-81- Design
"He's my best friend!" Hu Mingyuan's voice cracked as he shouted this, making it sound a bit comical, but no one in the room laughed—almost everyone was moved by his sincerity. Except for Lu Kai and Zhao Jinghuan. They were like swallowing a fly, unwilling to swallow it but unable to spit it out. Zhao Jinghuan didn't know what Lu Kai was thinking, but she herself was beginning to regret lining up in such a lousy way. What made them even more speechless was that when they reached the front of the line, with only three or four people left at the checkout counter, the clerk pulled out a "Pixz Sold Out" sign and placed it in front of them. The people behind them erupted in groans and curses, and Lu Kai, feeling both amused and embarrassed, turned to Zhao Jinghuan and said, "Well, I came here to listen to a lecture." The clerk came out and gave Pixz cartoon standees to the people at the back who hadn't bought any Pixz as a consolation. Lu Kai and Zhao Jinghuan came out of Cool Toys and didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, they walked around the mall a few times, hoping to see if they could run into some scalpers who were reselling items on the spot. As they were walking, they saw Hu Mingyuan coming over with a paper bag of Cool Toys. Zhao Jinghuan frowned and pulled Lu Kai to leave, but Lu Kai did not move: "He saw us all. If we leave now, wouldn't it be like avoiding him?" Hu Mingyuan came over with a smile: "I saw you two in the morning. You acted like spies entering a village, and in the end it was not our turn. In fact, there is no need to be like this. If you want a pixz box, just give us a call." He patted the paper bag in his hand, "Look, I left a box for you." Lu Kai reached out to take it and said thank you calmly. Hu Mingyuan patted Lu Kai on the shoulder. He was obviously a few years younger than Lu Kai, but he pretended to be an older brother: "We had a lot of friction before, but after all, we are alumni, so the past is the past. We will be in the same industry in the future, and we will have some contact anyway. Just pay attention in the future." What he said before was still human, but at the end he suddenly threw out "Just pay attention in the future", and then his words became unpleasant and there was a smell of gunpowder. Zhao Jinghuan got angry at the sight of Hu Mingyuan, but having already suffered a beating once, he couldn't afford to do it again. Hu Mingyuan sighed artificially again, "I'm doing you a favor by releasing a blind box for Wanfeng this time." He patted the box in Lu Kai's hand and said, "I'm going to say something you might not like to hear. Wanfeng's design is a bit too mediocre. If it were to be released on the market, I'm afraid it wouldn't even make a splash..."
"He's my best friend."
When Hu Mingyuan shouted this, his voice cracked, making his voice sound a little funny, but no one at the scene laughed - almost everyone was moved by his "sincerity". Except for Lu Kai and Zhao Jinghuan.
The two of them were like swallowing a fly, unwilling to swallow it but unable to spit it out. Zhao Jinghuan didn't know what Lu Kai was thinking, but she was indeed beginning to regret running to queue up in this crappy line.
What made the two even more speechless was that when they got to the front of the line and there were only three or four people left at the checkout counter, the clerk took out a "Pixz Sold Out" sign from the back and placed it in front of them.
The people at the back burst into sighs and curses. Lu Kai was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He turned around and said to Zhao Jinghuan:
"Well, I came here to listen to a speech."
The clerk came out and gave Pixz cartoon standees to the players at the back of the line who hadn't bought any. Lu Kai and Zhao Jinghuan didn't rush out of the Cool Toys store, but instead walked around the mall a few times, hoping to run into some scalpers reselling the items. As they were walking, they saw Hu Mingyuan approaching with a paper bag of Cool Toys.
Zhao Jinghuan frowned and pulled Lu Kai to leave, but Lu Kai didn't move: "He saw us all. If we leave now, wouldn't it be like we're hiding from him?"
Hu Mingyuan came over with a smile. "I saw you two this morning. You acted like spies entering a village, and in the end, you still didn't get a chance to get in line. There's no need to be so rude. If you want a Pixz box, just give me a call." He patted the paper bag in his hand. "Look, I saved one for you."
Lu Kai took it and said thank you calmly. Hu Mingyuan patted Lu Kai on the shoulder. Although he was a few years younger than Lu Kai, he acted like an older brother. "We had a lot of friction before, but we are all alumni after all. It's in the past. We will still be in the same industry in the future, so we will have some contact no matter what. Just be careful in the future."
What he said at first was quite sensible, but at the end he suddenly said, "Just be more careful in the future," and his words became harsh again, with a sense of hostility.
Zhao Jinghuan got angry when she saw Hu Mingyuan, but she had already been beaten once and couldn't do it again.
Hu Mingyuan sighed artificially again. "I'm doing you a favor by releasing a blind box for Wanfeng this time." He patted the box in Lu Kai's hand and said, "I'm going to say something you might not like to hear. Wanfeng's design is a bit too mediocre. If it were really put on the market, I'm afraid it wouldn't make a splash. If it weren't for me, no one else would be willing to spend money to release it."
Zhao Jinghuan sarcastically mocked him: "Of course not, aren't you Wanfeng's best friend?"
