Guapi looked at Ms. Zhao with teary eyes and a lovely smile. The Zhang family didn't keep any pets, and Ms. Zhao's gaze towards Guapi was filled with deep affection: "..."
With Guapi's unexpected intervention, the atmosphere of the conversation instantly became harmonious. Guapi was dominated by Ms. Zhao for the entire time, while Chairman Zhang and Zhang Chaohe sat next to each other, both with somewhat envious expressions; only Zhang Yinshan, who occupied a corner alone, exuded a melancholy aura.
I thought my house was as solid as a fortress, capable of stopping the evil concubine's advance. But when the evil concubine sent out a dog, the fortress crumbled instantly.
Cheng Jixue realized it was time to catch her flight and prepared to leave. Ms. Zhao kindly suggested that she call Mr. Qian to ask if Guapi could stay the night.
Ms. Zhao: I'm still not entirely at ease until I get my hands on the melon rind.
Cheng Jixue nodded and gracefully dialed Mr. Qian's number. He stood there, his posture upright, exuding elegance and charm. The next second, the call connected, and Mr. Qian's gentle yet clear voice rang out: "Duanduan."
Zhang Chaohe: ! !
Zhang Chaohe: Hahaha, why is he called Duanduan??
Cheng Jixue's carefully cultivated aloof demeanor vanished instantly. He instinctively covered the receiver, staring helplessly at Zhang Chaohe, who was clearly trying to suppress a laugh: "..."
Why do mobile phones have the problem of sound leakage during calls?
Someone, please save my image as a virtuous and upright person!
Half an hour ago: Why is he called Diandian?
Half an hour later: You're the one called Duanduan?
The two people, whose nicknames both sounded immature and like some kind of small animal, looked at each other in bewilderment.
Ms. Zhao and Chairman Zhang must have heard it, but out of politeness and understanding, neither of the elders pointed it out. Only Zhang Chaohe kept making sarcastic remarks as he saw him off, saying, "Duanduan, ya."
Cheng Jixue smiled slightly: "Dian Dian."
It's obvious that the damage is greater to the domineering CEO—as soon as Cheng Jixue called out that name, Zhang Chaohe felt like he had suffered ten thousand points of cruel damage!
But Cheng Jixue knew when to stop, scratching him and then giving him a treat: "I'll leave the melon rind to you these next few days!"
The thought that the melon rind he had coveted for so long had finally become the plaything of the domineering CEO made Xiao Zhang feel that it wasn't impossible to forgive Cheng Jixue. He nodded reservedly, "Alright then."
Cheng Jixue curled the corners of her lips and asked sweetly, "When is President Zhang coming to visit the set?"
Zhang Chaohe did the math. After his leg injury healed, he needed to promote the new game pack for "Rebellious Light Years" and then find time to shoot model photos for the collaboration outfits. He probably wouldn't have time for that in the short term. He gave a conservative estimate, saying a number that didn't sound too outrageous: "About ten days."
Cheng Jixue's voice was full of surprise: "I had already finished filming and left the crew by then."
Zhang Chaohe: Zhang Chaohe suddenly felt a pang of conscience and tentatively asked, "Then, I'll come pick you up then?"
While a normal boss certainly wouldn't take on the responsibility of finishing filming for their artist... everyone knows that this is just a little trick during the ambiguous period.
Cheng Jixue said sweetly, "Okay, I'll be able to wrap up filming in another week. I'll contact you then."
Zhang Chaohe estimated that he would be released from prison within a week, so he readily agreed. Chairman Zhang even sent a car to take Cheng Jixue to the airport. Although Ms. Zhao was being difficult on the surface, she actually personally picked out the most comfortable and spacious car for Xiao Cheng.
She had just seen the two children off when she turned back and burst into laughter: "His name is Duanduan! I really didn't expect that. He and Diandian are such a good match!"
Chairman Zhang's death stare: "Worthy? I don't think so!"
Ms. Zhao pinched the melon rind and said confidently, "Why wouldn't it be worthy!"
Mr. Zhang really wanted to snatch the melon rind, but Ms. Zhao's tyrannical power was still in place, so he didn't dare to make a move easily: "You only agreed because the young man is handsome!"
Ms. Zhao retorted sharply: "Huh? So, are we supposed to find someone ugly for Dian Dian? That shouldn't be the case!"
Zhang Yinshan couldn't stand it anymore. He felt that this home was too cold, and even an enemy's dog was more pampered than him!
He glanced back one last time—Guapi was squatting there staring at him, his simple-minded black eyes full of cunning and treacherous light… Zhang Yinshan was completely ignored by his parents, who were arguing like kindergarten children, and dejectedly went back to his room.
