138 The Cash-Strapped Lu Qiqi
For Wang Heng, designing an electronic questionnaire for students was not a difficult task. In just one night, he summarized the mobile game types that would become popular later and put them as options in the questionnaire. Of course, besides expected game types, there were also game time, mobile phone hardware, social needs, etc., covering various issues mentioned by Lead Designer Wu in the conference room.
Early the next morning, he sent this questionnaire to Han Yixuan, and mentioned in the chat window: 【You can take a look first and see if there are any problems. If there are, we can discuss it online and see if it needs to be changed.】
Then two hours passed, and he didn’t receive a reply from Han Yixuan, which made Wang Heng a little strange.
Near lunchtime, Han Yixuan finally replied: 【Sorry, I didn’t see your message in the morning. I’m already at the gate of your school!】
Sitting at his desk looking at the computer screen and the chat window with Han Yixuan, Wang Heng fell into deep thought.
Why did it take two hours to reply?
Getting up, washing up, dressing up, and then taking the subway from her school… it would take about two hours, right?
After pondering for a long time, Wang Heng stretched out his slightly trembling hand and typed two words and a long string of ellipses on the keyboard:
【Alright then……】
**
Wang Heng didn’t expect that this meeting alone with Han Yixuan would be as light as a dragonfly skimming the water, with almost no ripples.
Han Yixuan carefully looked at the questions and answer options he had set, made a few innocuous suggestions, and then said that the rest would be left to him, while she herself was going shopping.
“I don’t know how to distribute electronic questionnaires or anything like that. I can only help you with statistics and data processing. If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving. I’ve been in Rongdu for half a year, and I haven’t even seen a giant panda!”
Leaving such words behind, Han Yixuan, carrying her backpack, said goodbye. It was as if her purpose for coming today was not Wang Heng at all, and seeing him was just incidental.
This made Wang Heng feel slightly relieved, but he didn’t know that Han Yixuan walked into the subway station but didn’t get on the train.
The girl walked into the restroom in the subway station, put up her long hair, put on a hat, and added a pair of sunglasses. And she also took out another jacket from her backpack and changed her jacket. This way, even if she returned to Wang Heng, he might not recognize her immediately.
Then Han Yixuan walked quickly out of the subway station, found a milk tea shop opposite the martial arts gym named Wu Bo Combat, sat down, and ordered a cup of lightly sweetened milk tea.
Now that the final exams were over and there was no academic pressure, she could finally squander her time and do what she wanted to do…
For example, a little stalking.
When she met Wang Heng just now, the girl noticed that he answered a call, mentioning that he would go to the martial arts gym for training soon. So where to wait for the rabbit was an easy question.
Han Yixuan put on her headphones, played her favorite music, connected her phone to a power bank, and prepared for a long stakeout.
Back then, Pei Ningle could watch for two hours like this. She felt that she definitely wouldn’t lose to that confused girl.
“Love’s thirty-six strategies, like a game,
I want to control the remote myself,
Love’s thirty-six strategies, keep beautiful at all times,
Only then can you score and not be ruled out…”
Following the music in the headphones, Han Yixuan hummed softly along, taking a sip of milk tea from time to time. Compared to the tense review and exams, the time now was really relaxing and comfortable.
However, less than an hour later, Wang Heng walked out of the martial arts gym, and his expression seemed a little solemn.
He stood by the roadside, and soon a brand new bright blue sedan arrived. He opened the door of the passenger seat, and then was taken out of Han Yixuan’s sight by this car.
Han Yixuan knew little about cars, but the blue and white logo was too famous, so she naturally knew it.
“BMW…” The girl’s leisurely mood was instantly shattered, and she couldn’t help but murmur in a daze, “Who is driving?”
A moment later, Han Yixuan suddenly reacted, opened the notepad on her phone, and recorded the license plate number of the BMW just now.
“I don’t know if there’s a place to check… Even if I can’t check, it doesn’t matter. Note it down first!”
**
Wang Heng sat in the passenger seat of Lu Qi’s new car, looking at the interior of the car, and asked seemingly casually, “Sister Lu, how much did you spend on this car?”
Lu Qi held the steering wheel with both hands. “Not much, just three or four hundred thousand.”
Wang Heng: “BMW cars are so cheap?”
Lu Qi: “The price of the 3 Series isn’t high.”
Wang Heng nodded, but still couldn’t help saying, “To be honest, Sister Lu, cars barely hold their value, let alone appreciate. In comparison, buying a house is more cost-effective.”
The corners of Lu Qi’s mouth curled up slightly. “I bought a house too, not far from here.”
Wang Heng was startled. “Not far from here? Doesn’t that mean it’s far from where you work?”
“Not that far,” Lu Qi glanced at him and smiled. “Besides, the location near a key university has more room for appreciation, doesn’t it?”
Wang Heng: “…”
Lu Qi added, “Didn’t I tell you last time to continue being my investment consultant? Sorry, I can’t let you invest for now. My money has been spent on the car and house. I’m a bit strapped for cash.”
Wang Heng: “Did you buy the car and house in full?”
Lu Qi: “I don’t like debt.”
Wang Heng: “Forgive me for being blunt, Sister Lu, but the phrase ‘strapped for cash’ isn’t used like that…”
Lu Qi smiled. “Anyway, I don’t have any chips for you to manage in the short term. How about it? Are you a little disappointed?”
“It’s okay,” Wang Heng considered his words. “In the last half year, I haven’t found any particularly good investment opportunities, so even if you give me chips, I can’t do much. By the way, did you find me today just to show off your new car?”
Lu Qi shook her head slowly. “No, mainly to ask if you’re interested in Sakura Island. Recently, our project team has an opportunity to go on a business trip to Sakura Island, and we can take you along.”
Wang Heng: “Sakura Island?”
Lu Qi: “Yes, mainly to talk about copyrights with SN Company. Maybe when our game project goes online, players can use famous characters like Ukyo Tachibana and Iori Yagami.”
Wang Heng suddenly realized. He remembered that the hit mobile game that later swept the country did indeed have characters from Sakura Island. He just didn’t expect them to start discussing copyrights so early.
So the question was, should he go to Sakura Island?
Going to negotiate character copyrights, as the technical director, Lu Qi certainly wasn’t the main force of the negotiation. Presumably, there would be a lot of free time…
“If we go to Sakura Island,” Lu Qi tempted softly, “maybe we can soak in hot springs and see Mount Fuji or something.”
Sensing danger, Wang Heng quickly said, “No soaking, no soaking. Not very interested. I won’t go.”
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T/N:
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SN Company: Likely refers to SNK, a Japanese video game hardware and software company famous for The King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown series.
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Ukyo Tachibana (橘右京) / Iori Yagami (八神庵): Famous characters from SNK fighting games who appeared as guest characters in Honor of Kings.
