Cheng Cheng and the Cicada

Chapter 109 Time Bank

Tang Xin.

Lin Xian looked at the unfamiliar name on the unfamiliar profile picture...

"Who is this? Do we have this girl in our class?"

He looked at it again carefully.

The girl's profile picture was a cute kitty cat, and her name in the group was Tang Xin. Lin Xian had no impression of this name.

He wanted to click on her QQ space to see the girl's photos, but found that the space was also locked.

So he directly asked Gao Yang on WeChat:

"Who is Tang Xin? I don't remember having this person in our class?"

"It's normal that you don't remember."

Gao Yang replied:

"This girl was a transfer student. She came to school for a few days when we were divided into classes in the second year of high school and then went abroad to study. But she had already joined the QQ group at that time... I can't kick her out, can I? She's been lurking for so many years and hasn't shown up. As the group leader, I've forgotten about it."

"Does this kind of classmate who was only with us for a few days also come to the reunion?"

"Come on, what's wrong with having more people and having fun? Why should we care so much? Anyway, she was a classmate for a few days. Maybe she has a good relationship with some of the girls in the class! We don't refuse anyone, and we don't mind an extra pair of chopsticks."

Okay.

Since Gao Yang had said so, Lin Xian didn't take it to heart.

But he didn't know if he was being presumptuous.

He always felt that when this girl replied, why did she specifically mention his name? It was as if she was saying this to him.

However, Lin Xian really had no impression of this girl.

In his heart, he didn't think that this kind of classmate who had only spent a few days together could be considered a classmate...

After thinking about it, Lin Xian turned off his phone and didn't reply in the group.

Maybe she was just saying it casually and didn't mean anything special.

It's better not to be presumptuous.

"I wonder how many people will actually come to this high school reunion five years after graduation."

To be honest, Lin Xian was quite looking forward to this reunion.

Many good friends from those years really had less contact after going to college, and he really wanted to see them.

After getting up and tidying up.

Lin Xian came to the company and interviewed some fresh graduates.

His team had a huge workload, and Zhao Yingjun also said that the team should be expanded to about thirty or forty people, all of which would be decided by Lin Xian himself.

The interview process was a bit slower than Lin Xian had expected...

But he was also a college graduate who had only graduated for half a year, so he understood the difficulties of these fresh graduates. Therefore, he patiently listened to each college student's introduction and said that he would inform them of the results within two days, whether they passed or not, so that they would not wait in vain.

He was quite interested in about seven or eight people. He would think about it for the next two days and then send them offers.

After finishing the interview work, Lin Xian returned to his private office, made a cup of tea, and prepared to rest for a while.

He sat on the soft boss's chair, holding the hot tea, and looked at the traffic outside the window.

The business district where X company was located was still very prosperous.

There were also many famous companies' office buildings and headquarters of some commercial banks around, and their buildings were very impressive.

Bank...

Lin Xian recalled what CC had said in his dream yesterday.

Teim Bank.

Lin Xian remembered this name.

CC said that those hafnium alloy safes were all transported from this bank.

This Teim Bank went bankrupt for some reason, issued an announcement, and gave a deadline for the owners of these safes to take their belongings within the deadline.

The deadline was August 28, 2624.

If no one came to claim the safe by this date... then sorry, it could only be treated as garbage, so those safes appeared in the dream's garbage disposal plant.

Then when was this Teim Bank established?

If that safe really belonged to him.

Then the time he stored the safe should have been after the establishment of Teim Bank, although it could not be ruled out that the bank had been acquired, renamed, or restructured several times... but the name Teim Bank was indeed a clue.

Lin Xian picked up his mobile phone and entered Teim Bank in the search engine.

As expected...

There were no relevant results.

"Teim Bank."

Lin Xian tried hard to recall the name...

When robbing the bank in the first dream, because of the perspective and the fact that the road lights were not on and the bank sign was not lit, Lin Xian really couldn't remember the name of the bank. He only knew the location of the bank.

"Wait, it seems that the sign was in English."

Lin Xian himself had driven CC there once.

Now that he thought about it, it seemed that the unlit bank signs were indeed in English, ending with BAnk, meaning bank.

Then the front...

"Teim."

"tie."

Lin Xian realized:

"tieBAnk, Time Bank!"

So that's how it is...

Lin Xian understood.

Why there was no money in that bank warehouse, or even anything related to money.

Because it was not a real bank for storing money at all!

Its main business should be this kind of long-term preservation, with a storage period of decades, hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years.

This was the main business of this Teim Bank!

"Interesting."

Lin Xian really felt the diversity of species. There would actually be such a bank in this world, and it could last for 600 years.

Although... it eventually went bankrupt.

He opened his mobile phone again and searched for Time Bank, tieBAnk and other words.

Still, there were no relevant results.

The web pages showed some miscellaneous game settings and film and television works, but there was no such bank in reality.

"Then we can only guess that this Teim Bank has not been established yet in 2023, has not started business, and those safes have not yet begun to be manufactured."

This theory was reasonable.

But thinking about it...

"Maybe it's soon."

