Shelf life love

"Knock Knock Knock-"

There were knocks on the door at almost equal intervals, but Qi Lin was half asleep and half awake.

It was 06:30 in the morning, the sky was already bright, and the morning light was faint.Ye Zhuohan dressed neatly and knocked on the door for 10 minutes.

There is no response inside.

He got closer, although he wouldn't lie on the door like Qi Lin imagined, but if Qi Lin opened the door at this time, the situation would really be very interesting.

It's a pity that Qi Lin was lying on the bed, thinking to himself in a daze - it was the knock on the door in his dream, don't worry about it, just go back to sleep.

Ye Zhuohan withdrew his hand, "Qi Lin."

Qi Lin didn't even open his eyes, but he kicked his legs and mumbled a syllable, "Mmm..."

Ye Zhuohan frowned, stretched out his right hand to the doorknob, and then withdrew it halfway, and so on, finally grasped it, and slowly pressed down.

There is no lock, and it opens when you press it.

The morning light was like a bright fog, the wide bed was semi-dark, the quilt in the middle was arched into a big ball, and the guy wrapped in it was still moving.

Obviously awake.

But neither got up to open the door.

I don't care about people.

Ye Zhuohan: "..."

The president who responded to everyone's response was ignored early in the morning and left hanging at the door.

You have to open the door yourself.

After coming in for so long, the lump on the bed is still arched, and there is no intention of sitting up and saying "good morning" at all.

Ye Zhuohan walked over with very light footsteps.

Qi Lin has the habit of rolling the quilt tightly, only his nose is exposed outside.

He did hear movement, but his head was a little awake, and his body was only a little bit awake, and he didn't mean to let Ye Zhuohan dry out.

Before going to bed yesterday, I ran into an annoying person on Weibo, who said that the "Leaving" Fanxing series stole the idea and design of "Shuitian".

Although the other party did not explicitly say plagiarism, the accusation was very serious. Immediately, fans who did not know the truth said: Really?Let me eat a melon!

Some people even saw this sentence and said: So it was copied, and I gave you krypton gold for nothing. I ALL nine sets to hide the money!Thank you for taking off powder!

"Runaway" has been established for three years, and Qi Lin dares to guarantee that all the works are original.

As a visual director, he was deeply influenced by the concept of copyright during the years when he lived abroad. He not only strictly controls creativity and quality, but also strictly prevents any plagiarism and is responsible for every work.

This is why "Runaway" always talks about the source of inspiration in meetings.

The blind box series developed with painstaking efforts and sincerity was splashed with dirty water for no reason. Qi Lin was furious, but it was inconvenient to delete the comment immediately.

As long as a sentence is posted on the Internet, there will be traces. Someone must take a screenshot. If he deletes the comment, he will immediately be accused of guilty conscience, and even become a stone hammer for "running away" to steal the idea of ​​"Shuitian".

Qi Lin clicked into the other party's homepage. This person's ID is "Nothing Blossoms 123". He didn't post many Weibo posts, half of which were reposting lottery draws, and posted some blind boxes of "Shuitian" studio.

It seems to be a fan of "Shuitian".

Although the blind box is only a small circle, it cannot be compared with the celebrity circle and the animation circle, but since it is a circle, competition is indispensable.

Fans of passers-by buy blind boxes only to see the content, and which studio’s products look good. If you interview them, they may not be able to tell which studio’s blind box they bought.

Die-hard fans are staring at the studio they like, and they buy whatever the studio produces. Regardless of the appearance of the product, they have to make up a set of thirteen models, build momentum before buying, and praise after buying. Some extreme fans even Will step on other studios.

The trendy fast-selling industry is very competitive, and it is only a small step to climb to the top of the pyramid. Many studios cannot survive and have to close down.

When Gu Rong first proposed to find a big company as a backer, Qi Lin was not very happy.

He is used to being wild, and he doesn't want to be bound by the terms and conditions of big companies.

But the status quo of the industry forced him to compromise.

A studio fighting alone, unless it has strong funds or a special background, has almost no chance of surviving in the brutal competition.

"Water and Sky" is an example.

Qi Lin knew about "Shuitian", not only did he know it, but he was also very familiar with it.

"Shuitian" and "Runaway" were founded almost at the same time, and almost at the same time they made their way from the bottom of the pyramid.

Studios compete with each other, but some designers appreciate each other.

Qi Lin knew Zhou Ying, the chief designer of "Water and Sky", who was good at dark styles, and his works had a kind of bloody and beautiful visual tension.

It is precisely because of this unique style that "Shuitian" has the first batch of fans ahead of many studios in the same period.

But the dark style is niche after all, and there are too few people who eat "Shuitian" works.Although the die-hard fans are amazing, the sales of "Shuitian" are always beaten by other studios.

Without sales, talent cannot be retained.

The year before last, Zhou Ying led the team to transform, and the first series after the transformation was sweet and dreamy, which coincided with the "Runaway" colliding with creativity and sales time, and the sales volume was terrible.

Die-hard fans don't buy it, and Zhou Ying is not good at this style at all.

