Chapter 32: Old Acquaintance

Chapter 32: Old Acquaintance

Although Shi Ling felt a bit more relaxed after quitting his part-time job at the pastry shop, he believed he should find an opportunity to meet Ji Mingxiu and take him to see their studio's new office building.

It would also be a good chance to discuss the progress of their upcoming project. If he could squeeze another investment out of Boss Ji, that would be even better.

After all, they were seriously short on funds in the early stages of game development.

However, it seemed that fate didn’t want them to meet. When Ji Mingxiu had invited him before, Shi Ling couldn’t make the time. And now that Shi Ling was finally available, issues arose within the Ji family business, forcing Ji Mingxiu to go on a business trip.

Rumor had it that the Ji family headquarters had temporarily been handed over to Chairman Ji, who had originally been waiting for retirement.

By the time Shi Ling received the news, Ji Mingxiu was already on his way to the airport but gave a promise: "Don't worry, I'll be back within a month."

Shi Ling wasn’t sure what Ji Mingxiu was promising him but could only reply, "I wish you a smooth journey."

After the conversation with Ji Mingxiu, Shi Ling sighed. "It seems the issue over at the Ji family's remote location is quite troublesome."

Even Ji Mingxiu, who in the original storyline overshadowed the main characters, would need a month to resolve it. Clearly, it wasn’t a small problem.

At that moment, Shi Ling was inside their newly renovated office building, watching as someone pieced together the sign that read "Dika Studio."

Besides Shi Ling, the other people present were his three roommates and Jiang Sijie. Everyone related to the project was there.

Except for the investor, Boss Ji.

Upon hearing Shi Ling’s remark, Jiang Sijie blinked. "I heard that the issue involves raw materials from outside the Ji family. Besides dealing with the material problem, Ji Mingxiu might need to switch suppliers on this trip."

The others looked at Jiang Sijie. "How do you know about the Ji family’s matters?"

Jiang Sijie didn’t hide it. "Jiang Sicheng told me."

Shi Ling blinked, only now remembering that Jiang Sicheng was the person Ji Mingxiu had pushed him to add a few days ago, whom he had left unattended in his contact list.

It seemed that Jiang Sicheng was the only one in the Jiang family still trying to persuade Jiang Sijie to return home.

Shi Ling couldn’t help but glance at Jiang Sijie curiously.

He didn’t know much about the Jiang family, only that there had been a case of switched-at-birth in the family, and Jiang Sijie was one of the parties involved. For some unknown reason, she had left home.

Not just Shi Ling, but everyone else present became extremely curious after Jiang Sijie brought up the Jiang family on her own.

Logically, since Jiang Sijie had made this decision, there must be a reason, and they shouldn’t bring up the Jiang family in front of her, causing unnecessary embarrassment.

But emotionally, their curiosity about the gossip was too strong. They genuinely wanted to know what had happened in the Jiang family to make Jiang Sijie leave home.

Jiang Sijie noticed the gossipy looks in the eyes of the four men beside her and sighed helplessly. "If you want to ask something, just ask."

Shao Qin modestly stepped back, feeling it wasn’t appropriate for him to speak in this situation, and shifted his gaze elsewhere, like the studio name on the main entrance that had just been assembled.

In contrast, Fang Lingyun was less polite. "Senior, did you leave home because of a conflict with Jiang Sisi?"

However, Fang Lingyun’s question was met with objections from two people.

Jiang Sijie replied, "No, I get along well with Jiang Sisi. In fact, since she returned to the Ji family, I’ve been the closest to her. The only person in the Ji family I’m still in contact with after leaving is Jiang Sisi."

Shi Ling corrected him, "Actually, strictly speaking, I didn’t have any conflict with Zhou Su either. It’s the Zhou family I have issues with."

No one denied Shi Ling’s statement, but Jiang Sijie’s explanation aroused some curiosity about Jiang Sisi, who had originally been lost outside the Ji family.

