"Little kitty? Wow! So cute!"
Lin Xian's female colleague looked at his simple sketch with delight:
"Lin Xian, why didn't you show this excellent design to Manager Juan?"
Huh???
Swish—
In an instant!
All eyes in the meeting room turned towards them.
Especially the colleagues from the design department, their gazes were pleading!
"What? Let me see!"
Rushing footsteps!
Li Juan walked over quickly.
Now, she appeared tough on the outside but was actually anxious inside. Indeed, she was more nervous than anyone else!
Snap.
Li Juan swiftly grabbed Lin Xian's sketch.
Gradually...
The tension eased, the breaths became steady, and the fiery anger seemed to extinguish.
"You... You made this..."
Li Juan scratched her head, smacked her lips:
"This... I think it's pretty good!"
??!!
To make the discerning Li Juan instantly speechless and speak so affirmatively directly shocked everyone in the meeting room!
Li Juan placed the sketch in front of Manager Zhao:
"Manager Zhao, take a look. This is the image Lin Xian designed for our new brand."
After placing the sketch down.
Everyone got up from their chairs, leaned forward, stretched their necks, and looked at it.
On the white A4 paper, there were no extra details.
Only a few strokes outlining a cartoon cat's head.
Simple.
Refreshing.
Exquisite lines.
Yet, it captured every bit of expression and emotion perfectly.
Although it was just a sketch drawn with a black pen... the cuteness and vitality of the cat were vividly portrayed, as if it were alive on paper!
For a moment, everyone was discussing excitedly: "Wow... Lin Xian's drawing of this cat head is amazing! Really, it has an indescribable cuteness and refinement."
"I think this looks even cuter than Hello Kitty, really, Kitty looks too ladylike, and it doesn't even have a mouth. But Lin Xian's cat truly gives off a more youthful and energetic vibe!"
"Young, girlish, rejuvenating, vibrant... Lin Xian's drawing of this cat perfectly fits the keywords of our new brand! Lin Xian is amazing, why didn't you show this great design earlier?"
"A good brand image should be simple enough to be easily recognizable, which is why Lin Xian's cat is just like Hello Kitty, Mickey Mouse, and Doraemon."
...
This cute and simple cat head received unanimous praise from the colleagues in the design department!
Li Juan, whose heart was pounding in her throat, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked at Manager Zhao with timid eyes...
Waiting for her to speak.
Zhao Yingjun.
She was the founder of this MX company and the current chairman.
After returning from studying abroad, she established the MX Cosmetics Company, and in less than two years, it had gained some popularity among young people.
Beautiful, elegant, with both means and talent, she was like a female protagonist stepping out of an urban novel!
At this moment, she stared at the sketch in front of her, deep in thought.
Everyone was waiting for her to speak!
Finally...
Zhao Yingjun's brows relaxed:
"Not bad."
"Right... Right, Manager Zhao! Hahaha, look, our design team still has talented people!"
Li Juan looked at the crisis being averted and began to praise Lin Xian like crazy:
"Lin Xian is our team's secret weapon! The pillar! The ace! Ahem... I usually give absolute creative freedom to artistic talents like him, never interfere, and never ask too much."
"Lin Xian, could you please tell Manager Zhao how you designed this kitty image? What was your inspiration?"
Zhao Yingjun also raised her head, looking at Lin Xian with some expectation.
"I dreamed about it."
Lin Xian spoke truthfully.
"Lin Xian, you!"
Li Juan sighed, unable to believe it.
Really... What a great opportunity for exposure! This silly kid just didn't know how to cherish it!
Many colleagues were amused by Lin Xian's words, truly daring.
And Zhao Yingjun smiled and nodded:
"One thinks during the day, and dreams at night. Many great inventions and creations in history were made in dreams."
"The chemist Mendeleev, for example, combined the periodic table of elements in his dream after three days and nights of exhaustion."
"Einstein also had a dream that inspired him to think about the effects of light speed while skiing, which led to the theory of relativity."
"But it cannot be denied that without prior efforts and accumulation, merely dreaming will not lead to results. I'm sure Lin Xian... also worked hard for this project during the day."
Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap!!!
No one knew who started it, but the entire meeting room erupted into applause for Lin Xian.
This made Lin Xian a little embarrassed.
He felt guilty.
"But..."
After the applause died down, Zhao Yingjun picked up the sketch again, looking at the cute cat head:
"Just a cat head is definitely not enough. Whether it's for printing packaging or making posters, or for brand collaborations... we need a full-body image."
"Including the limbs, clothes, shoes... although these can be changed later, we must have an original plan as a reference."
Zhao Yingjun put down the sketch, looking at Lin Xian:
"Lin Xian, could you trouble you to draw the body and clothing of this kitty as well?"
After hearing Zhao Yingjun's words, everyone suddenly felt that they had celebrated too early.
Indeed.
Just having a head is not enough!
What does the body of this cartoon cat look like? What are the proportions? What posture? What clothes to wear? What shoes?
Everyone looked at Lin Xian with great anticipation.
At this moment, Lin Xian... was tactically drinking water.
This...
He took a sip of tea.
The mask worn by the big-faced cat only had a cat head on it, and who knows what the body of this cat looks like!
But this didn't stump Lin Xian.
To untie the bell, one must first tie it.
He just needed to go back to his dream and find the big-faced cat again, ask him about the origin of the mask on his face.
"No problem."
Lin Xian put down the teacup:
"All the design drafts are at home, I'll bring them over tomorrow."
...
At night.
After washing up.
Lin Xian glanced at the clock on the bedside table. It was now 21:01.
Through yesterday's dream, Lin Xian had already figured out the complete picture of the situation—
The cause was that the big-faced cat and the female password expert had agreed to rob a bank together.
Since they didn't know each other, they agreed on a "code phrase".
The one wearing the cat mask was the big-faced cat.
The one wearing the Ultraman mask was the password expert.
Yesterday, because Lin Xian picked up an Ultraman mask at random and wore it, he was mistaken by the big-faced cat as the password expert and was taken to rob the bank.
"Therefore, today I just need to do the same as yesterday, wear the Ultraman mask... and the big-faced cat will surely appear again."
Lin Xian closed the window.
He had already experienced the cold wind of winter yesterday, so today he must put on an extra layer of blanket.
He set the alarm clock, placed his phone on the bedside table, and turned off the light.
"Time to sleep."
...
...
Whoosh!
The hot summer wind blew by, and Lin Xian smelled the unique fragrance of tender green leaves.
He opened his eyes.
In the brightly lit square, children were running around, chasing each other.
"Hehehehe! Chase me! Chase me!"
"Take this! Ultraman Slide!"
"I want candied hawthorn! Waaaah!"
"I don't want to go home! I want to play more!"
"Mommy! I want to ride a bike!"
Lin Xian looked up at the electronic billboard in the center of the square. The time in the top right corner was displayed—
[August 28, 2624]
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