Zhou Ying had no choice but to pick up the dark style, and while releasing works that catered to the public, he continued to release works of the dark style, but was scolded for forgetting his heart and being ugly.

Most of the designers of "Shuitian" have left, and the rest will not be able to draw amazing works.

In the first half of last year, the blind box of "Shuitian" was unsalable, and it almost went bankrupt due to funding problems.

"Leaving" to participate in the creative competition hosted by Le Ting, Qi Lin met Zhou Ying at the venue.

This man who always wears a world-weary face, but is arrogant inside, has become depressed, and his eyes don't even have much sparkle.

Qi Lin sighed a little.

Although the creative competition is just a competition in name, except for a very small number of individual contestants, the rest are all here for the contract of Le Ting. The winners get not only fame and bonuses, but also the backing of Le Ting.

Based on Qi Lin's understanding of "Shuitian", Zhou Ying used to disdain to participate in this kind of competition.

Out of politeness, Qi Lin took the initiative to greet Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying looked embarrassed, and just said, "You also come to the competition."

Le Ting is rich and powerful. Although there is only one final winner, not only the winner is eligible to rely on Le Ting.

Qi Lin didn't tell others that he was actually very optimistic about "Shuitian".There is nothing to say about the level of this studio. It is definitely among the best in the industry. The designer's aesthetics can be said to be innate. Zhou Ying's ability to control the dark wind is second to none. If it is merged into Le Ting , which is in charge of the marketing team of Leting, it is not impossible to create phenomenal works in the circle.

But Qi Lin didn't expect that Zhou Ying would give up his good style.

The race schedule was not short, during which everyone lived in a five-star hotel owned by Leting.

Before the work was published, Zhou Ying suddenly found Qi Lin and said he wanted to have a chat.

It stands to reason that contestants shouldn't communicate with each other during the competition, but Qi Lin is very hot-tempered, but in fact he is easy to soften his heart, especially when facing people who are underappreciated.

That day they talked about the status quo of the industry, and talked about their original intentions, but they tacitly avoided talking about the competition and the future.

But when they finally separated, Zhou Ying suddenly asked: "What do you want to do this time?"

Qi Lin was surprised.

"Can't you tell me?" Zhou Ying smiled, "With our style, we can't be competitors."

Seeing a hint of high spirits in Zhou Ying's smile again, Qi Lin felt relieved, "I want to make a starry sky theme."

On the day when the works were exhibited, both "Runaway" and "Shuitian" were related to the stars.

"Runaway" won the championship with its exquisite creativity and brilliant design, while the evaluation of "Shuitian" by the judging panel was quite satisfactory and lacked new ideas, which paled in comparison.

After this time, Zhou Ying disappeared and "Shui Tian" disbanded.

Qi Lin never told anyone that Zhou Ying had approached him during the competition and asked him about his idea of ​​"running away".

Obviously, Zhou Ying thought that Le Ting was interested in the mainstream and popularity, so he didn't dare to show the dark style at the core of "Water and Sky" during the competition, and wanted to imitate "Leaving", but failed completely.

After winning the championship, "Runaway" went smoothly, and the winning works of the Stars series were launched as blind boxes, which were well received.

Qi Lin almost forgot about Zhou Ying, but he was forced to think about it because of the comment "Nothing happens 123".

The reputation of the creative studio is extremely important, and no one knows that this "Nothing Makes Flowers 123" is just an extreme fan looking for trouble for nothing, or someone deliberately wants to "run away".

After all, "Leaving" became popular after being merged into Le Ting, and the sales volume of its works even surpassed several old series of Le Ting itself.

Qi Lin sent a screenshot to Gu Rong.

Gu Rong was more sensitive than Qi Lin in this regard, so he immediately called and the conversation lasted for half an hour.

Before hanging up the phone, Gu Rong asked Qi Lin to sleep peacefully, and he took care of it, but Qi Lin couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning, thinking of Zhou Ying's deceitful behavior, and regretting that he shouldn't tell Zhou Ying the design idea of ​​"running away".

Probably because people tend to be emotional at night, Qi Lin couldn't help but think of the difficulties in the past three years, the competition in the industry, and the disbandment of so many studios, even "Shuitian" is not immune.

It is the joint result of hard work, talent and luck that "running away" can make it to today.

Tossing and turning, it was already 4 o'clock in the morning when I fell asleep, so I didn't get enough sleep, and I didn't want to wake up when it was dawn.

Ye Zhuohan stood by the bed, condescending.

Qi Lin faced the door, but all Ye Zhuohan could see was a shaggy hair and a nose.

Qi Lin didn't know Ye Zhuohan came in at all, he was still dissatisfied with the noise just now, subconsciously hummed.

In Ye Zhuohan's eyes, he was clearly awake, but he couldn't afford it!

"Qi Lin." Ye Zhuohan called out again.

Qi Lin: "Huh?"

Ye Zhuohan almost coaxed, "Get up."

He almost didn't say "good".

Qi Lin turned over slowly like an anteater, feeling uneasy about being disturbed, "I still... want to sleep."

Ye Zhuohan walked around to the other side of the bed, this time he couldn't even see Qi Lin's nose, only the messy hair piled outside.

