In January, the cold air from Siberia enveloped Su Hua's sky. In this cold season, Li Qin asked Alice to bring a cotton coat to Meng Huo.

"Thank you, please." This day was a weekend, Meng Huo's rare rest day, and Alice arrived at noon.

"No trouble, I'm going to come and take a look, and I'll bring you the clothes for you." Alice smiled, but what she said was not the truth. Since Chen Jie was arranged on the comic island, Alice has been returning to Su Hua less and less, and the work here has basically been left to Chen Jie to take charge.

Alice rarely has time to leave Ninghai. In fact, Xu Jing has handed over most of her work. Her power is basically no different from that of the president. Many people know that she is being trained to become the next president.

Next year or the year after, Xu Jing will formally hand over his work to Alice to retire - the old man has no choice but to leave the company. Of course, he has also sought Meng Huo's advice and asked him if he would like to let Alice take over as president, but Meng Huo certainly did not object.

He was not interested in the position of president, and it was both worry-free and labor-saving to Alice.

However, although the two met less and their relationship was not very unfamiliar, Alice didn't feel uneasy. This was a completely different mentality from the past. She would not feel uneasy now because she had less time with Meng Huo.

However, despite this, Alice still misses Meng Huo occasionally. She cherishes every opportunity to meet Meng Huo. This time, Chen Jie knew that she hadn't met Meng Huo for a long time, and today she took the initiative to avoid it - of course Meng Huo didn't know about this.

When he invited Alice for lunch, he thought Chen Jie had something to go out today.

Meng Huo prepared lunch by himself. Alice saw that he was dressed casually and asked, "Don't you have to go out for social events today?"

"Well, I want to take a day off and consider the paper by the way."

"paper?"

“Graduation thesis.”

Meng Huo said that his usual work is still as much as ever, but in the first two weeks, the graduation thesis topics of the three schools had been determined. There are still several months before the deadline for the thesis, but Meng Huo wanted to complete them as soon as possible.

If everything goes well, he plans to pass the paper review after the Chinese New Year, so that his study pressure will be greatly reduced next semester and there will be no need to worry about internships.

"The three schools will give priority to sending teachers to help me review papers, and I can also accept the defense earlier than others." Meng Huo laughed: "Principal Xing said I don't have to wait for everyone to defend together, the noise is too big."

"Indeed, it's easier to handle your graduation alone." Alice nodded.

The graduation season every year is a busy season for college, and the review and defense of thesis are also a troublesome thing. If Meng Huo and other students participate in the defense at the same time, perhaps it will add a lot of trouble to the school because of his identity.

However, as a result, Meng Huo's time is a bit tight. The preparation of the paper is a very professional activity. In addition, he has the status of "the top scorer in the college entrance examination" and "big star", so it is unlikely that ordinary papers will pass - the quality of the three papers must be very high.

Alice came up with the idea of ​​helping: "Do you need me some advice? Graduation thesis is a very particular topic. You may not be able to do it well when you look at the template. My graduation thesis was rated as an excellent thesis, so I can help you a little bit."

Meng Huo naturally would not refuse, and nodded with a smile: "Then please."

He was actually not worried about not writing his paper well, but now he was a little confused. Having an expert can save a lot of trouble and avoid detours. Neither Chen Jie nor Qin Ya could help her, but Alice was a good choice.

In this way, after lunch, Alice guided Meng Huo how to write her graduation thesis. After working hard for the whole afternoon, Meng Huo remembered everything he needed to pay attention to, and made a conclusion on the outline and content of the thesis, so he was almost done.

His efficiency exceeded Alice's expectations. It took her more than half a month to determine the high-quality paper title and outline, and Meng Huo determined the structure of the three papers in half a day.

Despite this, the two were still busy until seven o'clock in the evening. Meng Huo saw that it was already so late, so he took Alice out for dinner. They didn't walk much, but found a restaurant on the local streets of Manga Island. After dinner, they didn't do anything else and went home while walking.

There are not many pedestrians on the streets of Manhua Island, mainly because it is too cold. The cold wind has caused most tourists to enter the shops next to the street.

"It's hard to see such a quiet street." Alice pulled her scarf to cover her face, but the breath she exhaled from her mouth still showed white mist in the air, which showed how cold the air on the street was.

Meng Huo looked at Alice quietly. Her blonde hair, which looked extremely soft under the light, was now as warm as moonlight, making Meng Huo feel the chill of the air in his heart.

For some reason, he is very happy now.

Alice and Shen Jie are different in height, but because of this simple difference, Meng Huo will never confuse them. Chen Jie has the height of a female in Chinese standard. She is half a head shorter than Meng Huo. When she stands beside him, it seems to be a combination of gold height to outsiders.

Alice is a little taller than Chen Jie. She is almost the same as Meng Huo. When standing with him, it will take away some outsiders' attention. The white body shape is too tall in Chinese people. This is a natural charm, and this charm is the most profound in Meng Huo's eyes.

When he looked at Alice, he always looked at her in a way that was close to the top. In front of her, Meng Huo felt that he could not gain much advantage and was always easily seen by her.

"This woman is special..." He always thinks like this when he looks at Alice. No matter he looks at Alice or looks, he cannot see Alice and other women in the same way.

Sometimes Meng Huo's eyes will be taken away by Alice when he is not paying attention. Perhaps it is precisely because of her height that Meng Huo can never put Alice and Shen Jie on the same level, because Alice has always been taller in his heart, and is also relatively mature and older.

"I probably..." During this walk, Meng Huo suddenly understood why he liked Alice first, probably because what he longed for was someone older than him - perhaps, he had a kind of Oedipus.

