Chapter 204: Relationship
After hanging up Yin Qiushi's call, Yin Chengjue's expression relaxed considerably.
Yin Qiushi was right. That kind of anonymous letter was inherently provocative. If he really believed it, he would have lost.
Besides, asking him to call Yin He and inquire, "Did you marry Feng Chengda back then because you were carrying me?" — he would most likely get a scolding from Yin He ten times out of ten.
Questioning his mother's character would be a bad idea—unless Yin Chengjue had been missing his mother lately and felt like inviting her to travel all the way back to give her precious son some 'affectionate' care.
Yin Chengjue felt he had been quite busy lately; video calls were enough, no need to disturb Madam Yin's enjoyment of her precious free time.
Coincidentally, Rong Yu walked out of the dressing room just then, his footsteps drawing Yin Chengjue's gaze.
There, leaning casually against the doorframe with arms crossed, was a man dressed in a full-length black robe, a sheer golden gauze outer garment, a golden belt cinched at the waist, and auspicious-cloud-patterned boots. His long hair was loose, his complexion fair, his sharp eyebrows slanted, his nose bridge high and straight, his thin lips a vivid red, and the corner of his mouth lifted slightly to one side, revealing a hint of a smile.
"Brother, how do I look? Handsome, right?" Rong Yu's voice carried a trace of pride. Clearly, he had already posed in front of the mirror before coming out to show Yin Chengjue, confident that Yin Chengjue would like this look.
"Handsome. The sect leader has just time-traveled to the modern era; you've had a long journey," Yin Chengjue said with a laugh.
Sally also came out, glanced at her watch, and said, "Alright, let's quickly take this set of photos now. Then I need to go organize the PR team."
Rong Yu asked curiously, "Brother, have you already thought of the game setting and character roles you want to develop? Otherwise, how will we promote it?"
Yin Chengjue nodded confidently, "Already thought of it. Guaranteed to match this outfit of yours."
The informed Sally remarked quietly from the side, "If others knew that President Yin would have a team design an entire game story setting just because of a role you wanted to audition for, I wonder what they would think."
Hearing this, Rong Yu looked down at his costume and guessed, "Could it be... a wuxia-themed mobile game?"
Yin Chengjue put on an inscrutable expression and shook his head.
Sally gave Rong Yu a hint: "That scope is still too narrow. Besides, there are so many mobile and browser games with wuxia story settings now, all sorts of characters have been done. Going that route has no novelty at all."
"The wuxia scope is narrow? Then is it xianxia? The mortal world isn't enough, so we add the heavenly realm and the underworld?" Rong Yu speculated while following the photographer's directions for poses.
[Wuxia features heroic martial artists in a human-centric world, while xianxia involves immortal cultivation, magic, and celestial realms in a fantastical universe.]
Everyone here was hired by Sally, having collaborated with her many times. They knew what to listen to and what to pretend not to hear.
Of course, Yin Chengjue also knew that with many people around, mouths could be loose. Some things still in the confidential phase wouldn't be explained in detail here.
"I'll tell you carefully when we get back," Yin Chengjue took out his phone, also snapped a few photos of Rong Yu, and then casually updated his phone's wallpaper.
"Brother, aren't you going to take a photo with me?" Rong Yu sat on a green bench and patted the empty space beside him. "We don't necessarily have to post it; I just want to take a photo together."
"My outfit doesn't match yours at all," Yin Chengjue waved his hand. "After finishing a few sets for you, we can post them tonight. It'll catch up with the promotion before your audition tomorrow, giving everyone a first impression."
Then, Yin Chengjue added, "Also, you didn't think we rented this entire floor of the photography studio, hired makeup artists, stylists, photographers, and prop assistants, just to take one set of photos for you, did you?"
Rong Yu: ???
Rong Yu: "Didn't you say it yourself? Take one set of photos to post tonight?"
Yin Chengjue: "What we'll post is just this black wuxia outfit you're wearing now. We still need to shoot several other sets to keep, releasing one set every so often until we've posted all the game character outfits."
Rong Yu was genuinely shocked this time: "In such a short time, you've already designed the game character outfits? That's way too fast! Don't you need someone to draft sketches, then finalize the drawings, and then go through a selection process?"
Generally speaking, those processes should exist. However, Yin Chengjue had already gone through them in his previous life.
Of course, he didn't do it himself, but he provided the investment funds and personally supervised the entire process.
So, even though there were no finished game character costumes now, Yin Chengjue could rely on his memory to have people hastily make them according to his specifications.
Although not all the outfits were completed yet, they could shoot what they had—after all, they couldn't finish shooting the entire set of character costumes in one day anyway.
So Rong Yu changed outfit after outfit, feeling increasingly puzzled, utterly unable to discern what the game's story setting actually was.
If it was wuxia style, Rong Yu also saw modern attire. If it was supernatural fantasy style, Rong Yu also saw Western fantasy-style costumes.
