The advantages of the company's team work over the previous individual work are obvious.

However, there is one thing that Guan Lang doesn't like very much.

That's a meeting.

There are just too many meetings in animation companies.

At present, in addition to the main creation, the company has to invest in manpower, and from time to time it has to take some small orders of animation outsourcing to generate income.

Animation outsourcing is some of the peers who can't meet the deadline, but more of them are game companies and advertisers.

Most of the people who do animation these years are poor, and there are a lot of lists of game promos and advertising shorts.

Advertising agencies negotiate video conferences by email.

After accepting the official offer, the script correction of the ad is also discussed at a meeting.

Not to mention the consultation meeting to convey the storyboard during the production process, the performance explanation meeting, and the art meeting......

But maybe that's life.

It's always a bit annoying, but it's a job that has to be done.

......

On the white horizontal table in the company's pantry, there are many desserts, snacks and drinks, all of which are publicly expensed, and employees can eat them at will during their breaks.

Today is the winter solstice, so Guan Lang also asked the logistics procurement department to add a special winter solstice special food.

At yesterday's meeting, employees had disagreements and debates on whether to eat dumplings or dumplings on the winter solstice, and the taste was salty and sweet.

However, only children make choices, and mature adults like Guan Lang want them all.

Naturally, the differences in tastes of employees were resolved.

Considering the winter solstice, some artists may have to go back to celebrate the holiday with their families, Guan Lang left work a little early today.

It can be regarded as staggering the crowds during the rush hour after work.

Of course, there are still very few married people in the company, and most of them are single.

They want to work overtime, and Guan Lang won't stop them.

In addition to the basic salary, the income and remuneration of the painter are calculated on a piece-by-piece basis, and the more you do, the more you earn.

On the way back from work, Guan Lang went to the supermarket and bought all the materials for making hot pot and hand warmers for winter.

With Guan Lang's current physical fitness, his whole body is as warm as a small stove, so naturally he doesn't need a hand warmer bag, Wu Yazhen asked him to carry it.

Tiannan is not south or north, most areas have neither central heating in the north, nor like some provinces and cities in the south that are like spring all year round, and the winter is indeed not very comfortable.

In addition, there is no heating in the school classroom, so you can only keep warm by wearing thick clothes and other primitive means, and it will be much more comfortable if you can carry a hand warmer bag or baby warmer in class.

The shopping mall is crowded and lively.

Christmas will be in two days, and the décor of the major shops will be changed to a Christmas style.

Regardless of whether it is a foreign monk who recites the scriptures, Guan Lang has never figured out how this religious Mass Day, which is used in Europe and the United States as a reunion with family and enjoying food, has become Valentine's Day in China.

Guan Lang glanced at the product advertisements on the cabinet and shook his head slightly.

999 roses, 13.14 peace fruit, custom Christmas dinner, high-priced chocolate ......

If you look at the popular elements at Christmas, it is clearly the marketing activities of the merchants.

Why would anyone be willing to spend money in vain? It's puzzling......

Like him, because he has no such consumer demand since he was a child, he has naturally avoided the consumption traps of countless merchants.

......

The home is equipped with floor heating, and as soon as you enter the room, you are wrapped in warm air, and people are unconsciously lazy.

It was quiet in the living room.

Chiaki lay on the floor in a ball, her body gently undulating, looking like she was asleep.

Orange lights, sounds from the TV in the distance, and animations playing on the TV screen.

"This stupid cat... I forgot to turn off the TV again......" Guan Lang sighed, put down the shopping bag, and walked to turn it off.

Looking at the time, it was only five o'clock, and it was still early.

He didn't rush to cook either, but walked towards the bathroom, ready to take a hot shower.

In the evening, there is also the original art work for the eighth episode of the Dawn Era.

The mist was steaming, Guan Lang took a shower and pushed the door open.

He faintly heard movement in the living room and quickened his pace.

Probably not......

As soon as I walked into the living room, I saw a familiar figure standing at the dining table.

At the living room dining table, Wu Yazhen took out all the hot pot ingredients in the shopping bag and cleaned them, finished loading them, and was looking at a beautifully packaged goose egg yolk bag with great interest.

Noticing Guan Lang's movements, she turned around.

"Cocoa powder, cocoa butter ......" Looking at the ingredients in the bag, she asked with some confusion: "Brother Lang, are you making chocolate hot pot today?"

"Uh..."Guan Lang stopped.

"But it should... Neither is it. ”

Before Guan Lang could answer, she quickly dismissed her suspicions, because she found a set of DIY molds of gingerbread people in the bag, which were clearly the materials and tools used to make chocolate.

“... Cousin, are you going to make chocolate?" Wu Yazhen asked, pinching her chin, her expression inexplicably becoming meaningful.

"Is it handmade chocolate for Christmas?"

“......”

"You.. Don't think too much about it, just be idle, buy it and play around. Moreover, even if it is a gift, it is just a gift in return, and if someone gives a gift, it is very rude not to return it. Well, that's it. Guan Lang said and nodded slightly, as if convincing himself.

He felt that the explanation was very tenable.

In the distant middle school days, it was popular to give gifts to each other at Christmas. When someone gives him chocolate, he will return the gift with a chocolate.

Although the source of the chocolate he returned the gift was also given by others, it still shows that he is a person who takes into account the psychological feelings of others.

"I know, I know. Don't worry, I'm very tight-mouthed, I won't spread the word. You want to create surprises. Wu Yazhen covered her lips lightly and assured with understanding.

......

At the dining table, Wu Yazhen picked up her mobile phone from time to time and typed to reply to messages.

Guan Lang was inexplicably alert, but he was embarrassed to ask directly, but he had to make an indifferent appearance.

Until the end of the dinner hot pot time, he didn't ask anything.

I walked into the studio with a tangled mood.

Do you want to send it out then?

Holding a pen, scribbling meaningless lines on the animation paper.

Forget it, don't dwell on it, let's make the chocolate first, and then talk about the rest of the matter......