Hu Mingyuan smiled and asked half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Does he deserve it?"
Zhao Jinghuan was infuriated by his tone and pointed at him, cursing, "Hu Mingyuan, who do you think you are? You're clearly just trying to capitalize on Wan Feng's passing. Do you think you're worthy? You're the one who doesn't deserve to be a trendsetter for Wan Feng! Lu Kai and I hate you, and Wan Feng must hate you too. You're so shameless, saying you're his friend, giving interviews and giving heartfelt speeches, and you don't even think you're disgusting."
Hu Mingyuan looked at her with a half-smile, not caring about her curses, but rather seemed to enjoy them:
"So this is what it feels like to see someone's defense break."
Seeing the people around them looking at them, Lu Kai quickly pulled Zhao Jinghuan away. Zhao Jinghuan was still angry all the way to the car, and after getting in, she complained to Lu Kai, "Why did you pull me away? I didn't hit him, so could he find someone else to record it?"
Lu Kai sighed and said, "If things really get out of hand, it won't be good for Wan Feng." Zhao Jinghuan then stopped talking.
Lu Kai brought the angry Zhao Jinghuan back to the company. Ji Anya had no idea what the two had been doing all morning, let alone that they had been so angry outside. When she saw them enter the house, she started talking to them about work, saying that a terminal merchant wanted to ask about the contract. Zhao Jinghuan was in a bad mood, with his eyebrows twisted into a maze. Lu Kai took over the work, got the phone number from Ji Anya, and went out to make a call to communicate.
Only then did Ji Anya notice that they had brought back a paper bag of cool trendy toys. She took the box out of the bag and looked sideways at Zhao Jinghuan: "Whose trendy toys are these?"
Zhao Jinghuan said it was Wanfeng's. Ji Anya exclaimed, "Ah!" She knew about the conflict between Lu Kai and Hu Mingyuan, but she had never seen the design drawings of Wanfeng's posthumous work. She looked up and down at the end box in her hand and said to herself, "So this is Wanfeng's posthumous work." Then she realized something was wrong, "Hey, wasn't this given to Hu Mingyuan to do?"
Seeing Zhao Jinghuan's sour face, Ji Anya immediately figured it out: "Ah, so you met Hu Mingyuan today?"
Zhao Jinghuan nodded and cursed Hu Mingyuan a few words. The new Tomato didn't know what had happened between them, so he came to Ji Anya and begged her to give him a "background". Seeing that Zhao Jinghuan didn't look at her, Ji Anya bent over and hid behind the computer with the new Tomato and chatted in a low voice. Zhao Jinghuan couldn't hear what Ji Anya said clearly, but the new Tomato's "supporting role" was clear -
"ah?"
“Is that so?”
"Then he is not a human being!"
After a while, the new Tomato suddenly stuck his head out to look at Zhao Jinghuan. It seemed that Ji Anya's previous experience had ended.
Their eyes met, and the new Tomato couldn't help but speak: "Sister, do you know the birthday of that Hu? My aunt can cast a nightmare and destroy his luck."
Zhao Jinghuan was stunned, and Ji Anya was also amused by him: "Your family still has such a talent, then I have to be careful of you in the future."
The new Tomato blushed and said, "No, you are good people. My aunt doesn't like good people."
Ji Anya smiled and said, "Then you probably still don't know me very well." Then she urged Zhao Jinghuan to hand over Hu Mingyuan's birthday: "You definitely know his birthday, right?"
Zhao Jinghuan wasn't a big fan of these feudal superstitions. Moreover, although she hated Hu Mingyuan, they didn't have a deep-seated feud. They wouldn't resort to violence or seek help from mysterious forces. She waved her hand and said,
"Forget it, and don't people usually use birth date and horoscopes for this kind of thing?"
The newcomer, Tomato, shook his head and said, "No need. My aunt is very powerful. With my name, birthday, and phone number, I can triangulate the location."
Ji Anya sighed and said, "Cellphone number...even the Heavenly Court knows that we are now using a real-name system."
As the three of them were talking, Lu Kai came back from outside and said that they had sent a new contract and asked Ji Anya to remember to accept it. After saying this, he sat back in his seat and looked around, as if he was searching for something. Ji Anya quickly put the Pixz box back on his desk.
Ji Anya said: "I just took a look and it wasn't opened."
Lu Kai said, "It's okay." His eyes fell on the box in front of him. He looked at it for a long time before he started to open it, as if he had finally gathered enough strength.
The outer packaging of the box was opened, revealing nine separate blind boxes. Lu Kai pulled out one, but before he could open it, he asked in confusion, "Huh?"
Zhao Jinghuan saw him frowning and staring at the back of the package, as if he saw something that confused him, so she stood up and asked him, "What's wrong?"
Lu Kai was speechless for a moment. Zhao Jinghuan walked over and took the blind box from him. He immediately saw the problem - the back of the blind box was printed with the appearance of all nine Pixz products. Aside from the one Hu Mingyuan had used for promotion, the other eight...
Zhao Jinghuan looked up at Lu Kai:
“These are not Wanfeng’s designs.”
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