The Utopia of the Wastewood Prince

Chapter 96

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Li Jiaoyang quickly ran to the road, bent over and panted, stretched out an arm to stop the car.He hadn't regained his composure, and he was only thinking about running, even though everyone was sitting in the taxi, he was still panting hard.It seemed that this was the only way to conceal the turmoil in his heart.

What's going on, what happened?How could Shen Yi... how could he kiss him?

That scene almost matched the scene that always popped up in my mind when I was sleeping, Shen Yi was kissing him, and he was kissing Shen Yi too.In an unknown night, it seems that such a thing happened.

Was that a dream, or did it really happen?

Li Jiaoyang thumped his head, and returned home like a walking dead.He took off his clothes, didn't even bother to take a shower, and threw himself directly on the bed.He tried hard to sleep, but his brain was extremely clear, and he still couldn't calm down, which made him sleepless.

How will he face Shen Yi next?Go to work tomorrow as if nothing happened?The two drank too much, are you kidding me?

But Shen Yi's sad look didn't seem to be joking, which made Li Jiaoyang very scared.Shen Yi repeatedly asked him if he would like him if he were a woman.Li Jiaoyang had thought about this question many times, it was his own personal secret, and Shen Yi's appearance in women's clothing would cause him to have fantasies involuntarily.Yes, he hopes that Shen Yi is a woman, then he can be fair and aboveboard...

What are you doing openly?

Li Jiaoyang quickly stopped this thought, he couldn't think about it anymore, it would bring him a lot of trouble.He felt that this was wrong, he was a man, and Shen Yi was also a man, he could accept that Shen Yi liked men, but how could that man be him?

No, everything is messed up.

Li Jiaoyang had a complete insomnia after a night of brooding in his head, and he didn't become dazed for a while until early in the morning.In the morning, he stared at the two dark circles with great reluctance and went to the company. When he entered the door and found that Shen Yi's seat was vacant, he himself felt that his mood was much lighter.

Shen Yi didn't come all morning, so Li Jiaoyang wondered a lot.He ran to Hu Yunfang and asked, "Where is your Highness Xiaoniao?"

"He has asked for annual leave." Hu Yunfang said, "Don't you know?"

"I..." Li Jiaoyang scratched his head, "How long has he been here?"

"A week." Hu Yunfang said.

Li Jiaoyang asked: "Why so long?"

"They have annual leave." Hu Yunfang replied.

Yes, people have annual leave.Since Shen Yi came to MoeQuan, it seems that he hasn't had a lot of rest. Going out is basically related to MoeQue. All the holidays he saved are used today.Li Jiaoyang smiled wryly, mocking himself for worrying about how to face Shen Yi for a long time, obviously he didn't want to face you at all, okay?This week can be regarded as a buffer period for each other. Maybe in a few days, what happened last night will no longer exist.

He comforted himself like this to himself, but he didn't know that the troubles in his emotional and private life were really sweet troubles, and it was actually very happy to have thoughts of sad spring and autumn.Li Jiaoyang has a fatal problem in front of him. He has such a big heart, how many shares do he have to divide to take care of it?

Desperate and miserable.

Shen Yi wasn't here, and he didn't go to the company much. He felt like a grasshopper after autumn.

Facts have proved that his life is not a starting point novel, and he is not a jump male protagonist. Those male protagonists can change their lives against the sky and turn the tide. He does not have this golden finger, nor does he have this ability.

He didn't remember the time either, and he didn't even know that Shen Yi had come back to work.He was getting more and more desperate, thinking about a lot of things at home.

Is he going the right way?

Does he really understand Two-dimensional?

Does his persistence... make sense?

No, if he could succeed, he would have succeeded long ago. The questions that investors frequently ask are their worries, and they are also the worries of the market.Explosive models do exist, but how many years it takes to produce a popular model, it is unknown whether this popular model can be caught up by Li Jiaoyang.His motivation is very simple, he just wants to have a decent job and be able to prove to his parents that he is not an idle waste, that's all.

His vision doesn't even need to be an APP, to operate a community to complete.

All the doubts about the industry and himself broke out in desperation, but this time, he was shaken.

An idea gradually became clear in his mind.

On Christmas Eve, Monday, Li Jiaoyang came to the company very early, and everyone was there.

He seemed to be in a good mood today, his previous decadent posture was swept away, and he was as light as he was in summer.He glanced at Shen Yi, but Shen Yi didn't look up, nor did he notice this movement.

"Brother Qiang, little bird." Li Jiaoyang knocked on the table, "Come up for a meeting."

Zhang Chunqiang and Shen Yi glanced at each other, what did Li Jiaoyang sing today.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Chunqiang asked Shen Yi in a low voice when he went upstairs.

