The office was quiet.
Yan Yiling looked at the table absentmindedly, reaching out to tuck some hair behind her ears. Beside her, six men and women in neat business attire sat down around the long table.
After a brief silence, the man sitting opposite Yan Yiling spoke: "What should we do now?"
His response was silence again.
The story begins when Yan Yiling decided to choose "The Little Prince" as the video for the cultural propaganda column of Metro Line 1.
After roughly scanning all the works, Yan Yiling became more certain of her determination to choose "The Little Prince". The reason was simple. After watching the short animation "The Little Prince", Yan Yiling found that she now disliked other short videos no matter how she looked at them. There was no so-called alternative at all.
Yan Yiling originally thought that the video she chose, "The Little Prince", would definitely become a scenic spot at the Xingning Metro Station. However, what she never expected was that the video chosen by her other six colleagues was also "The Little Prince"!
Before the start of this collection activity, several people had a meeting to discuss it, and they had thought about this possibility. However, considering that as long as one has enough information about his or her work, or has a certain pride and fame, he or she will not submit the same manuscript to multiple places, several people did not impose more restrictions.
No one expected that this short animation titled "The Little Prince" would become a surprise to several people.
The young man sitting in the third seat from the right pushed up his black-framed glasses and said, "Although our collection activities are separate, they are still a whole. I think no matter how it is resolved in the end, we don't need to hurt our relationship. What do you think?"
"That's right," the middle-aged man sitting in the middle nodded in agreement. "We're all so angry over a video. How can we talk about it? There are so many entries this time. It's not necessary for all seven of us to choose this one, right?"
Yan Yiling touched the ring on her ring finger and said lazily, "In that case, why not put the broadcasting rights of this short animation on Metro Line 1?" She said with a smile, "After all, there are so many entries this time, everyone will definitely be able to find a more suitable one."
The young man held up his glasses with his hand. "Sister Yan, what you said is right. In terms of seniority, how can the subway lines we are in charge of compare to Line 1? In my opinion, Sister Yan must have the most outstanding works, right?"
Several people looked at each other and spoke politely, but no one was willing to give up the broadcasting rights of "The Little Prince".
The boss didn't explain much about this event, but who among the people present here is not a smart person? If they didn't take it seriously, or if it was just a superficial job, why would the boss deliberately assign the responsibility to seven people? Isn't it because they hope that the seven of them can supervise each other while competing with each other, so as to ensure the quality of the final selected works
Knowing how much importance their superiors attached to this matter, how could they refuse to give up their best works
“That’s enough!”
A few people were still laughing and joking. The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier frowned and said with dissatisfaction: "Isn't it embarrassing to fight like this for a short animation? In my opinion, the author of the video has bad intentions. Isn't it the unspoken rule of this kind of competition that one manuscript cannot be submitted to multiple groups? What does he think this is? Submit one manuscript to seven groups, and then wait for the price to be sold?"
"You guys can fight all you want," the man snorted coldly, "I definitely don't want this 'The Little Prince' anyway."
His words were quite impolite, causing several people present to feel a little embarrassed. For a moment, they didn't know whether they should continue to fight for the broadcasting rights of this short animation. At this moment, a middle-aged woman who had not participated in the competition suddenly exclaimed "Huh".
Facing the confused looks of the other six people, the middle-aged woman smiled. She turned the laptop in front of her half a circle so that the computer screen was facing the other six people, and said with a smile: "It seems that we don't have to fight for the broadcasting rights of The Little Prince anymore - we underestimated this author. He didn't submit the same manuscript to multiple places. Instead, he made a whole series of seven short animations and submitted them to the seven of us separately."
Yan Yiling widened her eyes in surprise.
Wait, what this means is -
She originally thought that it was already quite good to find a work like "The Little Prince", and she even secretly made up her mind to get its broadcasting rights. But now someone told her that there is more than one "The Little Prince", and everyone has a share. If they are combined, they can even form a complete series
They looked at each other, then quickly lowered their heads and watched all seven short animations in full.
Half an hour later, Yan Yiling closed the tablet computer on the table, with shock still in her eyes.
There is no other reason, this work is just too outstanding!
It is already quite good to have just one work like this, but the author has not only made seven of the same standard, but these seven parts are independent of each other while also having their own unique connections. Especially after reading them all from beginning to end in one breath, the shock you feel is difficult to express in any words.
At the same time, because it does not exist alone, in other words, will people who have watched the short animation on Metro Line 1 become curious about the short animations on other lines
If these seven animations were placed on different subway lines...
Thinking of this, Yan Yiling's eyes lit up. She looked up at her colleagues. Obviously, they had thought of the same thing.
Yan Yiling thought about it, but didn't express her thoughts. Instead, she seemed to have suddenly developed a strong interest in her nails. While fiddling with her nails, she said regretfully, "Oh, forget it. If we can't use them at the same time, the value of this video will be greatly reduced. In comparison, it's better not to use it."
A hint of smile flashed across the eyes of the young man with black-framed glasses, and he seemed to understand her intention. He said seriously, "Yes, since Brother Lin doesn't want to use it, then forget it. You know, we are the judges. How can we rush to grab the broadcast rights?"
The two of them were not being subtle in their words, so how could the people present not understand what they meant? Their eyes fell on the man who had previously declared that he would never choose The Little Prince. Thinking of how the other party had not given them face half an hour ago, the others pretended to be indifferent, but they could not stop laughing in their hearts.
Seeing that the two were so disrespectful, the man called Brother Lin felt a little embarrassed. He had just said half an hour ago how much he disliked the author of "The Little Prince". If he went back on his word now, would he still have any face left
Fortunately, they didn't intend to really mess with their work. After leaving the man alone for a few seconds and admiring his pale face, the middle-aged woman offered him a way out: "Well, although the higher-ups told us to be responsible for our own things, we are a whole after all. Why don't we vote on whether or not to use this series?"
Her words were unanimously agreed by everyone present.
With this opportunity, the man did not mention his previous words again, and thus, "The Little Prince" won all the places for the Xingning City Metro Cultural Promotion Activity with an absolute advantage of full votes.
"Oh?" When the seven short animations were packaged and handed over to the general manager in order, Yan Yiling accurately caught the flash of appreciation in her boss's eyes: "You chose a series?"
"Yes," Yan Yiling thought for a moment to avoid misunderstandings from her boss, and emphasized, "Of course, this is not the main reason why we chose it..."
As she explained, she carefully observed the expression of her boss, who had just clicked on the beginning of "The Little Prince". Yan Yiling was very confident in the quality of "The Little Prince", but when her boss only watched the first short animation and closed the laptop, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
She panicked and was thinking about how to remedy the situation when she heard her usually strict boss praise her: "You did a great job this time."
Huh