. With his careful guidance, eight months should have been more than enough time.
“Come to the company every day during the National Day holiday, and I will teach you everything. In the future, I will try to have my godmother assign you less work related to key animation, so that you can learn by doing, until you become a qualified animation director,” Jiang Xia said slowly.
"Ah... this is fine too."
Wang Ming reluctantly agreed, having roughly understood why Jiang Xia was in such a hurry. He guessed that Jiang Xia wanted to start a new animation and therefore wanted to train him as soon as possible so that he could take over the work of Tom and Jerry.
"But let me make this clear, don't blame me if I don't meet your requirements," Old Wang warned him in advance.
"Brother, have some confidence in yourself, okay? I really think highly of you," Jiang Xia said with a smile.
Li Weiya, standing to the side, was quite satisfied with the result. If A Xia could really train A Ming, then he could freely make new animations, or even tinker with a Tom and Jerry movie.
As long as the core audience of Tom and Jerry can be maintained, Qitian Animation will remain as stable as Mount Tai.
In fact, Jiang Xia shared the same idea.
During the National Day holiday, I will give Wang Ming as much creative ideas for Tom and Jerry as possible, focusing on the creation of the subsequent scripts and storyboards, until he can meet my requirements, then he will be ready to graduate.
That way, he could free himself from the cat-and-mouse game as soon as possible and focus on creating Slam Dunk. That would be a truly massive project.
"Don't worry, Xia, I'll keep an eye on him too," Li Weiya said with a smile.
"By the way, godmother, I took a look today, and our recording studio needs to be renovated as soon as possible, otherwise it may seriously affect the animation production schedule," Jiang Xia suddenly said.
"We've already made contact. The construction team can start work the day after tomorrow at the latest, and it should be completed in about twenty days. It should be ready for use by November at the latest."
After a moment of contemplation, Jiang Xia nodded slightly. At the pace of producing one season every two months, there was enough time, and it wouldn't affect the dubbing schedule for the third season of Tom and Jerry.
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