An Athlete Held up by an Entertainment Career

Xu Qiao replied.Dianxing Game Company is located in the high-tech park of the neighboring city, and it takes less than an hour to get to the capital by high-speed train.

The next afternoon, Gao Ming came over and asked Xu Qiao to meet at the cafe.

When Xu Qiao walked into the cafe, it was white-collar working hours on weekdays, and there were not many people inside. There were a few sitting in twos and threes, some reading newspapers, and some typing on keyboards.

After dialing Gao Ming's mobile phone number, she looked around and saw the man in the corner by the window taking out his mobile phone. Xu Qiao hung up the phone and walked towards him.

"Hello, Mr. Gao."

Gao Ming looked up and was stunned when he saw Xu Qiao wearing a mask and hat.

He only showed a pair of eyes, but people subconsciously felt that there should be an outstanding face under the mask, and he should be young.With a slender figure and a very special temperament, he can stand out in the crowd even if he can't see his face clearly.

The most important thing is... Gao Ming felt that the young man in front of him seemed familiar.

But Xu Qiao didn't leave his full name on the draft, only the word "Xu", so Gao Ming turned around in his mind, and didn't expect that the young man had seen it before.

Gao Ming stood up and motioned for Xu Qiao to sit down.After Xu Qiao sat down opposite, he greeted the waiter and asked, "What would Mr. Xu drink?"

"American style is fine."

When Gao Ming was ordering, Xu Qiao glanced at him.

Around 27, wearing framed glasses, looks gentle and handsome.

Soon, the coffee was served, and Gao Ming spoke after a moment of deliberation: "Mr. Xu, I am the executive director and manager of Dianxing Game Company. I have read the sketches you sent to the mailbox, and I appreciate them very much."

Thinking of that day, Gao Ming was still a little scared.

The remuneration offered by Dianxing is not low, which has attracted a large number of painters to submit their works.

A piece of exquisite drawing paper flowed into the company's mailbox, with exquisite lines and exquisite colors.Xu Qiao's sketches made with colored ballpoint pens are mixed with the many sketches carefully drawn on the digital board. At first glance, it looks like graffiti.

At that time, the newcomer in the art department who was in charge of reviewing the first draft took a look, muttered, "What the hell is the painting?", and was about to transfer Xu Qiao's submission to the trash can.

Gao Ming happened to be passing by, heard the muttering, and glanced at it casually, which saved a few drawings from being thrown into the trash can.

The magnificent imagination and extremely rational and beautiful setting made Gao Ming easily immersed in it, and immediately contacted Xu Qiao.

Fortunately, fortunately, I almost missed it.

Gao Ming took out the printed drawings from his briefcase: "Mr. Xu—"

His voice stopped abruptly.

Seeing that Xu Qiao on the opposite side had already taken off his mask, took a sip of coffee, and looked up when he heard his voice.

Gao Ming's breath stagnates.The boy in front of him could be described as beautiful.

The sunlight shone through the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, wrapping him inside, giving his face a clear boundary between light and dark.The faint smile on his face is harmless to humans and animals, and the arcs of the eye tails are raised loosely, which seems a little frivolous, but the eyes are enough to be called cold.

Pretty, but not feminine.

Most importantly, isn't this Xu Qiao? ?

Gao Ming's eyelids twitched.

He was Xu Qiao's underdog, since Xu Qiao's debut, he was not likely to be able to see this little star who only had a face but no heart.

Yesterday, he was still scolding Xu Qiao for acting on the Internet.

It's ridiculous, how could Xu Qiao be that amazingly talented painter Xu?

Before coming here, he imagined many times what kind of person "Xu" in the sketches would be.

It may be a young returnee painter who returned from studying abroad, a chic lecturer at an art academy, or a middle-aged man with a casual appearance and a scruffy appearance.

In short, it was definitely not like Xu Qiao.

It’s ridiculous.

The words of praise were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say anything. Gao Ming hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Mr. Xu Qiao, may I ask the authors of these drawings—"

"It's me." Seeing what he was doubting, Xu Qiao chuckled.

A moment of silence.

Gao Ming didn't speak, and Xu Qiao didn't speak in a hurry, drinking coffee in a leisurely manner.

"Eh..." Gao Ming managed to suppress the unbelief in his eyes, and laughed dryly, "I never heard that Mr. Xu can draw."

