Urban Soldier Young Master

Chapter 938 - 937: Guo Jin

At nine o'clock this morning, an unexpected visitor appeared at the entrance of the Lidu City Cultural Bureau, Mu Xiaoting.Although she wasn't involved in politics, given her identity, obtaining the phone number of the director of the Lidu City Cultural Bureau wasn't a difficult task for her.

Thus, she contacted Director Guo Jin, stated her identity, expressed her desire to meet him, and received a positive response. Their meeting place was set to be Guo Jin's office at the bureau.

Of course, Mu Xiaoting was well aware that what she was doing wasn't quite appropriate. However, she just wanted Tianqing Company to escape from this inexplicably troublesome situation and didn't want to think too much about it anymore.

When Mu Xiaoting arrived at the entrance of the Cultural Bureau, she happened to see an Audi A8 parked in a nearby spot. A graceful, tall woman with an extraordinary temperament stepped out of the car.

As Mu Xiaoting looked at this woman, the woman also glanced at her, then brushed past her and walked into the entrance of the Cultural Bureau.

This woman who appeared in Mu Xiaoting's sights was Qin Ruojing. She had been trying to meet Director Guo Jin at the Cultural Bureau for several days but had not succeeded. She felt it was necessary to meet Guo Jin face to face. Phone calls didn't work, visiting his home didn't work, so she decided she might as well wait here.

Since Tianjiao Group was also involved in film and television, Qin Ruojing was not an unfamiliar visitor to the bureau. She was quite familiar with everything here.

After greeting a few familiar staff members, Qin Ruojing faced no hindrance and directly went to the third floor where Guo Jin's office was located.

Even there, even Qin Ruojing, without permission, could not simply go further and was courteously arranged to sit on the leather rest chairs in the waiting area.

Qin Ruojing wasn't surprised by this outcome. Guo Jin had been avoiding her these days, and it would've been strange if she could meet him so easily.

She was determined to sit there until she saw Guo Jin, and she didn't believe that Guo Jin would arrive for work so early.

Just as Qin Ruojing sat down, she saw the single-eyelid girl with a great temperament whom she met at the entrance also arrived on this floor and was very politely led by a staff member to the door of the director's office.

Upon seeing this scene, Qin Ruojing suddenly became spirited, staring intently at the door of the director's office.

Hmm? Could it be that Guo Jin is here now?

Soon enough, reality gave Qin Ruojing a definite answer. The door opened, a hand extended out, and shook hands with the single-eyelid girl's right hand.

The distance from where Qin Ruojing was to the director's office wasn't far, and she noticed a detail: when the two hands shook, it was entirely a very courteous touch-and-go moment.

This girl... is definitely not simple.

Given Qin Ruojing's understanding of Guo Jin, this balding, potbellied man with black-rimmed glasses, a pervert-looking guy, was quite lascivious. He would usually love to hold hands with young girls for longer. Yet, at this moment, he hardly grasped it well and let go so quickly?

Qin Ruojing's attention turned to the girl's face, noticing her composed and serene demeanor. Although she didn't completely disregard the person in front of her, she certainly didn't seem to take him too seriously either.

Unconsciously, Qin Ruojing scrutinized the girl again. Judging by her age, she couldn't have been a high-ranking official. So... the most likely scenario was that this girl was a child of some bigwig, otherwise, how could she carry such an aura and receive such treatment?

While Qin Ruojing was contemplating, Mu Xiaoting walked into the director's office, gave Guo Jin a slight smile, and said, "Director Guo, I apologize for the unexpected visit and any disturbance it caused. I hope you don't mind."

Guo Jin immediately replied with a smile, "Miss Mu, you are such a distinguished guest, I can hardly invite you here normally. You're being too polite. Please, have a seat. Would you like some before-the-rain tea?"

Mu Xiaoting thanked him and sat down on the sofa, "Haha, let's not be so formal with each other. How about I just call you Uncle Guo, and you call me Tingting?"

Upon hearing Mu Xiaoting say this, Guo Jin felt both surprised and delighted, yet slightly apprehensive. He wondered what on earth this daughter of Secretary Mu was planning?

While preparing tea for Mu Xiaoting, they exchanged a few pleasantries, both harboring their own thoughts. Although Guo Jin didn't think anyone would dare come and impersonate Secretary Mu's daughter, he still probed quietly.

Mu Xiaoting wasn't afraid of Guo Jin's probing. She responded methodically and, after Guo Jin's questions were almost done, brought up the main topic.

"Uncle Guo, as a junior, can I ask a question that might be inappropriate?"

Guo Jin felt a tightening in his heart; was it finally time to talk about serious matters? As expected of Secretary Mu's daughter, she worded it skillfully. With such phrasing, how could he say no?

