On the twelfth floor, the elevator doors slid open and Luna walked in.
"Boss." Xiaoshi greeted, and only then did she realize that there were two bosses in the elevator, so she greeted Xingyu too.
Luna nodded at her before looking at the man beside her. She was surprised to see him and gave him a puzzled look. "Don’t you have a eting in a few minutes?"
They had just talked a while ago and he told her that he was preparing for an important eting.
The man grinned. "Yeah, your eting. I ca to pick you up for your eting at Royal Hotel."
Luna was speechless. "Honey, I can go on my own."
When he looked at her like he did not trust her, as though she was a little girl who needed him to take care of her even if she was simply attending a eting, she knew that trying to talk him out of it would be a waste of her breath. Hence, she shrugged and leaned in his arms. "If you dote on too much, I will be so useless that I will no longer be able to take care of myself."
"That’s okay. I can take care of you forever." He said matter-of-factly.
At the side, Xiaoshi couldn’t stop a silly smile from forming on her lips. She couldn’t help wondering how it would sound if Dr. Han were to say such words to her.
In the next second, she widened her eyes. Shouldn’t she be wishing to be in Luna’s place? To hear such words from Xingyu? Why was she wishing to hear them from Han Xichen instead? However, although she reminded herself of it, her imagination was still filled with Han Xichen’s seductive smile.
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Royal Hotel.
When Luna and Xingyu arrived, the other party was already waiting.
It was a middle-aged man, CEO Hu, who owned a famous software production company. However, in the past several years, his company’s business had been declining because he had not been able to produce anything that was worth ntioning. It was as though he had reached a bottleneck.
To prevent himself from going bankrupt, he had decided to invest in softwares from small-ti companies, and he would earn trendous profit if the softwares appreciated in value.
"CEO Jiang, good morning!" Although CEO Hu was about the sa age as Jiang Xingren, he was still quite respectful to this young man who had been labelled as one of B City’s most successful businessn despite his young age.
"Good Morning." Xingyu was neither too polite nor too rude. He helped Luna to her seat like she was a delicate and precious little egg, then went straight to the point in fear that his wife would be too tired from negotiating too much.
CEO Hu saw his actions and knew that if anyone wanted to survive in this city, they should never think of ssing with this young woman. CEO Jiang pampered her too much!
"Then I’ll cut the chase. Miss Xia, I would like to offer you a mall that I acquired recently. The Hillside Mall; it’s quite popular especially among young won, and business has been flourishing in recent years. I will also offer you 5 percent of shares of Hu Group. Miss Xia, what do you think?"
"There’s no such thing as free lunch." Luna had thought that they were going to discuss an investnt but from the looks of things, that didn’t seem to be the case.
The man smiled. "Well, you can term this as a free lunch. I can also accept any other terms you have, as long as you sell Demons Vs Gods to ."
So that was it.
Luna grinned but shook her head. "Sorry, that’s the hard work of my friends and I. I will not sell it."
The man had expected that she would definitely say yes, so he was a little surprised. "How could that be? If you sell this ga, I will change a few things and make it the top ranking ga on the application store. Of course, you will still own so rights to the ga. We can also split the profits, and you can also na whatever other terms you would like." Afraid that she would say no, he added, "Although your studio has gained a bit of reputation recently, you are still at most rookies. It will definitely benefit you to collaborate with a company whose old gas already have tens of millions of fans."
What he said made sense. After all, it was only natural that gars would want to try out the new gas of the companies they were familiar with.
Still, Luna shook her head without flinching. No matter how good the offer was, this was not just her hard work. Xiaoshi may not care much about it since she only completed it to fulfill her duty, and Cedric might have done it for the sa reason. However, for Cheng Yu, this ga ant the world to her. Just like the comic "The demigod’s wife", this ga was Demons Vs Gods was her beloved baby. How could Luna bear to sell it?
"I’m sorry. I can accept an investnt or a partnership but I will not sell it."
"Miss Xia, please think about it. We can discuss with your partners too." The man did not want to lose this chance.
Seeing that he would be insistent, she stood up. "It doesn’t matter what you offer."
The man was about to look at Xingyu so he would help him convince her, but the latter did not give him a chance. He could only inwardly lant about it.
As they walked towards the parking lot, Xingyu pulled her into his arms and joked. "What do I do? I want to kidnap you and lock you up so you can only make gas for the two of us to play. Later, we will have many kids and they will play with us."
Luna frowned and pinched his cheek. "CEO Jiang, has your imagination always been this wild?"
They were still speaking when a gust of wind rushed towards them. Xingyu reflexively protected Luna behind him and stopped the young man who was rushing over from bumping into them.
The man stopped and bowed to apologize. "CEO Xia, I’m sorry for stopping you so audaciously."
Xingyu looked at him ferociously, making the young lad tremble in trepidation. He looked not a day older than eighteen; he must have just graduated from high school, so they couldn’t understand why a lad this young was seeking them.
Luna erged from behind Xingyu and asked, "What is it?"
The boy looked hopeful. "CEO Xia, can we have a talk? It’s about software."
After glancing at Xingyu and receiving his approval, she nodded. "Okay. Let’s grab a cup of tea."
A few minutes later, in the Royal Hotel.
Xingyu sat aside to let them talk.
The young man took out a USB Flash drive from his pockets and gave it to Luna with his trembling hands. "This is a software; I made it myself. If you find it worth it, can you please buy it?"
Luna expected such a thing, so she glanced at Xingyu at the side. The man had carried his laptop over so he brought it to her.
Luna inserted the USB flash drive and checked the content after having the boy insert the password.
However, she frowned when she clearly saw it. It was a ga, and the overview as well as the the baffled her. "This looks so much like Demons Vs Gods."
The boy looked hopeful. "I created it three years ago and did not intend to ever sell it. However, I urgently need the money now so I audaciously sought you. I hope you will consider it."
Luna closed the information with a slight shake of her head. "It’s exactly because it looks like Demons Vs Gods that I cannot purchase it. Why would I have two gas that look at least 65% alike?"
In fact, Luna was not sure whether she was dreaming but the two gas were almost identical. Aside from the story mode of Demons Vs Gods which had been created out of the two comics, everything else was similar. If she launched it as an application, she was certain that not only would many aspects such as the team rules and the gaplay be the sa, even the ’world’ might look alike. The only noticeable difference was the absence of immortals.
The boy’s eyes drooped in disappointnt. However, he did not bug her too much. He stood to leave.
When Luna saw him leave, she imdiately thought of young talents who ended up getting oppressed by the big fish in the business world. She couldn’t help asking, "Do you have any other softwares, or can you create one if I told you what to do?"
"Yes. I can do anything." His extinguished hope returned.
Luna nodded in approval and gave him a card. "Why don’t you co for an interview? If you qualify, I will let you work in the software departnt. You can save up the money and go to co llege to further your studies if you wish to."
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