After getting on with the enemy

If such a big incident happened, how could it be settled in two days? It would definitely not work out in ten days and half a month. It is normal not to come back within the expected time.This was expected, Qiao Yan was not too surprised, but he could accept it.

If the other party could return to City A today, he would probably have sent a message yesterday, so he wouldn't be so busy, or he should have mentioned it this morning.Zhou Xiyun didn't say this from the beginning of the call. It is conceivable that he encountered obstacles there. Otherwise, Qiao Yan would have taken the initiative to talk about the return journey without Qiao Yan asking.

Zhou Xiyun said, "I can't go away yet."

Qiao Yan wiped the water from his face, "Did Yifeng Group ask for leave?" "Yes." "Are you allowed to leave?"

Zhou Xiyun nodded, "It's also a phone call." Qiao Yan asked, "What does the leader say?" "It's okay to delay for a few days, as long as the person is still there." "Then your leader is good, so you can talk."

Zhou Xiyun continued: "It's just that the annual leave has been brought forward. I don't have a business trip recently, and I don't have any important projects in hand. Other colleagues in the team can take over the position. It doesn't matter if they leave or not."

Qiao Yan raised his brows and tails, his expression was not even a bit disappointed, and he said generously, "Is the salary deducted?"

It was an annoying question at first, and it made people care, but the two people on both sides of the screen behaved more positively, and neither of them said anything frustrating, nor did they hold on to those messy aspects.Qiao Yan's tone was relaxed, and he couldn't hear any worry, and Zhou Xiyun was also at ease, not negative, as if all difficulties were insignificant.

Zhou Xiyun said: "We've already bought the air ticket for Wednesday, and we will arrive in City A in the afternoon." Qiao Yan said, "When is it?"

The other party reported a specific time and asked not to pick it up.That would be too troublesome, and Zhou Xiyun might have to go back to the company at that time.Qiao Yan agreed, and replied: "I have to guard the store during the day, because I have something to do on Wednesday, so I will come to the store to take care of me at night." Both of them have a more fulfilling schedule this week, which is not as convenient as before.

A video call lasted for half an hour. The two parties talked more through the network cable than the previous few days combined. When they finally hung up the call, they were a little tired and crooked, revealing a little reluctance inside and outside the words.

But because someone from Zhou Xiyun's side came and shouted what to do, it happened that Qiao Yan's side was about to go out, so the video had to be interrupted.He couldn't even say the first half of the warm farewell, so he clicked the hang up button bluntly.

When the screen changed back to the application interface, Qiao Yan stood in front of the mirror with drooping eyelids, stared at the wet washstand for two or three seconds without saying a word, then tied her hair in silence, took her mobile phone and car keys, and carried a small bag go downstairs.

It would be a lie to say that I am not disappointed, but in fact I still look forward to Zhou Xiyun's return sooner, whether he sees it or not, but at least he can get rid of those headaches and troubles, even if Zhou Xiyun stays in Yicheng from morning to night after returning to City A. The Feng Group is also fine, at least it is better than the current situation.

Pushing the date forward by one day means that the matter will be more difficult and difficult to solve, and it may develop in any way.

Qiao Yan couldn't help it, her chest seemed to be under heavy pressure.

If it was half a year ago and there were not so many incidents now, Zhou Huiwen could help her daughter no matter what, and stabilize the overall situation without saying anything, but it would definitely be possible to save some of the losses.Zhou Huiwen has such a wide network of contacts, including networks from all walks of life, it is not a problem to pull these young people out of the mud pit.

However, the bad thing was coming out. Thank goodness Zhou Huiwen didn't take the opportunity to force Zhou Xiyun to make a choice at this time. Asking her to help immediately would be like dreaming and wishful thinking.

Along the way from Wangjiang Jiayuan to Kaffa, Qiao Yan was so full of things that he lost his mood even after breakfast.No appetite, too blocked.

But one size counts for one size, no matter how miserable the current situation is, you can still do what you should do in the future, and all the work in hand must not be left behind.Keeping the store, occasionally going out to run orders, making desserts with flowers, all belong to Qiao Yan's work, and he has to move as soon as he enters the door, without stopping for a moment.Opening the door to do business cannot be stagnant because of this. When an offline or online order comes, it must be started immediately.

