Offside game

Time is like an hourglass, falling into the dust day by day.

Su Yi continued to switch between his roles at school and the company. The difference was that their sweet cohabitation began to occupy more of his time, and of course, he did so willingly.

The second online game, *Mechanical*, is complete, but now isn't the most opportune time to launch it. After all, the number of players for *Evolution* is still growing. Following analysis and research, Lechang Network plans to begin operating *Mechanical* around Christmas this year. Meanwhile, Blizzard's *World of Warcraft* is progressing smoothly, and based on the current schedule, the final product should be available before the summer of 03.

This allows for a sequential continuation of the three main online games. As for other studios, they are also developing other types of online games, such as Sierra's shooting and combat games, Yubi's war games, and casual games from several acquired smaller studios. This diversified approach to online games helps the company attract different types of user groups.

After Su Yi finished dealing with some company matters, he suddenly received a call from Ji Rong.

“My father wants to see you.” Ji Rong said this to Su Yi right from the start.

"What? Your father wants to see me? Why?" Su Yi recalled Ji Rong's father, Ji Bonian's, information in his mind, but he never expected that he would have any connection with him.

"Boss Su, you should at least call me Uncle, humph. Anyway, I've already delivered the message. I need to go to training now. Oh, by the way, Dad wants to meet you at home tonight. What time do you get off work? I'll come pick you up."

Faced with this spoiled girl, Su Yi was truly speechless. He hadn't even agreed yet, had he? "Well, I have things to do at the company..."

"Don't tell me you're not curious why my dad is looking for you. Want to know? Go ahead and ask. What are you going to eat? Tell me, what time do you get off work?" Su Yi heard what sounded like Ji Feng's voice calling Ji Rong over the phone. It seemed she was indeed training at the club.

"Um, come to the company around 5 PM. I don't need to tell you how to get to Dream Technology Park, do I?"

"I know where it is, you're so long-winded." Just as he finished speaking, Su Yi heard Ji Rong seem to respond to someone beside her before hanging up the phone. He was left listening to the beeping of the phone, feeling both amused and exasperated.

Ji Rong was punctual, entering Su Yi's office as the clock struck five in Beijing time.

"Boss Su, let's go." Looking around the office, Ji Rong said to Su Yi, who was looking up at her, "This place isn't so tasteless after all. Your pretty secretary at the door must have cleaned it up."

"Do you really think I have such poor taste?" Su Yi said helplessly. "Just wait a few minutes, I'll be done with this."

After saying that, Su Yi beckoned to Ai Moli, the beautiful secretary Ji Rong had mentioned earlier, handed her a document, and said, "Give this to President Liu, and proceed according to his plan."

After Ai Moli left the office, Su Yi packed his things and said to Ji Rong, who was sitting on the sofa next to him flipping through an economics magazine, "Alright, Miss, let's go. Also, I don't need to prepare anything special for our trip to your home, right?"

"No need for all that fuss. Anyway, it was my dad who invited you, so just bring your mouth." Ji Rong seemed to be getting impatient too, and pulled Su Yi's sleeve to walk outside.

"To be honest, your science park is quite nice. It's beautifully decorated. Where did you hire the design company?" Ji Rong and Su Yi walked outside the building and looked at the lush greenery in the science park. She couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, that's a trade secret, I can't tell you." Seeing Ji Rong like this, Su Yi suddenly felt like teasing her.

"Trade secrets, huh? Fine, don't tell me then. By the way, I saw a villa being built over there just now while I was driving. Is it for you? I really like this place. How about we talk about selling it to me?"

"How do you know that's a villa being built there? It seems like they only just laid the foundation not long ago, and there's not much built yet," Su Yi asked curiously.

"Hey, you're looking down on me. Don't you even know what kind of company my family owns? If you can't even tell that, then you're just wasting your life." Ji Rong said with a look of disdain.

Hearing her say that, Su Yi felt relieved. After all, Ji Bonian had also made his fortune in real estate, and his real estate company was among the top three in Yanjing, if not the largest. However, thinking about this, he couldn't help but feel even more puzzled. Ji Bonian's focus had always been on real estate and industry. Although when the media reported that the new richest man was from the IT group Dream International, many people were amazed by the speed at which emerging technologies brought benefits, and many industrial groups were showing a tendency to rush into the IT industry. Ji Bonian had just made a large-scale investment in an internet company, making Tianyi Group a major shareholder. But it seemed that he didn't have anything to do with Ji Bonian right now, except for the spoiled young lady beside him.

She said she was there to pick up Su Yi, but Su Yi didn't plan to wait until he met Ji Rong's father before having her take him back. Besides, it seemed that wealthy people's residences were also areas where taxis were scarce, so Su Yi drove his own car and followed Ji Rong.

According to the information, Ji Bonian owns at least three villas in Yanjing alone, and the one we visited this time is the Longju Xiushui villa in the suburbs where Ji Rong's family lives.

This area is home to many of Beijing's top wealthy individuals, but as the developer of this prestigious villa district, the Ji family undoubtedly occupies one of the best villas here.

After handing the car over to their servants to stop, Su Yi followed Ji Rong into the elegant European-style residence.

Upon entering the typical Scandinavian-style interior, Su Yi saw an elegant lady giving instructions to a maid in the living room. Seeing the two enter, the lady dismissed the maid and greeted them.

"Mom." Hearing Ji Rong's address, Su Yi confirmed that the woman, whose features bore a striking resemblance to Ji Rong, was indeed the mistress of the villa, Ji Rong's mother, Zhang Xiuning. Having lived a life of luxury, it was difficult to see the signs of age on her face; standing next to Ji Rong, they looked like sisters. Su Yi addressed her in return, "Auntie."

"Rong'er is back. This must be Mr. Su. My old man has been waiting for you in the study."

"Auntie, just call me Xiao Yi. I'm sorry to have kept Uncle waiting."

"Hehe, no need to be so polite. It's rare for him to have such a leisurely afternoon. However, he's the kind of person who can't stay still." As she spoke, Ji's mother pulled Ji Rong over and scolded, "If I hadn't asked you to bring Xiao Yi over today, you wouldn't have come back. Do you even know you have a home?" To be fair, although she was already a mother, her expression was quite charming, yet it didn't feel pretentious at all.

"Mom, I'm busy with something too. Okay, I'll take Su Yi to my dad's first." After saying that, Ji Rong made a face at her mother and led Su Yi upstairs.