Then, in the middle of the night, Zhang Yinshan came out of his room to pour himself a glass of water, but suddenly heard a startling tapping sound behind him. He turned on the light and found Guapi looking at him from across the corridor, his long, soft fur hanging down like satin, looking very nice to the touch.
With no one around, Zhang Yinshan cautiously confirmed that even the moon was asleep, and tentatively called out, "Guapi, come here?"
Guapi stared at him for a moment, then suddenly leaped up and took off like a cute little cannonball! It clung to Zhang Yinshan—the large dog, when standing, was even as tall as a young adult girl, and Zhang Yinshan instinctively put his arm around it…
Oh, it feels so good.
He thought to himself expressionlessly.
Just as Zhang Yinshan was about to get close to Guapi, Zhang Chaohe's terrified face suddenly appeared in the shadows on the stairs: "Brother, what are you doing?"
All the romantic atmosphere and dreamlike experience were shattered in an instant—Zhang Yinshan abruptly withdrew his hand, and the melon rind unexpectedly fell back to the floor, staring blankly at the human who had just been so enthusiastic.
“It suddenly pounced on me,” Zhang Yinshan explained palely, “It startled me.”
Zhang Chaohe didn't suspect anything: "Oh, oh."
Then he patted the solid wood handrail of the stairs: "Guapi, come here!"
Without looking back, Guapi rushed over—perhaps because it was dark, Guapi moved very quietly, and although you could hear the cracking of its claws, it wasn't as noisy as when it was running around during the day.
To prevent Guapi from being beaten up by his older brother, Zhang Chaohe thoughtfully took Guapi back to his room, completely unaware of the older brother's stunned yet heartbroken expression.
I hate that you're such a blockhead... my dear brother!
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In retaliation, Zhang Yinshan decided to exploit his younger brother's remaining value to promote "Rebellious Light Year".
Because the team had long wanted to try electronic Chinese style music, the music pack had already been developed and was in its initial form. After deciding to collaborate with "Drunken Blade", the studio quickly performed the skinning action. Apart from the collaboration CG and character illustrations which still need further improvement, the test account can already fully experience the music pack.
Zhang Chaohe practiced hard for three days just to do early game testing and promotion. Although Zhang Yinshan said he could play casually, Zhang Chaohe didn't want everyone to see that he was bad at games, so he got the test installation package in advance and equipped it with the latest model tablet, vowing to conquer the expert difficulty!
On the day of the live broadcast, Zhang Chaohe finally escaped his parents' punishment and arrived at the long-unseen headquarters of Jiasheng—Assistant Chen had even specially prepared the live broadcast venue for him.
After all, the president's office was high-end, elegant, and understatedly luxurious, and he didn't usually have the chance to show it off to everyone. Zhang Chaohe thought that this was a good opportunity to show it off!
Five minutes before the broadcast started, Assistant Chen suddenly said that a new script had been added, and the script was that a guest challenger had been temporarily selected for Zhang Chaohe.
Zhang Chaohe thought to himself, "I can recite the score by heart. How can he possibly beat me?"
When the person brought up was Li Yimao, it turned out to be him.
Li Yimao was still reeling from the day he was exposed. When he saw Zhang Chaohe's expression, he was as terrified as a mouse seeing a cat. Zhang Chaohe thought to himself, "Is this going to be a disaster? Li Yimao looks so stupid, he definitely can't beat me!"
He was well-prepared and turned on his live stream camera on time. Zhang Chaohe hasn't been active online lately, and his Weibo account is practically missing, leaving his wife and fans anxiously searching for updates on his life, relying entirely on leaked high-definition photos of vegetable leaves from the set.
As soon as the camera was turned on, the Pink Station reminded everyone to follow the streamer @ZhangChaohe who was going live, and everyone immediately flocked to the room.
Mr. Zhang was as handsome as ever, and today he seemed to be in good spirits, even wearing glasses—the blue light blocking lenses, when flashed by the electronic screen, had a cool, cyberpunk aesthetic. He sat upright, nodded to the camera, and said, "Hello."
[Ahhh, is this the angle from which Xiao Zhang's secretary works in the office? — I'm in love!!]
[Could it be that the angle of the cabbage leaf is like that (doge)?]
[I heard Mr. Zhang is livestreaming himself playing rhythm games? I slid into his stream!]
[Go, Little Lightyear! When it was officially announced, I felt like the dimensional barrier had been broken, sob sob!]
Now, whenever I hear about Lianhe, I feel worried for Zhang Baiwan... But when I see that the top boss of Lianhe is General Manager Zhang, I'm relieved.
