The welcome dinner ended happily, and it was already past 8 p.m. Since everyone had drunk a little, a group of people stood by the roadside waiting for a taxi.
A moment later, an empty car stopped in front of us.
Jiang Wende greeted his acquaintances and colleagues, and then called Li Weiya, Wang Ming, and Shen Ying to get in the car.
"I'll take them back first," Jiang Wende said, looking at the others.
Xia Shanshan nodded and said, "Okay, then you can come back by yourself later."
Everyone waved goodbye and watched the taxi slowly drive away. Ji Wanqiu then led the remaining people to their own car.
At this welcome dinner, she and Xia Shanshan were the only ones who didn't drink alcohol, but Xia Shanshan can't drive.
Lin Gaoyuan sat in the passenger seat, while the young couple and Xia Shanshan sat in the back. Lin Xiaoman insisted on being hugged by her brother-in-law, and laughter could be heard from time to time in the car.
Upon arriving at Hongyun Garden, Ji Wanqiu smiled at her mother-in-law and Jiang Xia and said, "Xiaxia, if you're free during the day, come and visit Yanwan."
“Brother-in-law, tonight is fine too!” the sister-in-law interjected.
A blush immediately rose on Lin Yanwan's face.
What are we going to do over there tonight? Play with her?
Jiang Xia smiled and nodded: "Dad, Mom, Xiaoman, then you can go back slowly."
His gaze finally settled on Lin Yanwan: "See you tomorrow."
"Okay, see you tomorrow." Lin Yanwan smiled and waved.
Back home, Jiang Xia took out a copy of Qitian Animation's original business license from a locked cabinet in his bedroom and handed it to Xia Shanshan, once again proving that what he had said before was true.
Seeing Jiang Xia's name in the legal representative column, Xia Shanshan smiled broadly. How did her son's brain work? How could he be so smart?
Wow, an 18-year-old animation company owner? Nobody would believe that if you told them.
What good deeds did she do in her past life to have such an outstanding son in this life, who excels in both career and studies, quietly astonishing everyone.
"Xiaxia, how long do you plan to stay at home during winter break?"
Jiang Xia calculated the days: "About ten days, I have to go to the capital on the sixth day of the new year."
"So early? Aren't you going to stay until after the Lantern Festival?" Ji Wanqiu asked in surprise.
"The company has to start work on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. This year is the most important year for the company's development, and there are many things to do after the start of the year." Jiang Xia said with a slight sigh. As the company boss and the chief director of Tom and Jerry and Slam Dunk, he had to go.
"Oh, I see. Then we definitely have to go."
Xia Shanshan nodded gently. Compared to the company's development, everything else seemed less important.
"Go take a shower. You've had a long day, so get some rest."
"Okay, Mom."
He went back to his room to get a change of clothes and went into the bathroom. Thinking that he couldn't take a bath with his wife for a while, he felt like something was missing.
The sound of running water came from the bathroom. Xia Shanshan continued to look at the photocopy of the business license over and over, her face beaming with joy.
All the surprises I've ever experienced in my life combined haven't been as intense as today.
A while later, Jiang Wende opened the door and came back.
"Have you taken Director Li and the others home?"
"Hmm, where's your son?"
"I'm taking a shower right now." Xia Shanshan handed over the business license with a happy expression: "Take a look at this."
"Oh, your son gave it to you?" Jiang Wende raised an eyebrow slightly, his attention quickly drawn to the name in the legal representative column.
"Otherwise what?" Xia Shanshan breathed a sigh of relief, her smile undiminished. "My son is amazing, isn't he?"
"Amazing, amazing!"
Jiang Wende clicked his tongue a few times. The old couple had always been honest and hardworking people; he truly hadn't expected that the kid would quietly create such a sensation. Making an animation in his spare time had become a national hit, and he could easily use the copyright to support a company on the verge of bankruptcy.
Looking at the company's registration date again, wow, it was actually in May. At that time, the college entrance examination was approaching, and other students were busy reviewing their studies. But he was secretly making animations without telling anyone, and he still got such a high score.
The world is not without geniuses. There are even many child prodigies in the news who were admitted to Tsinghua University at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and who may also be successful in their careers at that age. But those are truly a very small minority.
They were incredibly lucky to run into one of them.
A little while later, Jiang Xia came out of the bathroom drying her hair. Xia Shanshan had already prepared a hairdryer. After drying her hair, the family would watch TV and chat together.
As a result, when I randomly switched channels, they were showing the fourth season of Tom and Jerry: Westerns, which shows just how popular the cartoon is.
Jiang Xia knew that his father preferred watching the news or war movies, while his mother preferred watching period dramas. After all, people of their age, who didn't have young children to take care of, generally didn't watch cartoons.
He subconsciously changed the channel, but Jiang Wende said, "Don't change it, just watch Tom and Jerry."
Jiang Xia was slightly surprised.
"Don't you guys dislike watching it?"
“The past is the past, and the present is the present. How can they be the same?” Jiang Wende said casually.
Ultimately, they didn't know before that Tom and Jerry was their son's creation. Now that they do, they have to keep watching even if it's terrible, not to mention it's the most popular animation in China right now, so they'll have to watch it several times.
"If we watch Tom and Jerry on TV, will you get paid?" Jiang Wende asked.
Jiang Xia was both amused and exasperated: "We can't get it. The broadcasting rights were sold to the TV station. So, no matter how high the ratings are, the price is settled in one lump sum. However, the higher the ratings, the better the work is, and its added implicit value is much more expensive than the broadcasting fee sold to the TV station."
Jiang Wende nodded: "I understand. For example, the toys related to Tom and Jerry that the Lin family makes are very popular with children, and the orders can't keep up with the demand."
"right."
"How long does it take you to make one episode?"
Jiang Xia went back to his room and took out a thick stack of old original drawings, handing them to them: "There are 758 of these. In the past, it would take about 10 days to make one episode. Now that the image quality has improved, the number of original drawings needed for one episode is about 3,000 on average. The project team can make about six episodes a month."
Jiang Wende quickly flipped through the drawings and, seeing only minor changes in each picture of the same scene, exclaimed in surprise, "These are all hand-drawn?"
“Yes,” Jiang Xia explained, “Animation, as the name suggests, is about making drawings move.”
He then picked up the sketch and played it quickly like a flipbook animation, and the previously lifeless drawing seemed to come alive.
Jiang Wende was amazed. He was just a taxi driver and didn't know much about these things, but he knew that drawing so many things by hand in such a short time was something that not an ordinary person could do.
(End of this chapter)
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