Xu Qiao glanced at the inside of the coffee shop. It was a graffiti wall with easels and paints piled up in the corner, open to customers.

Seeing him asking with his eyes, Gao Ming coughed, "Mr. Xu, can you demonstrate?"

Putting on the mask again, Xu Qiao walked over, picked up a paintbrush from the muddy water bucket, and pressed it on the sponge to absorb the water.

The painting equipment provided to customers for free is naturally not very good. The brushes and brushes are forked, the paint is dry, and the paper is also the cheapest kind.

Xu Qiao looked at Gao Ming, "Draw what?"

"Mr. Xu, whatever you want."

Xu Qiao nodded, picked up the palette, and began to scatter paint on the paper with the tip of the pen. It didn't take long for a clear picture of Lin Shenquan to take shape.

Gao Ming saw that his brushstrokes were chic and loose, and looked comfortable and smooth. The few strokes showed that the painter was indeed similar in style to the sketches he sent to the company's mailbox, and his doubts were reduced a bit.

Continuing to read, Gao Ming was a little surprised: "Mr. Xu also dabbled in calligraphy?"

He learned calligraphy since he was a child, and he is very good at handwriting.Looking closely at Xu Qiao's paintings, one can see that the charm of calligraphy has been incorporated into them.

The upward-stretching branches are vigorous and powerful, forming clouds and flowing water in one go, like wild grass.The tree trunk is the center of the seal script, and the small fish playing in the spring are as delicate as small script.

For the unanswered question, Xu Qiao washed the pen in the bucket, put it aside to dry on the pen stand, and then turned to look at Gao Ming: "Is it all right?"

Gao Ming smiled mischievously and touched his nose.Turning around to go back to the seat, only to find that a lot of people were attracted behind him, all watching Xu Qiao's painting, and three or two girls took pictures with their mobile phones.

Gao Ming couldn't help but rejoice that Xu Qiao had put on a hat and mask so that no one would recognize her.

Seeing that Xu Qiao had finished painting, the people around started discussing in low voices.

"The painting is so beautiful!"

"Mom, this big brother is also very good-looking." A childish voice.

"You can see that people are wearing masks?"

The waiter at the coffee shop came over and asked, "Sir, do you want to take this painting away?"

Xu Qiao shook her head.

So the waiter carefully put away the painting, as if it was going to be framed.

After returning to her seat, Xu Qiao didn't take off her mask when she noticed that there were many vaguely appraising eyes around her.

"I admire Mr. Xu's painting skills." Gao Ming took out the printed drawings again, "Can you explain these conceptual drawings?"

Xu Qiao held the cup holder and turned the coffee cup around, and briefly told Gao Ming.

Gao Ming is going to make a doomsday-themed game, and has researched various current doomsday hypotheses. Most of the games with similar themes on the market are old wine in new bottles, but the world Xu Qiao talks about is very novel.

He was also a tech geek, so he couldn't help but listened intently, and only started to ask his own questions when Xu Qiao stopped talking.

Gao Ming pointed to the alien monster hidden in the blue-gray light on the painting: "Mr. Xu, I saw that you noted that this is an anaerobic intelligent creature, so how can this intelligent creature solve the problem of high energy consumption in the brain?" ?”

"There is also this silicon-based organism. As we all know, the atomic structure of silicon is not conducive to the formation of long chains of macromolecules, and it is extremely easy to break so that it cannot form living cells."

Xu Qiao: "..." I can't see that you still have the spirit of exploration.

Is it just necessary to dig to this extent to make games?Make games or do research.

Glancing at him, Xu Qiao rubbed her temples when she touched those eyes full of curiosity.

Asking the waiter to borrow a pen and paper, Xu Qiao drew biological anatomy diagrams and the bonding relationship of elements, and gave Gaoming explanations in the fields of biology and chemistry.

In the book "Return at the End of the World", under the world view perfected by the world consciousness, every creature has its rationality and evolutionary basis.

No one can say whether these creatures really exist in the universe, but they are logically self-consistent.

Gao Ming was full of surprise: "So it's still possible!"

Xu Qiao put down the pen and paper, and stirred the coffee in front of her, feeling exhausted.

"Discussing these with Mr. Xu has benefited a lot. I really want to say that my imagination was too narrow in the past, but when playing games, imagination and creativity are extremely important."

