The producer does not need to have great creative ability. The creation can be left to the creators who are good at this area, that is, the people below. The producer's job scope is to command the overall situation internally, arrange work, supervise progress, ensure the smooth production of products, negotiate and contact with all parties externally, so that the products can be well publicized, promoted and sold.
An Yi already has the prototype of such a soul figure. Looking at his peers, it is difficult to find such a guy who is eloquent, good at negotiation, keeps working and learning, and actively contacts the industry out of interest, is familiar with the industry, and has certain connections.
It is true that An Yi has some immature abilities now, but it is the same for everyone when they start out. An Yi's starting attributes are incredibly good, and if he works seriously at this, he will naturally grow faster - the key is whether he is doing it, whether he has the conditions to continue, whether he can persist mentally, and whether he can maintain his passion.
Whether it is starting a company or creating any work, those who succeed are often not geniuses, but people who are not afraid of hard work, are full of enthusiasm, and work down to earth. Their abilities grow while they are doing and thinking about things.
In this sense, Li Nian feels that An Yi has great potential. Now he has the drive and ability that are several levels higher than his high school peers who are busy eating, drinking and having fun, and this advantage will only be magnified in the future.
Li Nian thought that if he made enough money in the future, he could persuade An Yi to start a company for fun. Li Nian would be an investor and a hands-off boss. Anyway, no matter whether An Yi graduated from high school or went to college, if no one pulled him to do something else, he would definitely have to live a stupid life of working to earn money to buy house things. Instead of wasting time doing stupid things that were thankless and did not learn anything, it would be better to follow this guy's enthusiasm and push him to go deeper and higher in the industry.
It’s not that he really expects An Yi to make any money for him - as for the galgame that An Yi is obsessed with now, Li Nian also knows that it is a sunset industry. If he continues to do this kind of thing in the future, it would be good if he doesn’t lose money. He just thinks that the loss will not be much. The production cost is there, and the loss will not be that big.
If we can make a profit in the end without losing money, that would be the best, but it's not that bad either. If we can maintain a balanced income and expenditure by making profits while losing money, we can keep the company running and support a group of people in the company, including Amaki. Not only Amaki, but probably Sawamura and senior will be dragged in. Gogen also said that she will graduate honestly and become a corporate slave in the future, so we can make some arrangements for her as well. Isn't that great?
Of course, the premise is that they are willing.
If people really can't continue working and want to run away and become workers again, they can gild their resumes with work experience so that they won't have trouble finding another job.
Li Nian thinks it is meaningful to spend so much money to help friends build their careers, as he does not necessarily lose money and may even make money.
Chapter 326: Those who admit their mistakes and can correct them are worthy of forgetting their grudges
Li Nian was distracted and had a lot of thoughts. He was thinking that high school students basically wouldn't think about things five years later. As he was about to reach the department office, he suddenly bumped into a group of people.
It was Sagami Minami and her two friends.
When she came face to face with the man with whom she had just had a quarrel at noon and was almost killed by being grabbed by the neck, Sagami Minami stopped in her tracks, and her two friends were so scared that they hid behind her.
Li Nian had no interest in this group of people in the first place, and had no intention of scolding them. She was too lazy to show any expression, but she noticed that they seemed to have just walked out of the service department next to her, so she glanced at them a few more times out of curiosity.
These two glances frightened the three people so much that they stopped talking and laughing, froze all over, and immediately took a detour to make way for a road that was unnecessarily wide.
...No, I didn't plan to do anything to you. It's just that I'm acting like a bully in school.
Li Nian was both amused and confused, and didn't want to say or do anything. Since they were tired of each other, they should just ignore each other. He planned to walk away quietly.
When they were about to pass each other, Sagami Minami suddenly called out, "Please wait, Li Nian."
"what?"
Li Nian didn't expect this person to be called. He turned around blankly, not knowing what this woman was up to, and looked at her coldly.
Sagami was so scared by the cold look that he took a step back. After hesitating for a while, he suddenly bent down to him and said, "I'm so sorry!"
This was something Li Nian had not expected. She stopped for a moment and looked at Sagami with surprise.
"what?"
Even the two friends behind her did not expect Sagami Minami to do this. They were surprised for a moment but did not dare to speak out.