In short, there was a bit of everything, all sorts mixed together, no discernible specific setting. It seemed as if Yin Chengjue had just been impulsive, randomly grabbing a few sets from a costume prop shop to make up the numbers.
After finishing the shoot, Rong Yu's curiosity peaked, but he still restrained himself. Only after both of them got into the car did he eagerly ask for the answer.
Yin Chengjue: "I told you before, I want this game, based on its original storyline characters, to also crossover with other characters. These characters can include all anime character roles willing to sign under Shenming."
In other words, as long as the authors were willing to sign the corresponding contracts, characters from those anime could crossover into the game, be given skills, and become one of the game's characters.
Rong Yu frowned as he listened: "But wouldn't that be way too complicated? Without a unified background, wouldn't it just be a jumble, a mishmash? Could that be fun?"
"So, I thought of a background that could reasonably accommodate all of this," Yin Chengjue said.
"Oh? What is it?"
Yin Chengjue: "It's a type of novel that's become quite popular on those fiction websites lately—'infinite flow'."
[Infinite Flow (无限流): a Chinese web novel and fiction genre where characters are forced to cycle through a series of dangerous, supernatural, or game-like parallel worlds and scenarios, battling to survive and complete objectives to earn points or power.]
At this point, a glint of light appeared in Yin Chengjue's eyes, as if he could see the bright prospects of this game once it was developed.
"Don't underestimate this setting; its capacity is incredibly strong," Yin Chengjue said. "Because each world in an infinite flow story can be different, players can choose which world they want to play in from the game's main control panel. This allows for many small worlds, and each small world can have different game rules."
They happened to encounter a red light ahead. Yin Chengjue's car gradually came to a stop. Taking advantage of these dozen or so seconds, Yin Chengjue looked at Rong Yu: "And I've also thought of a name for this infinite game: 'Source of Dimensions'."
"Once this game is made, besides crossovers with the anime characters the company signs, it can also be adapted into an animation, and even into live-action TV series and movies," Yin Chengjue continued. "By then, as the first artist to promote this game's character outfits, it wouldn't be a problem for you to participate in acting, right?"
Rong Yu was stunned for a moment. After processing for a few seconds, he realized something and widened his eyes: "You've even planned out what I'll act in the future?"
Yin Chengjue said earnestly, "Of course. I'm serious about being your sugar daddy. I cover food, lodging, warming the bed, work, and the future."
Rong Yu: "..."
Thinking about it carefully, that seemed indeed to be the case. He couldn't refute it.
So Rong Yu broke into a radiant smile, leaned over, and planted a kiss on Yin Chengjue's cheek: "I knew it! Agreeing to let brother be my sugar daddy back then was the right choice! The sugar daddy relationship is definitely the best~"
Yin Chengjue: "..." He felt there was something off about these words.
Yin Chengjue: "Xiao Yu, I've wanted to say this for a long time. Actually, besides the sugar daddy relationship, can we confirm some other relationship? For example, lovers?"
"Huh? Aren't we already lovers now?" Rong Yu was taken aback.
Yin Chengjue hurriedly said, "No, what I mean is, we haven't formally confirmed it."
Rong Yu: "But isn't the lover relationship included within the sugar daddy relationship?"
Yin Chengjue: "..." Why do I feel your relationship classification is a bit... unique?
"Moreover," Rong Yu said somewhat discontentedly, "We've already consummated our marital relationship. That shows our sugar daddy relationship has reached the highest level."
"Wait, wait, wait!" Yin Chengjue had only brought it up casually, but he hadn't expected to dig up an even stranger relationship framework. "What do you mean 'the highest level of the sugar daddy relationship'? In your mind, how many relationships does the sugar daddy relationship encompass?"
"The sugar daddy relationship includes the lover relationship, the cohabitation relationship, and the marital relationship, right?" Rong Yu looked at Yin Chengjue with a puzzled expression, clearly thinking what he just said was common knowledge.
Yin Chengjue: "..." So, when I agreed to be your sugar daddy back then, in your heart, you thought we got married on the spot?
Seeing Yin Chengjue not answering, Rong Yu asked with a displeased expression, "Do you think what I said is wrong?"
"Right! Absolutely right! So what we're missing now are two pairs of wedding rings, one certificate, and one wedding ceremony." As Yin Chengjue spoke, the red light ahead finally finished its countdown. Yin Chengjue gradually accelerated while asking, "Which brand's rings do you think look better?"
Rong Yu was puzzled: "Why two pairs of wedding rings?"
Yin Chengjue: "One pair for engagement, one pair for marriage."
Rong Yu's ears turned slightly red, but he still deliberately teased, "Talking about engagement only now is a bit late, isn't it? If I were a woman, I could have already borne you a bunch of children, running all over the place."
Yin Chengjue proactively admitted his fault: "It was my lack of consideration. My mistake." Actually, Yin Chengjue had thought about it, but he felt that before these steps, they should at least meet each other's parents. Even if they couldn't get their blessings, they could at least let them know that there was such a person who had become part of their family.
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