While Zhang Chaohe was adjusting some settings, he looked up and saw a constant stream of notification sounds from various sources indicating that they had been protected – such as official content creators, regardless of whether they had collaborated with the creators before, all rushing to make their faces known.
Even the official representatives of Gain Capital only rushed up to flatter the boss from the back row.
Zhang Chaohe thought to himself that he should probably read this aloud, to express his gratitude for the protection. So he obediently opened the list and read it aloud one by one: "Thank you Tenghui Group, thank you Maogu Technology, thank you Shengjing Group..."
He scrolled down and found there were too many entries, and most of them were from various partners or potential collaborators. So Zhang Chaohe quickly came up with a summary and read out: "Thank you to the following 128 brand official Weibo accounts."
In any case, most of it is just business exchanges, like giving red envelopes during Chinese New Year. Although the children receive red envelopes, the parents give out even more, and they just say thank you casually.
The next group of netizens were the ones who actually spent their own money because they liked him—Zhang Chaohe never liked to ignore other people's sincerity. He opened the list and patiently read it aloud one by one: "Thank you Meng Leng Hengwu, Lu Jin, Lin Zaoqi..."
The list contained nearly three hundred people, which left Zhang Chaohe with a dry mouth and throat. He not only had to drink water to moisten his throat halfway through, but also had to deal with all sorts of strange and obscure characters and symbols, making his head buzz.
The comments section was filled with laughter:
[It's like seeing my homeroom teacher on the first day of school.]
[My millionaire is so thoughtful! Although they only briefly mentioned the brand, they still pronounced our names carefully!]
[This is hilarious! He hit 500 followers in just half an hour! My boss Zhang is the real top star!]
Some people deliberately said sarcastically:
[What are you showing off for? It's just reaching the Guardian rank, hurry up and reveal the secret on your live stream!]
[Seriously... I'm speechless. A month's salary might not even cover the cost of one of their clothes, yet you're giving them money as a tip. You should worry about yourself first.]
Before anyone could object, Zhang Chaohe finally finished reading and sighed, "I have no way to repay you, so I'll hold a lottery right away and split the 80,000 yuan in cash equally."
Haters: ?
All you know about lottery draws is...?
The barrage of "hahaha" and "oh oh oh" quickly filled the screen. Zhang Chaohe adjusted his glasses, picked up his tablet, and began to show off the collaboration music pack for "Rebellious Light Years" one by one.
With Chen's help, he also put the completed concept CG on the screen, but the comments immediately started to go in strange directions:
[Huh? This is the new special assistant? Waaaaah, give me back Vice President Jiang!]
[I saw the assistant's pecs! prpr is actually a muscular guy's style?]
[If Zhang Baiwan doesn't work hard, are you going to punch a goose in the head and smash it? (winking)]
Assistant Chen: If you really punched him, it would be considered merciful of you, Xiao Zhang, not to send me to the police station.
After his demonstration, Zhang Chaohe opened the game interface. On the surface, he spun randomly, but in reality, he had practiced it many times and accurately stopped on the song that he was best at and liked the most!
With a slight smile, Mr. Zhang then performed a dazzling and flawless full combo in front of the camera!
How cunning he is! He deliberately set several difficult key presses as "excellent" instead of "perfect," just waiting to crush Li Yimao later to avenge Li Yimao's poaching of his talent!
Is it really that simple? Even a goose can get a FC (full kill)?
[The chart looks pretty difficult, how come Goose is playing it so easily... Has the times changed?]
[I don't believe it, it must be fully automated boosting. Zhang Baiwan can get FC (full marks), I don't believe it (loudly)]
Just then, special guest actor Chen, the assistant, immediately stepped forward to report according to the script: "President Zhang, Li Yimao has arrived."
Zhang Chaohe lowered his head reservedly: "Let him in."
Then comes the very formulaic lines like "What are you playing?", "Testing a new game", "I want to play too", "Let's have a competition", etc.
The second set of test versions of the machine was sent to Li Yimao. Li Yimao was given a guest role at the last minute and did not have time to practice in advance. The song that Little Rooster randomly selected was the most difficult in the entire music pack - and he confidently chose the expert mode.
[This is the real reaction, friends! Mr. Zhang must have practiced beforehand!]
[Wow, even if you practiced FC beforehand, you're still pretty good. I've played other music packs for Rebel Lightyear on Expert difficulty before, wow...]
[Your reaction speed is really fast! I felt that Mr. Zhang wasn't playing very well before because he wasn't very familiar with the game, but look how skilled he is this time!]