After Playing the Fool and Marrying the Blind Villain [Transmigration] - Chap 91
In the office lobby of the 18th floor, Gao Pingfeng’s assistant’s expression changed accordingly.
“Teacher Gao, doesn’t the person in charge of YWY Studios look too young?” The assistant murmured in confusion, “Our Weiyi is a major game company. Why must we hand off the game script to another studio, ah?”
The smile on Gao Pingfeng’s lips vanished and he said calmly, “What do you know? He’s the boss of YWY. He became well-known with ‘The Last Fog” some time ago, and has a backer behind him.”
As he spoke, he glanced at the lobby monitor and said, “I’m going to the corridor to smoke.”
The assistant was accustomed to paying attention to people’s words and following every step. “Teacher Gao, why are you pointing out that he has a backer?”
The two of them approached the security access corridor, and Gao Pingfeng’s tone became more relaxed. “I’m not pointing out anything. Didn’t you see the news about Pei Yi’s ‘financier’ not long ago?”
Even if public opinion subsequently reversed and all the pressure was pushed onto Chanming Studios, netizens attacked Nanchan Games and other producers, including boss Ke Ming, but almost everyone ignored one thing—
The matter of Pei Yi and the ‘financier behind the scenes’ seemed to have disappeared from the internet, and had not been investigated in depth.
Who would believe that no one was behind this, ah?
The assistant was clever, and understood at once. “Teacher Gao, this Pei Yi looks so clean, but he’s actually……”
“Ai!”
Gao Pingfeng let out a tsk, and deliberately kept the topic half hidden and half revealed.
The assistant thought about it, and the more he thought, the stranger his expression became.
He glanced at Gao Pingfeng’s calm appearance, and both flattered and spoke from the heart, “Teacher Gao, I feel sorry for you. How long have you been in this business? And how long has it been for him?”
“Even though the momentum of ‘The Last Fog’ was good some time ago, and the ‘Traces’ sold to the subsidiary was also excellent, doesn’t Pei Yi have a financial backer? Maybe he hired a ghost writer to write for him behind the scenes!”
“How good is the game script you wrote some time ago? Why did the company’s senior management choose to partner with him, an outsider, rather than allow us to achieve results and benefits for ourselves?”
The assistant’s flattering words hit a painful spot deep in Gao Pingfeng’s heart.
As the chief planner of “Seventeen Days,” Gao Pingfeng had worked fifteen years to reach his current position. Only he knew how upset and frustrated he was.
Because “Seventeen Days” under his hands had become one of Weiyi’s leading projects, he could be called “Teacher Gao” and “General Manager Gao” by other employees when he walked into headquarters—
Gao Pingfeng thought that he had finally made it, and felt proud.
He had originally thought that if Weiyi wanted to expand into the new area of “movie games,” it would give priority to its own employees no matter what!
After all, rich water shouldn’t flow into other people’s fields, right?
With this idea in mind, Gao Pingfeng handed over the game script he had designed and confidently awaited for a high-level appointment.
In the end, he waited all the while, only to get this result—
Assist Pei Yi? If this spread, who would be taking advantage of whose fame!
Gao Pingfeng suppressed the grievances deep in his heart and continued to pretend to be magnanimous in his answer, “Xiao Lin, this is because you don’t know better. When the company’s senior management made this decision, they naturally had their own considerations in mind.”
Others may not know, but Gao Pingfeng understood clearly—
The company’s senior management asked him to follow the new project just to keep an eye on Pei Yi’s every move.
If the other party subsequently made any mistakes or overstepped during the project, he could take the opportunity to take control.
“Old employees like me are like bricks, to be moved wherever there is a need.”
How could a young man like Pei Yi, who was in his early twenties and was superficial and showy on the surface, be able to control the overall situation?
From the previous night to the time they met just now, weren’t they calling “Teacher Gao” one after another?
What was the use of blocking Gu Jianshen any further? When the project ended, he would definitely take over Pei Yi’s name and become the planning director of this movie game!
When Gao Pingfeng thought of this, his downcast mood felt a little lighter. He touched his pocket, but only took out an empty cigarette case.
The assistant was very discerning. “Teacher Gao, I’ll buy one for you.”
He turned around quickly, but the moment he took a step forward, he suddenly froze, and the smile on his face turned to astonishment. “M-Mr. Pei.”
Hearing the assistant’s inexplicable panic, Gao Pingfeng immediately turned to the side and looked over—
Pei Yi had returned to the 18th floor at some point, and was standing in front of the safety access corridor’s open door!
“……”
Gao Pingfeng’s eyes froze for a second, and limitless embarrassment and questions arose within him.