"What happened?" Shen Yi asked back, "What did you say?"

"Tsk." Zhang Chunqiang moved closer, "During this period of time, Li Siyang is really on the verge of becoming a dead sheep, and you suddenly disappeared for a week without any reason. What are you two doing?"

"It's nothing." Shen Yi said calmly, "I told him."

This time it was Zhang Chunqiang who was surprised: "What did you say?"

Shen Yi glanced at Zhang Chunqiang: "Speak from the heart."

"Damn..." Zhang Chunqiang yelled.

"What are you two muttering about?" Li Jiaoyang shouted from the second floor, "Hurry up."

Zhang Chunqiang responded, then poked Shen Yi with his arm, and said under his breath, "It's really you."

The three of them gathered together in the small black room. Li Jiaoyang sat on the sofa, snoring with both hands, as if to refresh himself.Zhang Chunqiang saw his babble and said, "Don't put on a show, just say what you have to say!"

"Okay." Li Jiaoyang took a deep breath, "Brother Qiang, let me tell you first. The company's current financing situation is not very good, oh no, it is very bad. I have talked with many companies in the past few months, basically Everyone is dead. I've done everything I can, but... hey, I just came to you two today to talk about my worst plan."

Shen Yi had witnessed these causes by accompanying Li Jiaoyang, so it was naturally not new.Zhang Chunqiang was a bit overwhelmed with reaction, she could only feel that Li Jiaoyang's condition was particularly bad recently, but she didn't expect this to be a blockbuster.For a startup of their size, the words "bad funding" is enough to kill everything.

After all, she was an old Jiang Hu, so she didn't ask Li Jiaoyang what to do in a panic, but asked Li Jiaoyang to talk about his own thoughts and plans after asking a few questions.

"I..." Li Jiaoyang looked up at the two of them, feeling that his words were very difficult to speak.But there is no way, he has to say: "After the new version is on the shelves, I plan to lay off the technical department."

"What did you say?!" Shen Yi and Zhang Chunqiang said in unison, this time not only Zhang Chunqiang was shocked, even Shen Yi couldn't believe his own ears.

Li Jiaoyang closed his eyes, frowned forcefully, opened them again, and said seriously: "I plan to lay off the technical department."

"You're crazy!" Shen Yi blurted out.Zhang Chunqiang patted him: "Tell him to finish first, don't get excited."

Li Jiaoyang was a little afraid of having direct contact with Shen Yi, especially in such a double crisis situation, he didn't even dare to look Shen Yi directly in the eye.I could only turn my head slightly, and said to Zhang Chunqiang: "I thought about it carefully, the biggest financial expenditure in the cute circle is now in the technical department, and several people add up to include social security, which is a small 20 a month, but the constant version The update does not bring any monetization. The current updated version is actually fully functional. Even if it is no longer updated, it will not have any impact on users if it only maintains the basic operating status. Since it cannot be open source, it can only save money , so I need to save labor costs."

"And then?" Shen Yi asked coldly, "How are you going to support the rest? How can you support them?"

Li Jiaoyang said: "Our previous two two-dimensional marketing projects were actually pretty good. There are currently no professionals to do this. I want to try it. Brother Qiang has experience and can bring others to do it together. And cute The circle can be used as a natural traffic platform, which will be very convenient for us to discuss some projects. As long as there is an account, we can live..." He couldn't continue when he saw Shen Yi's face getting more and more ugly. Fell into a deathly silence.

Hearing only a "pop", Shen Yi pushed the door and left without mercy. Zhang Chunqiang called him and did not respond.Shen Yi has a strong temper, and he probably wouldn't be able to handle anyone right now.She could only sigh, and then asked Li Jiaoyang: "Are you discussing with us, or notifying us?"

"I think it should be a notification." Li Jiaoyang said tough words, but his attitude was not so tough.He was also depressed, as if he was the one who heard the bad news rather than the one who delivered it. "I'll get to the bottom of it with you first, and then I'll talk to Brother Ming."

Zhang Chunqiang looked at him and asked, "Has it really reached this point?"

"Yes." Li Jiaoyang said dejectedly, "I am useless."

Zhang Chunqiang had no way to comment on this matter, even though she felt that Li Jiaoyang's actions were a little rash, but she would not leave rashly like Shen Yi did.Intellectually, she can understand Li Jiaoyang's approach. Starting a company is not just a joke, and sometimes it is necessary to make some decisions to save one's life.But this decision was too sudden, and it was not like an optimist like Li Jiaoyang would make a decision.This made her unable to digest it for a while.

So she could only pat Li Jiaoyang on the shoulder, leaving space for him, and said to him before leaving: "Come on."

