Shencheng, Zilong District.
Meng Shu drove the new car he had picked up just last week, inching along the bustling roads, stopping and starting in a way that was infuriating.
Traffic streamed endlessly here, and crowds surged through the streets. As far as the eye could see, there were heads everywhere.
On this day in July, the weather was scorching.
The blazing sun roasted the earth, making every passerby look flushed red.
It was clearly Wednesday, yet there were so many people outside that Meng Shu found himself curious.
Did none of them have work?
He shook his head and simply leaned back in his seat, waiting for traffic to start moving.
Three people sat in the back.
They were Xia Nianzhen, Qiu Yuan, and a Female Photographer Zhang they had hired.
Their purpose for this trip was to gather reference material from an Apartment Building at their agreed-upon destination for use in the game map.
Animator Xu Hong had not come. He had been assigned to stay at the company with Accountant Sister Mei and receive interviewees.
At yesterday's meeting, Meng Shu had already clearly explained the plans for the new game to the employees.
He had gone through the PPT from start to finish, explaining its content, gameplay, mechanics, plot, and so on.
Afterward, he answered several of the employees' questions and assigned them tasks.
Today, he was taking Scene Designer Xia Nianzhen and 3D Modeler Qiu Yuan to inspect the site, so they could understand roughly how the game's map should be made.
However, Meng Shu was not heading to a hotel, but somewhere else.
At that moment, soft music rang out. His phone was receiving a call.
Meng Shu picked it up and saw that it was an unlisted number.
He did not hesitate or decline