After the preliminary preparations were in place, the renovation of the Rainbow City card pool officially began.
The card-making room was the first to be renovated, and then Ke Jin sent Qi to make cards. When Qi knew his workload and deadline, he almost fainted.
"Boss Ke Jin, are you trying to force me to death?! We don't have such a big grudge against each other, right?!!"
"No grudge." Ke Jin patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "But I am a profiteer, I have no humanity."
Qi really hated his mouth - why did he tease Ke Jin when he had nothing to do before! Now, he really stimulated the other party's potential, and then he, the "employee", was in trouble...
Qi entered the card making room with a sad face. Ke Jin was not idle either. Although most of the work of transforming the card pool could be undertaken by the card spirits, some core hubs still had to be completed by the card masters themselves. In addition, he had to recruit some long-term card masters for Rainbow City. In addition, there were various odd and ends work that required Ke Jin to do personally. He had been running frequently between Rainbow City and Seven Star City these days, wishing he could have a clone. He was really exhausted.
This made Ke Jin more determined to "find a group that can operate a mature chain card pool for cooperation". After all, two and a half months of the one-year mission had passed, and he did not have enough time to build a team by himself. It would be faster and more efficient to find someone to cooperate with. During this period, several card pool groups came to inquire about Ke Jin's cooperation intention. Ke Jin did not refuse and accepted all the business cards, but politely said that he needed to think about it again.
***
Time passed quickly in the busyness. On the eve of the opening of the Rainbow City Chain Card Pool, Secretary Xiaobai suddenly came to find Ke Jin and told him that he needed to go to Zhou Mansion next week, and she and Director Tai would accompany him.
"Go to Zhou Mansion?" Ke Jin was stunned, "Why?"
"You don't know?" Secretary Xiaobai was also stunned. "The annual selection results of the Chikongzhou Card Pool General Administration have come out. You have been selected for two items. You will go to the state government next week to receive the awards. Now the relevant publicity is everywhere on the streets. Don't you know?"
After Secretary Xiaobai said this, Ke Jin remembered - the other party had indeed come to him a while ago, saying that he wanted to participate in the annual selection of the Chikongzhou Card Pool System, and needed him to submit some information. Ke Jin was so busy at the time that he stayed up late to organize the information and fill out the entry form. After sending it to Secretary Xiaobai, he completely forgot about the matter. Unexpectedly, the Chikongzhou Card Pool Administration released the selection results silently. This is very efficient!
But to claim the award, he actually had to go to Zhou Mansion - Ke Jin was a little hesitant - the last "misunderstanding" at Zhou Mansion had left a huge shadow in his "fragile heart". Although it had been a few months since the incident, there was no guarantee that someone at Zhou Mansion would still shout "Oh, isn't this the guy who walked into the wrong set to eat snacks!!" When Ke Jin thought of this, he suddenly felt his heart tremble. He was not mentally prepared to "let bygones be bygones", so he looked at Secretary Xiaobai pleadingly.
"Can I...can I send someone else to receive the award on my behalf?"
"No." Secretary Xiaobai shook his head firmly. "Do you think this is just an awards ceremony? Wrong! This is another battlefield, another battle! No one from our Qixing City has gone up to receive an award for many years. Every year when we attend the ceremony, we are ridiculed by other card pool bureaus. Although Director Tai didn't say anything, we are all mad. This year you are finally selected. Everyone is proud of your turnaround battle and it depends on you, Xiao Ke!! Not only must you go, but you must go there in glory and beauty!! You must overshadow those bitches who despised us as soon as you appear on stage, and outshine the whole audience, understand? We have even found a stylist and costume designer to help you, and the big posters and cheering banners are in place one by one. How can you escape at the critical moment? You must go! You must go! We must carry you there!"
Ke Jin: “…………”
No, it's just an award ceremony. Why does this sound like a palace fight? The relationship between the card pools in various cities is so complicated!
"Okay." Under the powerful aura of Secretary Xiaobai, Ke Jin could only compromise, "I, I'll go..."
***
During dinner in the evening, Ke Jin mentioned that he was going to Zhou Mansion to attend the award ceremony, and at the same time took out two tickets to the award ceremony - given by Secretary Xiaobai, and said that he could bring his family and friends with him.
"Do you want to go?" Ke Jin shook the two tickets in his hand.
Just as Qi was about to speak, Ke Jin made an "X" gesture to him and said, "I'm not asking you. I'm asking Sister Qianqian and Ounuo. You are not allowed to go anywhere until you make the card."
Qi burst into tears and continued to eat with his head down with tears in his eyes, but this time even Gu Qianqian didn't speak up for Qi because she had already quickly taken a ticket.
"I'm going, I'm going!! Every year's award ceremony is very grand, and the opportunity to attend it live certainly can't be missed!!" Although Gu Qianqian has been a card user for many years, she has never had the opportunity to receive a free ticket to the card pool. This time, she actually got one from Ke Jin and was extremely excited.
Ke Jin turned to look at Ou Nuo. The boy snorted complacently and slowly took another ticket from Ke Jin.
"You dare not take me with you?"
"I dare not." Ke Jin said modestly, "But what about your schooling?"
"It's almost holiday time anyway, so just take two days off." Oloy said nonchalantly.
"You can ask for leave, but you have to do well in the final exam when you come back." Ke Jin reminded, "Don't just do the multiple-choice questions again, otherwise your teacher will definitely complain to me at the next parent-teacher conference."
Oloy: “…”
I know, I know! This guy is so annoying!
***
In addition to Ke Jin, Su Yufeng, as a rare SSR first draw card user in Qixing City, did not win any prizes, but the card pool bureau still gave him several tickets. In previous years, he would just give them away, but this time when he heard that Ke Jin would also go, Su Yufeng kept the tickets and notified Ke Jin that Su Xiaolan and Zhou Shu would also go, and then everyone would go together.
