The atmosphere remained frozen for a good while.
Su Luo struggled to suppress his amusement. "So, something like that actually happened. No wonder Miss Cioara was initially so... towards Honkai Impact 3rd."
"It was just my bad luck, it has nothing to do with you or Honkai Impact 3rd," Raven interrupted Su Luo.
"But hearing such a sad..."
"Sad?!"
"...such a moving story, it's still hard for me to remain completely indifferent."
Su Luo said this, naturally, with his own agenda in mind.
Honkai Impact 3rd still needed Raven, this useful tool... this game character.
"If there's anything you need help with, you can ask."
"I don't..."
Raven wanted to refuse but suddenly paused. She glanced towards the young woman and her team, sighed inwardly, and then, for their sake, brazenly said:
"Raven Studio is about to disband. I'm a bit worried about everyone's future. It would be great if you could help connect them with other companies. miHoYo has such a big reputation now, everyone will surely give you some face."
"Hmm..."
Su Luo remembered his earlier plan to open a 'subsidiary studio.' Weren't these ready-made personnel?
"Regarding this, I actually have an idea, if you're open to it."
"What idea?" Raven turned to look at Su Luo.
"It's just..." Su Luo explained his 'subsidiary studio' concept.
Raven was slightly taken aback, not expecting Su Luo to suddenly express a desire to acquire Raven Studio.
"Are you serious?" she asked hesitantly.
"Yes, miHoYo genuinely needs more staff, and it just so happens that you're all looking for a new path."
Hearing this, Raven couldn't help but frown and look at Su Luo a couple more times. She suddenly asked, "Did you have this plan since the day you met me? Is that why you tricked me into bringing my team to miHoYo?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Su Luo shook his head with a sincere expression. "It was a spur-of-the-moment idea."
He wasn't lying. At that time, he only intended to recruit Raven herself; he truly wasn't interested in the other members of her studio.
Raven couldn't detect anything unusual from Su Luo's face.
She temporarily set aside her doubts.
In truth, Su Luo's suggestion was practically a lifeline for Raven Studio, like "sending charcoal in snowy weather."
"I'll tell them later. They should all be willing to join miHoYo."
After all, miHoYo was currently an incredibly sought-after rising star in the industry.
However, Su Luo read between the lines of Raven's words. "Miss Cioara, you're not planning to join miHoYo?"
"Me?" Raven shook her head. "I want to rest for a while."
What happened before had hit her a bit too hard.
"miHoYo's branch still needs a person in charge."
"You can just have Kong do it. She's the studio's second-in-command." Kong was the pale purple-haired young woman who had been surrounded by the group earlier.
Su Luo was communicating with Raven, trying to trick... no, persuade Raven to join miHoYo.
Meanwhile, Kong, after finishing her discussion, noticed the two people standing at miHoYo's entrance.
"Teacher!"
She ran over, first greeting Raven, then looked at Su Luo and bowed politely. "Hello, I am Kong from Raven Studio."
"Hello, I'm the boss of miHoYo Studio. You can call me Su Luo."
"You're the boss of miHoYo? The main creator of Honkai Impact 3rd?!" Kong's eyes instantly sparkled as she looked at Su Luo.
"That's me."
Su Luo nodded and even joked about himself, "I thought you'd first think of me as miHoYo's scriptwriter and prepare to 'knife' me."
"Ah... The plot of Honkai Impact 3rd really makes people want to 'knife' the scriptwriter..."
Kong blinked. "However, we're here today for exchange and learning, so we can't do something so excessive."
Meaning, if they weren't here for exchange and learning, they could do something so excessive?
"Alright, enough idle talk. All of you, come in."
Su Luo's expression remained unchanged as he stepped aside, gesturing for them to enter the studio.
After Raven led the group into miHoYo.
Su Luo intentionally struck up a conversation with Kong, who was lagging at the very end.
"Why do you call Miss Cioara 'Teacher'?" he initiated.
"Because she's the teacher who taught me many things," Kong replied casually, her curious gaze uncontrollably drifting towards miHoYo's interior.
"It seems your relationship with Miss Cioara is very good," Su Luo guided the conversation.
"Of course!" Kong nodded seriously. "After all, I've been living with Teacher since I was very young."
"Is that so." Su Luo looked thoughtful.
After a moment.
He suddenly let out a strange, soft sigh. "Alas~~ It's a pity that you and the others will have to part ways with her soon."
"?"
"I know you definitely don't want to be separated from Teacher either, but her mind is made up... Alas~~"
Kong stopped in her tracks, her gaze fixed on Su Luo, and asked with a sincere expression, "Excuse me, what exactly happened?"
The corner of Su Luo's mouth twitched upwards almost imperceptibly before he slowly said, "It's not something that can't be said. You all would have found out later anyway..."
......
Unknowingly, several hours passed.
The people from Raven Studio got along very pleasantly with the miHoYo staff, especially Kong, who was very well-liked by Kiana and the others.
This also made Raven feel more at ease about placing Kong and her team at miHoYo.
Su Luo held a stack of contracts that he had just asked Rita to print.
He found Raven and said to her, "There's no time like the present. Why not have them sign the contracts now?"
"Hmm... alright." Raven flipped through the contracts, saw they were just standard labor contracts, and nodded lightly.
She took the contracts to the Raven Studio members and briefly explained miHoYo's acquisition of Raven Studio.
She had expected everyone to agree readily, but in reality, the situation was somewhat different from what she had imagined.
"I want to continue following Teacher!" Kong spoke on behalf of everyone.
"Are you all foolish?" Raven was speechless. "I'm utterly destitute right now. Why do you want to follow me? And give up such good terms from miHoYo?"
"It's precisely because Teacher is utterly destitute now that we absolutely cannot..."
Raven's face hardened. "You're not children anymore."
No one spoke.
The atmosphere gradually grew heavy.
Kiana and the others watched from the side, wanting to say something but not wanting to interfere casually.
At this moment, Su Luo walked over with a smile.
"Miss Cioara, since they're unwilling, perhaps we should just forget about it?"
"How can we do that?" Raven became a little anxious.
"But... if they're unwilling, I can't force them either..."
Su Luo leaned closer to Raven and said softly, "Actually, I think they just want to be with you. If you also join miHoYo, they definitely won't resist anymore."
"This..."
Raven hesitated.
Su Luo and Kong silently exchanged a look.