Chapter 712 It's up to fate
After watching Qiao Xing walk into the company, Xing Jiu hesitated for a moment, then took out her phone and called Han Yan.
"Mr. Han, I can't hide it anymore. Madam already knows about Mr. Qin and Miss Tan's affair."
Han Yan didn't seem surprised. "So what if you know? You'd find out sooner or later anyway. As for the rest, you didn't let anything slip, did you?"
"No."
"That's good. Qin Ce said that we must not tell Qiao Xing about this under any circumstances, so you need to find a way to keep it from her. If she finds out, Qin Ce will definitely not let us off easily."
Xing Jiu nodded. "I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Han Yan turned to look at Qin Ce lying on the hospital bed, and then sighed with mixed feelings.
If Qiao Xing knew that Qin Ce had been in a car accident and was unconscious while trying to call her on his way to the airport to explain things here, she definitely wouldn't be able to handle it.
When Qin Ce was brought in, he was already unconscious. The doctors spent the whole night trying to save him and brought him back from the brink of death.
Qin Ce woke up once after the surgery.
But he only said one sentence at the time.
"Don't... let Qiao Xing know."
Then she has been in a coma ever since.
The doctor said he had lost too much blood. Although he was out of danger, when he would wake up was up to fate.
Han Yan never expected that in the ten or so seconds that Qin Ce was awake, he was thinking about Qiao Xing.
Even if he hadn't said anything, Han Yan wouldn't have dared to tell Qiao Xing about it.
If she weren't pregnant, it would be fine, but the problem is she's already five or six months pregnant. What if she gets emotional and something happens to both the mother and the baby? How is he going to explain that to Qin Ce?
Now he only hopes that Qin Ce can wake up soon, otherwise he really doesn't know how to keep it a secret any longer.
When Qiao Xing arrived at the company, Shen Boyan and Tao Yang were already there.
After returning home yesterday, Sun Miao refined the first version of the male lead's costume and also added more detail to the costumes of the four male leads.
As soon as Qiao Xing arrived, she showed it to him, and Qiao Xing felt that it was indeed much better than the previous one.
Shen Boyan also felt it was good, "If everyone is okay with it, let's go into the game today and see how it goes."
Tao Yang asked, "It's not difficult to just make the male lead. The problem is, what kind of effect do you want to achieve? If it's just a character portrait, then it's very simple. Just add some body movements and eye movements to match the plot. But if you want to make it into 2D animation, then with our current technology, I'm afraid we can't do it yet."
Qiao Xing recalled the otome games she had played before and said, "Tao Yang is right. The otome game industry is very competitive now. If it's just simple character illustrations, the final result might not be much different from those cheap web games. If we want to focus on companionship, the more realistic it is, the more it can capture the hearts of players."
Shen Boyan pondered for a moment and said, "I have thought about the issues you mentioned, but with the company's current capabilities, it is indeed impossible to achieve 3D dynamic effects. So what I'm thinking is, could we focus on the storyline, the progression of levels, and the card art?"
Sun Miao quickly raised her hand, "I know the answer to this question! When I was drawing the cards, I specifically studied the card art for those games. The game's plot is very average, but the exquisiteness of the card art and the accompanying dates and text messages are very captivating, just like you are really going on a date with such a person."
Qiao Xing said, "That works too. If we can't do the best in character illustrations, we can make up for our weaknesses by focusing on the strengths and improving the rest. At least that will make the characters memorable for players."
Shen Boyan said, "Let's take it one step at a time. Let's finish the character illustration first and see how it looks. We can wait on the rest."
Finalizing the male lead is just the first step in this game's long journey. Subsequent storylines, maps, dating, card art, and various holiday events are all areas that need improvement.
As the group was discussing, a sudden commotion arose outside.
Tao Yang stood up. "I'll go out and take a look."
He had just reached the door and was about to open it when it was violently pushed open from the outside.
Several menacing-looking people stormed in, shouting, "Who's in charge!"
Tao Yang staggered back a few steps, bumped into a chair, and almost fell over.
Shen Boyan quickly caught him, then stepped forward and stood in front of Tao Yang, frowning as he looked at the people who had entered. "Who are you?"
Among those people, the one in the lead was a man wearing glasses.
He took out a few sheets of paper from his briefcase and slammed them on the table.
"Your company has employees who plagiarized our artwork. Shouldn't you give us an explanation?"
Tao Yang retorted angrily, "What nonsense are you spouting! What evidence do you have?"
The bespectacled man scoffed, "Would I make things up without evidence?"
He pulled someone out from the crowd.
She was a girl who looked to be in her early twenties. She was not tall and timidly shrank her neck, not daring to even lift her head.
"She is an artist in our studio. I hired her at a high price to create original artwork. Every single one of her paintings is copyrighted by our studio."
The bespectacled man pushed up his glasses and looked at Shen Boyan. "But yesterday I saw a picture posted on Weibo that was 90% similar to one drawn by our artist. This person is an employee of your company. Don't tell me this is just a coincidence."
In the company, only Sun Miao was drawing graphics for the game.
That Weibo post was made by Sun Miao the night before last.
Because she stayed up several nights in a row, revising and refining, she finally finished drawing all the pictures, so she posted a Weibo post to commemorate the occasion.
After hearing what the man said, everyone couldn't help but look at Sun Miao.
Sun Miao's eyes widened, and she pointed at the man excitedly, "You're making false accusations! I don't even know your artist, how could I possibly plagiarize her painting!"
"Who said I haven't seen it before?" The bespectacled man shoved the girl. "Are you mute? Speak up!"
The girl was pushed forward two steps. She looked up at Sun Miao, then immediately lowered her head again.
That one glance sparked a doubt in Sun Miao's mind.
Why does this girl seem somewhat familiar?
The girl stammered, "That day, she accidentally bumped into me, knocking all the sketches out of my bag. When I got back to the studio, I found that several sketches were...missing..."
Sun Miao suddenly remembered what the girl said.
She almost overslept that day, and was in a bit of a rush on her way there, so she accidentally bumped into the girl.
At that time, the things in her bag did fall out.
However, due to the wind, all the drawings were blown away. Sun Miao was in a panic and barely managed to retrieve them.
She even asked the girl if anything was missing.
But perhaps the girl was also in a hurry, she haphazardly stuffed her things into her bag and ran away.
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