Alice Wen's resignation was tragic. She and Yao Jie worked in a promising game development project team for a year, and the product was about to be launched. However, at the beginning of this year, due to the sudden tightening of industry market policies, the launch time of the game was postponed indefinitely, and investors withdrew their capital, so the project fell through.
Dozens of people worked for a year in vain, and the bonus was not paid. Many team members resigned, including Sister Grace and Alice Wen. Sister Grace was a good boss, and she got Alice Wen a good severance package. She also wanted to take Alice Wen to a company with her, but Alice Wen found a job that he liked better, so he didn't follow her.
After getting the job, Alice Wen felt a little bit disappointed with Sister Grace's kindness, so when she received the call from her, she was particularly enthusiastic.
Sister Grace said that the weather was good these two days and wanted to invite her for afternoon tea. Alice Wen agreed without hesitation.
"Wait..." Alice Wen suddenly came to his senses, "These past two days, I've been a little... um... How about this afternoon?"
He sent her a message from Noah Yun, asking her if she was free today or tomorrow. He would take her to see houses, choose which room she would live in, and enter the fingerprint door lock.
Alice Wen typed a reply: [I am available anytime, it depends on your schedule]
Alice Wen and Noah Yun went to the same junior high and high school. When Yun Rao was around, Alice Wen called her brother. When Yun Rao was not around, Alice Wen was more accustomed to calling him senior.
Noah Yun: [OK]
Soon another message came: [I'll tell you later, I'm boarding the plane]
Noah Yun had just boarded the plane and it would take at least a few hours to reach the city. During these hours, she had tea with Sister Grace, so naturally they wouldn't clash in schedule.
Sister Grace smiled and said, "Hello today. I brought a little friend with me. He happens to be free today. You guys can meet him."
Alice Wen was stunned.
It turns out that he is not in Shencheng yet.
Alice Wen put away his phone and looked out the car window at the street scene that was changing like quicksand.
The car drove into the tree-lined avenue. On both sides, there were densely planted sycamore trees, and tender green buds filled the new branches. Everywhere you look, there is lush green and vitality.
There was still some time before arriving home, and Alice Wen was daydreaming when his cell phone suddenly rang.
The caller was Miss Yao, her former boss at the company. Liam Yao thought Alice Wen was shy, so he took the initiative to start a conversation: "Is Miss Wen mixed-race?"
He was very satisfied with Alice Wen's appearance. She was tall, with an oval face, peach blossom eyes, and glowing white skin. She was the kind of beauty that was stunning yet non-aggressive. Except for the fact that her eye color was a little strange, there was nothing to fault about her.
Alice Wen replied: "One quarter mixed blood."
Liam Yao: "Which country's blood is yours?"
Alice Wen: "America."
What "little kid" do you want her to meet?
Soon, Alice Wen reacted.
It was difficult for her to refuse Sister Grace at this time. Besides, before they resigned, Sister Grace had said that she would introduce a boyfriend to Alice Wen, and Alice Wen agreed to meet him at that time.
After returning home, Alice Wen took out the temple fortune sticks and a few peach petals from his pocket, placed them on the bedside table, and sighed softly.
The temperature was high in the afternoon, so Alice Wen changed into a knitted sweater, a shirt and jeans, put on some light makeup, and arrived at the coffee shop where she had agreed to meet Sister Grace on time.
"Oh, that should be from Northern or Eastern Europe. I just came back from Northern Europe yesterday and attended an international energy engineering conference. Many people there have blue eyes."
Liam Yao took the opportunity to introduce the topic into a field he is familiar with, "Do you know what carbon neutrality is?"
Sitting next to Sister Grace was a young man about the same age as Alice Wen. His name was Liam Yao. He graduated with a master's degree from a 985 university. He had a handsome appearance and wore a well-fitting casual suit. He said that he had just returned from an energy conference in Europe yesterday. He was engaged in the commercialization of carbon neutrality, which is very popular in China.