Shen Yi felt so uncomfortable that he didn't even eat lunch.Of course the others didn't know what was going on, Li Jiaoyang was laughing and joking while eating in the kitchen.

Maybe it's possible, such days have passed day by day.

Li Jiaoyang talked to Fu Ming alone in the afternoon. Fu Ming, who has always been good-tempered, didn't want to make Li Jiaoyang angry. He was very angry and helpless at the same time. He didn't know what to say, so he could only ask Li Jiaoyang: "Yangyang , why didn't you tell me earlier that the company was in trouble?"

"I didn't think it would be like this at the time." Li Jiaoyang said, "There is no need to mention it now. Brother Ming, I am sorry for you."

Fu Ming said, "Is it meaningful for you to say I'm sorry?"

Li Jiaoyang shook his head.

"You! Hey..." Fu Ming couldn't get angry, he might still feel that it wasn't real enough, that Li Jiaoyang, who was always lively, would do it like this, "You are not sorry for me, you are sorry for everyone's trust. I can understand your difficulties, and no one has any difficulties, but do you just not believe that others can't bear the difficulties for you? Do you regard us as friends?"

"I made this decision because I regard you as friends." Li Jiaoyang smiled wryly, "You are all very capable people, and you can get better treatment than now if you go to any company outside. Brother Ming , your family is from Beijing, and there is no pressure to rent a house, but other people also have to live, and the rent, water and electricity are all money. I really have no face to tell everyone whether the company can pay less wages now that the company is in trouble. I have no way to tell everyone Guaranteed when there will be a turning point... It is not easy for everyone to come out to work and ask for a living. I don't want to delay the better development opportunities that others may have because of my hesitation. Don't worry, I will send you all the compensation for dismissal. Before It is quite tiring to catch up with the development period, and at the end of the year, we can take a vacation and have a good rest.”

"Where did you get the money?" Fu Ming asked.It would be a considerable expense for everyone in the technical department to make up for it. It is impossible to use the money in the company's account to make up for them now.

"I'll figure out a way to do this, don't worry about it." Li Jiaoyang had already quietly contacted his contacts to estimate the second-hand price of his car to find a chance to sell it.That car was given to him by his father to celebrate his graduation from college, and the maintenance of the million-dollar car is not bad. He reckons that the little one can go out with a few hundred thousand, and this money can be used as a subsidy.

Buying a car and a house was a fantasy to Li Jiaoyang, but when all this happened to him, he was very calm.

Fu Ming saw that Li Jiaoyang's attitude was very firm, and he didn't know what to talk about. He just told Li Jiaoyang that he wanted to think about it and left. Li Jiaoyang also agreed to let him think about it, but the work of the technical department was intentionally postponed. down.

There seems to be an unknown low pressure in the cute circle. Those who don't know don't feel that deeply, but those who know have their own concerns.

Shen Yi hadn't spoken to Li Jiaoyang for two days since he heard about Jiaoyang's decision.Li Jiaoyang is also in pain, why Zhang Chunqiang can understand him, Fu Ming can understand him, but Shen Yi, who is closest to him, is so resistant to his actions.The psychological torment of these hours had sharpened Li Jiaoyang's usually rough nerves a lot. He couldn't bear his temper, so he left Shen Yi alone after get off work, wanting to talk to him.

Even if there were only two people, in order to reflect the seriousness of the conversation, they still went to the conference room.

"Speak." Shen Yi spoke first, with a blank expression on his face, "What do you want to say?"

This was the first sentence he said to Li Jiaoyang.

"I just wanted to talk to you..."

"About work or relationship?" Shen Yi interrupted, "What's there to talk about?" His resistance was very obvious, making it difficult for Li Jiaoyang to push the topic forward.He didn't have any formed core of the conversation in his mind, and it was okay to mess up, so he said somehow: "What happened that day, I didn't do it on purpose."

Shen Yi knowingly asked: "When?"

"The day I ate boiled mutton." Li Jiaoyang broke his heart, "I don't have any prejudice against you, I just ran because, because..."

"Oh, I see." Shen Yi said indifferently, "I don't really care about the reason."

"The development of the cute circle today is due to you and Brother Qiang." Li Jiaoyang's conversation was very illogical, and he didn't care what Shen Yi answered, just like talking to himself, "No matter what the final result is, I hope You can... understand me." The last sentence he said was very unconfident, and his voice became smaller and smaller, almost inaudible.

Immediately afterwards, the air fell into silence.Shen Yi didn't speak, neither did Li Jiaoyang, the two just sat facing each other like two statues.

After a long time, Shen Yi suddenly laughed, and said in a low voice: "Understand you? Why? I understand you, who understands me?"

"..."

