24

The following day, Aoi had spent a good deal of time washing up, and making sure he was properly dressed. Though he didn't really care much for appearances and rarely wore dressy clothes, he still had enough priority to understand the business of explaining a project. Though a bit awkward, he could still dress up some what. His appearance was even praised by Bai!

Sure it wasn't the best of complements, having been called 'cute'. He figured it would be enough for the meeting at least. Thus a slightly nervous Aoi, and a soothing Bai headed to the studio station. The process of which was a bit on the quiet side, while Aoi held onto his notes, and Bai carried the equipment for the VR headset. What more, Aoi had even gotten his work legalized as his own, so that even if he showed it to others. It would be impossible for them to recreate it without Aoi's approval.

The two walked into the Shing Corp. With some hidden joy. Aoi was just glad to have the chance to possibly talk to the creator of Immortal Taoist, while Bai was just glad that Aoi was focusing on something healthy now a days, instead of wasting away as he had before when he'd first met him. The oddly peaceful mood of the two, cause a few others to glance over at them with a bit of curiosity.

When they got to the counter with the secretary, Aoi introduced himself as well as giving his appointment time as well as the room number he had been given during the setting time. The lady smiled as she looked through the computer to find the information. Her tone was light and soft, though she seemed a bit unsure that this was true. Mostly because the Shing Corp. Rarely allowed outsiders in for meetings, regardless of the reasoning.

However, her own doubts were turned false when one of the senior project managers did have a set appointment, and with the names given no less! Thus with a bit of a shocked expression, she turned to look up at the small youth and larger male. Clearly they didn't look like someone working for their company, so how? Unable to figure it out she just gave a smile to hide her own surprise and handed them each the guest passes.

"Just go head and take these, they will allow you to access the elevator. Up on the 5th floor is the meeting room, and the project head will be there in a moment in order to start the meeting." she stated softly while directing them to the elevators. Though it was odd for non working employees to attend meetings here, it still happened. Thus it didn't take much longer for the two to be seated within the conference room.

Aoi was fiddling with the items while setting them up, wanting to prepare fully the things properly before the other party arrived. What he hadn't realized was that the video screen in the room had been turned on and someone was secretly peeping at them! Bai Yi hadn't realized this either, as he assisted Aoi setting up the wiring and plugging in the processing computer they had with the information needed.

Though the developmental stage had left the prototype as rather crude looking, it still managed to do the job, and was worthy of one to look into. The person looking in at the two was thinking to themselves with a strange look while gazing at Aoi with a weird expression. If one could of seen the males face, he would of realized that there was about 3 points of similarities just within the facial features, though one was much older.

The face was old and proper, however held a withered appearance, as if something had happen to sap some life out of the old timer. When Aoi had finally finished setting things up, the TV had finally shut off and the two were left to wait for a while. Leaving Aoi and Bai to whisper to one another about how they would present the project to the leader.

When the older male, the same one that had spied on them, entered the room. Aoi was left staring blankly for a moment before starting his greetings along with Bai Yi. Both had their own thoughts, though neither were in the lines of who the man was. Unless it was a twin, no one would see the comment points of appearance between the elder and Aoi!

"Mr. Wu, Its a pleasure to meet you. I'm Mr. Shing." the male stated as he nodded to the male. Aoi was left a bit lost as he tilted his head slightly. "Mr. Shing, I thought I was meeting with Mr. Gray" he stated a bit taken back, when did the person he had a meeting with change?

Bai was also a bit taken back, sure a project leader would make sense to set up a meeting for this project proposal, but the CEO? That wasn't really something one would expect. What more, during the talks before the meeting, Mr Shing hadn't been brought up once! So why was he now here?

However their questions were mostly left at a dead end as Shing Lei had moved to sitting at the head of the table, nodding for them to begin. Though the person had changed, it seemed the project will still be allowed to present? Thus with some reserves about the change, Aoi glanced at Bai Yi before the two began to explain the prototype, as well as the story design that was crudely written up with some basic story art.

Shing Lei could tell that the idea held some ideal points, though the artistic nature was rather lacking. With a strained expression he allowed the two to 'hook' him up to the prototype before testing it out. The awkward mood soon shifted as the meeting swiftly came to a close.

"Though it is a bit crude and rather poorly drawn out. It is still a good idea. I'll be accepting the project and would like to assist with the creation. However some things does need to be changed, such as the artist and the material for the headset. It should be adjusted to being more pleasing to look at, and less…" his statement pulled to a close, though the meaning was clear.

Aoi smiled as he nodded, rather glad. He himself didn't think the look of his prototype was right, but with limited funds it was the best he could do.

Thus the meeting came to a close with a contract in place. With both parties pleased with the working conditions, both Aoi and Bai were rather glad. Though Bai wouldn't be continuing here, he was still glad for Aoi who'd worked hard for this project. When they were about to leave however, Mr Shing hand called out to the boy.

His expression as a bit hesitant as he requested him to wait a moment. Aoi had turned to look up at the elder male with a look of confusion. It wasn't until Shing Lei had patted the others head, that he was even more at a loss. "Sorry, its just you remind me of someone I lost. I didn't mean to hold you up, you can go." the male stated while sending the two off.

Neither Aoi nor Bai had realized during the awkward head pat, that the elder male had used it as a chance to grab a few strands of hair. His own expression falling into a strange blankness before calling in his secretary to send the strands off to be tested after the two guest had finally left.