Chapter 43: Not worth the money
When Du Yunkai learned that this miniature garden was created by Li Yu, a student in his early twenties who was not yet a senior, he immediately took out his cell phone and started taking photos.
He filmed it in 360 degrees, with close-ups, long shots, and close-ups. As soon as he finished filming, he sent it to his father: [Dad, take a look. How does it compare to yours?]
Father Du quickly replied: [You did it? When did you develop this hobby? ]
Du Yunkai: [Just tell me what you think]
Mr. Du praised it modestly and concluded: [It has some spirit, but the setting and proportions should still be worked on.]
Du Yunkai read his father's praise to everyone, and then said to Xu Qingsong: "It's amazing to get my father's praise. Ask him out some other day to see if he can help with the landscape design of our game."
Xu Qingsong nodded and said okay.
As soon as Du Yunkai said this, Wenxi's competitive spirit immediately tightened. She lowered her head to drink tea, thinking, is he trying to steal someone? But then she thought again, there was nothing she could do. Porcelain's show was not her studio's, and she couldn't have full control over the stage design. Even if she liked it, she could only make suggestions. Oh, how sad.
When Liu Wangxue heard them talking about games, she casually asked, "Are you going to develop a new game?"
Xu Qingsong finished the last bite of cake and said, "I do have this plan. I want to make a PC game, but I haven't even started yet."
Du Yunkai poured himself another cup of sweet tea and said, "The most important thing is that we haven't found a suitable screenwriter and script yet."
"Oh," Liu Wangxue understood, "So you are planning to create an original work."
Wenxi put the cup on the coaster, making a crisp "click" sound. She put one hand on Liu Wangxue's shoulder and made an introduction gesture with the other hand: "Isn't it easy to find a screenwriter? This is her!"
Liu Wangxue slapped her hand away: "Don't listen to her nonsense, I quit a long time ago."
Wenxi desperately winked, meaning, "Young master, you are not short of money, why don't you seize such a good opportunity? Do you really plan to just lie around like a salted fish for the next few decades? Talent doesn't have to mean you have nothing! Go ahead!"
The more Liu Wangxue refused to accept the challenge, the more Wenxi wanted to push her out: "She is a top student from Ocean University and won many awards during college. And your wuwuwu..."
Before she could finish her words, Liu Wangxue blocked her mouth with a piece of cake and gave her a look that said "shut up".
Okay, Wenxi sighed inwardly and swallowed the cake.
In fact, when Du Yunkai knew that Liu Wangxue was the anchor ex-girlfriend of Mu Jingsheng who was forced to have an abortion, he searched online. After reading the comments and learning that she had sold the copyright of the original story, he found the original video and listened to it.
His original idea was that if Liu Wangxue's story was good enough, he would invite her to be the screenwriter for the PC game. This was mainly so that he could slap Mu Jingsheng in the face in the future and mock him for treating the pearl as a fish eye and throwing it away.
But after listening to those stories, I can only say that they are not his cup of tea. He then watched other videos and felt the same. If they were making an otome game, asking Liu Wangxue to be the screenwriter would undoubtedly be a good choice.
So Du Yunkai gave up the idea.
Xu Qingsong had thought about it, but his conclusion was the same as Du Yunkai's.
Just as a slight awkwardness was about to emerge in the air, it was interrupted by the ringing of Xu Qingsong's phone.
It was Tao Huayu calling: "What's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly want to go dig lotus roots?"
Xu Qingsong glanced at Du Yunkai and said, "It's not me who wants to do this, it's my boss who wants to do this."
Du Yunkai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked with his mouth: "Dig lotus roots?"
Xu Qingsong nodded and turned on the hands-free mode. Tao Huayu said, "I really don't understand what kind of habits the rich people have nowadays. They don't want to enjoy their good life but have to go into the mud. There are so many ways to experience life, but they have to choose this hard and tiring way."
Xu Qingsong pretended to cough twice, and Tao Huayu's complaints came to an abrupt end.
Liu Wangxue and Wenxi couldn't help laughing as they watched Du Yunkai's expression change again and again.
The air was quiet for two seconds, and Tao Huayu suddenly cursed Xu Qingsong in dialect and asked, "Did you turn on the speakerphone? Who is next to you?"
Xu Qingsong made a "hush" gesture to the three people, rubbed his face, and said calmly: "No, I'm alone. Can I go to your lotus pond?"
Tao Huayu turned up the volume of the receiver to the maximum and listened carefully. There seemed to be no sound. "That's amazing! The price is too low this year. The lotus pond at home is so small that the money from selling lotus roots can't even cover the labor costs. My parents can't do it anymore and don't plan to take care of it."
"Then when is it convenient to go?" Xu Qingsong asked.
"The day after tomorrow," Tao Huayu said, "I've been at Lao Li's place for the past two days. The construction has come to a temporary halt, and the client is in the process of acceptance. It will be finished tomorrow. Xiaoyu wants to go see the cats, so I'll take him with me then."
After agreeing on a time and hanging up the phone, Liu Wangxue received a reply from Li Yu, saying that he could ask Wenxi to send the video over, as he was worried that she had not done a good job.
Liu Wangxue handed the phone to Wenxi, and Wenxi said, "Great!"
Then Li Yu sent another message: [Sister Xuxu, Brother Yu said he is going to dig lotus roots the day after tomorrow, I want to go too, I want to see Xiaociφ(゜▽゜*)]
Liu Wangxue replied: [Welcome, welcome.gif]
As they chatted, the sky gradually darkened. Pengpeng and Xiaoci jumped off the sofa together, came over to rub against Liu Wangxue, then ran into the living room and pushed their bowls to the door. It was time for dinner.
After taking care of the two of them, Liu Wangxue suggested: "Why don't we have dinner together." There were some ingredients in the refrigerator that had to be disposed of.
Du Yunkai is a young master and has never done any housework. Wenxi can only cook instant noodles or snail rice noodles at most, so the responsibility of cooking falls on Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong.
I didn't expect that the two of them would cooperate so well in their first collaboration.
After eating and cleaning up, Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai went back home. Liu Wangxue and Wenxi took a shower, curled up on the sofa with their computers, editing videos, and occasionally playing with the cats and dogs.
The videos I posted a few times ago have received some views, and the most common comment is "hahaha". The comments under the videos are basically all praising Pengpeng and Xiaoci, and some people are sharing their experiences of raising pets.
After editing and uploading this one, the two watched the videos again from the beginning and laughed non-stop.
After reading it, Wenxi suddenly asked Liu Wangxue: "Why did you block my mouth when we were drinking tea? Why didn't you let me say that you were the author of Case 21?"
Liu Wangxue asked her in return, "Where has your usual cleverness gone?"
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Wenxi changed his posture, crossed his legs and hugged the pillow.
Liu Wangxue said: "You also saw it on the set yesterday. That He Yan is most likely Du Yunkai's girlfriend. She knows everything. I don't believe Du Yunkai doesn't know."
Wenxi narrowed her eyes and said, "So what if you know? It's because you met the wrong person. What does it have to do with the script?"
"I guess, whether he knew about me a long time ago or just found out, he must have learned about me through the Internet." Liu Wangxue said affirmatively, "After you said that, they didn't say anything, which means I'm not the screenwriter they want to find."
Liu Wangxue closed the computer and looked at Wenxi with a smile: "Those who rush to do something are not worth much."
(End of this chapter)
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