Gao Ming had completely let go of her prejudice against Xu Qiao at this time, "I remember my mentor once said to me: The life forms that humans can imagine are all based on existing knowledge reserves. But the universe is beyond imagination. In addition, it is not very meaningful to discuss alien life based on life on earth."

Seeing Gao Ming's excited appearance, Xu Qiao couldn't bear to interrupt, but it was getting late, and seeing that Gao Ming wanted to continue, Xu Qiao said with a half-smile, "I don't think Mr. Gao is here to talk to me today. Are you doing scientific research?"

Gao Ming coughed, and now he not only confirmed that those whimsical sketches were drawn by Xu Qiao, but also had a certain understanding of the breadth of his knowledge.

It is not easy to combine imagination and solid painters in paintings, and it is not easy to have an in-depth understanding of various disciplines. It is rare and rare to have both.

Gao Ming picked up the refill coffee, feeling overwhelmed.

He broke away from his family and founded Dianxing Game Company, hoping to start his own business.Right now, all the company's work revolves around this doomsday-themed game, and it can be said that everything is devoted to it.

But starting from scratch faced many difficulties.Xu Qiao's appearance pushed aside the clouds and mist, faintly allowing him to find a way.

The original artist originally wanted by the company only needs to be able to draw the world described by the game plan, use the screen to explain the specific image, and provide an artistic basis for subsequent game production.

But Xu Qiao's paintings come with a complete world view and setting, which is simply a combination of planning and art.

In terms of gameplay and process design, Xu Qiao can also give unique suggestions. Even in terms of development, Xu Qiao seems to have some opinions of his own.

Before meeting Xu Qiao today, Gao Ming came with the purpose of communicating with the painter.But after communicating with Xu Qiao, his mind changed.

What game companies lack the most is talent.

Putting down his cup, Gao Ming said, "To be honest, our Dianxing game company is in its infancy stage, and there are a lot of vacancies in personnel. Mr. Xu, in addition to asking you for a drawing, I also want to invite you to be a worldview consultant and technical consultant for the game." Support consultants and serve as one of the main planners."

Xu Qiao twitched the corners of her mouth, is she trying to treat him as an envoy of ten people?

Gao Ming also seemed a little embarrassed: "Of course Mr. Xu's main job is to design concept drawings."

Xu Qiao smelled the aroma of coffee coming into her nostrils, and said slowly: "I think Mr. Gao, you also know my current job, and I will join a filming team in the next year. There is no problem with drawing design drafts, and more, I can only say that I will work in time. Give opinions and suggestions within the scope of ability.”

Gao Ming nodded: "That's enough."

"I admire Mr. Xu's talent, not only as an excellent painter. More importantly, your way of thinking, aesthetic accumulation, and extensive coverage of professional knowledge are all urgently needed by the game industry."

"In scene concept design, character design, suit design, weapon prop design, UI design, and Lihua illustration promotion, etc., we will mainly use Mr. Xu's ideas."

"In addition... As one of the main strategies, Mr. Xu, your identity is a bit sensitive, and we need to interact with users on Weibo. I wonder if you can register another account for communication?"

"This is no problem." Xu Qiao agreed straightforwardly.Registering a vest account is nothing compared to the job content.

After these issues have been negotiated, it is the last step, the salary and treatment.

If this step is not discussed properly, then everything said earlier will be useless.

Gao Ming asked: "I don't know what Mr. Xu's expectations are for the remuneration?"

Xu Qiao smiled lazily, and faced Gao Ming's question, he said, "How much does Mr. Gao think I'm worth?"

Gao Ming fell into deep thought.

It's fine if I didn't come to see Xu Qiao today, after meeting, it's impossible to give up on such a person.

After a long time, he said slowly, "One million."

The corner of Xu Qiao's mouth curled into a smile. Gao Ming not only asked him to be responsible for the main art design work, but also asked him to do other work including planning and even technology.

Such a price is obviously not sincere.

Gao Ming twirled the coffee cup in his hand, and said softly as if he had made up his mind: "As for the additional shares of Dianxing, we need to discuss how much after returning home, but I personally guarantee that it will not be less than 10%."

Xu Qiao looked up into his eyes.

"Mr. Xu, the company currently has no way to pay higher remuneration. The shares given to you are regarded as technology shares. What do you think?"

Gao Ming has shown his sincerity, and he will not push forward and take the opportunity to raise more conditions.

Xu Qiao stretched out her hand to Gao Ming: "It's a pleasant cooperation."

