It was just an empty workstation, one that Lü Mingliang had previously occupied.

Pei Qian led Tang Yishu to this workstation: “This will be your workstation from now on. When you have nothing to do, just sit here and do whatever you want.”

“Alright, go take care of the encouragement specialist now.”

Tang Yishu nodded and silently went to arrange the cat food, litter box, and other items.

Li Yada and many other employees quite liked Yintang, but since Yintang had just arrived in an unfamiliar environment, it was clearly uncomfortable and soon hid behind a money tree, unwilling to come out.

Everyone observed for a while before returning to their workstations to continue working.

Pei Qian specifically paid attention to Bao Xu’s condition and found that he was still diligently playing games. Even when Yintang walked past his feet, he didn’t spare them a glance, showing remarkable focus.

Mr. Pei was very satisfied with this.

However, just as Pei Qian was about to return to his office, he saw Li Yada answering a phone call, then exclaiming in surprise: “What? That copyright is no longer for sale???”

Pei Qian immediately stopped and feigned concern: “What happened?”

Li Yada hung up the phone and said with exasperation: “Uh… nothing.”

“We were previously negotiating with a domestic copyright holder for a character IP from an old animation. The talks were going well, but they just called to say… they’re not selling anymore.”

Pei Qian: “Hmm? Why not sell anymore?”

Li Yada was also completely confused: “I don’t know either. They just said the original creator doesn’t want to sell, so they won’t sell, not even for more money…”

Pei Qian couldn’t help feeling amazed.

Look, just look!

This effect was immediate!

Tang Yishu had just been brought back, and the luck had already turned around.

Pei Qian struggled to suppress his joyful mood and consoled: “It’s alright. If they don’t want to sell, then so be it. Buying IPs is a matter of fate.”

“If we really can’t buy enough IP characters, we can always create original characters!”

“We have so many employees in our company—we can just randomly select a few employees as prototypes for the heroes in the game. That would be great.”

Pei Qian thought, since this game was destined to be cannon fodder for IOI and bound to lose money, why not let the employees have some fun? Making the employees into heroes in the game would be wonderful!

Li Yada thought for a moment: “Then, Mr. Pei, can I put you in the game?”

Pei Qian nodded: “Of course!”

Li Yada added: “There might be some artistic modifications, a secondary creation of your image. Is that alright too?”

Pei Qian waved his hand: “No problem, absolutely no problem! You can do whatever you want.”

“Great!” Li Yada happily returned to her seat.

Pei Qian glanced at Tang Yishu, who was busy feeding “Yintang,” and returned to his office with satisfaction.

Meanwhile, Li Yada opened a new document, deciding to design a dedicated hero for Mr. Pei right away.

First, this hero’s position should be a tank.

Because Mr. Pei was like a big tree, his towering figure sheltering Tenda’s employees from wind and rain.

Therefore, this hero should be designed to be relatively tall, with a sturdy build, looking quite reliable.

Mr. Pei was meticulous about quality and never hesitated to spend money.

So, his passive skill should allow him to use extra money to craft more powerful equipment.

Mr. Pei was an entrepreneur with dreams. He always honorably entered sunset industries that others didn’t value, diligently cultivating these fields, and reaping rewards through his talent.

The more competitors and trolls slandered him behind his back, the greater achievements Mr. Pei would attain.

So his first skill should include both passive and active effects.

The passive effect would allow him to accumulate bounty through last-hitting, symbolizing his hard work in a particular field.

When suffering a certain degree of attack and securing kills/assists, the accumulated bounty would convert into extra money.

And when attacked from behind, there would be a certain probability of igniting his fighting spirit, enhancing his defense, and scattering a large amount of golden attack effects around him, causing damage and slight slowing effects to enemies.

Actively releasing the skill would produce the same effect.

Mr. Pei strictly controlled time, never allowing employees to work overtime. For employees who secretly worked overtime, he would forcibly drive them out of the office area.

So, Mr. Pei’s second skill should be a knockback effect on enemies in a fan-shaped area, preventing anyone from re-entering the area for some time.

Mr. Pei was keen on exploring new fields, with one excellent employee after another going to take charge of new business and achieving remarkable success.

Therefore, Mr. Pei’s third skill should be throwing a friendly unit a certain distance, causing slight damage and slowing effects to enemy units in the area upon landing.

Finally, the reason Mr. Pei could continuously grow stronger and make progress was because of his constant self-discipline.

So, Mr. Pei’s ultimate ability would be self-discipline, greatly increasing movement speed, enhancing his health and resistance, while simultaneously causing frequent minor damage to himself from the back, which could frequently trigger the passive effect of his first skill.

Afterward, Li Yada decided to design a unique image for Mr. Pei.

Since he was a tank hero, his figure must be tall and imposing, like a giant with broad shoulders and powerful arms.

At the same time, due to frequent malicious attacks from enemies behind his back, his back should be filled with various weapons, including knives, swords, daggers, spears, and so on.

The feeling should be like a thousand-handed Avalokitesvara radiating Buddha’s light, or like the Mahamayuri Vidyaraja embodying both divine and demonic qualities.

When suffering attacks from behind, this hero should continuously release golden weapon attack effects around him.

Finally, the name of this hero:

Justice Guardian: Modiste!

Modiste was actually “modest” in English. Li Yada believed Mr. Pei was a person with an open mind, and this word could well express his noble character.

