Starting from a Fake University-Chapter 124 - 123 Anime Design and Production (9)_1

After having lunch in the second cafeteria, Ding Yue bought himself a cup of milk tea.

He then returned to his apartment room for a brief nap.

Half past two in the afternoon.

Ding Yue was awakened by an incoming Whatsapp voice call.

However, he had had enough sleep by then.

When Ding Yue awoke, he saw that the voice message was from Jiuge, the head of Tianqi Animation Studio.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

"Principal Ding, hello."

Just as suspected, the voice belonged to a girl, and it was quite melodious and clear.

"Have you already arrived at our Mist City Arts and Science University?" Ding Yue asked, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

"Yes, Principal Ding, you sound like you’ve just woke up, right?" Jiuge picked up on Ding Yue’s tone in the voicemail.

"Yes, I just had a nap. Where are you? I’ll come over immediately."

Ding Yue had planned to conduct a physics experiment that afternoon.

However, he had to meet with Jiuge to discuss the acquisition of the animation studio, so the physics experiment could be postponed temporarily.

As he exited the apartment building, Ding Yue happened to run into his secretary, Wen Ruohan, who was on her way to fetch him.

"Principal Ding, is the person here?" Wen Ruohan asked curiously.

"Yes, at the school gate, come with me." With that, Ding Yue headed towards the school gate." said Ding Yue and he started walking towards the school gate.

Wen Ruohan quickly followed.

A walk from Peach Garden Apartment to the school gate would take about ten minutes.

On the way, Ding Yue received a call from Zhu Youzhao, the head of the Film and Television Studies Department.

"Principal Ding, this morning you asked me to bring the teachers and top students from the Animation Design and Production major to see you, but they all had full schedules this morning so nobody came, can I ask them to come this afternoon?"

"Sure, let them come directly to my office."

Had Zhu Youzhao not spoken up, Ding Yue would have almost forgotten about it.

Ding Yue had indeed asked Zhu Youzhao to bring teachers and some outstanding students from the Animation Design and Production major to get some additional assistance.

Then, they would be combined with the newly acquired animation studio to form the school’s Feiyue Animation.

"Alright Principal Ding."

After hanging up the phone, Ding Yue and Secretary Wen Ruohan arrived at the school gate.

Seeing Ding Yue, the security personnel immediately stood straight and saluted.

"Carry on with your duties, there’s no need to be so formal when you see me." Ding Yue always felt strange when the security personnel saluted him.

It was somewhat formalistic.

"Good afternoon, Principal Ding. Are you going out?" The security captain approached enthusiastically.

"No, a friend came over."

With that, Ding Yue took out his phone and made a Whatsapp voice call to Jiuge: "Hello, I am near the guard booth at the left entrance of the school gate, where are you?"

There were many students coming in and out of the school gate, and Ding Yue couldn’t figure out which one was Jiuge.

When he previously looked at Jiuge’s Twitter, he only saw pictures of beautiful scenery and delicious food. There were no pictures of her.

However, after scanning around.

He noticed a vibrant and pretty girl standing on the left, carrying a beige backpack. Could she be Jiuge?

Indeed!

Ding Yue had good intuition and, after the Whatsapp call, the girl standing not too far to the left carrying the beige bag waved at him and then jogged over.

"Hello Principal Ding, I am Xu Jiuge."

"Hello."

The girl named Xu Jiuge seemed to be older than Ding Yue. She had a waterfall of hair, the volume of which was envy-inspiring.

Also, her figure was truly great.

Those long legs, Ding Yue felt, could even rival his secretary, Wen Ruohan.

Seeing the young and handsome Principal Ding, Xu Jiuge also felt her eyes light up.

Though she had heard that the principal of Mist City Arts and Science University was a very young rich second-generation.

But after meeting him, she realized that Principal Ding was much more handsome than she had imagined.

"Please, let’s go to my office to talk about the acquisition of Tianqi Animation Studio. And tonight, I will arrange with the hot pot restaurant for you to realize your desire to experience the campus hot pot restaurant. Otherwise, you probably won’t get a chance today."

"Ah? Are there many people?"

"When we pass by, you’ll see. It’s guaranteed to crush your hopes." Ding Yue said with a laugh.

To get to the Principal’s office in the Administration Building, they indeed needed to pass by the road next to the second cafeteria.

So Ding Yue walked towards the second cafeteria with Xu Jiuge.

On their way, Xu Jiuge explained to Ding Yue the specific situation of their Tianqi Animation Studio.

Turns out, Tianqi Animation Studio was founded by Xu Jiuge and her friends during university.

After graduation, they ran their business for two more years, but due to the unfavorable eco-environment for domestic animation in China, they were having some difficulties.

Actually, there was a way out of Tianqi Animation Studio’s predicament, which was joining Penguin Animation.