Didn’t he say he was going upstairs to sign a supplementary contract with senior management? Why did he come back again? When did he come back? How much did he eavesdrop?
“Why is Teacher Gao so surprised?”
Pei Yi was the first to break the stagnant atmosphere in the corridor, and said as if to explain, “Our Mr. Li is solely responsible for signing the contract with your company. There’s no use in me going along.”
“You’re a smoker?”
Pei Yi weighed the cigarettes in his hand and said casually, “I thought there wouldn’t be anyone on the 18th floor, so I planned to secretly smoke in the corridor. I didn’t expect…..”
The last three understated words made the hearts of Gao Pingfeng and his assistant skip a beat.
Pei Yi took in their subtle expressions and smiled harmlessly. “I didn’t expect that you, Teacher Gao, smoke as well?”
He approached slowly and took a long, slender cigarette from the box. He tapped the cigarette holder on the box very skillfully, put it in his mouth, and lit it with a lighter.
The series of movements were performed smoothly, making him look like an experienced smoker, which was completely inconsistent with his external image.
Pei Yi took out a cigarette and handed it to Gao Pingfeng. He said with raised eyebrows, “Teacher Gao, do you want to smoke? I just want to have a chat with you.”
Gao Pingfeng found that Pei Yi’s emotions were not out of the ordinary, but didn’t dare accept if there was something wrong deep down.
“No, I have a cough that hasn’t gone away in the past two days, so I have to restrain myself.”
“Yeah?”
Pei Yi held the cigarette in a slender, good-looking hand. He exhaled a thin puff of smoke, then glanced at the assistant.
He didn’t seem fierce or angry, but under the smoke, he carried an aura that could not be challenged.
“…….”
The assistant suddenly realized Pei Yi’s hidden character beneath his young appearance, and his Adam’s apple rolled nervously. “T-Teacher Gao?”
Gao Pingfeng also gave him a look. “You go buy me cigarettes first.”
The assistant got his consent, and quickly slipped away. After saying a lot of bad things just now, he looked a little guilty from the back.
There was a click as the security access door completely closed.
Gao Pingfeng didn’t know what Pei Yi had in mind, so he reluctantly put on an easygoing attitude. “I didn’t expect that Mr. Yi smokes too? You don’t look the type.”
Pei Yi took another puff of the cigarette and replied lightly, “In our industry, how many of us don’t smoke?”
Game architecture was one of the most mentally demanding types of work. Long-term, high-intensity creative writing could make people depressed, and smoking was capable of emptying one’s brain.
Pei Yi would smoke one or two of these in the past when he was extremely tired, but he was not addicted to cigarettes and didn’t rely on smoking to relieve his fatigue regularly. Instead, he preferred to use sweets as a self-healing method.
Since transmigrating, Pei Yi had refused to touch them due to Bo Yueming, a lover with no bad habits.
But he had needed an excuse to go back today, so he borrowed the cigarettes and lighter from his friend.
Pei Yi threw the cigarette butt into the trash can in the corridor and asked casually, “Teacher Gao, do you have any objections to me?”
Gao Pingfeng had guessed that Pei Yi would attack, and denied it. “How could I?”
Faced with this lie, Pei Yi smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter if you have an opinion. I’m here to tell you—”
“I’m the boss and game architect for YWY. The one who reached a partnership with me is Weiyi, not you, Gao Pingfeng.”
“…….”
Gao Pingfeng was stunned, and the corners of his mouth slowly dropped.
Even though he had roughly guessed Pei Yi’s character from the reversal of public opinion some time ago, he didn’t expect that the opponent’s lethality would only increase when he came into actual contact with him.
“You were unknown for the first ten years, but in the next five, you finally became the deputy game planner of ‘Seventeen Days,’ then took over the position of chief planner when the previous one fell ill.”
Pei Yi briefly touched on Gao Pingfeng’s past, then asked sharply, “Teacher Gao has been studying longer than me, but his grades are not necessarily better than mine, are they?”
Gao Pingfeng’s face turned red. “You!”
Pei Yi blew out another smoke ring and remained unmoved.
Anyway, Gao Pingfeng already disliked him, so why should he embarrass himself when it came to speaking and follow the other person’s wishes?
Pei Yi warned unceremoniously, “Cooperation is cooperation. The division of labor must be clear, so don’t show off your little calculations.”
Whether it was Gao Pingfeng himself or some of Weiyi’s senior leaders, Pei Yi would not give them a chance to pick up the slack.
If he put in the appropriate effort, he would obtain the benefits he deserved!
Gao Pingfeng was dissatisfied. “Mr. Yi, you’re young. It is better to restrain your temper.”
Pei Yi laid him bare, “No matter how angry I am, how can I compare to Teacher Gao, who says one thing in front of people and another thing behind their backs?”