Moreover, regardless of what Mu Xiaoting wanted to ask, prefacing it with such a sentence allowed for an easy exit if it was inconvenient to answer, with a casual laugh and no embarrassment for either side.

With a slightly reproachful expression filled with indulgent concern, Guo Jin placed a cup of tea on the coffee table in front of Mu Xiaoting, "Tingting, why the formality again? Since you call me Uncle, feel free to ask whatever question you have."

"Uncle Guo, how does your cultural bureau determine whether some entertainment projects can appear in the public eye?"

"Well... how should I put this?"

Guo Jin's heart skipped a beat. Was Mu Xiaoting indicating something for Secretary Mu?

Seeing Guo Jin pondering, Mu Xiaoting took a sip of tea leisurely, "If it's inconvenient to say, Uncle Guo, don't trouble yourself. I was just asking casually."

You were just asking casually? My foot, Guo Jin thought to himself, quickly smiling, "It's not really inconvenient. I'm just curious, Tingting, why are you interested in this kind of thing?"

Mu Xiaoting secretly cursed him as an old fox. Could you be any more straightforward? We haven't even gotten to the real point yet. Do you need to be so cautious?

Despite cursing internally, Mu Xiaoting maintained an appropriately polite smile outwardly.

"Oh, because that's the sort of work I do. Uncle Guo probably doesn't know, but I work at a game company now, doing research and design, so I'm here to ask Uncle Guo for some guidance."

"A... game company?" Guo Jin was just about to sip his tea. Hearing what Mu Xiaoting said, his wrist trembled slightly, spilling some tea on his pants without noticing.

Mu Xiaoting nodded with a smile, "Yes, a game company. If something I make accidentally conflicts with your standards, all my hard work would be wasted. That would certainly be a headache."

Guo Jin blew on the tea and set down his cup, "Tingting, if I remember correctly... there doesn't seem to be any game company in the provincial capital."

"Not in the provincial capital. I work in Lidu now. The company's president is my friend—a very good friend. So, for my interest, I went to join him."

Even though Guo Jin prided himself on his quick thinking, he was a bit stunned now. There was only one game company in Lidu, and that was Tianqing. The president of Tianqing was Chu Ge, and Mu Xiaoting specifically emphasized that they were very close friends?

This... what's the situation here exactly? Could they have misunderstood Secretary Mu's intentions? That's not right. No matter how you think about it, it shouldn't be!

Seeing Guo Jin momentarily freeze, Mu Xiaoting slightly lifted the corners of her mouth. She decided to make her words more direct, "Uncle Guo, that company is called Tianqing, and my good friend is Chu Ge. Do you know him?"

"Oh, oh, I know him." Guo Jin nodded instinctively, then shook his head, "Uh, no, not really know him, haha, just heard some things about Mr. Chu. I haven't interacted with Mr. Chu."

"I see..." Mu Xiaoting smiled again, "By the way, Uncle Guo, you still haven't answered my previous question?"

Guo Jin was truly a bit flustered now. This time he wasn't pretending to be silly. He instinctively asked, "What question?"

"What kind of games can be recognized by our cultural bureau and then promoted in the market?"

Mu Xiaoting smiled faintly, her tone slightly heavier than before.

To an average person, they might not notice anything, but to someone like Guo Jin, who had become practically shrewd, he could certainly feel this subtle change and sense the veiled questioning in Mu Xiaoting's words.

"Standards, this sort of thing... sometimes they can be difficult to define. In a sentence or two, it's really hard to say, haha..."

Guo Jin's bald forehead had begun to sweat a bit. He took a sip of tea but still couldn't calm himself down quickly.

"I also think so. Uncle Guo, to be frank, there are some games I think are very good. Not only I think so, but many people think they're good. But..."

At this point, Mu Xiaoting deliberately paused, drawing out her voice, and Guo Jin had another layer of sweat on his forehead.

Dragging out the word "but" for three seconds, Mu Xiaoting suddenly smiled radiantly, raising her hand to brush her forehead.

"Haha, Uncle Guo, look at me, I've gone off track again. Please kindly teach me, it will certainly help with my future work. Maybe I can even assist the people in our Tianqing's customer service department."

Having said this much, the meaning was quite clear. Guo Jin wasn't a fool, of course, he understood what Mu Xiaoting left unsaid after "but". The subtext was obviously a resounding challenge!

The implication was, "We all felt there was no issue with these games, so why do you have a problem with them? Are you kidding me?"

As for the following sentence about helping the customer service department, that was telling him, "You inexplicably suspended those games, causing so many players to ask questions and making our customer service department very busy!"