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"Isn't it flexible working hours..." Yuan Zhiming whispered back.

"That's to give flexibility to those who work overtime." Li Yikai glanced at him: "Didn't you leave on time yesterday?"

Yuan Zhiming had nothing to say, silently suspecting that he was still holding grudges about the kitten's illness, deliberately picking on the thorns, because there were obviously few people in the entire office area.

But with short hands, he raised the water glass in his hand: "Thank you."

Li Yikai said "hmm" in his throat: "There is a coffee machine in the tea room, but it's rather unpleasant."

Yuan Zhiming rubbed his eyes that were still swollen, feeling deeply that the other party was considerate, and the dissatisfaction just disappeared immediately.

But I also heard Li Yikai say: "No one cares about your private time staying up late, but don't affect your work status."

Yuan Zhiming quickly closed his mouth about to yawn.

"Xiaoyuan is here? Let's make an appointment for a meeting room." Qin Xiaoen carried a canvas bag to the company, walked directly between Yuan Zhiming and Li Yikai, and interrupted Li Yikai's early morning lecture at the right time.

He noticed Li Yikai's gaze and paused: "What's wrong?"

The target of the lecture was shifted, Li Yikai raised his head and asked Qin Xiaoen: "Why do you have another meeting?"

"Isn't it, the design and color matching of graffiti elements need to be refined," Qin Xiaoen said.

Li Yikai frowned: "Can Yuan Zhiming do the graffiti by himself?"

"But he only went to work the next day..."

Li Yikai stopped talking, only turned to look at Yuan Zhiming, Yuan Zhiming opened his mouth hesitantly, and said, "I can give it a try."

Li Yikai nodded: "I think you can, but you must abide by the delivery time, and ask if you don't understand anything."

The rest of the words are said to Qin Xiaoen: "There are still two weeks to come up with a complete plan, don't just focus on the vision, let him go and paint first."

He opened the second drawer at hand and took out a schedule book: "Yuan Zhiming will hand in graffiti settings before next Monday; during this period, Lao Qin will focus on the theme of the copywriting first, and then we can set the brand visual system next week, and Later extension and spread..."

Yuan Zhiming lowered his head and watched Li Yikai pressing the pages of the notebook with one hand, and holding a blue signature pen in the other hand, quickly marking the horizontal and vertical forms. And the time is well organized.

If only I could do things this quickly and methodically, he thought.

"There's still a lot of work to do, so the division of labor should be clearer. Finish first and then perfect." He tore off the finished paper and handed it to Qin Xiaoen.

"Okay, after this arrangement, I have a solid idea," Qin Xiaoen said.

For a shopping mall's brand upgrade project, the "secret" proposed by Yuan Zhiming is only a very early concept. When it is compared to painting, this step is like choosing the canvas material - the painting cannot be seen after it is formed. The original appearance of the canvas, but the material and color base of the canvas itself are implied in every corner of the whole painting.

Although the choice of canvas is important, it is far from the finished work.

The next step in starting to paint is to figure out what is the core of the picture, what is being painted.

At yesterday's meeting, Zhong Youyun proposed the theme of "Xanadu" - which is consistent with the background color of "Secret" and has a sense of nostalgia for Hongda Mall. At the same time, it matches the wild grass around the open space. It has a natural flavor.

From every angle, this theme is in line with the tone of the painting.

This step is equivalent to negotiating the character of what they want to draw - a hospitable, trendy and nostalgic little life.

As for today's work, Li Yikai arranged for Qin Xiaoen to be in charge of the theme of the copywriting, like naming this little life and giving "it" a growth story;

Yuan Zhiming, on the other hand, truly portrays the appearance of "it".

Creative time always passes faster.

Yuan Zhiming seldom draws pictures with such specific propositions, but there are bound to be more stringent propositions than this in his work, and this time the theme comes from himself, so the discomfort is only temporary, and he will soon enter the state, Several versions of sketches have been released on the software in the morning.

At noon, it was still JOJO who asked him to have dinner together. Yuan Zhiming took off his earphones, and most of his energy remained on the screen. He just put the stylus on the table and followed him out the door.

It was only during the meal that he learned that Li Yikai seldom eats with other colleagues.

"Because he's the boss?" Yuan Zhiming asked, after all, they didn't add Li Yikai in the WeChat group chat.

