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Wang Jian named this cheerful black tabby cat: Black Rice.

In the days after adopting Black Rice, Wang Jian was extremely busy.

Taking it to the pet hospital for a check-up, getting vaccinations, buying cat litter, a cat bowl, cat food, cat toys, and a smart cat feeder…

Fortunately, Black Rice was quite understanding. It was very well-behaved during the injections and blood draws, saving Wang Jian a lot of trouble.

Upon arriving at its new home, unlike typical stray cats that cautiously hide in a corner to observe the environment, it strutted around like a king surveying his territory, choosing a sunny spot to occupy.

Because Black Rice needed another vaccination, Wang Jian wasn't planning to bring it to the studio just yet.

It wasn't convenient to go back at noon, but with the smart cat feeder, he wasn't worried about Black Rice going hungry. However, Wang Jian still felt a bit guilty.

Before the vaccinations are complete, he could only let it suffer a little.

Another thing he was busy with was reviewing resumes and conducting interviews.

Besides customer service, there were only a dozen or so applicants for the art and music positions.

On one hand, 'Demon Lord' was popular, but Longyuan Entertainment's name hadn't been established yet, after all, they had only released one game.

On the other hand, 'Demon Lord' didn't reveal Longyuan Entertainment's level in various aspects of game development. Perhaps the producer had good ideas, but they couldn't rely on ideas to make games forever.

Overall, the future was uncertain.

Therefore, the applicants were generally less skilled.

Wang Jian interviewed several, but none of them were satisfactory.

With half of the week's task already gone, and only Tong Ke recruited for art, Wang Jian couldn't help but sigh.

It was tough.

Knock, knock, knock, the studio door was knocked.

Because the studio was at the innermost part of the 11th floor, no one usually passed by, so the studio door was usually open for ventilation.

The door was open and yet someone knocked, indicating a visitor.

"Hello, I'm here for an interview."

Wang Jian followed the voice and saw a small, pigtail-wearing girl with a slightly nervous but excited expression standing at the door, carrying a well-behaved-looking backpack.

She didn't look like a working professional coming for a job, but more like a middle school student preparing for an outing.

"Please come in!"

Although Wang Jian was a little surprised, he nodded and motioned for her to sit in the chair opposite him.

Being short was understandable.

He had a female classmate in middle school who was 1.4 meters tall, and by the time she graduated from high school, she was still only around 1.5 meters.

She tried all sorts of methods, but just couldn't grow taller.

What could she do?

As soon as the girl sat down, she noticed the conspicuous N希 figure on the table. Her eyes darted between Wang Jian and the figure a few times, wondering what she was thinking.

Wang Jian's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but cough twice: "Ahem, did you bring your resume? Or did you send it by email?"

The girl quickly took off her backpack, took out a piece of paper, and respectfully handed it over with both hands: "I brought it, I brought it."

Luo Shuai mysteriously poured a glass of water for each of them and went back to his computer to bury himself in coding.

Wang Jian glanced at the resume. The girl's name was Ye Meng.

He suddenly noticed something he was interested in.

"Oh, you're also from Xinghe Game University?"

"Yes, yes."

Ye Meng, who had been looking down and seemed a little nervous, immediately became happy when she heard Wang Jian's words.

"I'm a junior this year, and I'll be a senior soon."

"Only a junior?" Wang Jian asked with interest, "Are you preparing for graduation next year and starting to look for an internship now? Why don't you team up with your classmates?"

Xinghe Game University graduates have two choices: one is to team up with classmates to create a complete game project; the other is to intern at a company and explain your part in the games produced by the company.

However, the second method, no matter how well you do, will get a lower score than the first one. This will be written in the graduation evaluation and recorded in your file.

Game companies will use this as an important reference when recruiting.

The school uses this method to encourage students to team up to make games as much as possible, so students basically choose the first option.

Of course, there are also a few 'realist' students who don't care about the graduation evaluation and choose to go directly to the company for an internship. The advantage is that they can adapt to the work environment in advance, gain project experience, and get paid.

Seeing that Wang Jian's tone was gentle and he seemed easy to talk to, Ye Meng felt much less nervous, and she gradually became more daring to speak: "Well, actually, I've been following you for a long time, Senior, and I came here specifically for you!"

Wang Jian choked on his water, and Luo Shuai, who was buried behind the computer, suddenly stopped moving, perking up his ears like a radar with antennas raised.

Ye Meng may have also realized the ambiguity in her words and quickly explained: "It's just pure attention! At last year's graduation project exhibition, I saw the game you made, Senior, and I thought it was very creative, so I followed your Weibo."

"Oh, I see." Wang Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

Remembering his graduation project, Wang Jian smiled nostalgically: "The work back then was actually quite immature, including the game's guidance, the setting of puzzles, and the various aspects of the game's operation, were not very well done."

Ye Meng blushed and argued: "I think it was very well done! A person is trapped in an infinite loop of one day, trying various methods to reach the next day. Although there may be various shortcomings in the details, the game's concept is really great!"

"As soon as the 'Demon Lord' made by Senior was released, I downloaded it and gave it a good review! I originally planned to work in Senior's studio after graduation, but a few days ago I saw the recruitment notice posted by Senior on Weibo, and I thought it was a rare opportunity, so I came early!"

Looking at Ye Meng's expectant face, Wang Jian scratched his head, a little overwhelmed by this adoring gaze.

Did he already have a hardcore fan a year ago?

However, even if she's a junior and a hardcore fan, if her level isn't good enough, he can only refuse her ruthlessly.

He glanced at the resume: "You're applying for the art position? Did you bring your portfolio?"

Ye Meng quickly took out a thick stack of original paintings from her backpack and respectfully handed them over: "These are my works, please take a look, Senior."

It seems she came prepared.

Wang Jian carefully flipped through them one by one. These works included sketches, watercolors, cartoon character designs, ferocious and ugly monsters, antique architectural styles, simple forest landscapes…

After reading them, Wang Jian was generally satisfied.

From these paintings, Ye Meng belonged to the down-to-earth type. It could be seen that each painting was carefully drawn, and the basics of composition and color were well mastered.

Although she wasn't good at drawing more gorgeous scenes, and her character drawings were average, the simple landscape paintings looked quite comfortable, giving people a feeling of relaxation.

Especially the monster paintings, which depicted the characteristics of ferocity and ugliness to the extreme, making people's scalps tingle.

Wang Jian gathered the paintings, looked up, and remained expressionless.

Ye Meng looked at him nervously, swallowing hard.

Wang Jian suddenly grinned: "Welcome to join Longyuan!"

Ye Meng cheered excitedly, and Wang Jian also had a beaming smile on his face, obviously in a good mood.

Artist 2/2, achieved!