Sagami kept his head down and said nothing.
Li Nian took some time to understand the apology and looked at the girl carefully.
The previous arrogance and pride were no longer on Sagami's face. Now he was trembling in front of him, with his head lowered and his eyes submissive. It was obvious that he was still afraid of Li Nian.
She had just been assaulted by Li Nian not long ago. She was grabbed by the neck for more than twenty seconds and fell into a state of complete suffocation. She felt the horror of her consciousness gradually flying away and death approaching step by step.
It would be difficult for an ordinary high school student to be treated with such malicious intent, which would leave a fearful impression and cause long-term trauma. At that time, Sagami looked like he was frightened out of his wits by Li Nian. And now Sagami obviously has not recovered in front of Li Nian. He feels very scared and frightened of Li Nian's existence. After saying that apology, he closed his eyes and looked like he was waiting for judgment.
Sagami Minami was really scared. At this moment, she was even imagining that Li Nian and others would speak ill of her and ridicule her. That would only be a condescending bullying. She would have no room to resist, and her last bit of self-confidence would be easily crushed - that horrible possibility lingered in her mind, and she was even more frightened because of this imagination.
But of course Li Nian wouldn't do that.
Li Nian had already considered Sagami a worthless person. After giving her a lesson once, he was sure that she would not cause trouble to Wu Geng again. He was too lazy to do anything unnecessary because of her, such as cutting the grass at the root. But now he heard Sagami's apology and saw that the girl had mustered up the courage to admit her mistake to him. He was finally willing to look Sagami in the eye and asked seriously: "It was obviously me who went too far and did the stupid thing of violence. Why do you want to apologize to me, Sagami?"
"I, I, I, I..." Sagami raised her head, her whole body trembling. This man left such a horrible impression in her mind that she couldn't even finish her words when facing Li Nian.
Li Nian didn't urge her, but looked at her calmly. He just stood there, waiting for her to catch her breath.
In a hurry, Sagami and Li Nian met each other's eyes. Seeing the pupils that were looking straight at him without any hostility, he was slightly stunned, and suddenly calmed down a lot, and finally said something clearly.
"I... I'm apologizing for Gogen-san. It was me... who had bad intentions and pushed her to be an executive committee member. It was also me... uh, who said some very, disgusting words to attack her. I'm the bad guy. I did something that doesn't deserve to be forgiven. I, I probably, uh, deserved... to be beaten and scolded by you... It's embarrassing..."
She was indeed apologizing to Li Nian for the incident at Wugeng. She was willing to throw away her most important face and bow to the person who had beaten and scolded her.
Li Nian thought this was...really weird.
Li Nian also felt a sense of admiration.
Young people always care about their reputation and are often unable to admit their mistakes. They are always aggressive and vain. Sagami is a typical example. It is of course extremely rare for such a girl to be willing to bow her head and apologize to herself and admit her mistakes. I really don't know what kind of thought process she has gone through.
The two friends hiding behind Sagami looked as if they had seen a ghost. They did not expect Sagami to say this, as if they had gotten to know this person all over again.
Li Nian was originally wondering if this apology was just a stopgap measure out of sheer fear of his revenge, but from their eye contact he could tell that Sagami was apologizing seriously. There was fear and hesitation in the girl's eyes when she looked at him, Li Nian - and also the sincerity of someone who had overcome it.
"...Why do you want to apologize?" Li Nian asked.
Sagami whispered, "...Because, I was thinking about what you said, Li Nian."
She really thought about the three sentences Li Nian said for a long time.
——"First, the fruits of labor are sacred and inviolable."
——"Second, true dignity is based on ability, and true honor is based on behavior. If you want to gain true respect, you should enrich yourself and do more good things."
——“Third, it is foolish to make enemies easily. It is even more foolish to make enemies when there is no profit and huge risks. I suggest you don’t do it in the future.”
She had never been beaten, talked back to, or stepped on before. She had never experienced the fear of being controlled at will and being powerless to do anything. Only after being beaten up by Li Nian did she realize how weak and incompetent she was. Only after being slapped by Wu Geng and actually letting him go did she realize how stupid and bad she was. After realizing this, Sagami found that her actual self was not what she had imagined. She used to think that she was very powerful and respected, but in fact, that was just an illusion caused by stupid arrogance.
