In City A, where land is incredibly valuable, everything is always dazzlingly golden. You might actually be a piece of gold, but here, gold that shines is as common as traffic lights at intersections.
Undeterred, Li You successfully persuaded Shen Shi to look for a suitable buyer.
At first, Shen Shi was completely indifferent to this matter. He had tried to sell it, but every attempt was in vain. Even the character designs he created were copied by some unscrupulous merchants, so he eventually gave up.
Chen Shi continued to play games and go shopping as usual, living her own little life. In contrast, Li You went out more and more often and returned to the dormitory later and later.
Finally, after a casual class, Li You mysteriously pulled him aside: "Come with me to the coffee shop, I have something important to tell you."
The undisguised joy on his face made Shen Shi's heart skip a beat. He immediately thought of the modeling project and, without even putting the book back in his dorm room, followed Li You to the coffee shop.
The two, who didn't like Americano, both ordered lattes without prior arrangement, and then, without tacitly agreeing, found a corner seat by the window to sit down.
"I've found a buyer who's willing to pay."
Before Shen Shi could even sit down, Li You delivered such a bombshell announcement, leaving him so surprised he almost fell over.
"Who? How much money? Could it be a scam?" Shen Shi asked a series of questions, his tone filled with disbelief.
He searched everywhere but couldn't find it, and Li You found it in less than a week? Could he really be a genius?
“How could they be scammers? It’s a small company called BO. They’re very interested in your modeling, but we need to discuss the specific quote in person.” Li You picked up his coffee and took a sip. Strangely, he was unusually calm, speaking slowly and deliberately, without any of the eagerness he had shown earlier.
However, Shen Shi, who was so overwhelmed with happiness, did not notice anything amiss and kept asking Li You to confirm whether it was true or not.
After a brief discussion, Shen Shi came to a conclusion: I'm going to get rich!
Unexpectedly, his hobby could actually bring him wealth. Chen Shi was overjoyed and felt extremely grateful to Li You, the middleman who had gone to great lengths for him.
At that time, he was still very naive and did not understand the principle that one should always be wary of others. Seeing how much Li You cared about his affairs, Shen Shi regarded him as a close friend. After meeting with the person in charge of BO once, Li You was in charge of almost everything else.
Shen Shi's plan was to give Li You a portion of the money as compensation for his hard work once it arrived in his account.
In the days that followed, Shen Shi did nothing but wait for the money to arrive so he could become rich. Then Li You approached him and vaguely said, "The person in charge at BO said they can't do the modeling alone..."
"What do you mean? Are you planning to back out and not buy it?" Shen Shi asked.
Li You quickly waved his hand to deny it: "No, that's not it. The gatekeeper wants to apply these models to a website and would like to ask you to make a game website for him."
After hearing Li You's explanation, Shen Shi not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but his brows furrowed even more.
"Me? Make games?" Shen Shi laughed angrily, a mocking smile curling at the corner of his lips. He spoke in a completely emotionless tone, "If I could develop a game myself, would I need to cooperate with them?"
Every game on the market is the result of teams of hundreds or thousands of people working day and night to develop it. Trying to get a game for free by just buying a few models is a complete rip-off. BO's move is just fooling idiots.
"Let's just forget about selling the modeling services. Thanks for all the hard work these past few days." Having sorted out the logic, Shen Shi sighed deeply. "Heavens above! Earth below! Can anyone tell me why it's so hard to make money?"
She felt increasingly frustrated, but she didn't show it on her face. Afraid that Li You would overthink things, she patted her shoulder to comfort her: "Find a place to have a drink with me. It's my treat today. You can eat whatever you want."
Shen Shi picked up his coat from the back of the chair, put it on, and was about to leave when Li You, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up as one of his long legs was about to step out of the door: "The game software they want is not the kind you think it is."
"Hmm?" Shen Shi turned around in confusion.
“What they want is... very simple…” Li You explained slowly, his words a jumbled mess.
Although he didn't say anything, just by looking at his expression, Shen Shi could guess the gist of it. The game with a slightly risqué theme, or the game itself, was just a pretext. What OB probably wanted was something that Li You hadn't explicitly said.
After all, he's just a freshman in college. If he were to actually create a game, he wouldn't be able to do it with his current abilities.
On one hand, there was a six-figure salary; on the other hand, there was a despicable job. Shen Shi struggled with this dilemma for a long time, while Li You waited silently by her side.
As the sun set, its afterglow like blood, after much hesitation, Chen Shi finally spoke, "Let it go."
"This damn company changes its mind constantly, turning its back on you faster than flipping through a book. After agreeing to this condition, there's definitely another one waiting in line."
"You're going back on your word! What a scoundrel! I'm not putting up with this anymore!"
Shen Shi's dissatisfaction with OB's behavior was expressed vividly through his simple and honest language.
However, this was a real injustice to them. OB Company had already made these demands from the very beginning of the negotiations. The reason he was kept in the dark was because Li You knew that Shen Shi would not agree. In order to promote the project, the person in charge of Unicom chose to conceal it together.
When Shen Shi found out, it was already two months later.
Normally, one's first reaction to being deceived by a friend should be anger, but Shen Shi's first reaction was speechlessness.
He racked his brains but still couldn't figure it out. Since he was asked to build a website, it was something that had to be said sooner or later. What was the point of hiding it? Did Li You go through all this trouble just to waste time?
Chen Shi thought it was unlikely.
In order to find out the truth, he began to observe Li You closely. After a period of time, Shen Shi overturned his original conspiracy theory and realized that Li You's thought process was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Money is a good thing, and it's understandable to love it. The saying "a gentleman loves money but acquires it in a proper way" is not something Shen Shi particularly agrees with. However, Li You's bizarre way of making money still greatly shocked his young mind.
For example, Shen Shi would never do something like writing a complaint letter accusing a counselor of exchanging bonuses and then being retaliated against by the counselor.
As the saying goes, "to cut the weeds, you must first pull out the roots." Other people only smoked a cigarette; a fine of 200 yuan would be enough. Li You, on the other hand, was clearly drunk on fake alcohol.
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