"I was so stupid."

This is the 201st time that Shaye has uttered such a sentiment.

The student beside him typed on the keyboard while intently watching the screen in front of him. After a moment, he looked up at Sha Ye and said, "Teacher, the rendering of the latest clip has been successfully completed! This AI assistance is amazing. I can't even imagine how sensational it will be if this software is widely deployed later."

Sha Ye smacked the student on the forehead: "What's all the noise about? Once this task is finished, we'll start the new one! Don't look so ignorant!"

"oh......"

The student pouted and continued muttering to himself as he worked on his project, "But didn't the teacher decide to take on the 'Time-Traveling Standoff' project precisely because of this AI? Why does he look so reluctant now?"

"When Mingming first saw this software, she wouldn't let anyone touch it. She insisted on creating a few finished products herself before starting any real work..."

"Thump!"

"Ouch!"

The next moment was the sound of a fist hitting someone's head, followed by the student's exaggerated screams of surprise after being beaten.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, teacher! I'll never say bad things about you again!"

"Speak less and do more, or I'll beat you up again."

"Okay, okay." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

The student reluctantly began his work.

After dealing with the troublesome student, Sha Ye sat back down in his office chair.

Then he stared blankly at the AI ​​notification window that had been rendered on the computer screen, propped his chin up, and uttered his two hundred and second exclamation: "I'm so stupid."

In a moment of folly, for the AI ​​technology provided by that brat Xiao He, they jumped headfirst into the huge pit of "Time Confrontation," and even encountered Director He, who came to their studio every day to check in, and was practically a supervisor.

The special effects for "Time and Space Standoff" were very demanding. Director He was a perfectionist who scrutinized the footage frame by frame and demanded immediate rectification of any problems. This forced him, who hadn't worked in a long time, to start working day and night.

Most importantly, with such a highly skilled and user-friendly AI technology as his work assistant, he simply couldn't bring himself to quit. His mind was completely absorbed by the AI's capabilities, and once the rendering was finished, he couldn't resist using the AI ​​to create the next part...

Sigh, how could I have been so blinded by greed?

Sha Ye sighed again, but his hands didn't stop moving. He took a moment to glance at the time and asked with some surprise, "Is Director He not coming today?"

He laughed after asking the question.

What a jerk! People come every day, and he finds it annoying; but when people don't come, he still has to ask them something.

"I heard that Xiao He and his team came to Beijing for auditions, and then Director He went to check it out, so they won't be coming today."

"What? That brat Xiao He is in Beijing now?"

Sha Ye slammed his hand on the table.

Previously, Xiao He and his group had come to Beijing to run errands, but they were busy with work, so he was too embarrassed to bother them. But today, he finally managed to find some free time!

Without saying a word, Sha Ye immediately left the studio to arrest Xiao He, determined to extract more detailed information about the AI ​​software from him.

Oh right, and we can't forget the work manual—

Sha Ye stopped and looked back at his student: "Compile a list of the bugs we encountered and some issues that need improvement and send it to my email. Also, ask around among the others. Remember to do it as soon as possible."

"Oh? Oh, okay."

The student didn't understand why, but nodded in agreement.

...

So, while Xiao He was still eating, having just slurped up a mouthful of beef from his bowl, the door to their private room was suddenly pushed open.

Xiao He:?

Others:?

Everyone looked up in astonishment and were met with Sha Ye's middle-aged, balding face.

"Teacher Sha?" He Jinnian looked shocked. "Why are you here?"

However, Sha Ye remained silent, first scanning his surroundings before finally fixing his gaze on Xiao He, who was holding a bowl and eating beef.

"Xiao He! I've finally caught you!"

Sha Ye shouted loudly.

They were only teacher and student online, ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ and had never actually met in person before. They didn't chat much when teaching special effects, so their relationship was actually just so-so.

However, perhaps due to his student DNA, Xiao He was still startled by Sha Ye's excited shout and dropped the beef in his mouth.

"ah?"

The voice sounded familiar, but there was a strange, unsettling feeling about it.

"When are you going to fix this crappy software?!"

Sha Ye strode over and placed the prepared documents on Xiao He's desk.

"Your AI was incredibly laggy a while ago. The modeling would always get stuck halfway through the generation process. If we asked it to do more, it would just give up, saying the server was busy. It's fixed now, but could you please change the naming order in your AI program? It won't listen to any of our commands, it's as stubborn as a mule, and..."

Sha Ye rattled off a long explanation, and Xiao He finally understood the situation.

Ah, it turns out there was a technical bug in the unfinished product, and someone came knocking on the door demanding payment.

Well, that's a bit awkward.

Xiao He chuckled awkwardly: "Teacher Sha, you should know that it was during the Spring Festival a while ago, and servers are the hardest to maintain at that time, so it will have some impact on your use... But as you said, it will be back up right after the holiday, so it won't affect your use at all."

"And—" Xiao He asked cautiously, "and it seems the production crew didn't rush to finish filming during the Spring Festival, did they?"

It's inhumane to make employees work during the Spring Festival.

Sha Ye's expression froze.

"Ahem, well, after I went back home for the Spring Festival, I met up with some good classmates, so I wanted to discuss the future development of this AI with them..."

He immediately offered a hasty explanation.

Well, actually, he was optimistic about the development prospects of this AI in special effects, so he couldn't help but show it off to a few old classmates when he got back.

While I had nothing to do during the Spring Festival, I used this AI to create some other works, both as practice and to explore other functions of the AI ​​and test its development potential.

I just didn't expect that the computer I brought back wouldn't work, the network wouldn't work, and the AI ​​wouldn't work either.

Sha Ye, who rarely wanted to be the king of rolls, could only give up in the end.

well--

Xiao He knew the case was solved as soon as he saw Sha Ye's expression.

However, the evil capitalist boss did feel a momentary pang of conscience when he used a half-finished AI software to trick the entire team into working for him—but not much.

"Ahem, Teacher Sha, have you eaten?"

He chose to divert the other person's attention first, asking about the situation while pulling out the chair next to him. The others at the table also very tactfully called the waiter to bring a new set of tableware.

Fortunately, their private room was big enough that Sha Ye, who arrived unexpectedly, was able to sit down immediately.

It was only then that Sha Ye belatedly realized there were other people present, and he immediately felt embarrassed, taking the initiative to apologize to the others: "I'm sorry, I was too excited just now and disturbed your meal."

"It's alright, it's alright."

Liu Rulan smiled as she helped Sha Ye tidy up the tableware, while He Jinnian across from her teased, "Speaking of which, we were just talking about Teacher Sha. I'm really satisfied with the special effects created by Teacher Sha's team. If it weren't for Xiao He's introduction, we probably would have missed out on such a top-notch production team."