Then she began to feel that Li Nian was right. Only those who enriched themselves and often did good deeds were worthy of real respect. She was not worthy. She, Sagami Minami, was just like what Wu Geng scolded her. In the past, she had been showing off meaninglessly like a mountain king.
Comparing Li Nian's three sentences, she felt that she was really an extremely despicable and stupid person.
Belittling the hard work of those who work hard, expecting to be respected without sufficient ability and achievements, and making things difficult for others without any reason.
Li Nian finally understood after hearing what Sagami said. It seemed that her preaching after the beating was indeed effective. With fear, she listened to it and it was engraved in her mind.
Sometimes it is like this, good words always make people irritated and no one listens to them and remembers them. Good and useful truths are often accompanied by pain to make people remember them deeply.
Li Nian could probably understand Sagami's change of heart now. Since he really admitted his mistake, it was undoubtedly a good thing no matter what. As the saying goes - a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold.
Li Nian felt that Sagami now deserved this sentence. Her whole aura had indeed changed greatly. She was not so anxious anymore. She had learned to be sincere and use her brain. She was willing to lose her fearless face and bow her head to apologize. He thought this change was a good thing and finally smiled. Before this, he regarded Sagami as an ant and a stone. He looked at her coldly and with disdain. He felt that she was not worth looking at any more and there was no point in criticizing her. Now Li Nian had changed that view and smiled at her kindly.
"It seems that you are not hopeless."
"..."
"That's fine. I accept your apology, Sagami-san. In return, I also apologize for the violence I once committed. You ignored me at that time. I hope you can forgive me now."
When Li Nian felt that this was a valuable life, he was willing to look at her with respect and took the initiative to extend his hand.
Sagami was stunned for a moment, and responded vaguely with "OK". Then hesitantly stretched out his hand, shook it lightly, and then let go of each other.
Li Nian took back her hand and said with a smile: "Then, our grudge is over once and for all... This is how it is for me, Wu Geng will definitely not forgive you, after all, she said so. But it doesn't matter, anyway, classmates should get along harmoniously and friendly in the future."
Looking at the man smiling peacefully and returning to his usual kind attitude towards himself, and hearing him say that he was willing to let the matter go, Sagami finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart, and he felt much more relaxed all over, knowing that he had truly gained the forgiveness of Li Nian, this dangerous man.
She had been thinking about finding an opportunity to apologize to Li Nian. When they suddenly met, she thought it was an opportunity, so she hurriedly started a conversation. Now that it has really succeeded, she herself feels incredible at how smoothly it has progressed.
Li Nian is a strong person and the winner after the fight. He was the one who decisively punished her after she offended him. Sagami still remembers the cold and indifferent look in Li Nian's eyes when he looked at her. When she came to her senses, she knew that without Wu Geng's stop, her end would be absolutely terrible. She realized the danger of Li Nian and realized that this man would be very mean to those who offended him. She thought that her apology would not be accepted by such a Li Nian, and would not even be taken seriously, and might even attract further ridicule and revenge, so she made a great determination - but in the actual process, she did not do all the evil things she imagined Li Nian could do. He was willing to stop when greeted and simply accepted her sincere apology.
It was as if he had no resentment towards the past offense. Looking at Li Nian with a peaceful smile, as if his cold and dangerous appearance before was just an illusion, Sagami suddenly realized that if he had apologized properly at the beginning, things would definitely not have developed to the point of conflict...
She just arbitrarily imagined people to be scary monsters like demons and monsters.
But in fact, Li Nian is just as he appears to be, an upright and peaceful person.
Being able to gain the forgiveness of such a person, Sagami began to feel that her decisiveness in calling Li Nian to apologize to him just now was the second correct thing she had done in these days. This made her feel refreshed.
This second right thing made her sure that the decision made at the executive committee meeting was the first right thing - she felt that it was right to take this incident as an opportunity to start changing herself.
Not knowing what was going through Sagami's mind at the moment, Li Nian looked up at the Service Club where they had just come out of and asked, "By the way, Sagami-san just came out of the Service Club..."
"Oh, about this matter." Speaking of this, Sagami was a little embarrassed: "Actually, I... just went to the school's executive committee meeting and recommended myself as the executive chairman."