Alice Wen came for afternoon tea with the original intention of chatting with Sister Grace and reminiscing about the past. However, Sister Grace had only talked for a few words when suddenly something urgent happened. She smiled, apologized, and left. Her intention was not too obvious.
After Sister Grace left, Alice Wen, who was talking and laughing just now, suddenly became cold.
It's not that he's being disrespectful on purpose, but because if the acquaintances disappear, Alice Wen's social attribute will also disappear, and he will become a socially anxious person who has no idea what to say to strangers.
Online people call her a social nerd who is sometimes good at socializing and sometimes afraid of socializing: a social nerd. The air suddenly became quiet.
Liam Yao coughed twice and tried to recall his aunt's job description:
"Probably... an algorithm... related to game development..."
Alice Wen looked at him tolerantly and explained with easy-to-understand examples: "Mr. Yao, have you ever played King of Glory? Converting the 3D models and 2D textures of the King of Glory heroes and the King of Glory Canyon environment into vivid visual images on the mobile phone is engine rendering."
Liam Yao smiled awkwardly: "I'm usually too busy and rarely play games."
Alice Wen thought for a moment and said, "I think I know. The greenhouse gases emitted by a company can just offset the greenhouse gases it reduces through environmental protection measures."
Liam Yao didn't expect that she could really explain it, so the short story he had prepared to explain in a simple and easy-to-understand way what "carbon neutrality" is was no longer useful.
Perhaps thinking that Alice Wen was interested in this line of work, Liam Yao talked attentively about the energy conference he attended, and while speaking he inadvertently revealed the gleaming silver Rolex on his left wrist.
Alice Wen narrowed her eyes, suppressed the embarrassment in her heart, and pretended to listen carefully.
After more than half an hour, Liam Yao was so thirsty that he stopped the environmental protection lecture temporarily.
As he spoke, he subconsciously touched the watch on his wrist and said casually, "It must be very tiring for a girl to do this job, right?"
Alice Wen put away her smile.
At this moment, she suddenly lost all interest in talking.
"It's quite meaningful." Liam Yao concluded, "Miss Wen? Why don't you say anything?"
Oh, it's finally her turn to speak?
Although Alice Wen is socially anxious, she has a strong learning ability. Since she doesn't know what to say, she will give him a taste of his own medicine:
"Let me tell you about my work. Mr. Yao, do you know what 'engine rendering' is?"
...Liam Yao felt a little disappointed, but he didn’t care too much.
After drinking coffee for a while, he felt that the time was right, so he said to Alice Wen: "Miss Wen, you are beautiful and have a good personality. I think we are very compatible."
Alice Wen's mouth twitched: "Really?"
Liam Yao showed off his famous watch for the umpteenth time, smiling in a worldly yet proud manner:
"I have
"I heard from my aunt that your last project failed and all your efforts were in vain."
Liam Yao brought the topic back to his comfort zone, "The gaming industry and programmers are both very unstable and not very sustainable. In the current economic environment, sustainability is very important..."
The project failed, and Alice Wen was speechless. She lowered her head and counted the bubbles on the surface of the coffee, one, two... When she counted to the ninety-ninth, the phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated.
Noah Yun: [We are in the city now. Is it convenient now? ]
Alice Wen seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and hurriedly replied: [Convenient! Very convenient!!!]
Noah Yun didn't understand why she was so excited: [Where are you? I'll pick you up]
Alice Wen sent him the address of the coffee shop, and Noah Yun replied that he would be there in twenty minutes.
She seemed to come alive suddenly, her dark blue eyes were shining, deep and beautiful like gems.
Liam Yao was stunned, and a smile appeared on his lips: "There is a good French restaurant nearby. Do you like French food?"
Alice Wen took Sister Grace's face into consideration and declined politely: "I'm sorry, I have something else to do later, so I won't have dinner today."
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