Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts

The news of officially naming the studio as Ximilu was simultaneously shared in the QQ group chat of Mei Fang and his team.

Everyone gave positive feedback on the name, except for Peng Xue and Yue Xinyi, who had a minor argument about whether X (Xia) should come before L (Lin) in the name.

In addition to the Mei You Yuan trio, the group chat included Zhang Ming, Guo Yun, Yue Xinyi, and Peng Xue.

Peng Xue hadn’t actually been involved in the actual game production work yet. Her own career plan was more inclined towards pursuing music, and Mei Fang was looking forward to her collaboration with Yuan Yuan.

As for Du Zihan, he was busy with the high school entrance exam and had no opportunity to contact Mei Fang. Of course, Mei Fang didn’t have a plan to invite him in the first place.

Du Zihan didn’t have any exceptional talent. Although he liked games and had fun with them, their meeting that day was just a chance encounter. Mei Fang didn’t have a need to actively pull him along, especially since Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi were somewhat averse to him.

Even for the people in this middle school circle, apart from Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi, if any member wanted to pursue a different path, Mei Fang wouldn’t force them to stay.

He only envied those developer teams who shared a deep camaraderie while making games. But forcing them wouldn’t lead to good things; they had to pursue this career on their own accord.

For these friends Mei Fang met in middle school, whether they could seize the opportunities Mei Fang gave them, expand their own horizons, and become independent professionals alongside Mei Fang’s development plans, would depend on their individual growth and efforts.

To be fair, Mei Fang did hope that they could become his support or even the right-hand men of Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan. The three of them couldn’t handle everything themselves; they would eventually need reliable middle and senior management personnel to help with the work.

After all, Mei Fang could always attract talented developers as long as he was willing to spend money. But this kind of companionship and camaraderie, built through thick and thin, couldn’t be measured purely in terms of money.

By now, Mei Fang had basically entrusted the operation and maintenance of the C Site to Lin Youxi and Yue Xinyi. There were still three years left until the start of the big copyright era in 2014.

In other words, if C Site failed to grow bigger and become stronger in these three years or secure angel investment, all the unlicensed videos and anime on C Site would undoubtedly be taken down.

During this time, it was almost impossible for Mei Fang to bear the risk alone and compete with other major capital-backed video sites for copyrights, even with his large amount of Bitcoin.

At that point, C Site would only be supported by original videos submitted by creators.

Apart from that, accepting angel investments was also a risky move.

The policies and control exerted by the major investors would determine Mei Fang’s willingness to raise funds and whether C Site could become the paradise Mei Fang had envisioned from the beginning.

Take the example of the two business empires. Tencent tends to invest and delegate power, as their investments do not affect the major decision-making of the invested companies. They focus mainly on dividends and profits. On the other hand, Alibaba leans towards stronger control, using the method of parachuting senior executives to change the original industry layout.

The final outcome of the battle for market dominance proved that Tencent’s strategy was superior. After all, any big shot who intends to continue their career rather than pursue financial freedom would not allow others to manipulate the efforts they have worked so hard for.

In conclusion, many of Alibaba’s strategic plans ended in failure.

Meanwhile, the trio were progressing smoothly in their summer camp life at Jiangcheng NOHS.

Every morning, Mei Fang and the two girls would go to school together, go to the cafeteria separately for lunch, and go home together in the evening.

Since they had a longer period of free time after afternoon classes, the three of them made plans to meet up for dinner.

During these meals, Mei Fang’s deskmate, Xiang Bingbing, would often join them. Although Xiang Bingbing was a tall and slender girl, her personality was far from cold, she had a lively and cheerful personality, combined with her cute and foodie attributes, quickly made her get along well with the girls.

After all, with her height and naturally eccentric personality, Xiang Bingbing seemed like a large mascot.

Moreover, considering that she was currently injured, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi didn’t mind spending time with her.

Students from small towns have relatively limited exposure to a broader range of knowledge, and it was the same for Shennongjia and Baimei County.