Li Qin died in his previous life when he was a teenager, which caused a great shadow in his heart. He longed for someone who could take care of and lead him like his mother, and Alice happened to be this kind of person.

If he had not successfully saved Li Qin in this world, Meng Huo might have difficulty letting go of Alice...

"No, it's impossible to let go!" He shook his head secretly. In fact, Meng Huo is now hard to let go of Alice. If Li Qin was not there and he still met Alice when he was fifteen years old, he would have married Alice home.

But that was impossible after all - Meng Huo followed Alice and found that she suddenly stopped moving forward.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"That..." Alice pointed to a figure shop on the street and smiled, "Let's go in and take a look. I happen to have a figure I want to buy."

Meng Huo nodded and followed her into the store: "What are you going to buy?"

"The Black Prince Lelouch...buy it back and put it in the bedroom of the apartment." Alice said, and then looked it out in the store: "Maybe I can buy one for Chen Jie too..."

Meng Huo followed and looked around the shop. The figures and various surroundings were densely placed, and he felt a very warm feeling when standing inside.

He didn't care about Alice's actions, and he also curiously observed the goods in the store. On the most conspicuous cabinet, there was a place with the label "popular" written on it. There was a figure that was recently released, mainly "Fate\/staynight" and "Shanna with the Eyes".

Meng Huo walked over curiously, reached out to pick up a sample of Shana and looked it up. The feel was excellent and the details were exquisite, not inferior to those of the same period in the previous life. Some people always treat figures as ordinary toys, but in fact this is a misunderstanding. The real figures are very particular in making and selecting materials, and the price is also not cheap.

The lowest popular figures in the store are several hundred and expensive, especially the two limited edition figures placed in the middle: one is a Saber standing with a sword, and the other is a Shana who draws a sword. The price of these two figures is 1899, which is quite expensive.

"Are you going to buy it?"

At this time, Alice had already selected the product, walked to Meng Huo and looked at it, and said, "These are the two most popular figures recently, and they are out of stock outside."

"You even know this kind of thing?"

"Zhou Qian reported it to me specifically."

Alice explained that with the two animations hit recently, Saber and Shana's figures are very popular - and both of them are new products. In addition to them, other characters' figures are also sold very well.

Since the new animation was broadcast, in a few weeks, the figure's turnover has approached one-third of the animation copyright revenue.

"So that's it, Zhou Qian is doing well!" Meng Huo smiled. Phoenix's surrounding industries are growing rapidly, and figures are only part of them. Zhou Qian has slowly opened up the figure market, but there is still greater room for growth in the future.

The benefits of animation peripherals that Meng Huo saw in his previous life are much greater than that now. Basically, animations do not make money by the little copyright fees they broadcast, but by subsequent BDs and various peripheral products. Many animation companies even make animations to sell peripherals.

The surrounding markets in China have not yet been developed on a large scale. In addition to the Comic Island where Phoenix Company is located and the base of Zhongxia Company in Ninghai, other cities even activities such as cosplay and comic conventions have just started, and there is still a lot of room for development in the future.

After buying the figure, Meng Hu and the others went out.

"ah!"

They suddenly met an acquaintance at the door, He Qian. Although Meng Huo and Alice had already made makeup, He Qian and Meng Huo were so familiar. Alice's body shape was also very conspicuous. She recognized them at a glance: "Teacher He Xi, Miss Alice, why are you here!?"

"Good evening, He Qian."

"Are you here to buy figures too?"

Alice asked.

"Yes, I'll see what new products are there..." He Qian smiled, then suddenly remembered something, turned to Meng Huo and said, "Teacher, the game is about to be completed. I have invited you several times, so why don't you come to us to check it out."

"Sorry, there is no time left recently!" Meng Huo apologized. It was still a long time before the game was released, so he is not in a hurry now and has always asked the game department to modify it first.

"The game you are talking about is "White Album 2"? Is it almost finished?" Alice asked He Qian. This new text adventure game has not been announced to the public, but Alice knows the name, "White Album 2", a love triangle game.

"Yes, it's that strange "White Album 2"!" He Qian said with a smile: "It's not surprising that the teacher just chose the name 2 before "White Album 1" has been released yet!"

"really……"

Alice glanced at Meng Huo. The name of "White Album 2" has caused quite a lot of controversy among the insiders of Phoenix Company. Many people suggested changing the name: "Meng Huo, do you really not plan to remove the two words in the name before the game is launched?"

Meng Huo shook his head: "I haven't considered it yet. There is a 1 work in front of 2. I don't know if it will be pushed out in the future..."

"Since you are not sure if you will release 1 work, why do you think so much about it... 1 hasn't produced 2 yet, otherwise, you might as well change the order and turn this "White Album 2" into "White Album". If you release 1 in the future, change it to "White Album 2"!" He Qian said.

"This is not possible. The timeline of 1 is before 2..."

Meng Huo said, but after thinking about it, it seemed that nothing was wrong, just like "Fate\/Zero" was the predecessor of "Fate\/staynight". He actually didn't need to worry about 1 or 2. If "White Album 1" is released in the future, he would have to write it into the predecessor.

"I seem to be a little bit horny." Meng Huo patted his head and rejected what he said: "What you said makes sense. I'd better change "White Album 2" to "White Album"."

He looked at He Qian with a happy face and asked, "But will change the name cause trouble for the game production?"

"No, it's not trouble at all!" He Qian shook her head immediately. The game was about to be completed, but it has not been completed yet. She just needs to ask the staff to change the title, and there is no need to make any major changes in the content.

Meng Huo felt at ease: "That's it, you'll change it next week."

"No problem!" He Qian responded happily, then looked at Meng Hu and the others, and said with a smile: "Then I won't bother you, teacher, go in first."
Chapter completed!