Xueshi Road, a café at the beginning of summer.

It was already time to close, and the sign of thanking customers was hung up early, and the only guest in the café was Luo Kai, who had just come over.

Sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, while sipping steaming black tea, while watching Niuniu play with Huahua and Fat Ball, Luo Kai's mood was very relaxed.

"Taste..."

A plate of fragrant snacks was placed in front of him, and it looked very tempting under the light of the lamp.

Xia Ying, who brought snacks, sat down opposite Luo Kai and watched Niu Niu tease the two cats with him.

Luo Kai was not polite, picked up a piece of dim sum with a fork and put it into his mouth, chewed it a few times and liked it.

"Not bad. ”

Xia Ying turned her head and asked, "Tomorrow's plane?"

Luo Kai nodded: "Tomorrow afternoon." ”

He will fly to the United States with Mo Lan tomorrow afternoon, so bring Niuniu over tonight and hand it over to Xia Ying to take care of.

For Xia Ying, this is obviously not a chore - she wishes she could be with Niuniu every day.

"How long?" she asked.

Luo Kai replied, "About a week." ”

After a pause, he asked, "Would you like to bring something back?"

Xia Ying was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and smiled: "No need." ”

Luo Kai nodded: "Then this time will be hard for you." ”

Xia Ying glanced at him with disgusted eyes.

"Ahem. ”

Luo Kai coughed twice, he drank the tea in the cup, put down the teacup and said, "Then I'll go first, you guys rest early, Niuniu can't let her sleep too late." ”

Xia Ying said: "I know. ”

Luo Kai exhaled a long breath, he stood up and said to Niuniu, "Baby, Daddy is leaving!"

"Huh?"

Niuniu immediately ran over with Huahua in her arms, a little unhappy: "Are you leaving?"

"yes..."

Luo Kai half-squatted down, touched her long hair and said, "Dad and your mother Mo Lan are going to the United States for a few days, you live here with Xia Ying's mother, you have to listen obediently, do your homework seriously and don't be naughty, you know?"

"Got it. ”

Niuniu pouted - she is not a first-grade elementary school student, and her father is really nagging!

Luo Kai smiled dumbly and turned his face to Niuniu.

Niu Niu skillfully slapped on his face, and then said, "Goodbye, Dad." ”

"Goodbye, baby. ”

Luo Kai said: "Wait for Dad to come back." ”

……

The next morning, Luo Kai, who was about to leave for the United States, came to the early summer animation.

This time to the United States, in addition to Mo Lan, he also had to bring a team of people from the company, including Duan Hongrui, the general manager of Chuxia Animation, and many technical elites of the company.

Seeing Duan Hongrui in the office, Luo Kai asked, "Are you all ready?"

Duan Hongrui smiled: "It's all ready, there's no problem." ”

Luo Kai nodded: "That's good, I'll come over and take a look, and I'll meet you at the airport in the afternoon." ”

Duan Hongrui said: "Okay, by the way, Luo Dong..."

"One thing I want to tell you," he asked, is that there are two people on Smith's team who want to stay. ”

"Huh?"

Luo Kai was stunned for a moment: "Which two people?"

Smith's team is a foreign aid team invited by Duan Hongrui to the United States last year in order to produce the big movie "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", with a total of 15 members.

This team comes from an animation studio in Hollywood, although it is not the top company, but the technical strength is still very strong, if it is not for the crisis, it is difficult for Duan Hongrui to invite people to China.

Although a lot of dollars were spent on it, the team played an important role in the production of the animated film.

Because the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" movie project has been completed, and the contract between the two parties has expired, the Smith team took the same flight back to the United States with Luo Kai today.

Luo Kai didn't expect someone from Smith's team to want to stay.

Among them, Duan Hongrui also wanted to poach people when he went to the United States, after all, in the field of animated film production, Hollywood's strength has always been the strongest, and poaching people is a shortcut to quickly improve the level of early summer animation in film production.

But across the Pacific Ocean, it's too difficult to poach good talents, and it's impossible for early summer animation to offer too high a salary.

Duan Hongrui's expression was a little strange: "Jack and Christopher." ”

On the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" movie project, Luo Kai has always paid attention, and of course he is quite familiar with the Smith team.

He pinched his chin and asked, "The two of them have good abilities, why do you want to stay?"

Duan Hongrui smiled bitterly: "Jack found a girlfriend, he said that he was going to settle in the capital for a long time for love, and then Christopher liked our culture very much and wanted to live in the capital for a few years before going back." ”

"Also, they love working here, and Christopher talked to me last time about how their company has been fighting for the past two years, and he doesn't like the atmosphere in the studio. ”

"I see..."

Luo Kai was a little moved: "I can talk to them." ”

"That's what I thought..."

Duan Hongrui said with a smile: "I mean that if they really want to stay, our company will make a verbal agreement with them, let them resign first when they return to the United States this time, and then come back to sign a work contract with us." ”

"If the company doesn't release people or has any contractual restrictions, then we can't force it. ”

Luo Kai nodded, thinking secretly in his heart.

Duan Hongrui's idea is very direct, if Jack and Christopher can handle the resignation of the studio by themselves, early summer animation will definitely welcome them to join.

But if there are legal troubles - such as helping them fight lawsuits, paying high liquidated damages and the like, it is impossible for Early Summer Animation to cover for the two.

Luo Kai said: "That's okay, you can do it, it's best to keep people, it doesn't matter if you can't stay." ”

In the final analysis, the development and growth of early summer animation still depends on the strength of its own people.,Foreign aid is good.,But it's not worth paying too much price for it.。

Like this time, Luo Kai went to Hollywood to inspect the Rubik's Cube studio, and he only wanted to cooperate in the introduction of technology, absorb the advanced experience of the other party to strengthen his team, and catch up with his opponent step by step.

After chatting with Duan Hongrui for a few more words, Luo Kai left Early Summer Animation and returned to the DreamWorks headquarters.

Before leaving, he had a little business to attend to.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Luo Kai and Mo Lan rushed to the Capital International Airport, met with the company's delegation at the airport, and took a direct flight to Los Angeles at 4 p.m.

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