"The first drink is for Yan Wan, Jiang Xia, and Director Li to welcome us home."
"cheers!"
Inside the private room, the family sat around a round table, some drinking and others eating, their conversation revolving around the campus life of the four college students, creating a harmonious and joyful atmosphere.
"Director Li, my good-for-nothing son got a job at Qitian Animation thanks to your help. I'll drink this toast, please feel free to drink as you please."
Jiang Wende tilted his head back and drank the hot beer in his glass in one gulp. He was driving and shouldn't have been drinking, but he had no choice. He was happy and also owed a lot of favors, so he had to let his colleague pick up the taxi.
After getting off the highway, under Xia Shanshan's persistent questioning, Jiang Xia admitted that he worked at Qitian Animation, which was why he had been on vacation for a long time but only returned at the end of the year.
Therefore, Jiang Wende naturally assumed that Jiang Xia was performing very well in the company and was highly valued by the leaders, which matched Li Weiya's previous praise.
Hearing the words "good-for-nothing son," Viya's eyelids twitched violently. If Jiang Xia was considered unworthy, then were all those who couldn't compare to him stupid?
She glanced at Jiang Xia, only to see him patiently peeling shrimp for Lin Yanwan. Wang Ming and Shen Ying, the two insiders, remained silent, probably thinking the same thing as her: "good-for-nothing son."
Li Weiya sighed and said with a wry smile, "Master Jiang, you flatter me. Xia is far more outstanding than you or I think. In fact, even if we were to compare him to someone our age, there would be very few people who are more outstanding than him."
Jiang Wende was taken aback for a moment, then flattered, "That's also thanks to Director Li's excellent guidance."
“No, no, no, I’m not qualified to teach him in the field of animation,” Li Weiya shook her head and denied.
The adults were confused, but they could tell that Director Li had elevated Jiang Xia to an extremely high level.
Jiang Wende glanced at his son, pursed his lips, and said, "Director Li, what do you mean by that...?"
"Ask him yourself."
Li Weiya passed the buck to Jiang Xia; whether he spoke or not was up to him.
Facing the gazes of both sets of parents, Jiang Xia placed the peeled shrimp into his wife's bowl, sighed softly, and knew that there was no escaping it today.
"Okay, I'll confess."
He met everyone's gaze and slowly said, "Dad, Mom, I actually founded Qitian Animation Company, and I am also the founder of Tom and Jerry."
As soon as he finished speaking, several sharp clattering sounds rang out as chopsticks fell to the ground, and the adults all looked on incredulously.
This... is it fake?
A college student who has just come of age has the audacity to claim that he is the boss of Qitian Animation. Does he realize how unrealistic that is? It would be more believable if he said he won tens of millions in the lottery.
"Uh... Xiaxia, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Making jokes like this in front of Director Li is a bit too much." Xia Shanshan took a light breath and carefully reminded her.
“Teacher Xia, what Xia said is right. Qitian Animation Company was indeed founded by him. In fact, I, Director Li, am working for him.” Thinking about how he poached her, Li Weiya’s tone was very helpless.
Upon hearing Director Li's admission, Xia Shanshan, Jiang Wende, Ji Wanqiu, and Lin Gaoyuan were all stunned.
On the contrary, the younger generation ate and picked at their food as usual, not at all surprised, as if they had known about it all along.
"Director Li, you're not joking?"
Xia Shanshan still asked in disbelief, because this matter sounded too unbelievable and was beyond their imagination.
"mom……"
"Shut up!" Xia Shanshan glared at him.
Well, the spellcasting was interrupted. Fine, you guys keep verifying. He was happy to continue peeling shrimp for his wife.
Li Weiya couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Teacher Xia, I really wasn't joking, or rather, I had no reason to lie to you."
"That's true, but..."
Xia Shanshan didn't know what to say. Suddenly, her son, who was still in college, had become the boss of a big company. If she said this, everyone would think she was a crazy person with wild fantasies.
Even fabricated stories aren't this outrageous.
“But I just can’t figure it out,” Jiang Wende said, letting out a heavy sigh.
He looked at Jiang Xia with a complicated expression. In his memory, when this kid was still in high school, he was always inseparable from Lin Yanwan. He often caught the two of them holding hands while shopping. How could someone like this become the boss of a big company?
What about him working diligently every day?
Is there no justice left in the world?!
“You guys don’t seem surprised at all. Did you already know?” Jiang Wende looked at the others.
Wang Ming hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Shen Ying nodded.
Lin Yanwan blinked and nodded.
"Yanwan, tell me, what exactly happened?" Jiang Wende said. He didn't believe Jiang Xia could say anything ridiculous and preferred to believe his obedient daughter-in-law.
"Dad, I'm so sorry for keeping this from you for so long, but it's true. Around May of last year, he founded Qitian Animation Co., Ltd." Lin Yanwan stuck out her tongue.
“Last May, shouldn’t you have still been in high school?” Lin Gaoyuan said, frowning.
"Yes, he made the original Tom and Jerry in his spare time, and later Wang Ming joined in," Lin Yanwan said.
"this……"
The others were dumbfounded. To create a Tom and Jerry story in their spare time, especially during the intense final review period for the college entrance examination, didn't sound real.
The key point is that he devoted his time and energy to animation production and was admitted to a top university in China.
If one hadn't heard and seen it with their own eyes, how many people in the world would believe it?
"No wonder Xiaxia often stayed up late during that period and would lock himself in his room when he had nothing to do. I thought he was studying hard."
Xia Shanshan belatedly recalled that Jiang Xia's grades didn't seem that good in her memory. They used to be only in the middle to lower range. How could his grades have improved so much after he devoted all his time to animation production?
"And what about you? What role did you play in all of this?" Lin Gaoyuan asked again.
“Dad, I composed the original soundtrack for Tom and Jerry.” She pointed to Shen Ying as she spoke. “Shen Ying works in online operations, and she was responsible for all the initial promotion.”
Everyone looked at Shen Ying, who nodded somewhat shyly.
Goodness, that means all the young people were involved in this project, while the old guys were kept in the dark.
At this moment, Lin Gaoyuan's thoughts were very complicated. No wonder Jiang Xia's designs were always so perfect when he first started designing the figurines. It turned out that Tom and Jerry was his creation.
So I punched him twice back then...?
End of this chapter
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