"Li Jiaoyang, why are you so selfish?"

"I admit that I am really selfish towards you..."

"Are you selfish to me?" Shen Yi suddenly raised his voice, "You are selfish to everyone! Every time you feel that the decisions you make, sacrifices, or sacrifices are great, you are actually escaping from reality. Are you worthy of the cute circle you created? Are you worthy of the users who trust you one after another? You are not saving it, you are trying to destroy it with your own hands!"

"I didn't!" Li Jiaoyang retorted instinctively.

"What do you have? It is no longer your original intention, right? It has become your burden now!" Shen Yi shouted.

"That's not what I mean!" Li Jiaoyang said, "I just want to change the direction of my business, I don't mean to abandon it."

Shen Yi said: "Isn't that the same? You want to build a two-dimensional ideal community to give up these things and want to use it for advertising money. That's how your business changes? Your users can't stand you like this." consumption?"

"Then tell me what to do?!" Li Jiaoyang's temper was also raised by Shen Yiding, and he slapped the table and stood up, "I came out to start a business, not to help the poor! I admit that I thought too simple at first Okay, now I think about it, can’t I? I just want to make some money quietly! I have no ideals or ambitions! Who is willing to bear the responsibility of saving you Two-dimensional? I don’t have the ability and I don’t have the ability Obligation! My top priority is to keep my company alive! Let my employees get paid! I’m not here to have fun with you! I just want to make money, am I guilty!”

"No one will stop you from making money!" Shen Yi also roared, "But what have you taken our hard work for?"

"I tried my best! But the result! You can generate electricity from love, but I can't!" Li Jiaoyang was going crazy, "I don't like watching anime, and I don't like two-dimensional neuropathy! I don't love you! Who will tell me? Qian who is my father!"

When he became crazy, he didn't use his brain when he spoke, and he didn't know how hurtful the knife he spit out was.The fierce quarrel between the two stopped abruptly after he finished his sentence. Shen Yi opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Jiaoyang, his expression changed from angry and ferocious to sad and bitter.His lips moved, and he said in a very soft voice: "But I love you..."

"I don't like men." Li Jiaoyang closed his eyes, and clenched his hands into fists. He clenched so hard that his whole body was shaking. His expression was also very painful, as if he was forcing himself to say something. , "Never, sorry."

Shen Yi's face was ashamed.

It is enough for a person to experience one time in a lifetime when grief is greater than death, but Shen Yi has experienced it twice.

Once, he and his entrepreneurial partner had a quarrel because of huge business differences. Neither could prove the other was wrong, but neither could make the other compromise.Li Jiaoyang couldn't hold on any longer, he didn't want to continue wasting time and money in the bottomless pit, Zhang Chunqiang and others would be transferred by him to work on the project, and the moe circle had completely become a place to fend for itself, he said that the moe circle was still there, In fact, he was slowly killing the child he was most proud of.As for Shen Yi, he was the opposite of Li Jiaoyang. The cute circle was the original intention to gather them together, and it was their original ideal and goal.There are always solutions to difficulties, how can you just give up if you just say give up?He was not reconciled, nor would he regress.

The other time was when the person he liked told him that he would never love him, that feeling of despair was a public sentence under the known death penalty.He clearly knew, he clearly knew... But when Li Jiaoyang said those words, he still felt the pain of thousands of arrows piercing his heart.

God made a joke with him to make these two things happen at almost the same second.He really wanted to know how he was so strong and why he didn't die on the spot.

"That's it." Shen Yi sorted out his emotions, sometimes when people are on the verge of collapse, they tend to behave more decently than usual.He ran his fingers through his hair and said, "We have nothing more to talk about, let's call it a day."

He turned around to leave, but behind him was Li Jiaoyang calling him: "Little Bird, are we still friends?"

Shen Yi's fingers holding the doorknob turned white from the force, but his back was facing Li Jiaoyang, so the other party couldn't see it.This question is so ridiculous, Shen Yi thought to himself, Li Jiaoyang, did I rape you in my previous life?Why are you doing this to me all your life?Even a man will try his best to squeeze and threaten the other party by relying on the other party's love first, lose first.

Are you still friends?

There are five words in total, each of which makes Shen Yi feel extremely mocked.

Finally, he shook his head and said, "I don't know." Pushing open the door, this time he really left.

Li Jiaoyang slumped on the chair, covering his face with his hands, breathing heavily.His mind was empty, he just wanted to maintain such a posture and be alone for a while.This small villa is full of laughter every day, but today is not there, the silence is like death.

Shen Yi didn't close the door when he left, and the cool air came in, which made Li Jiaoyang feel that this winter was much colder than usual.

The body is cold, and the heart is also cold.