Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

Chapter 696 Meeting

“I have an idea. There’s only one episode of Huabiao Millennium, but each episode is only about a minute long, which is too short. Many viewers have also given this feedback.” At the animation team meeting, Li Zhuangsheng calmly looked at everyone in the company and said with a smile, “It just so happens that the company’s profitability is currently good, and I think it’s time to consider expanding production capacity. In the future, we should aim to produce two episodes a week.”

Hu Mengdie sat down next to Li Zhuangsheng, leaning back slightly, and smiled calmly. Li Zhuangsheng had already told her about this decision beforehand, so she wasn't surprised.

Yi Xiaoqian frowned slightly: "But the animation team is definitely not enough people right now. Should we hire more?"

“Yes, let’s expand recruitment, starting today.” Li Zhuangsheng shared his plan with great interest. “Here’s what I’m thinking: the original update plan will remain unchanged. On that basis, we’ll launch a sub-series. This sub-series will have a specific theme, changing every three months or a certain interval. But within this period, we’ll choose to create poems related to this theme. This will also help unify the style of the cultural and creative products, and sales should be a bit higher…”

“That’s great!” A female employee excitedly raised her hand, interrupting Li Zhuangsheng. “I have an idea!”

Bai Min frowned slightly. Because Li Zhuangsheng was always humble and polite, no different from any other employee, the employees could speak freely and without restraint in front of him. However, interrupting their boss like this during a meeting was still extremely rude. It was only because the other person was Li Zhuangsheng; if it were her, she would have felt displeased.

"What suggestion?" Li Zhuangsheng didn't mind the interruption and instead smiled, letting the other party speak.

Although he has been managing Zhuangzi's Butterfly Hunting for almost two years, he still doesn't have any arrogant attitude or airs. This may be related to his constant self-reflection, coupled with his open-minded nature, so he never holds grudges.

A hint of excitement flashed across the girl's face as she boldly stated, "I suggest we do a women's-themed project! Women in ancient times were always oppressed and neglected. Many men liked to smear women, even blaming women for the downfall of their countries... Oh, what I mean is, we can let people know about those buried women in ancient times, which would be a good opportunity to promote feminism!"

At this moment, no one else reacted, but Hu Mengdie sat up slightly, as if she wanted to speak. But she chuckled inexplicably, then slowly leaned back, giving Li Zhuangsheng a half-smile.

Li Zhuangsheng's face stiffened slightly, and there seemed to be an impulse in his eyes, but he still held back.

At this point in time, the girl's remarks will not cause any controversy; they are perfectly politically correct. Therefore, regardless of whether one agrees with this women's issue, at least no one present felt there was anything wrong with the statement itself.

"Haha..." Li Zhuangsheng chuckled dryly, "This theme is too broad, I don't know how many episodes we'll have to make... If there are too many episodes with the same theme, the audience will get tired of it, and the viewership won't be very high. We need to focus on viewership now, which is why I said it's best to change the theme every three months."

Li Zhuangsheng tried to find a reasonable reason to politely decline.

The girl was engrossed in her own world and didn't notice Li Zhuangsheng's refusal: "Then let's do three months first, just like a quarter, that's thirteen or fourteen!"

"No, what I mean is, this topic is too broad... This is a short video, not even a short-form anime, there's no way to introduce a character in about a minute..."

"There's no need for introductions. We just want the audience to know that such a woman exists, and people will naturally become interested and want to learn more about her..."

“Well, from a business perspective, even if the animation is made... the merchandise won't sell well, right…” Li Zhuangsheng was sweating.

He wondered why no one had stood up for him. How could this hothead have such low emotional intelligence?

Many people could see Li Zhuangsheng's resistance to the matter. Rong Hongguang and Bai Min also wanted to smooth things over, but just as they were about to speak, Hu Mengdie gestured for them not to interrupt.

Given Li Zhuangsheng and Hu Mengdie's long-standing "husband and wife as one," everyone listened quietly to their argument. Hu Mengdie's intervention at this moment was naturally a mischievous prank. Li Zhuangsheng enjoyed the aura of being a "good boss," and he always liked the positive labels others attached to him. Naturally, he was unwilling to tear them off at this moment and would definitely want to "convince with reason."

He admired Li Shimin and naturally wanted to emulate Li Shimin's "humbly accepting advice." He believed in emulating the virtuous, haha.

So she wanted to see Li Zhuangsheng cornered, to see him helpless, and then she would speak up to help him out.

Sure enough, the girl became even more excited, her eyes shining brightly: "Why isn't it selling well? What's the difference? And maybe we can even create some specific character IPs! Boss, you're a feminist too, right? Let's support the development of feminism!"

Li Zhuangsheng was extremely annoyed, but in front of so many people, he couldn't say anything to refute them. He took a deep breath, gave up on reasoning, and directly used his authority as the boss, but still managed a smile as he said, "Alright, alright, calm down first, haha, actually I have my own ideas about the first topic selection."

"……All right."

The girl finally realized what she had done, felt a little apologetic, but didn't take the rudeness too seriously.

Hu Mengdie cleared her throat; she knew it was her turn to speak.

"Sorry I'm late?"

Li Xiuyu pushed open the conference room door with an indifferent expression, then dragged in a chair and sat down on the other side of Li Zhuangsheng.

Although Li Xiuyu was not a company employee, and had not even signed a labor contract like Hu Mengdie, she was Li Zhuangsheng's sister. This alone granted her special privileges within the company.

She would sometimes come to the company to help out, and she would sit next to Li Zhuangsheng during meetings. Everyone was used to it. After all, the company really belonged to their family.

"What happened? What were you discussing?" Li Xiuyu sat down, turned to look at Li Zhuangsheng's face, and frowned in confusion. "What's with that expression? You look like you really want to say something but it's inconvenient to say it. Just say what you want to say!"

"call……"

Li Zhuangsheng took a deep breath and slowly stood up. Hu Mengdie frowned and bit her lip in resentment.

“Actually, there are three errors in what you just said.” Li Zhuangsheng looked calmly at the girl who had spoken earlier and smiled.

"What?" The girl didn't react.

“First of all, I don’t think there was any particular oppression of women in ancient China.” Li Zhuangsheng looked down at her.

(End of this chapter)