This director is so innocent.

"I'm leaving now. Remember to come to my room tonight."

With a bright smile on her face, Li Xiaolu walked lightly away from Su Jin.

Each step seemed to carry a light and quick rhythm, making one think of a hopping little rabbit.

All of this happened to be seen by Wang Luodan, who was not far away, and her face instantly turned gloomy.

Wang Luodan walked straight up to Su Jin and asked in a somewhat stiff tone, "What does Li Xiaolu want with you?"

"Nothing!" Su Jin replied casually.

Ge Meimei clearly didn't like Li Xiaolu, so of course he couldn't tell the truth.

"She didn't do anything, but why was she smiling so broadly when she left?" Wang Luodan said angrily, her face showing displeasure.

"How can you talk like that! Other people call it happiness, what do you mean by 'excited'? Do you even know how to use words?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Luodan's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief and grievance.

She looked at Su Jin pitifully, her lips trembling slightly as she said, "You yelled at me? You actually yelled at me for that vixen?"

After saying that, tears began to well up in her eyes, as if they were about to fall at any moment.

"..." Su Jin was speechless.

His tone was perfectly normal, just a casual tone, not harsh at all, so how did it become that he was being mean to her?

That's completely wrong; women are just incomprehensible.

"I didn't yell at you." Su Jin said helplessly, especially helplessly.

If I had known this would happen, why did I provoke her in the first place?

They brought this on themselves.

"You still say you didn't yell at me." Wang Luodan's voice was trembling with tears, which uncontrollably streamed down her face.

She bit her lip tightly, trying hard not to cry out, but her choked sobs could not hide the pain in her heart.

"Ah Jin, you've really changed. You're so different that I don't recognize you at all."

Damn... how did I end up acting in a romance novel with him?

Su Jin was completely at a loss, having no idea what to do in this situation.

After all, he has a handsome appearance and has never been a sycophant; it's always others who fawn over him.

At this moment, the surrounding staff also cast curious glances, seemingly quite interested in what had happened between the two.

Su Jin also noticed this scene and was extremely embarrassed.

"My dear aunt, please stop crying! Everyone's watching! I was wrong, okay?"

"What did you do wrong?" Wang Luodan looked at Su Jin with teary eyes, her pitiful appearance making people feel sorry for her.

But Su Jin ignored all of this; he was very irritable.

What's wrong with that? What's wrong with it?

If it weren't for the fact that leaving on the spot would be undignified, he would have definitely turned around and left.

Ring... Ring...

A series of cell phone ringtones came from Su Jin's pocket.

This call came just in time, a lifesaver!

"I'm going to take this call. You can cry later."

Su Jin took out her phone and, without caring who was calling, pressed the answer button.

"Feed".

"Boss, the book cover design is finished. When will you come to the company to take a look?" Shen Haobo said.

"What? Something happened at the company? What's wrong with you? I'm coming back right now." Su Jin hung up the phone after saying that.

Shen Haobo stared at the phone that had been hung up, somewhat bewildered. He'd just asked him to come back and check out the new book cover when he had time; why was it acting like the company was about to go bankrupt?

Su Jin deliberately feigned extreme anxiety and said to Wang Luodan, "Dandan, something has happened at the company, and I need to rush back to check on it."

Upon hearing this, Wang Luodan abandoned her unreasonable behavior and quickly asked, "What happened? Is there anything I can do to help?"

"No need, I can handle it myself. That's all, I'm leaving."

After saying that, Su Jin turned and left without waiting for Wang Luodan's reply.

Wang Luodan watched Su Jin's receding figure and frowned slightly. Why did she feel that Su Jin was lying to her?

……

Thirty minutes later, Jianmu Culture.

Su Jin pushed open Shen Haobo's office door, and before he could speak, she heard him ask, "What problem did you encounter just now?"

"It's nothing, just a small matter," Su Jin said casually, then asked, "Where's the cover? Let me see it."

"It's on my computer." Shen Haobo opened a picture on the computer desktop and gestured for Su Jin to look at it.

Su Jin took a look and felt it was pretty good.

The cover design should be minimalist, avoiding anything else that might distract from the main design.

"The Longest Day in Chang'an" is like that, with a vermilion background and a few dark colors representing the unpredictable and turbulent events in the novel.

"The background color is okay, but this character is no good. It's too light and lacks depth," Su Jin said.

The book title was in calligraphic style, which he couldn't recognize.

But it's probably a calligraphy font that the designer downloaded.

"Anything else?"

"Yes." Shen Haobo closed the current image and opened another one.

This image is the same as the previous one, except for the background color, which is now phthalocyanine blue.

"Same as before, change the font, and take a look at the waistband."

A belly band is a strip of paper wrapped around the cover, which usually contains some recommendations.

Shen Haobo closed the picture and opened his waist belt.

The waistband was black, with three lines of text written on the upper left side.

"A shocking conspiracy to destroy Chang'an."

"It can stop it."

"There is only one person, and only twelve hours."

On the bottom left are six small novel tags: Attack, Timing, Search, Human Nature...

There are also three lines of text written on the right.

"Bestselling Young Adult Author"

"A transformative work."

"Su Jin".

After reading it, Su Jin said, "The dust jacket is fine, and the cover can have two different background colors, which makes for two books, one for each book."

The font needs to be changed; make it bolder and more substantial. It would be best to have a renowned calligrapher write it.

"OK, I'll contact them right away."

After discussing the cover, Su Jin asked, "What's the progress on that bookstore project?"

"We're still selecting a site. Once we buy the land, we can hire a designer."

"What about a loan?"

"The application has been submitted, and I've already treated everyone to a meal."

Su Jin took out a cigarette and handed one to Shen Haobo, then lit one for herself, saying, "Old Shen, have you ever thought about us cooperating with real estate developers?"

"How so?"

"We'll just acquire a piece of land directly from them and develop it into a cultural and commercial complex."

That's exactly what Eslite Bookstore in Suzhou does.

The development combines real estate and cultural commerce, with apartments priced at 3.5 yuan per square meter and residential units at 6.5 yuan per square meter.

The Vanke next door is only around 30,000.

Residential prices have now soared to over 120,000 yuan per square meter.

Shen Haobo pondered for a moment and said, "This method is indeed feasible, but there is a problem: the area we need is quite large."

This means that properties closer to the city center might not be willing to sell to us, while those in the suburbs are too far away.

In recent years, housing prices have been rising year by year.

A bookstore that occupies 3,000 square meters could be converted into a building, which would result in a loss of tens of millions.

Of course, cooperation is not impossible.

Simply transform low-grade housing into high-grade housing.

But this presents a problem.

People who can afford luxury homes are wealthy; what others yearn for is tranquility.

When the bookstore becomes popular, the crowds will be chaotic and it will be annoying to look at.

"Then let's proceed according to the original plan!"

"Um."