Besides, Rong Yin is still there, Qiao Yan's personal troubles should be digested by himself, and he should not affect his friends.

Qiao Yan doesn't know how to play games, he only knows how to play games, and draws when he has time. It's useless to worry about it, but it's useless to worry too much.In the next three days, Qiao Yan adjusted his state slightly, calmed down, and worked when there was an order in the store. When there was no order, he sat at the bar with his computer board in his arms and rushed to the drawing. After finalizing the draft of the illustration, he sent it to Jin Take a look at it, discuss and confirm the modification details, and work hard again, trying to finalize the sketch as soon as possible.

The funder opposite had high requirements and a lot of demands. After receiving the draft, he sent a lot of suggestions with personal opinions. Here he didn’t like it, and there was something wrong. The attitude is disgusting, typical nitpicking, picky from the very beginning.

This has to be changed to before, Qiao Yan 100% deletes and blacklists this kind of customer through a one-stop operation, pray early and liberate early, he would rather put in a draft to waste time and energy, and save follow-up wrangling, but right now, after all, he is short of money. People have to bow their heads under the eaves, so they endured it all.

The sketch after the second revision passed the test, and the funder sent a document. The WeChat message was not enough for the other party to use, and only the centralized distribution of documents could reflect the importance of that side.

Qiao Yan accepted the documents patiently, and just followed through.

During the communication gap, Qiao Yan also took the time to catch up with the advertisement picture.

The merchants recommended by the president are easy to get along with, and the communication with them is more direct and effective. After the ideas here were sent, the merchants did not make any other requests. They are extremely supportive of Qiao Yan's ideas, and let her draw with confidence and don't be restrained. There are too many scruples.

Qiao Yan is like an octopus, it seems desperate to catch up with the picture, the speed is fast, and the quality of the finished product is not bad.She works in parallel, drawing advertisements during her free time in the morning, and focusing on illustrations in the afternoon and evening, like a spinning top, without stopping for a moment.

Advertising is not difficult and does not take time.After all, the characters in her original works are used, and there is no need to create too many new characters and backgrounds. The overall difficulty is not great, and it is easy to draw all of them.

Qiao Yan sent it to the merchant as soon as he finished the painting, and they were still easy to talk to. After receiving the work, he was very happy. After Qiao Yan sent the advertisement to his account and fed back the traffic records, he quickly checked out and paid for it.

The first advertisement that Qiao Yan accepted was a one-time buyout of Chunguang, instead of using the commission model, the latter took longer to pay and the process was more complicated, not as straightforward as the former.

After that, I will concentrate on illustrations, and I will be tinkering with this stuff as long as I have time.

The funder asked to take screenshots to report the progress every time a stage was completed, and to raise all kinds of opinions at regular intervals. If the other party was not introduced by the president, Qiao Yan would really think that this was intentionally seeking fault for revenge.

The president persuaded Qiao Yan to calm down and reassured him that the money added by the sponsor was considerable, and the last negotiation raised the price by one-third at once, which belonged to the group with higher prices in private work.

With a lot of money, there must be a lot of things. There are many people who want to accept the gold master's order. It took a lot of trouble for the president to help Qiao Yan get on the line.

The president was relieved: 【Actually, they are very satisfied with you, and they even asked if they could recruit you to their company. 】Qiao Yan flatly refused: 【Forget it, one pair is enough to kill you, you can't do it. 】

The president seemed to be more familiar with the other person, and replied: [The treatment there is really good, the salary is high, and the benefits are good, and many people can't get in because they are overwhelmed. 】

Qiao Yan asked: [Which company? 】

Knowing that she wasn't interested, the president didn't introduce it in detail, but only told: [For those who make games, there is no choice in terms of annual salary, but it is very tiring, and they have to work in S city. 】

Qiao Yan just asked casually, and when he saw this, he didn't care much, and just ignored it.