"…You became the Executive Committee Chairman?"
Li Nian thought that Sagami was forced to become an executive committee member because she was embarrassed by Gogen's contradiction. She should have been quite resistant, but she didn't expect that she would actually take on such a leading position in the executive committee.
"Ah, yes." Speaking of this, Sagami forced a smile with a lack of confidence, and felt that it was still an embarrassing thing: "At that time, I was thinking that I should do something serious. It happened that other people seemed to find this kind of task troublesome and no one was willing to agree, so I recommended myself... and I was really selected. I also knew that I was not capable enough to lead everyone. Because I was afraid that I would not do well enough, I asked Mr. Hiratsuka for help, and then I was introduced here. I found Yukinoshita, who is also an executive committee member, hoping that she could teach me how to do my job well."
Li Nian also knew that the Service Club was accepting various commissions from students. He was dragged by Gogen to find those people to do some manuscript review. When he heard Sagami say that he came for this purpose, he nodded thoughtfully.
Yukinoshita is the executive committee member of Class 2 J, right? By the way, Hikigaya from their class was also selected as an executive committee member. If two people from the Servant Club are executive committee members, then they can teach Sagami how to behave from a close distance... provided that those two people are really so kind...
"Ah, it's Hikigaya-san and Yui!"
Sagami suddenly greeted, and it turned out that at this time, the door of the service club opened and Hikigaya and Yuigahama walked out. They seemed to be packing up and preparing to leave, and looked over when their names were called.
"Konan, you didn't leave yet. You're still with... uh, Li, Li Nian?" Yuigahama had a frightened look on his face when he realized that it was Sagami Minami and his group, who had just finished discussing something in the Service Club's office and had not left far, who were standing with Li Nian. Hikigaya next to him had a similar expression.
They thought this scene was a continuation of the conflict at noon and stood there at a loss as to what to do.
Sagami Minami lowered his head to Hikigaya who was silent, and said, "Thank you for your help, Hikigaya-san." Then he turned to Li Nian and said goodbye, "Well, I promise that I will not embarrass Gogen-san in the future. Thank you, Li Nian-san, for your understanding. Let's get along well in the future... I'll leave first."
"Well, goodbye, and I wish you good luck in your work as the Executive Chairman."
Li Nian's casual remark really encouraged and recognized Sagami Minami, who nodded with trepidation: "Well, I will work hard to produce results."
Yuigahama and Hikigaya looked at Li Nian and Sagami Minami with expressions as if they had seen a ghost, and said goodbye to each other with a smile. They watched Sagami walk away with two girls whose expressions were almost as terrified as theirs.
Then Li Nian turned around and asked Hikigaya and Yuigahama: "What just happened?"
“That’s the question I want to ask!”
Hikigaya had the same idea as Yuigahama who complained loudly.
Chapter 327: The Service Department is Active
That Li Nian actually had a friendly conversation with Sagami, said goodbye, and encouraged each other.
"Nothing, I just saw that Sagami seemed to have changed her personality and apologized to me, so I followed her and made peace with her. There's no need to make things too awkward between classmates, right?"
Li Nian knew what Hikigaya and Yuigahama were wondering about, so she explained it briefly.
Yuigahama was stunned, then she laughed happily: "That's good, we are all in the same class, there is no need to make each other resentful, right? This has a very bad impact on the atmosphere of the class. It's best for classmates to get along well. I knew that you, Li Nian, are a reasonable person and are willing to forgive Sagami."
She thought that Li Nian had forgiven Sagami out of generosity. Li Nian was in a good mood at the moment and felt it necessary to correct Yuigahama's misunderstanding. She smiled and said, "It's not that I'm sensible. It's mainly because Sagami has become smarter. He looks like he has truly repented. His brain is not stupid anymore, and his thoughts are not bad anymore. It looks like he will become a better person in the future. I have no reason to hate such a person. Yuigahama, you have to understand that I didn't accept Sagami's apology out of pity, but Sagami now looks like he deserves respect."
Although Yuigahama only partially understood what Li Nian wanted to say, she was obviously deeply touched when she mentioned Sagami's changes: "Indeed, Sagami-san's aura has changed a lot... Just now when we were talking to her in the club room, it felt that her atmosphere... how should I put it, has become much softer."