“If you are dissatisfied, please go to Weiyi’s senior management. Don’t even think about making trouble with me. There should be no chance for us to cooperate in the future.”
Gao Pingfeng didn’t expect to be treated like this by a young man such as Pei Yi. His voice trembled. “What do you mean?”
Pei Yi stubbed out the cigarette butt that was about to burn out on the edge of the trash can. He threw it in, saying ironically, “I hope that Mr. Gao will continue to shine with ‘Seventeen Days.’ My game project cannot please you, a game Buddha.”
Gao Pingfeng frowned. “Hearing Mr. Yi say this, are you planning to ‘fire’ me?”
He had been used to smooth sailing in recent years because of “Seventeen Days,” and game producers of Pei Yi’s age who came into contact with him in the past had to politely call him “Teacher Gao” upon meeting.
But look at things now.
He lowered himself to work for Pei Yi, but the other party didn’t appreciate it?
Gao Pingfeng held back his anger and reminded insincerely, “Has Mr. Yi overlooked something? This project is a collaboration between two parties, and I am not an employee of YWY Studios!”
Who did he think he was?
With a small studio like YWY, how could he become the boss at a major company like Weiyi?
Pei Yi smiled back calmly. “En, I understand. I’m just taking the first step.”
“…….”
Gao Pingfeng only felt that his punch had hit cotton, and was even more frustrated.
Pei Yi refused to spare him an extra glance, and left along the security access corridor stairs.
Halfway there, he took out his phone to look at it again—
Not long ago, the phone in his pocket had vibrated. Upon taking it out, Pei Yi saw that it was indeed a text message from Bo Yueming.
“Qiao Dong said that you took cigarettes? What did you do?”
“…….”
Pei Yi didn’t expect that he would be “betrayed” by his assistant, and his initially lofty posture suddenly softened.
Knowing that Bo Yueming was far away in the capital and couldn’t see or smell him, Pei Yi still hid the cigarette and lighter, and shook off the possible smell of residual smoke on his body.
Then he responded cleverly, “Er-ge, I’m busy. I’ll talk to you tonight. Love you ~”
. . . . . . .
The 23rd floor, inside the small conference room.
Weiyi’s general project manager, Ning Jing, asked for the third time, “Mr. Li, we sent the content of this supplementary agreement to YWY for review five days ago. Does your studio still think there are any problems?”
As she spoke, she glanced at Gu Jianshen beside her.
Signing the supplementary agreement was originally an easy process. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan said that he wanted to check it again, and asked about a few more details—
They went back and forth, and it took a while.
Gu Jianshen realized something and asked tentatively, “Mr. Li, where did Mr. Yi go?”
As soon as he spoke, there was a knock on the door outside the conference room.
Pei Yi was called in, and entered with a polite apology. “Sorry, I was delayed by something just now.”
Gu Jianshen replied, “It’s okay. Please come in quickly.”
Pei Yi sat down next to his friend. “How is it going?”
Li Yuan kept his heart grounded. “The supplementary agreement is consistent with the electronic version, and there are no problems in the details.”
Ning Jing took the opportunity to ask, “Can the contract be signed?”
Pei Yi’s eyes flickered, and he said straightforwardly, “I have a supplementary condition that I would like Boss Ning to listen to.”
“…….”
Ning Jing and Gu Jianshen looked at each other and nodded slightly. “Mr. Yi, just say it.”
Pei Yi appeared relaxed. “According to the previous cooperation agreement, we, YWY, will be fully responsible for this game project from the game structure to the movie script, right?”
Gu Jianshen nodded. “Yes.”
“In this case, I don’t need the assistance of your company’s Teacher Gao Pingfeng.”
“Please believe that YWY Studios and I have the ability to complete the corresponding work, and the shooting content will be followed up with your company in real time.”
Pei Yi knew how to speak according to the situation. He did not use a commanding tone, and only emphasized, “The creative signature of the movie game after it is launched can only be signed by our studio.”
A smile flashed across Li Yuan’s eyes. He had guessed that Pei Yi would do this—
His friend’s attitude toward work had always been clear. He would seize all exposure and benefits for YWY Studios.
Even if he was cooperating with a major game company like Weiyi, he would not allow the other party to take advantage of them intentionally or unintentionally outside the contract!
Ning Jing’s eyes went still, but she still attempted to fight. “Mr. Yi, Teacher Gao is an excellent game architect. He……”
Pei Yi slowly leaned back in the office chair and stared at Ning Jing. “Boss Ning, you should understand what I mean.”
This short sentence actually revealed a bit of a controlling aura.