When he was still studying at university, Qiao Yan seriously considered whether to work hard as an original artist or illustrator for a game company, but later found that it was not suitable.The painting work of the game company is indeed stable to a certain extent, relying purely on ability to make a living, but it is a bit biased towards the assembly line, the tasks are heavy and stressful, and there is not so much freedom. In addition, those companies are not in City A, which means that Qiao Yan has to leave here after graduation Going to another completely unfamiliar city, she finally gave up and embarked on a wild part-time job.

Huahua is not only a way to make a living by entering the company, all roads lead to Rome, and Xu Ziqing and grandma are still in City A, so they can't drag their family away from this native hometown.

The president felt that she was wasting her painting skills by working alone, and that her level should not only be drawing short comics, but she was simply overqualified, and said regretfully: "If you go in, find a reliable leader and learn more, you will definitely fail. How long will it take to become the main beauty, and definitely walk on the broad road from now on, and the tickets are rushing in."

Qiao Yan didn't care, thinking that the president was exaggerating.She knows exactly how much she weighs, and she doesn't have that much ability.

If you can't persuade him from left to right, the president still gives up.

"Someday when you think about it and plan to change careers, you can find me at any time, and I will introduce you to you when the time comes."

Qiao Yan thanked her, then turned her head to work again.

In the store, Rong Yin sometimes found Qiao Yan painting and didn't say much, so she didn't mind, and let her go.As long as it doesn't delay Kafa's business, Qiao Yan can paint as he pleases.

This is the advantage of being the boss, no one cares.

Employees can only stand and rest when they are free, or they can chat with their companions, and they are not allowed to do private work during work hours.

Rong Yin only asked casually, knowing that Qiao Yan had a part-time job, and understanding his partner, he said, "Why don't you get off work earlier today?"

"No need," Qiao Yan didn't look up, "It's the same here or at home, it doesn't matter."

Rong Yin smiled, "It's noisy here, which affects your state."

Qiao Yan said, "No, the external inspiration is better."

It takes a lot of time to draw a promotional illustration, and I spend eight or nine hours in pieces every day, as if I am doing this sooner or later.Qiao Yan didn't tell his family or Zhou Xiyun about the part-time job to make money. Except for the president and his friend Rong Yin, no one else knew about it.When she returned to the small villa at night, she didn't even bother to eat, and she didn't even bother to order takeaway. She went in and cooked a pack of instant noodles for a few mouthfuls, and then she turned around and went back to bed to continue.

It can be said to be assiduous, even more desperate than before the college entrance examination, and work without sleep and food.

If I had this kind of motivation in my studies before, I wouldn't be able to get an A, and I wouldn't end up at the bottom of the class no matter what.

At the same time, City S.

Zhou Xiyun was also constantly on the move, so tired that his feet didn't touch the ground every day, and he didn't even have time to catch his breath from Monday to Wednesday.The toil for several days in a row made people's spirits so tense that they couldn't relax at all.

The insider of the friend company was caught, and he was indeed a core member, one of the planners of this project.

No one in the company's top management, including Zhou Xiyun, expected that it would be the master planner who was scrambling. At first, they thought it was some old management employee with obvious motives.

Zhou Xiyun came up with the trick to catch the ghost, and it didn't take much effort. It was just a trick, and the ghost blew himself up, and was caught on the spot while destroying the evidence.

My friend’s company has already called the police, and lawyers have been hired. However, the insider has a tight mouth and knows that he cannot escape, so he takes all the blame and admits that he did something stupid when he was unconscious, but he firmly denies stealing ideas. Gave it to the other family.

It seems that the rival company has given him a lot of benefits, otherwise he wouldn't be so stubborn.

The police have already checked it thoroughly, and found out that the planner had indeed stolen the company's information, etc., but they didn't find any abnormal income on the planner's account, not even a large sum of money.

Not only the planning account is fine, but also his relatives, such as his parents and wife, are all clean.

There are only so many things the police can find, and there is no way to prove that the planner has private dealings with the rival company. The rival company is very innocent on the surface, so the thorough investigation will stop here, and it cannot continue according to the regulations.That's illegal, there's no such precedent.

Everyone is equal before the law, and the guarantees of companies are also equal. The reality is like this. Without more evidence, we can only suffer from silence.My friend was so angry that he almost went to the hospital, and the blisters came out of his mouth.