Time flies, and soon it is time to set off.
At that time, there were only a few days left before the scheduled opening of the Rainbow City chain card pool. Except for one card that had not yet been reproduced, the other 29 cards had been put into the card pool. In order to accumulate the crystal sand pool for the new card pool, Ke Jin invested 1.5 million star coins, and this was still a small investment - when other card pool groups opened chain card pools, the initial investment of star coins was basically 2.5 million star coins. Although Ke Jin could afford this money, it was his first time to test the waters. If the business situation was not ideal, he would probably be short of money when he opened the second one later.
With a large sum of money invested, Ke Jin paid more attention to the initial operations. He specifically found an old-fashioned publicity and marketing company and discussed the opening publicity plan with those people the night before leaving for Zhoufu. This directly led to him taking Ounuo and Gu Qianqian... Oh no, it should be said that Ounuo and Gu Qianqian dragged him to the station, and Secretary Xiaobai was shocked by Ke Jin's dark circles.
"Xiao Ke! How many days have you not slept?"
Ke Jin yawned and said listlessly, "I didn't sleep last night... But we still have to sit for eight hours, right? I can just catch up on some sleep in the car."
In addition to Secretary Xiaobai and Director Tai, there were ** other people from the Kachi Bureau, most of whom were girls. They circled around Ke Jin for a few times, then gathered aside and held a small meeting, and then Secretary Xiaobai stepped out of the crowd and said to Ke Jin in an unquestionable tone.
"Okay, let's catch up on our sleep in the car, but you have to sit with our group of sisters."
"Hmm?" Although Ke Jin had no objection to the seating arrangement, he still asked curiously, "Why?"
"Brother, look in the mirror, you look so haggard!" Secretary Xiaobai looked so disappointed that he almost poked Ke Jin's face with two fingers, "Didn't I tell you? You are our face in this award ceremony, even if you don't have shame, we still have it! You should get some sleep later, and we will help you fix your face, at least adjust your skin condition to normal! Oh, by the way," Secretary Xiaobai stuffed something into Ke Jin's hand, "Use it immediately when you get in the car, hurry up, don't waste a minute! Time is beauty!"
Ke Jin looked down and saw that they were actually two hydrating sleeping masks, from a very famous brand.
Ke Jin: “…………”
Okay, okay, put on a facial mask, then at least you won’t have to worry about being recognized when you get on the bus later…
***
Gu Qianqian and the others haven’t seen Ke Jin since they got on the car.
Knowing that he wanted to catch up on his sleep, everyone tacitly agreed not to cross the car to look for him. After the eight-hour journey, everyone got off the car with their luggage, but still didn't see Ke Jin. After asking, they were told that Secretary Xiaobai and others had already taken people to the venue to prepare, and relatives and friends could go to the hotel to drop off their luggage first. The award ceremony would start at 8 p.m., and everyone could enter around 7 p.m.
"Brother Ke Jin just needs to go on stage to receive the award, right?" Su Xiaolan asked innocently, "Why do you have to go to the venue so early to prepare?"
"Maybe a rehearsal is needed before receiving the award?" Gu Qianqian guessed.
Su Yufeng looked at Uncle Zhou - when his father was still alive, he had come to Zhou Mansion to receive an award, and the person who accompanied him at that time was Uncle Zhou.
"We didn't need to rehearse at that time..." Uncle Zhou wondered.
Although the group talked a lot, they still followed the plan and took a taxi to the hotel. After that, they got together for a nice meal. After eating and drinking, they slowly walked to the venue.
The Chikongzhou Kachi General Administration is very wealthy, and every year the awards ceremony is held in the largest art theater in the city center of the state. The layout, publicity, and staffing are in no way inferior to large-scale awards ceremonies in the entertainment industry. Before Gu Qianqian and the others even reached the main entrance, they had already seen that the streets along the way were crowded with luxury cars. They must be the celebrities invited to attend the ceremony. When they reached the main entrance, they found that the number of media reporters waiting there was almost greater than the number of guests entering. The huge black mass was a bit scary.
"The scale and pomp this year...seems to be much bigger than in previous years." Gu Qianqian was a little embarrassed.
"Yeah." Uncle Zhou nodded in agreement. "The Azure Star is now paying more and more attention to the development of the card pool. The Red Sky Continent Card Pool Bureau is also following the trend. At least they don't want to lag behind the other six continents."
The security check at the entrance was very strict. Because they arrived early, Gu Qianqian and her friends didn't have to wait in line, and they were quickly released after the inspection. However, because the time was not up, they could not enter the main venue of the awards ceremony yet, so they could only wander around in the hall. People like Gu Qianqian and Su Xiaolan saw that the organizers had prepared many desserts and snacks in a corner of the hall, so they immediately rushed over to have more.
The two girls, one big and one small, were eating happily when suddenly Gu Qianqian felt someone pat her shoulder. She subconsciously turned her head and saw a very handsome guy looking at her with a smile.
Gu Qianqian’s first reaction was “Who the hell is this? He’s even prettier and more handsome than Qi!!”, her second reaction was “Handsome guy, are you trying to flirt with me??”, and her third reaction was “Ah ...
Before Gu Qianqian could finish her fantasy, this "stranger handsome guy" made a voice that sounded very familiar to her.
"Haha, Xiaolan, Sister Qianqian, you guys are here quite early."
When Su Xiaolan heard someone calling her name, she turned around and was stunned. The small plate of pudding in her hand fell to the ground with a "bang".
The two stared at the young man in front of them in amazement. After a while——
"Xiao Ke?!!"
"Brother Ke Jin?!!"
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