JOJO smiled, she is a very gentle sister, wearing glasses and ponytail, her smile is quiet but sincere: "Sun Shanshan is on vacation these days, you will know when she comes back, how much a meal will be lively."

Yuan Zhiming thought of the meeting yesterday, and he already had an imagination in his heart. JOJO said: "The boss mainly dislikes us for being slow and noisy. He has too many things to do, and he often takes out food at the company, or with Mr. Qin, and the people in the 42 groups. Together."

"Group 42?" Yuan Zhiming asked curiously.

"Oh, no one has introduced it to you." JOJO took a sip of soda, "Our company has a total of 7 groups, and the group names are all named by ourselves. The names of the 42 groups are derived from the ultimate number 42 in the universe."

Yuan Zhiming is not a fan of science fiction, but after reading "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", he suddenly understood.

"Where is KL?" He asked. He thought that the group name was based on the name of the director. For example, KL came from Kevin Li, but it sounds like he didn't have enough imagination, and the name has other meanings.

As a result, JOJO said: "The KL group was formed from the abbreviation of the boss. I heard that it was because he was promoted too fast all the way, so a new group was established for him alone."

Yuan Zhiming was speechless for a moment, and cooperated with his heart: "It's amazing."

JOJO nodded: "Well, to be able to set up a new team, it's not just enough to be able to work. Each team in our company has its own direction of expertise. For example, Team 42 specializes in technology and digital customers, and some other teams specialize in fashion. Brands, some specializing in car brands, our previous 6 groups basically covered most of the fields, so even if someone gets promoted, they will still be in this group, and no new group will be established.”

"However, Kevin used to be a designer, and he was very creative in art, so he relied on his own creative fame to expand the brand art group alone."

Seeing that Yuan Zhiming didn't understand, JOJO explained, "Let's put it this way, other groups are divided according to the customer's industry, only we are divided according to the method, and there is no limit to the category of customers-whether it is automobiles, shopping malls, fashion or whatever. Customers, as long as they want to do art-oriented brand packaging, we are the most professional."

Yuan Zhiming knew Zhou Xing's age, so Li Yikai should be about the same age. He is only three or four years older than himself, so he can have such a strong working ability... This time he sincerely admired: "He is really amazing. .”

"Hmm", JOJO didn't know whether to complain or to praise, "Workaholic, I can't even imagine what he is doing when he is not working."

"Let's play tennis and watch the art exhibition," Yuan Zhiming said casually.

JOJO was slightly surprised: "You know all this?"

Yuan Zhiming said that he saw the photos posted in his circle of friends, and JOJO picked up the phone suspiciously and looked through it: "No?"

"Oh, it's his other account," Yuan Zhiming glanced at and said.

JOJO looked at Yuan Zhiming through the glasses, full of surprise.

If Sun Shanshan was present, she would have yelled at the moment that "a colleague can add Li Yikai's private WeChat", and then let Yuan Zhiming know Li Yikai's sexual orientation through express hints, and asked Yuan Zhiming about his relationship history.

But JOJO just looked at him, and asked softly, "Did you and the boss just meet each other through an interview?"

"Well," Yuan Zhiming swallowed a mouthful of fried chicken, and replied calmly.

After dinner, Yuan Zhiming accompanied JOJO to buy milk tea, remembering the water cup Li Yikai gave him in the morning, so he ordered two cups of taro paste bobo.

When Yoyo walked back to the company with her arms in her hands, she bumped into Li Yikai in the aisle between the desks.

"Have you eaten yet?" Yuan Zhiming asked subconsciously.

"Yeah," Li Yikai replied coldly.

No wonder he can be a director. He really has two faces at work and at ordinary times, so Yuan Zhiming didn't dare to chat, and just handed over the milk tea in his hand: "Here."

Li Yikai looked at the thick milk cap...

Could it be that he didn't drink milk tea? Yuan Zhiming was worried, so he saw the other party took it.

Holding the warm paper cup, Li Yikai suddenly asked, "How is the painting? Is there any problem?"

"Oh", Yuan Zhiming heard that he had to report the progress to the leader in time when working, so he lowered his head and held the mouse and swiped twice, the screen lit up, and he showed Li Yikai his morning results.

Not seeing the satisfied smile he imagined, Li Yikai didn't even look at the screen carefully at all, and pursed his lips first: "You go out to eat, and the computer is left like this?"

"I kept it," Yuan Zhiming said confidently.