At this angle, Ye Zhuohan just blocked the light coming in from the window, casting a shadow on the bed.

Qi Lin moved by himself for a long time, and wanted to turn over, but when he pulled the quilt, he couldn't.

Like being held down by something.

"Ok?"

Qi Lin closed his eyes and continued to pull, not only failed to pull, but pulled himself sober.

It seems that it is not just the quilt that is being suppressed.

And himself.

Ghost press?

Qi Lin was finally willing to open his eyes, and stretched out his hand to push back the quilt on his head.

It can still move, not a ghost press.

But what is this feeling of being crushed to death?

Qi Lin arched upwards vigorously, his vision was clear, and he saw an arm.

"Uh-huh?"

Qi Lin suddenly woke up completely, and discovered a truth that shocked him——

Ye Zhuohan is this, suppressing him?

Ye Zhuohan's voice came from above, "Are you finally awake?"

Qi Lin was agitated and wanted to get up, but because his hands and feet were bound by the quilt, he could only push Ye Zhuohan with his back.

Shouting while arching: "What are you doing so early in the morning?"

The voice that just woke up was nasal, muffled, and lacking momentum.

"Wake you up." Ye Zhuohan said.

"You called me that?" Qi Lin finally stuck his head out, but what he breathed was not fresh air, but the faint smell of cologne on Ye Zhuohan's shirt.

Posture problem, he bumped into Ye Zhuohan's arms!

"I knocked on the door for 10 minutes." Ye Zhuohan seemed to have no intention of getting up immediately, and asked his teacher coolly, "I called your name seven times just now, and you only know 'um' and 'um'."

The quilt was too thick, and the fairy was too heavy, Qi Lin was covered in sweat.

At this time, he should be calm, but Qi Lin couldn't.

He only slept for two hours!

He has the energy to get up!

Regardless of his current image, Qi Lin squeezed and said, "So what if you scream seven times, you don't wake up if you don't wake up, can you summon the dragon after calling seven times?"

Ye Zhuohan's body seemed to froze, and then Qi Lin heard him say: "I think at least you can summon Qilin."

Qi Lin: "..."

Do you tell bad jokes early in the morning?

No, even if I don't wake up immediately, you can't suppress me!

It's like a dog's behavior!

"Get up!" Qi Lin kicked under the quilt.

He originally thought that Ye Zhuohan would not be so obedient, but who knew that Ye Zhuohan suddenly let go, he kicked too hard, kicking the quilt away.

Ye Zhuohan's gaze moved down from his face, and then gradually deepened.

"you……"

Qi Lin has the habit of sleeping naked, but he is new here, the ground is not hot, and he is still in a particularly honest stage. When he lies down at night, he is neatly dressed in his pajamas, with the top button buttoned.

But buttoning up doesn't hide all.

A 28-year-old healthy male young man must have a little reaction in the morning.

Qi Lin's posture was particularly bold and unrestrained, and he was embarrassed for a moment, and quickly grabbed back the kicked quilt.

Ye Zhuohan: "..."

Qi Lin: "..."

Chenzhuang is very green, and the birds outside the window keep chirping.

It made the two of them in the bedroom extraordinarily quiet.

It was Ye Zhuohan who spoke first, "Why are you wrapping the blanket back up again?"

Qi Lin thought to himself, if I don't go back, am I going to show my masculinity in front of you?

You are sorry, I am not yet!

The birds outside continued to chirp.

It made Qi Lin want to pee.

"Don't sleep anymore." Ye Zhuohan said, "It's time to get up."

Qi Lin looked at the time and said angrily, "It's only 06:30!"

"Time is tight in the morning, wash, eat, tidy up." Ye Zhuohan glanced quietly at the place Qi Lin covered with the quilt, with a half-smile, "There are other things that need to be resolved. So you should get up early."

Qi Lin just wanted to send Ye Zhuohan away, "You go out first, I'll get up when you go out."

Ye Zhuohan nodded and was about to leave when Qi Lin suddenly said, "Wait!"

Ye Zhuohan: "Huh?"

Qi Lin's hair exploded, but his heart suddenly calmed down, "You have a purpose!"

I lived in our "small broken house" for half a month, and you didn't press me early in the morning.

You must have a purpose!

Hearing this, Ye Zhuohan smiled coldly, "I want to eat milk pancakes."

Qi Lin almost fainted, "That's it?"

Before marriage, Ye Zhuohan stayed overnight in Xiaofengyuan. He got up early in the morning and made Ye Zhuohan's best milk cake.

Never did it again.

Ye Zhuohan actually came all the way to press him for a piece of milk pie!

Grass!

"Is that not enough reason?" Ye Zhuohan said as he approached, and came to the bedside again.

Qi Lin stared, "What else do you want?"

Ye Zhuohan suddenly bowed, put his index finger on his chin, and kissed his forehead lightly.

Qi Lin couldn't move anymore.

Eyeballs are fixed.

It's like a stone unicorn guarding the gate outside the compound of a rich family.

Ye Zhuohan's subwoofer was close to his ear, "I also want to give you a good morning kiss. On the first day you moved here, I think a sense of ritual is needed."