During this meal, Xiang Bingbing once again began to pour her heart out to her newly acquainted friends: “I’ve realized that our classmates are really talented! The teachers lecture at lightning speed, and the students in the class learn just as fast. I haven’t even understood the knowledge points of the previous lesson, and they’ve already started previewing the content of the next lesson.”

Xia Yuan also wore a bitter face, expressing her agreement: “That’s true… Even though we have self-study during the evening, everyone keeps running to the homeroom teacher’s office, and you have to wait in line for a long time just to ask a question.”

Xia Yuan had previously experienced a lot of pressure and torment due to her physics studies in middle school. Although Mei Fang had already outlined her career plan in the liberal arts for high school, she couldn’t avoid the physics subject in her freshman year.

And Xia Yuan had a strong personality. Within the limits of her ability, she would never be satisfied with being left behind.

So Mei Fang had to find a way to divert her attention to something else, like…

“Yuan Yuan, let me ask you…”

As Mei Fang took the plate of green peppers that Xia Yuan didn’t like, he asked her: “There seems to be a summer camp closing ceremony after the end-of-month placement exam. Our class has already started preparing for performances. Yuan Yuan, do you want to participate?”

“Mm?”

Xia Yuan touched her face, “Our homeroom teacher did mention it, but I’ve never really considered it…”

“How about giving it some thought? After all, you brought your guitar with you.”

“Mmm…”

Seeing Xia Yuan hesitating, Mei Fang started to encourage her more.

What Mei Fang was doing now was guiding Xia Yuan to fulfill her life plan.

Although Xia Yuan was currently responsible for music and sound effects at the Ximilu Studio, it was still a collaborative project. She was merely working under Mei Fang’s guidance and was still just an assistant for now.

In order for Xia Yuan to grow into an independent individual, she needed to find a field where she could stand on her own.

Just as Mei Fang had trained Lin Youxi specifically for programming, focusing on web and game development and taking charge of C Site, Xia Yuan also needed her own field——

An independent music producer, or perhaps an internet singer, would be a suitable direction for Xia Yuan’s development. It’s important to note that this doesn’t mean he was planning for Xia Yuan to enter the entertainment industry; that wasn’t a field they should touch.

After contemplating for a while, Xia Yuan threw the ball back to Mei Fang:

“Um… Are you going to participate? If you participate, I’ll join too. You’ve always said you wanted to perform on stage, isn’t this an opportunity?”

“I haven’t prepared my song yet. I should consider it around the time of the Golden Autumn Art Festival. Don’t you have your original song you have used in the assessment exam that you can use?”

“Wow, you can play guitar too? That’s amazing!”

Xiang Bingbing exclaimed excitedly, “It’s a shame Mei Fang didn’t bring his guitar. I would have loved to hear you perform a song together!”

“Huh?” Xia Yuan tilted her head, “Isn’t your guitar in your room——”

“Ah! Ah! Yes! It’s indeed a shame that I didn’t bring it with me!”

Xia Yuan nearly blurted out about the three of them living together in front of Xiang Bingbing. It wouldn’t be appropriate for outsiders to know about it.

After discussing various topics, the conversation eventually returned to whether or not Xia Yuan should sign up for the summer camp closing ceremony.

“I think you should give it a try, Yuan Yuan…” Lin Youxi also expressed her support, smiling gently, “Do you remember the Children’s Day performance in elementary school? You participated in it every year, whether it was dancing, playing guzheng, singing, or playing piano.”

“I’ve always felt since childhood that you should keep shining on the stage because the way you look on the stage is the most genuine you.”

Mei Fang and Lin Youxi praised Xia Yuan, and it was true that since starting middle school, Xia Yuan hadn’t really participated in any performances. Her former confidence had been shattered by physics.

Encouraged by the two of them, Xia Yuan scratched her head sheepishly and chuckled, “Well, then I’ll try to sign up and see how it goes…”

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