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"No, I told you, combine the characters with emojis so that people can easily smile when they see the illustrations."

Wang Jian looked at the concept drawings submitted by Ye Meng, rejecting them as he looked, and finally piled the stack of concept drafts on the side of the desk with the rejected drafts.

Ye Meng looked very depressed: "Boss, our art team doesn't quite understand your request. What would it look like to combine illustrations with popular emojis in a humorous and funny way?"

Wang Jian explained: "You may still be stuck in the feeling of drawing illustrations for 'Tedious Life'. This time, the requirement is not to draw the characters' expressions exaggerated and funny, similar to emojis, but the characters' expressions themselves are emojis."

Ye Meng looked even more confused.

Wang Jian was also a little helpless. It seemed that explaining wasn't going to work, so he had to draw an illustration himself as an example.

He opened a webpage and found a popular panda head emoji, the character with a look of utter boredom, as if saying, "You know what I mean, right?"

Wang Jian followed this emoji and drew a running panda man, putting the bored expression on it without any modification.

Don't mention it, this panda head expression that seems to be sighing silently, paired with the running little man, presents a sense of fun that even if life is hopeless, life must go on.

Ye Meng showed a look of sudden realization: "So that's what you mean! Goofy style, I get it!"

"Yes, the illustrations should follow this approach, but the image of the protagonist and parents should not be too goofy, but not too realistic either. It should give people a friendly and relaxed feeling."

"Okay, boss!"

……

Recording studio.

"Relaxed, cheerful! But also steady!"

Wang Jian made his request.

Bai Xueyao:……

Wang Jian thought carefully and said, "Also, add a bit of nostalgia! Goofy!"

Bai Xueyao:……

After playing a section, Wang Jian shook his head, gesturing the distance with his thumb and forefinger: "Too relaxed, not steady enough! Restrain it a little bit!"

"How to be... steady?"

"Well, I think we can try adding male harmony."

……

The development of 'Chinese Parents' has been going on for more than a month.

On a boring Monday, Wang Jian was eating breakfast at a restaurant downstairs from the company, while browsing game platforms on his phone.

The score of 'Tedious Life' has dropped from the initial 9.8 points to 9.5 points.

In the game's forum, players were also discussing various things.

"I've collected all the achievements in 'Tedious Life'. Now I've replayed it again, but it doesn't feel as fun as it was at the beginning."

"That's right, although the game content is quite rich, with hundreds of plots, it's still not enough to play."

"When will there be new content?"

"Sending the first employee to Africa, tedious. Sending the thousandth employee to Africa, tedious."

"There's no way around it. This kind of brain-opening game is like this. It's not as fun after the novelty wears off."

"I'm already revisiting Long Yuan's old games. 'Kingdom Defense', 'Beyond Light Speed', and 'Pokemon' are more durable games."

"I only like the feeling of playing any interesting game for the first time. After playing it once, I never want to go back and play it again, so I'm just waiting for Wang Jian's new game now."

"Speaking of which, when will Wang Jian release a new game?"

"Who knows."

Wang Jian finished his breakfast and wiped his mouth contentedly.

When there is a chance in the future, he can consider updating a wave of content for 'Tedious Life'.

Just as he was about to leave the restaurant, he noticed that the figure sitting diagonally across from him looked familiar, wearing a blue dress, it was Bai Xueyao.

Her bowl on the table was empty, she seemed to have just finished eating, and was sitting in her seat resting.

Wearing headphones, staring at her phone without blinking, not knowing what she was looking at, a rare serious expression appeared on her face unconsciously.

Wang Jian was a little curious and greeted her: "Yo, Bai Xueyao? You're eating here too?"

But Bai Xueyao didn't seem to hear him with her headphones on. Wang Jian waved his hand in front of her eyes twice before she came back to her senses.

"...Hmm? Oh, Boss... good morning."

"So focused? Are we going to work together now?"

Bai Xueyao thought for a while, turned the phone screen over, clicked twice, indicating that she wanted Wang Jian to take a look too.

Anyway, there was still some time before work, so Wang Jian sat down again.

"Hmm?"

It seems to be the recently popular TV series "Little Sadness".

Although Wang Jian usually doesn't pay much attention to TV series, he has recently seen several topics related to this TV series on Weibo's hot search list. He doesn't know the specific content, but he roughly knows that there is a very annoying character in it.

Even Bai Xueyao is watching it, it should be pretty good.

"Little Sadness", family..."

Wang Jian understood: "This is a TV series about the joys and sorrows of a family?"

Recently, he is working on "Chinese Parents". Bai Xueyao probably feels that the plot of this TV series has something in common with the game, and may inspire the production of the game, so she wants him to take a look.

Bai Xueyao nodded, pulled the progress bar forward a bit, and started playing.

Wang Jian focused his attention on the screen. He was also very curious about what plot had made Bai Xueyao look so serious just now.

The wide living room, warm sunlight shining in, but facing the daughter wearing a blue and white school uniform, the mother with an unbelievable expression, created an atmosphere of an impending storm, a tense atmosphere. A sofa separating the two seemed to symbolize the invisible gap between them.

"Tell me, why!"

As soon as it started, the mother asked aggressively, her tone suppressed with anger, coupled with her tightly frowned eyebrows, she looked like she was on the verge of losing control.

The daughter stared at her mother with aggrieved and stubborn eyes, her voice low, every word seemed to pop out from the depths of her throat: "I've told you countless times, I want to go to Jinling University!"

Halfway through, she couldn't help but raise her voice, with a broken voice in her crying: "I want to go to Jinling University, I, this is my dream!"

The daughter's voice dropped, and she asked in a calm and questioning tone: "But have you ever listened?"

The mother instantly showed an unbelievable expression, as if her heart had been taken away and she had become a hollow person, her voice full of disappointment and incomprehension: "I didn't listen, I analyzed it for you so much!"

She gradually became hysterical, pointing at her chest with one finger: "You said that if you can't get into any school other than Jinling University, you tell me! Ah! Why do I have to go around asking for you!"

"Inviting people to dinner, asking for favors, helping you ask!! I'm just full and have nothing to do!!!" The mother counted her efforts while counting with her fingers, thinking of how much effort she had put in, how hard she had worked, but what she got in return was her daughter's incomprehension, she shouted out sharply with a crying voice!

The daughter was also aggrieved: "And even if I said it, would you agree?"

The mother frowned and blurted out: "Of course I can't agree!"