Gao Ming held it, with a deep smile on his face.

He wanted to use the shares to keep Xu Qiao. As for whether Xu Qiao was worth it, he would prove it in the future.

After sending Gao Ming off, I checked the time, and Xu Qiao met with the lawyer he had appointed.

After confirming that there was no problem with Mo Chenghong's contract, Xu Qiao decided to sign with him.He really needs a professional agent, so he can worry less.

After the contract was finalized, Li Feifei drove the high-end business car provided by Mo Chenghong to the base of the apartment on the second day after signing the contract, and took Xu Qiao to the new residence.

In the car, Li Feifei was so excited, Xu Qiao confirmed that he saw Li Feifei's legs trembling with excitement.

"Brother, the commercial vehicle equipped with SSE is far worse than this!!"

Xu Qiao: "..." Okay, I get it.

The signing of the contract has not yet been officially announced, and things will be complicated in the studio at the end of the year. Mo Chenghong said that he will wait until the "Let's Chat" is over in the next year. Then he will arrange work for him. Xu Qiao can also take advantage of this time to relax. leave.

Xu Qiao has no objection.

The new residence is in a high-end residential area with a good location and a complete security system.The house is a one-story two-family, large duplex structure, facing south, and the living room is well-lit.The decorations are all ready-made, you can move in with your bags, and you can add more if necessary.

Li Feifei parked the car and went upstairs with Xu Qiao. When he opened the door, he looked at the house and sighed: "We are rich, we are really rich, brother, we are prosperous."

Compared with Xu Qiao's apartment, this large duplex has nothing to criticize.

In the next few days, Xu Qiao packed up her things in the apartment and moved them here.After a few years of struggling in the last days, the requirements for the residence are actually not high.But Xu Qiao still added some green plants and flowers, which made the home a bit more vibrant.

At the same time, as "Chat General" continues to be broadcast, word-of-mouth is slowly fermenting.

"Chat General" has a super chat, which is different from the mediocre response of several small web dramas in the same period, and few splashes have been aroused.

More and more up hosts spontaneously edited the soundtrack to produce food, and the fanarts were blown away by CP, and the fanart of the painter Mrs. Shenxian was widely circulated. As for the content, Xu Qiao looked at it curiously and found that it was [-] Silence after banned content.

Don't be like this, Si Cheng is still a child.

Click on Chaohua, most of the discussions about Xu Qiao in the first few episodes focused on his appearance, but in recent episodes, more and more voices began to discuss his acting skills.

"I shouldn't doubt Director Hu. She really did a good job. Xu Qiao's acting skills are really great."

"It's a trap for the face value, but Xu Qiao's acting skills really moved me later, his humble and affectionate is really poignant!"

With the broadcast of the series, the three-day episode of Guan Han's guest appearance is almost over.

Compared with the good evaluations of several leading actors, Guan Han has been criticized wave after wave.

"It's really perfunctory to pick up Guan Han's shots. It's obvious that I didn't act well. The post-production was too difficult. I tried to use editing methods to cover up my unintentional acting skills."

"Even if it's a small web drama, if you take this job, you can act well. Meng Xuan's character is almost expressionless, with a paralyzed face, and she can act like this."

"I'm a little disappointed. I've followed her with true feelings. I thought she was dedicated, humble and eager to learn. I watched the promotional video before, and that part of the water prison scene really surprised me. I didn't expect that the only part that shined was someone else."

There were also those who defended Guan Han.

"It is reasonable to say that the poor performance of the actors is also the fault of the director, right?"

"People in the industry will say that sometimes the director really shouldn't be blamed. As far as I know, Guan Han signed a three-day film with the crew. For three days, if Guan Han cooperates, it's not impossible to shoot, but she obviously doesn't have that. Attitude, the director had to give up for the sake of progress.”

"Yeah, shooting is not a matter of one person. The photographer has to carry dozens of pounds of equipment, and the lighting, props and costumes have to be stared at nervously. If she manages NG once, how many people have to follow and repeat the work? The director There is no other way."

Guan Han's journey was smooth and smooth, and he had never been scolded so one-sidedly before, and he was angry and annoyed for a while.

Who knew that a guest appearance in a small web drama would attract so many criticisms.

She took a few breaths and dialed a number: "Brother Chaosheng, can you teach me a lesson for me?"

She gritted her teeth, but there was grievance in her voice, "The name is Xu Qiao, you can find out after you check it."