Among them, apart from Jiang Sijie, only Fang Lingyun had met Jiang Sisi at the Jiang family’s recognition banquet.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Fang Lingyun couldn’t recall much about Jiang Sisi. "I remember she seemed like a pretty gentle girl, but my impression of her isn’t deep."

Compared to Jiang Sisi, Jiang Sijie was more striking—elegant, decisive, and efficient, leaving a deeper impression on others.

Perhaps because of the comparison, Jiang Sisi’s impression on others had faded.

Regarding Fang Lingyun’s evaluation, Jiang Sijie nodded in agreement. "Indeed, Sisi is a very gentle girl. It’s just that being in the Jiang family, her gentleness might not be a good thing for her."

Sighing, she continued, "The Jiang family may sound prestigious, but no family at our level is truly trouble-free."

Fang Lingyun shook his head. "No, my family is fine."

Jiang Sijie glanced at him. "That’s because your parents are still holding down your brother for now. If they let go a little, your brother might not be able to handle it."

In reality, every wealthy family had a few relatives with ambitions higher than the sky.

As the saying goes, it’s not the spoiled rich second generation you should fear, but the rich second generation who wants to make a career.

The topic of wealthy families wasn’t something the others could get involved in.

Shi Ling and Mo Jin stepped back, allowing Fang Lingyun and Jiang Sijie to talk more freely and for them to gather some juicy gossip about the wealthy families.

However, noticing their movement, Fang Lingyun and Jiang Sijie stopped the conversation, clearly not intending to feed them more gossip.

Fang Lingyun quickly changed the subject. "By the way, now that our studio is renovated, shouldn’t we start preparing to hire people? Will my job be starting soon?"

As soon as work was mentioned, Shi Ling immediately stepped forward. "Actually, we don’t need to. Boss Ji has lent us a person. He’ll help us find some reliable HR staff, and we can leave the hiring to them in the future."

"Let professionals handle professional matters. There’s no need to take everything on ourselves."

Once the HR staff could officially start working, this assistant would return to his original boss, continuing with his familiar tasks.

No longer tormented by these rookies.

As the staff finished assembling the studio’s main door, everyone became excited, walking in one by one to see where their newly renovated offices were and what the environment was like.

Shi Ling didn’t enter the studio immediately. Instead, he walked up to the main entrance, took out his phone with great interest, and took a picture of the studio’s front door. He sent it to Ji Mingxiu, who had likely arrived at his destination and gotten off the plane.

After waiting for a while, Ji Mingxiu still didn't respond.

It was likely that he hadn't landed yet, or perhaps he had already started getting busy.

Shi Ling finally put away his phone and headed to his future office, planning to take a look.

After all, it was an office building handpicked by Ji Mingxiu. Besides being close to Jing University, its other advantages were quite obvious.

The surrounding environment was quite nice, and the transportation was very convenient.

Shi Ling wandered around the office for a couple of laps and was very satisfied with it.

Before long, the secretary left behind by Ji Mingxiu knocked on the door, entered, and handed him a file: "Mr. Shi, I've compiled a list of candidates who might be suitable for future studio staff. Would you like to take a look?"

Hearing this, Shi Ling immediately became interested. "Let me see."

He opened the file folder given by the secretary.

The first page was quite standard, featuring a woman in her early thirties with a wealth of experience in human resources.

However, the information on the second page left Shi Ling stunned for quite a while.

The details on this page featured someone very familiar to Shi Ling, both in terms of the photo and the name, leaving a deep impression on him.

Zhuo Ye.

Shi Ling had known him for seven years and worked together for three, until they parted ways when Zhuo Ye led his team to storm back into the capital.

However, these events should have belonged to Shi Ling's previous life.

Staring at Zhuo Ye's information for a long time, Shi Ling felt confused.

Wasn't he supposed to have transmigrated into a book?

What exactly was the original plot in his memory, and why was Zhuo Ye here?