"It is common sense to lock the screen in the future to prevent someone from accidentally touching it or being seen by outsiders."

"Oh good", Yuan Zhiming obediently agreed, and immediately sat down and set the lock screen password.

Unexpectedly, the person behind also approached and said, "Let me see your software interface."

Yuan Zhiming then clicked back to the interface just now.

A soft sigh came from behind, Yuan Zhiming didn't understand what was wrong.

He turned his head, wanting to question him face to face, but halfway through the turn, he was startled by someone who suddenly leaned over—Li Yikai approached the screen without even looking at him, his right hand went around the back of his seat from behind, Gently took the mouse from his hand.

This person is dressed in a secret way, and when you get close, you can smell a very faint woody perfume, which is too weak, so it may be shampoo...

Yuan Zhiming turned his face back to the screen, secretly held his breath, and let himself concentrate on listening to Director Li's next teaching.

However, Director Li, who is said to have a background in design and good artistic taste, taught at the beginning: "Why are your layers not grouped? Why are the drafts named by default? No one can understand when it is passed on to others. .”

The voice was close to his ears, and Yuan Zhiming's ears burst into flames, feeling annoyed and ashamed, knowing that what the other party said made sense, he didn't want to obediently admit his mistakes, and let Li Yikai hit the shortcut keys in silence.

After a while, Li Yikai arranged the order of those layers with his bow left and right. He looked at the screen comfortably, but when he lowered his head, he saw a curly head secretly sulking.

"Remember to form a habit in the future," Li Yikai said.

"Okay, I got it," Yuan Zhiming replied.

Qin Xiaoen appeared again at the right time: "Xiaoyuan finished the painting?"

Yuan Zhiming raised his head and responded readily, stretched out his hand and turned the screen at a 45-degree angle, and turned towards Qin Xiaoen's direction: "Mr. Qin, do you have any questions?"

"Kevin, what do you think?" Qin Xiaoen asked as he approached.

"I didn't watch it," Li Yikai said, but for some reason, his tone seemed a little happy...

Qin Xiaoen stretched his neck and leaned over, focused on clicking on the layers one by one, and soon found the crux: "There is nothing wrong with the draft, I think 1 and 4 are more appropriate among these few, and can be refined, but Xiaoyuan, you need to simplify the lines , these are too broken."

Yuan Zhiming also leaned over and listened to Qin Xiaoen's explanation one by one: "You can't treat this as a pure graffiti or an art painting. It needs to be concise to have malleability, including color matching..."

"Okay, I understand, thank you Teacher Qin", Yuan Zhiming studied very seriously, and almost forgot the little awkwardness just now.

"Well, it's normal that you don't understand at the beginning, try to change it first, and then ask me if you don't understand." After Qin Xiaoen finished speaking, he looked up at Li Yikai: "Do you have anything else to add?"

"No", Li Yikai watched and listened all the time, then lowered his head and said to Yuan Zhiming, "Correct it before 6 o'clock."

Yuan Zhiming let out a muffled "Hmm" and didn't even want to look at him.

Li Yikai was in a good mood, so he leaned over to take the cup of milk tea he had just put on Yuan Zhiming's table, and politely said thank you.

Qin Xiaoen immediately asked: "Yeah, Xiaoyuan treats you to drink milk tea?"

"Well, what?"

Qin Xiaoen is not a picky person, he just asked casually, but he was as thoughtful as Yuan Zhiming, and at this moment he suddenly realized that something was wrong - he just wanted to thank Li Yikai for the water glass, forgetting that it was in the company, Qin Xiaoen was the one who brought the water glass. My own teacher, I only bought drinks for the big leaders, but forgot about the others...

But Li Yikai smiled, and gave the cup in his hand to Qin Xiaoen directly: "Just kidding, it's for you, I don't drink milk tea."

"Oh, that's right," Qin Xiaoen didn't think too much, happily took it over, and thanked Yuan Zhiming.

As long as you are picky...

Yuan Zhiming didn't know why, he obviously got out of the siege, but he was secretly unhappy, turned back to his chair and began to frantically change the picture on the computer.

After a few minutes, a WeChat message pops up.

Li Yikai said: "I'm lactose intolerant, so I can only drink pure tea or iced Americano."

What has it got to do with me?

Yuan Zhiming pursed his lips quietly, and will never buy you a drink again in the future.