The development of a new game is extremely difficult, how much manpower and material resources are spent by the whole company, and so much money, hundreds of millions of initial investment... Now there is not even a splash, and it is almost all folded in.My friend put too much expectation and capital into this project, and he couldn't stand such a blow, and his heart was ashamed. When he learned that the planner would rather take the blame and go to jail than turn back, he has everything from the [-]th floor down The urge to jump.

When people are in despair, they can't see hope. Even if they can start all over again, they still have enough contacts and capital to support them, but the pressure on their hearts will last for a long time. stand up.

It was precisely because of this that Zhou Xiyun didn't dare to leave. He was worried that his friend would be overwhelmed, so he called Xing Yuan and the others over here so that Mutual Care could take care of him.

Xing Yuan and the others also invested money in it. This game project was originally invested by a group of friends, and they didn't think about finding another investment at first.The money invested by other people is not as much as Zhou Xiyun, and even less than that friend. Everyone can afford the loss, and they can still accept it at present.

Xing Yuan dug out the [-] generations of the ancestors who planned to greet him, from his father scolding to his wife, wife... grandpa, I wish the police station beat up that useless grandson to death.

A group of friends took turns doing psychological work for acquaintances and friends, persuading them to open up, and then raising money in earnest, trying to continue the project.

Remedies also cost money, and large sums of money are urgently needed.

Xing Yuan talked to Zhou Xiyun alone, and asked, "How much did you spend in total?" Zhou Xiyun replied that it was not a low amount.

Xing Yuan scolded something very dirty in an instant, staring and jumping, "You are fucking desperate, you have cast so much?!!!" Zhou Xiyun was expressionless, and repeatedly kneaded the cigarette between his fingers, did not ignite, did not smoke.Xing Yuan became anxious, "I don't think the one who jumped from the building should be Akai, it's not bad if you jump." Zhou Xiyun said, "Not really, not to that level."

"It's not enough," Xing Yuan said, angrier than the person involved, "If this project dies, you can go to the street and beg for food." Zhou Xiyun didn't refute, and he remained quite calm.

Enough scolding, the problems that should be faced must be faced directly.

After several days of turmoil, the place gradually became more stable.

Zhou Xiyun left after dealing with the biggest difficulty, then handed over the rest to Xing Yuan, and waited for Wednesday afternoon to fly back to City A on time.No matter how turbulent it is outside, City A is still safe and peaceful.

Zhou Xiyun arrived at Qinghe Street around [-]:[-] in the evening, and took a taxi straight to the entrance of Wangjiang Jiayuan Villa.This person has the code for the door lock of the small villa, and he will go in directly when he arrives.

Qiao Yan was already waiting in the living room - he said earlier that the store was busy and came at night, but on this day he still waited at home in advance.But she fell asleep halfway through, with boards and tools piled up in her arms, her head tilted to one side, she couldn't hold on to the drowsiness, and she didn't know when she lost consciousness.

Zhou Xiyun saw that scene as soon as he entered, put down his luggage, walked over lightly, walked to the sofa, carefully took the things in front of Qiao Yan, and put them on the coffee table.

Qiao Yan just took a nap, a relatively shallow sleep, and woke up when he felt a little movement.She reacted violently, suddenly felt that someone in front of her was startled, and shrank back.

Zhou Xiyun said softly, "It's me."

Qiao Yan opened his eyelids sleepily, took a hard look, subconsciously looked at the time, and said, "It's so fast, I thought you would be late."

Zhou Xiyun tugged at her ankles, hugged her to the top and sat down.Qiao Yan fell on the ground without resisting. "Tired?" Zhou Xiyun asked.Qiao Yan said: "It's okay." Zhou Xiyun: "What's the matter?"

She shook her head, "No, I didn't do anything."

After being separated for a few days and then meeting again, the two of them didn't talk nonsense, they got close when they met, Zhou Xiyun leaned close to Xun Qiao Yan's lips, and Qiao Yan also clung to Zhou Xiyun's shoulder in cooperation.

"Go upstairs..." Qiao Yan whispered.