because i'm pretty

When Li Yikai came home, Yuan Zhiming was sitting on the sofa in a daze with his big eyes propped up because of the caffeine, and when he heard someone coming back, he just turned his head slowly, as if his soul hadn't returned to his place.

Li Yikai came over and put the supper he brought back on the coffee table, "What are you thinking about?"

"Missing you", he put his arms around his thighs, and buried his head on Li Yikai's waist.

"That's not at the door to greet me." Li Yikai patted the back of his head. He has never had a pet, so he just thinks that a puppy should be like this. After being wronged, he will nest at home and wait for someone to come back and feed him delicious food. "Don't act like a baby, right? Didn't eat?"

Yuan Zhiming let go of his hands, and turned to unpack the lunch box without saying a word, sucking a small wonton in one gulp.

The sofa sank a little, Li Yikai stretched his legs, leaned back against the back of the chair, and touched Yuan Zhiming's raised spine with one hand.

After waiting for a while, he asked, "Don't even ask me if I have eaten?"

"Ah?" Yuan Zhiming turned his head abruptly: "You didn't eat?"

"Ate."

"Then you can eat some more," Yuan Zhiming picked up the lunch box and spoon.

"No", Li Yikai tilted his head to avoid the food around his mouth, his eyes still resting on Yuan Zhiming's face.

"Yuan Zhiming."

"Ok?"

Li Yikai waited for him to finish eating, and pressed his thumb on his back: "You didn't ask how I handled it."

It wasn't that Yuan Zhiming didn't want to ask, but he didn't dare, and he deceived himself and wanted to postpone the execution.But he couldn't escape—"What about you? What did you do?"

Li Yikai stared at him for a while, his eyes were filled with suspicion that could easily see through him.After a while, he explained: "I went to meet a few artists who signed the sneaker joint name, and I plan to sign the contract as soon as possible. I also asked by the way-four of our cooperative artists have been contacted by Gu Changfeng Studio."

He and these artists are project signings, intending to use this sneaker project as a stepping stone, and talk about long-term cooperation after building trust.

But Gu Changfeng didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. Before his contract was finalized, he took the initiative to contact these four unknown artists and proposed to sign an exclusive long-term contract with them-exclusive means that they can only cooperate with Gu Changfeng. Feng Studio conducts commercial project agency cooperation.

"Then what did they say? And Wang Daqi?" Yuan Zhiming asked.

"I'm procrastinating, probably because I want to wait for the exact news from Gu Changfeng," Li Yikai said, if the roles were changed, he would choose the same way. "Wang Daqi hasn't seen him yet, his manager played Tai Chi with me for a while."

Yuan Zhiming lowered his head to ponder, and heard him say again: "Actually, I also have problems. The signing progress was too slow before."

He has a small staff, and the lawyers and legal affairs needed to formulate the contract are also hired from outside.

"How can you blame this?" Yuan Zhiming said.

Li Yikai leaned forward, looked at him and asked, "Is that your fault?"

He didn't need to think about what Yuan Zhiming was struggling with, he just said: "Don't think too much, business games are normal, and the absence of competitors means that this field has no potential."

"I also contacted some investors today. If Gu Changfeng enters the market, there may be a long battle. There is still time to prepare."

Li Yikai hadn't thought about financing before, and he declined all those who took the initiative to ask him. The original plan was to put the control in his own hands and start off slowly.At present, if the sneaker project does not go well, cash flow will be the biggest problem, and future competition with Gu Changfeng will inevitably lead to a price war.

Feng Xin also made such a suggestion to him in the afternoon, and even took the initiative to connect him with a venture capital company.

But after Yuan Zhiming listened to them one by one, he knew that these were the most optimistic estimates...

If Feng Xin did not get in touch with the high-level clients, or was a step too late, and the right to speak was still in the hands of Gu Changfeng, what kind of position would Miao Jia be in?

In case Gu Changfeng has already made a deal with Wang Daqi and the sneaker project is cut in half, what loss will Li Yikai have to bear?How could seeking investment be as easy as he said?

There are also people in the team—he lured everyone into such a trap, because of Gu Changfeng's psychological tactics, and he has worked so hard with him for so long, but in the end he may end up in breach of contract...

"Li Yikai, is this really okay?" Yuan Zhiming asked.

"Of course it's a bad thing. I don't talk about setbacks training people." Li Yikai bent his eyes, put his arm on Yuan Zhiming's shoulders, and touched his forehead with him, "But it will be fine. Now I'm getting better. Learned not to be anxious in advance, take it step by step, and it will always be resolved.”

Yuan Zhiming turned his face sideways, and was circled by Li Yikai obediently, so as to cover up his guilty conscience about to say: "Actually, there is another way, that is, I will leave Miao Jia and sell this idea to Gu Chang in my own name. wind……"

Halfway through the speech, Li Yikai pulled him away, forcing Yuan Zhiming to raise his head and look at him.

Yuan Zhiming didn't look at him, and said to himself: "This will allow Mu Jia to escape, and then I will exchange with Gu Changfeng so that the sneaker project will not be disturbed. After that, you will have enough time to deal with it, and everyone will not Because of this..."

"Have you figured it out?"

Li Yikai asked him: "Do you know what this choice means? If his goal is to build you, hyping ice sculptures is only the first step..."

Yuan Zhiming avoided his eyes: "I know..."

"According to his own road to fame, your name will be bound to ice sculptures for a long time. The purpose of this is to prevent anyone in the industry from using ice as a creative material. You will occupy this small territory, That’s how you get the limelight.”

Li Yikai asked without giving an inch: "Is this what you want? Or have you never thought about it?"

Yuan Zhiming shook his head: "I can think of a way later."

"Gu Changfeng is different from any other art manager. You have seen his arbitrariness," Li Yikai continued, "In the future, all your creations will be under his control, and self-repetition will not just happen. once."

"Li Yikai", Yuan Zhiming called him, like a desperate little beast launching a final counterattack: "If it were you, how would you choose?"

"I have already chosen," Li Yikai said.

"Then later, why didn't you treat Feng Xin in the same way, why did you choose not to do design anymore?" Yuan Zhiming asked.

Later, when DS invaded and took credit for the idea, Feng Xin backed down again and again, and the idea was sold at a low price... But Li Yikai was all biased, and never did such a self-defeating thing.

Because he is no longer a single-handed intern, he has a partner and a team, sees the obstacles behind capital, and knows that just relying on talent is like a child who has no power to restrain a chicken but walks with huge amounts of cash.If you refuse to take a detour, many people will not see the light of day.

Li Yikai seemed to be stopped by the question, but he thought about it, but said: "This is different, you are not me, the art industry should be more pure, you should not only be responsible to the people around you, but also to many colleagues, they all look at Gu Changfeng You can't become his puppet."

"But I can only take care of these," Yuan Zhiming said, "Actually, I don't have that much sense of responsibility."

"Is that what you've learned during this time?"

Li Yikai's voice was very soft, more like a whisper than an argument.He asked Yuan Zhiming, and he was also asking himself.

Is this what Yuan Zhiming learned and changed after entering this kind of work world?

"No", Yuan Zhiming bit the soft flesh inside his mouth, looked up at him, "It's me that's always been like this, it's you who think too well of me."

"Li Yikai, I'm very tired, I think let it go, you have your own things to do, don't worry about me anymore, okay?"