After reviewing the design, Li Yada was very satisfied.

“Hmm, we should get the original artwork done as soon as possible. I’m sure Mr. Pei would be very happy to see his dedicated hero appear in GOG?”

However, Li Yada also knew that players wouldn’t necessarily call this hero “Justice Guardian” or “Modiste.” They would most likely give him a new nickname.

“I just wonder, what will players call this hero?”

“I look forward to GOG going online soon.”

…

In his office, Pei Qian was watching a TV series while keeping his ears perked for sounds from outside.

“Yintang, come here! Have some dried fish!”

“Huh? Why is our water dispenser suddenly leaking? Quick, call for repairs!”

“Damn, how did the bug we just fixed start acting up again…”

“Has the art resource request been submitted? Let me modify it a bit…”

Interspersed within the normal work exchanges were occasional strange conversations.

Pei Qian couldn’t help but sigh; Tang Yishu’s aura effect was immediate!

Yes, just let her continue to exert her influence in the company. Having her come to the company and sit around occasionally—this effect might accumulate bit by bit and lead to qualitative changes, right?

…

Tang Yishu set up the litter box, food bowl, water bowl, and everything else. After watching Yintang scratch around in the litter box for a while and pee, she carefully returned to her workstation and sat down.

When passing by other people’s workstations, Tang Yishu carefully avoided getting too close, as if afraid that being too near would bring bad luck.

Fortunately, Tenda’s desks were particularly spacious, and workstations were far apart, so Tang Yishu wasn’t too uneasy.

She carefully sat down on the office chair, surprised by its comfort, and cautiously leaned back a bit, then embarrassedly curled herself into a ball.

She had used computers in computer class at school, but had never seen such impressive dual monitors. The huge desktop gave her an overwhelming feeling.

Carefully tapping the keyboard, it immediately made a crisp and pleasant “click” sound, which startled her into withdrawing her hand.

This sound was much louder than the keyboards in computer class.

However, after seeing people around her rapidly typing on keyboards and writing documents, Tang Yishu again extended her hand toward the keyboard and mouse, opening a webpage to look up homework assignments from her previous computer class.

The computer had all sorts of games installed, but Tang Yishu didn’t recognize any of the colorful desktop icons, so she just quietly browsed the internet.

Now and then, she would turn her head to look at Yintang. After seeing the little black cat playing with the office plants, she would relax and return her gaze to the computer.

At this moment, a round-faced girl with big eyes came to her side: “Hello? Are you Tang Yishu?”

Tang Yishu hurriedly stood up: “Hello.”

Hao Yun smiled: “Oh, no need to stand up. I’m Hao Yun from the Human Resources Department. This is your internship contract.”

“The monthly salary is 3,000 yuan, with no specific working hours required. Take a look, and if there are no problems, please sign it.”

Tang Yishu took the internship contract and read it from beginning to end.

The content of the contract was very simple, without any traps or pitfalls. Apart from the slightly excessive salary of 3,000 yuan, there were no other issues.

Tang Yishu looked up at Hao Yun: “The money… is a bit too much.”

Hao Yun smiled: “It’s not too much. This is Tenda’s normal salary level.”

Seeing that Tang Yishu had signed the contract, Hao Yun took out a stack of money from her pocket—all 100-yuan bills, ten in total.

“This is an advance payment of your salary that Mr. Pei asked me to give you. Go buy yourself a thick coat; the weather is getting colder. Although the company’s heating is warm, the temperature difference between inside and outside is large, and it’s easy to catch a cold.”

“Join us for the employee meal at noon. The food from Slackin’ Delivery is very tasty!”

“Ok, okay.” Tang Yishu nodded repeatedly, feeling a bit at a loss.

Although the clothes she wore were thin, her heart felt warm.

This probably wasn’t just because of the office’s warm air.

…

…

November 26th, Friday.

Pei Qian took a car to the filming location of “A Beautiful Tomorrow.”

The filming location was at a studio in Jingzhou. Since there weren’t many large scenes in the entire film, breaking it down, there were just a few simple settings:

The male lead’s capsule living space includes a large screen within the space.

The exterior of the future city space.

The talent show venue.

The male lead’s mansion…

These scenes weren’t difficult to set up. As long as the costumes, makeup, and props for each character were made a bit more elaborate, and the sets were designed with a technological feel, it would be fine.

Some more complex scenes would simply be shot with green screens, with special effects added in post-production. After all, there wouldn’t be many places that needed special effects.

The capsule living space where the male lead resided was quickly built. A large portion of the male lead’s scenes would take place here, and most were solo scenes.

Because the scene was simple and easy to shoot, it naturally had a higher priority.

While many other scenes were still being constructed, this one was already ready for filming.

Upon arriving at the crew, Pei Qian found Zhu Xiaocai and then went to the filming site.

Many staff members were busy, but Pei Qian didn’t know what they were all doing and was too embarrassed to ask, so he just quietly followed behind Zhu Xiaocai.

Zhu Xiaocai probably thought Mr. Pei had come for an inspection, so he was on high alert, directing staff members to make preparations according to their respective duties.

Pei Qian had simply come to observe, since he had never seen a film being made and found it fresh and interesting.

It was said that film crews would pray and burn incense before starting to shoot, but Pei Qian hadn’t seen this, nor did he care about it.

He simply wanted to join in the fun and see if he could create some setbacks for the film’s production.