However.

Anyone in the domestic industry who knows anything about animation would know that the current state of domestic animation was largely due to Blackheart Penguin’s management.

Xu Jiuge and her friends and team were a group of dreamers who wanted to create excellent domestic animated films.

So they were reluctant to submit to Penguin Animation.

When Xu Jiuge learned about Principal Ding’s intention from Mist City Arts and Science University, she decided to meet Principal Ding first.

It so happened that Xu Jiuge was in Mist City during this time.

So they arranged to meet.

"How many people are there in your studio team?"

Ding Yue asked this most important question.

If Xu Jiuge ran an animation studio, every member of the team would likely be a technical talent in the animation field.

"Including me, there are nineteen of us in total. There are thirteen people in the animation production team, and the other six include the marketing and operations teams and finance. I wouldn’t say our studio is big, but it’s not small either."

Xu Jiuge explained the details to Ding Yue.

At this point, the three of them had walked to the second canteen.

Xu Jiuge looked at the crowd and was surprised, and asked incredulously, "Principal Ding, is this the school hot pot restaurant?"

"That’s right."

Ding Yue nodded:"This is our Mist City Arts and Science University’s second canteen. The hot pot restaurant is located on the third floor of the second canteen. I admit, the hot pot shop was a whim of my mom’s, but it unexpectedly became very popular."

When Ding Yue’s mom, Zhang Yuping, said she wanted to open this hot pot shop,

Ding Yue never imagined that it would become as popular as it is now. At that time, he thought that the students would definitely support it, so the business would naturally be good.

But he never expected that it would become so popular outside the campus!

"Impressive!"

Xu Jiuge gave a thumbs up. "There are so many people here."

She felt that Principal Ding’s family was full of business geniuses, otherwise, how could they have established an unrestrictedly imaginative university like Mist City Arts and Science University.

Xu Jiuge knew about Mist City Arts and Science University, this university unexpectedly even had majors like National Arts and esports.

It was simply surreal.

After walking past the second canteen, Ding Yue took Xu Jiuge to the Principal’s Office in the Administration Building.

As soon as they entered the office,

They found four people sitting on the sofa.

When they saw Principal Ding return to the office, they all stood up and respectfully said, "Principal Ding."

"Sit down, sit down, you all are from the Animation Production and Design major, right?" Ding Yue inquired.

"Yes, Principal Ding, I am Qian Cheng, a teacher of the Animation Production and Design major, and these three are my students, Zhao Yongxing, Li Jiajia, and Chen Wang."

Teacher Qian briefly introduced himself and his three students to Principal Ding.

These three students were probably the most outstanding among the more than fifty students in the Animation Production and Design major after Principal Ding increased the BUFF for all students in the school.

"You can sit as well." After Principal Ding gave a slight nod to Teacher Qian and the three students, he turned to Xu Jiuge and said.

Wen Ruohan immediately went to pour water for Xu Jiuge and the teachers and students of the Animation Production and Design major.

"Since you’re here, Teacher Qian, I’ll get right to it. The school is planning to do an animation project. This project is related to the school’s current robot project. I’ll let Secretary Wen prepare a document for you to look over later."

When Ding Yue said this, he paused and then shook his head:"Why am I telling you all this now? We should focus on acquiring the Tianqi Animation Studio first."

Then Ding Yue turned to Teacher Qian and the three students: "You’ll be able to join the studio set up by the school to hone and improve your skills."

The three students became excited when they heard this.

But from Ding Yue’s words, Teacher Qian seemed to understand his general intention.

Because Teacher Qian had heard of the school’s Big White robot project. If the Animation Production and Design major had anything to do with this smart robot experiment project, it should be to make promotional short films or 3D rendering works, right?

But Principal Ding also mentioned the animation studio.

It didn’t seem that simple.

Could it be that Principal Ding planned to tailor-make an animated movie for the Smart Robot Big White experiment project?

"Teacher Qian, please wait a moment. I’ll talk to you about the specifics later."

Ding Yue asked Teacher Qian and the three students to wait a bit.

He wanted to discuss the acquisition with Xu Jiuge first and see if they could finalize the deal.

"Principal Ding, it looks like you’re preparing to cultivate excellent animation talent, aren’t you?"

The moment Xu Jiuge saw that Principal Ding had brought all the teachers and students from the school’s Animation Production and Design major, she understood his intentions.

"Yes, I think our students are all very hardworking, so I believe they are probably no worse than animation students from other universities."

Ding Yue nodded, then swiftly shifted the focus back to the main topic: "Besides what you told me on the way here, is there anything else that could convince me that purchasing your Tianqi Animation Studio for 6 million yuan would be a worthwhile investment?"

"Principal Ding, please wait a moment."

Xu Jiuge placed her beige backpack on the ground, then reached inside and pulled something out.