Just when Ning Jing thought that Pei Yi was going to use his words to put pressure on them, he subtly changed his tone. “I don’t deny that Teacher Gao has excellent hit games, but the movie game we’re collaborating on this time is in a completely new category, after all —”
“If the attempt isn’t good, it will easily affect the reputation of Teacher Gao and your company.”
“Since our YWY is responsible for the creation of the game script, we should naturally shoulder this pressure. We can’t just sign the contract and be a hands-off shopkeeper, right? It’s not honest, ah.”
As for who “not honest” referred to, everyone present knew very well.
Ning Jing’s hand tightened on the pen as she thought silently.
She had met many leaders of project partners, but she had never met someone like Pei Yi—
He was full of confidence and strength at such a young age, and could speak clearly without losing his sense of proportion. It was almost impossible to find a reason to go further.
Pei Yi’s eyes flashed slightly, and he explained further, “Boss Ning, YWY does need Weiyi’s exposure channels, but we also promised long ago that we are willing to bear all risks of failure.”
“If your company must put someone in and there is a disagreement, whose responsibility will it be?”
“I would rather have long-term cooperation and mutual profit between us. What do you think?”
Ning Jing gave a faint sigh, feeling slightly moved. Compared to short-term cooperation, long-term benefits were the most attractive—
“The Last Fog” by YWY Studios was obviously on the trend toward becoming a hit game, and it currently had a bright future!
As long as this partnership was a happy one, when the other party continued on to release “The Last Fog 3.0” in the future, Weiyi would have one more opportunity to invest and cooperate than Xunya Technology!
. . . . . . .
At two o’clock in the afternoon, the temporary conference room was filled with staff transferred from various departments of Weiyi.
Gao Pingfeng pushed the door open along with his assistant, looked around, and sat in the front row of the conference room as a matter of course.
The assistant couldn’t locate Pei Yi, and whispered nervously, “Teacher Gao, are you sure we want to continue participating in this project?”
After escaping from the security access corridor in the morning, he did not leave directly. Instead, he hid outside and overheard the entire conversation between Gao Pingfeng and Pei Yi.
Gao Pingfeng grew angry when he thought about what had happened that morning. He gritted his teeth and said, “What are you worrying about? With my qualifications, are you still afraid that the company’s senior management will not allow me to participate?”
If Pei Yi and YWY hadn’t suddenly formed a partnership, he would have taken over the first trial of movie games this time!
What’s more, Pei Yi was not a senior executive of Weiyi, so who had the right to decide whether he should stay or go?
The words in the security access corridor that morning were just those of a young man who cared about face and was putting on a facade. How could it be so easy to kick him off the project team!
Just wait and see!
If he could stay on the project team, sooner or later, he would take the real power back into his own hands!
Thinking of this, Gao Pingfeng stood up with determination. “Okay, everyone be quiet!”
He intended to preemptively stabilize his position on the project team. “Everyone from our company is here, right? Then I will just……”
Before he could finish his opening remarks, Pei Yi and the others opened the door and walked in.
Their eyes met.
Pei Yi’s acting skills came online again, and he acted surprised. “Hey, why is Teacher Gao still here? I remember that I gave you notice this morning?”
The curve of Gao Pingfeng’s mouth slipped, but he tried to hold it steady again. “Mr. Yi, what notice?”
Pei Yi calmly sat down in the main seat next to him and looked at Gu Jianshen, who had followed him in. “Mr. Gu, please convey the decision made by the top management of your company to your own employee.”
This sentence drew the attention of everyone in the conference room, and their eyes turned unconsciously to Gu Jianshen and Gao Pingfeng.
It was said that when a new official took office, he swept out the old, but Pei Yi obviously intended to use someone else’s hand to sweep this person out.
Gu Jianshen knew Pei Yi’s work style and trusted in his abilities. “Teacher Gao, Mr. Yi is solely responsible for this game project. Boss Ning says that ‘Seventeen Days’ is about to release a new season, so you must still go and oversee it.”
“…….”
These well-reasoned words were actually a public slap to Gao Pingfeng’s face. His smile completely vanished, and an unspeakable humiliation welled up in his heart.
What was the use in him going back to oversee it, ah?
He had basically been removed from the project in front of so many employees!
Pei Yi gave Qiao Dong a look.
In just two or three months of training to be an assistant, Qiao Dong’s ability to see what needed to be done had greatly improved. He took the opportunity to speak out, “Teacher Gao, we are going to have a meeting here soon. Could you please leave?”
“…….”
Leave?
This was an eviction order!
Gao Pingfeng recalled his ambition prior to this meeting, and couldn’t do anything for a moment!
It was a pity that no matter how reluctant he was, he could only leave the meeting room stiffly!
