Chapter 586 - 286: Personality Upgrading in Progress...
After a night of contemplation, Gu Ningxuan lightly clenched his fist, pressed it against his chest, and silently recited, "If that’s the case, why not take a gamble! However, to avoid raising suspicion, let’s find a sparsely populated planet..."
Su Jiameng was unaware that Gu Ningxuan had made a shocking yet sensible decision. When they met again years later, she understood deeply for the first time what it meant by tremendous change. The young man of the past had finally become a mature man worth relying on.
Yet, what kind of danger and immense cost lay behind this transformation? Only Gu Ningxuan himself knew.
Su Jiameng was a selectively trustworthy person and hurried to fulfill her promise of the prize for the two little ones. They only had to jointly snatch the bell from her hands, and then the two custom-designed composite Mechas would be theirs.
There was motivation with a reward, so the two little ones trained harder. They were twins and had an indescribable tacit understanding, where one plus one could far exceed two. However, constrained by age and their power, reaching their goal was not easy.
After spending a couple of days at home, Su Jiameng received a private message from K3, informing her that the adaptation of that novel had officially been put on the agenda, and even the drafts of the scripts for the first few episodes were out. She was now invited to come over and discuss certain details thoroughly.
Entering the virtual network, she had just stepped out of the vortex when she saw K3, now visibly grown taller, sitting on a bench nearby. He looked leaner than before; the innocence on his face had faded entirely, with broader shoulders and an increasingly masculine presence.
"Xiao Meng, long time no see..." She was just marveling at his progress when his words ruined the impression.
For some reason, although K3 looked serious, his voice was always inexplicably light and frivolous. Even if he tried to lower his voice, he couldn’t change it. To exaggerate a bit, listening to K3 talk for long would impregnate your ears...
"Long time no see, Boss Qin!" They gave each other a ceremonial hug, with K3 jokingly saying, "It’s been five years, and Xiao Meng’s height hasn’t changed much. Even Xu Na and the others are taller than you now... Do you want to eat more to boost it?"
"It’s fine, this height is good enough..." Su Jiameng didn’t mind. Women in Future Interstellar generally have a height between 1.7 to 1.9 meters, while men range from 1.8 to 2 meters. Men shorter than 1.8 meters would be considered second-class disabled.
Her current height is fixed at 1.72 meters and hasn’t grown much over the years.
As the intermediary, K3 briefly explained the current situation, and after listening, Su Jiameng felt that K3 indeed had a sense of loyalty.
As the author, K3 had secured her quite a few privileges, providing her high decision-making power over the background and props. As long as her suggestions weren’t too bizarre, they could be adopted. As for the script, she would supervise it, trying to ensure both sides were satisfied.
"After all, this is the first opportunity for adaptation in my life, so I’ll try to achieve whatever extent I can." K3 asked Su Jiameng, "I remember mentioning some of these details before. Have you thought about designing those Insect Race characters since then?"
Su Jiameng smirked; the Insect Race... she’s had quite a lot of interaction with these creatures—she has ready-made images, so there’s no need for design?
Although that’s what she thought, the words she spoke differed, "I do, I do. I have a few basic drawings here; shall I let them take a look?"
"Having drawings is best, I want to see them first!" K3’s eyes lit up, seemingly quite expecting them!
With K3 as the super invincible cheat and financial backer, the results of the negotiation went very smoothly. The Insect Race concept images provided by Su Jiameng were all adopted, and someone responsible who had read the novel even said the pictured Insect Race looked just like he had imagined!
As for the virtual network filming environment for the TV series, these could mostly be freely adjusted, so Su Jiameng only made some brief comments without getting too involved. The heads of the film company also invited Su Jiameng to visit the future filming location.
"Boss Qin, aren’t they efficient? They’ve already prepared the virtual filming scene?" Su Jiameng was surprised. Although the venue was crafted in the virtual network, it hadn’t been long since the adaptation plan started; have they managed the filming location already?
"It’s naturally not that fast. They’re likely using models from previously filmed TV shows," K3 explained, "It’s impossible to build a filming location anew for each TV series, right? Some scenes can be extracted and fused from the virtual network to significantly reduce filming costs and accelerate productivity..."
Accompanied by K3, Su Jiameng took a stroll and briefly reviewed the drafts of the TV series scripts for the first few episodes. In retrospect, she only had one thought... She had received the production crew’s sincerity!
As they concluded negotiations and were about to part ways, the person responsible suddenly asked Su Jiameng, "I think Miss Su’s appearance and demeanor fit the novel’s female lead quite well. Would Miss Su be interested in making a cameo appearance?"
Su Jiameng was speechless; herself... playing herself? That’s too peculiarly self-referential!
"No, I fear I must disappoint you, sir. I’m aware of my own limitations." Su Jiameng was interested but had no intention of accepting. Firstly, she wasn’t inclined towards it; secondly, she had limited time; and thirdly... she had her own matters to attend to.
The whereabouts of the Fifth Expeditionary Corps were strictly controlled by Changxi, who seemed to imply there would still be some time before Yun Cuixi could meet with his companions. Before that, she still had to fulfill her promises...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly votes; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)