Chapter 88 An Old Friend Visits
"Knock knock"
"Enter."
"Boss Pei, the person in charge of 'Lieqi' wants to meet with you to discuss cooperation. Do you think we need to make some arrangements?"
In the president's office of the Yunqi Building, Pei Shinian was casually flipping through the documents of the company's various projects, his brows sometimes furrowed and sometimes relaxed.
After hearing what the assistant reported, he slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten about these people? He was really confused.
"What time did they meet?"
He quickly looked at the assistant at the door and asked.
"The time they have scheduled is in the afternoon, and you don't have any travel plans in the afternoon."
Looking at the documents on the table that had mostly not been processed, he thought for a while and told his assistant to arrange the meeting directly at Yunqi. He then continued to deal with the documents that gave him a headache.
Cen Xian was busy taking Beibei to enroll in a new school today, leaving Pei Shinian alone to deal with all these things. It just so happened that Pei's family also needed him now, so he only had a little free time in the first two days after returning to China, and he couldn't stop during this time.
I almost forgot the day Pei Shangyan and the others came back, so it's no wonder that I couldn't remember Xiao Jing and the others for a while.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Yunqi appeared outside the office building.
Xiao Jing and Li Ze came downstairs to the agreed place.
"Why did you choose Yunqi?"
Xiao Jing was a little puzzled. It was obvious that Shen's company, which they knew well, was a better choice for them, but Xiang Yunqi, who had just returned to China and had not yet understood the situation, rashly came to them to seek cooperation.
This practice made Xiao Jing persuade Li Ze to give up this idea more than once.
But Li Ze still insisted on his own idea. There was no other way. Xiao Jing could only accompany him to see what it was about Yunqi that captured his heart.
"You'll know soon enough."
After saying that, he followed the assistant who had been waiting downstairs and walked towards Pei Shinian's office.
"It's already this late and you're still keeping us in suspense!"
Frowning, Xiao Jing quickly chased after him.
"Boss Pei, the person has been brought here. Do you think he should be arranged in the next meeting room?"
"Bring it in."
Pei Shinian put down the work in his hands, stood up, told his assistant to bring the person in, and rolled up his sleeves to prepare tea himself.
The assistant who had not yet completely left became more polite to Xiao Jing and the others after seeing this scene.
With the current scale of their company, although they have just returned to China and are not as well-known as other companies, Yunqi is also well-known internationally.
This is the first time I have seen my CEO attach so much importance to a company that merely has the intention of cooperation.
But he remembered that this company was not particularly famous in China. It was only well-known in Beijing and was just a gaming company, which was inconsistent with the intelligent robot project that Yunqi was currently preparing to develop.
The assistant couldn't figure it out for a moment and was a little curious.
After respectfully inviting the person into Pei Shinian's office, he began to look up the information of the company from its establishment to the present.
This investigation was not a big deal, as it uncovered some of the past history of the company's president in Beijing.
"It turns out that the boss of 'Lieqi' and Mr. Pei are old acquaintances. No wonder."
When he saw the photos and videos of Pei Shinian cosplaying as "exotic" game characters, he couldn't help but want to scream wildly.
Unlike his current mature, angular face, he was between a teenager and a young man six years ago, but his temperament was somewhat similar to now, as if the soul of the current Pei Shinian was encased in the shell of the Pei Shinian six years ago.
That contradictory feeling attracted people deeply. Of course, the assistant still liked his current boss. The way he scolded him with a cold face was so exciting.
When he came across the racing video that had once gone viral on the Internet, he changed his mind.
It's really hard not to love him, it's completely the difference between a little wolfdog and a big wolfdog. However, the assistant has already trained himself to have an expressionless face that never changes, and no one would notice that he has such rich inner activities.
"Shi Nian?! Why is it you?"
When Xiao Jing and the others entered the room and saw the straight-limbed, handsome man inside, they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Li Ze looked as if he had expected it.
"Long time no see, Senior Xiao, Senior Li."
Pei Shinian raised his eyebrows with a smile on his face, and asked the two of them to sit aside. They had not seen each other for such a long time, so they must catch up.
"You know?"
After sitting down, Xiao Jing turned around and asked Li Ze beside him.
"I just had some doubts, but now I'm sure."
Ever since Lieqi considered introducing artificial intelligence, Li Ze compared the programs and systems developed by large and small companies on the market. After a long screening, he found Yunjian.
At that time, "Yunjian" was already well-known internationally, and then he discovered that there was the shadow of an old friend in it.
Since then, Li Ze had the idea of cooperating with Yunqi.
"How have you been these past five years?"
"I'm fine, but you guys..."
Li Ze was fine, looking pretty much the same as before, wearing his shirt and suit neatly, almost the same as he was five years ago.
But Xiao Jing...
He is obviously much more decadent and has completely lost the vigor and vitality he had five years ago.
It looked like they had probably run into some difficulties. It was also my fault that I had been tripped up right after returning to China, and had not paid much attention to these old friends, so I didn't know much about Lieqi's current situation.
It has been five years since we last met. Originally they came here to discuss cooperation, but now Xiao Jing doesn't know how to start the conversation.
In the past two years, only he and Li Ze have persisted in the studio. Gu Yanxi almost never goes there and often flies abroad to hold art exhibitions. Unsurprisingly, the protagonists in the paintings are similar to Pei Shinian in some ways. Cheng Shuoqiu has always been with him. Of course, Xiao Jing doesn't know about this.
Seeing that Xiao Jing remained silent, Li Ze took over the conversation and directly stated the purpose of this trip.
“We want to introduce Yunjian, but the budget may not be very large.”
When saying this, Li Ze felt a little embarrassed.
In the past, he was only responsible for leading a few people in the studio to focus on research and development. The funding issues were initially supported by Gu Yanxi and Cheng Shuoqiu, but since Pei Shinian left Beijing, the two of them also left for a long time soon after.
Later, the studio ran out of funds. Xiao Jing had no choice but to go to various major commercial cocktail parties to solicit investment and sponsorship.
In the first two years, he was able to attract some investment by relying on the reputation he had gained from "hunting for curiosity". However, as time went on, no matter how hard Xiao Jing tried, he was not able to attract any investment. Instead, he was subjected to ridicule and repeated setbacks. Xiao Jing became what he is now.
"Wait a moment, I'll go out first."
After saying that, Pei Shinian walked quickly out of the office.
Regarding Li Ze's question about the limited budget, he did not give them a clear response of rejection or agreement before leaving.
Xiao Jing, who had been silent to begin with, lowered his eyes and stared at his toes, ready to be rejected.
It's no wonder that he would think too much, because in recent years he has encountered many people who would rush to establish a relationship with him and establish friendship with him when he is successful, but when he needs a little help from them later, they would turn their backs on him and even add insult to injury.
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