"It's not just that he has become gentler, it's like he has become a different person..."
Hikigaya muttered to himself. After hearing what Li Nian said, and seeing with his own eyes the two of them saying goodbye to each other with a smile, as if they had no grudges against each other anymore, he probably understood what had happened between Li Nian and Sagami.
Hikigaya was also someone who noticed the changes in Sagami, even more clearly than Yuigahama.
Today, as a male representative of the class, he of course also went to the executive committee meeting. He bumped into Sagami at the door of the meeting room and was greeted in a low voice by Sagami whom he met by chance. The dead-eyed boy at the bottom of the class had never been looked at directly by a hot girl before and was frightened by this change. He responded vaguely. After that, the executive committee began, and when it came to selecting the executive chairman, Hikigaya saw Sagami stand up and take the initiative to take on the job of executive chairman that no one else was willing to do. He clearly remembered the woman's timid but determined look at the time.
Just now in the club room, Sagami was introduced by Mr. Hiratsuka to ask for their help. Hikigaya, who always thinks the worst of the current people, is still wondering if this woman took on the job of executive chairman just to get ahead, and actually has no intention of doing a good job. She came to the service club just to find the capable Yukinoshita to help her clean up her mess. At that time, Hikigaya couldn't help but doubt it and mentioned it strangely. As a result, Sagami solemnly apologized and promised, "I know I am not capable enough, but I don't want others to make up for my mistakes. I came here just to learn from Yukinoshita and Hikigaya."
"You said you should learn from me, Hikigaya Hachiman! The implication is that you think I am also a capable person. I was almost flattered at the time. I have never received such respect from a girl in my life."
Thinking about Sagami's outrageous behavior that he had witnessed with his own eyes, Hikigaya muttered aloud, revealing his inner thoughts, which attracted the sympathetic glances of Li Nian and Yuigahama.
Yuigahama said with disdain: "No wonder you agreed so readily, Xiaoqi, but you ended up being flattered by Xiaonan... It doesn't seem like she was flattering you, it was just a polite treatment at most... But Xiaonan's attitude is quite rare."
Li Nian squinted: "...I don't know what you are talking about, but it's too exaggerated that I have never been treated with respect by girls in my life."
As a result, Li Nian's words also attracted Hikigaya's resentful gaze: "Boys who are always surrounded by high-standard beauties will certainly not understand how precious it is to be respected by JKs. People like me are usually only respected by cute sisters. For example, when I made a straw man and cursed the seiko to die, Komachi would be very tactful and stay away from me..."
"...Let's not talk about what it means to be surrounded by girls in your eyes. Your sister's reaction to you is generally not respectful, but rather she stays away from you with disgust."
"Hey! Don't slander the great love my most adorable sister in the world has for her brother. How can a brother like you with all his muscles and brains understand this pure love between siblings?"
"I didn't notice that your sister is a brother complex, but you, Hikigaya, are a sister complex. You even dared to scold me in front of me when you mentioned your sister. Normally, you don't have the courage to do that."
Hikigaya looked like something was wrong: "... Ugh! Shit, I accidentally said what I really think of this muscle man... Sorry, I misspoke, I didn't mean it that way, please don't choke me, don't even mention suffocation in 20 seconds, I'm confident I can pass out within 10 seconds, and then you'll have to kneel down and beg me not to die too quickly and put you in jail."
"…If you had said less, I would have really not thought of killing you, but now I do. So this is how you, Hikigaya, feel about the other fellows in your tennis class. I thought we had a good relationship as aloof comrades."
"Who is your lofty comrade? You are a modern person who has long betrayed the revolution. You are the enemy of otakus like me who are both talented and beautiful and surrounded by a harem. Get out of here soon, Nishiuchi, you damn light novel hero... Sorry, I got carried away and said what I was thinking. Please don't take it to heart and just let me go."
"...I can't figure out whether you did it on purpose or not. The darkness of your thoughts and your bad mouth are on par with Gogen."
Li Nian looked at Hikigaya almost dumbfounded, and the latter shut his mouth, thinking that the more he spoke, the more he would lose.
But of course Li Nian was not angry. He was already used to quarreling with Gogen. Hikigaya's venomous tongue only made him feel nostalgic.
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