Lin Xian crossed his legs and looked at the headquarters of various commercial banks standing opposite the road.

He felt that Teim Bank should be established soon.

In the first dream, Big Face Cat said that this kind of hafnium alloy safe was not common at all. He had never seen it outside. CC also affirmed this, which meant that hafnium alloy safes might not have become mainstream due to cost reasons.

And "Time Bank" itself was very gimmicky. If their advertisement claimed that all the safes in the bank were made of hafnium alloy, then it was obviously a very outstanding marketing strategy, which was very in line with their product positioning.

"Maybe..."

Lin Xian looked up at the warm sun in the sky:

"Maybe it's almost time for me to store the safe."

He wasn't sure how long it would be.

A few months later?

A year later?

But in short, it should be soon.

Actually, Lin Xian didn't care much about this.

Because he had already written a letter to his future self and imprinted an ideological mark on himself. No matter when or where he encountered this titanium alloy safe, he would definitely set the password to 29990203.

That was enough.

With this time-space butterfly, as long as he was unwavering, the password of the safe 600 years later would most likely become this.

Ding ling ling ding ling ling

Ding ling ling————

Behind him.

The landline phone on the desk rang. Lin Xian looked at the caller ID and it was the short number of Zhao Yingjun's office.

He answered the phone.

After answering, Zhao Yingjun's voice immediately came from the microphone:

"Lin Xian, come to my office."

...

22nd floor, Zhao Yingjun's office.

"Come in."

With a bang, the heavy double-layer password door opened, and Lin Xian walked into the office.

Everything here was still the same as always.

The thin layer of dust on the coffee table and sofa seemed to be thicker, and the documents on the large desk were still messy, piled into several stacks.

Lin Xian had always felt that Zhao Yingjun's office had a magical power, as if it could freeze time, making everything here remain unchanged forever.

If he had to say something...

Some of the leaves of the green plants had turned yellow, and he didn't know if the busy Zhao Yingjun had time to water them.

She really needed a secretary more than anyone else, but she resisted having a secretary more than anyone else.

It seemed that... the previous little secretary had really hurt her, so much so that she had become difficult to trust others.

Dong.

Zhao Yingjun took a sip of the brewed flower tea and put the glass teacup on the table:

"Lin Xian, help me prepare a document on the Rhine Cat, elaborating on the image, style, and design background of the Rhine Cat. I will give it to the composers to look at when I meet them later."

"Although the Rhine Cat doll is very successful and popular, in the eyes of those composers... there may still be some misunderstandings about the image of the Rhine Cat."

Composer?

Lin Xian recalled a few days ago, Zhao Yingjun said that she was going to attend a composer's party, and then find one of the composers to discuss writing a theme song for the Rhine Cat.

Looking at it this way...

It was estimated that the last composer did not reach an agreement.

"Did you not reach an agreement with the last composer?" Lin Xian asked.

She nodded and smiled with her head lowered:

"That gentleman thought that our Rhine Cat image was too childish. He said that he had never written a theme song for a cartoon character. In short... it was a polite refusal."

Childish huh...

Although he felt a little uncomfortable hearing someone say that about the Rhine Cat, it was also the truth.

Seeing that Lin Xian didn't speak, Zhao Yingjun smiled:

"It's nothing, it's normal. Each composer has different styles and favorite fields. Cooperation should be two-way."

"But there is nothing wrong with your Rhine Cat. Whether it is the low-age market or the mature market, the sales and popularity are very high. The market is the best proof. I think if we really can't survive in the cosmetics market one day, we may not be able to transform into a toy company."

Lin Xian knew she was joking, so he didn't continue to say anything.

Zhao Yingjun would definitely not transform X company into a toy company, Lin Xian knew this very well.

Thinking of the X company building in the dream 600 years later, suppressing steel behemoths and breaking through the sky...

Lin Xian felt that it was more likely to transform into a super heavy industry giant.

"You don't have to worry about the theme song for the Rhine Cat. We have many candidate composers to talk to."

Zhao Yingjun picked up the flower tea cup, took another small sip, and said softly:

"Actually, it's easy to talk to second-tier composers, and even some first-class composers. As long as the money is in place, there is no problem. But I still hope to find the top composer to compose for the Rhine Cat. I think it is necessary to fight for it."

"I called you here today because I wanted you to prepare all kinds of information about the Rhine Cat, so that they can better understand the Rhine Cat when we negotiate with the top composers."

"Alright." Lin Xian agreed directly.

At this moment, he somewhat understood Chu Shanhe's feelings for his daughter.

He also liked the Rhine Cat and wanted her to enjoy everything best.

...

After returning to the office, Lin Xian sorted out various information about the Rhine Cat, especially the image and design background, and then sent the electronic file to Zhao Yingjun.

Then, he got off work.

There was still something very important to do in the dream today.

No. 314 garbage disposal plant,

Four garbage trucks arriving at 23:19,

Tens of thousands of water-soaked books on the truck,

A treasure of history and knowledge!

"I hope to find the two books I want most in these water-soaked books."

After washing up, Lin Xian turned off the lights and lay on the bed.

He closed his eyes and turned over.

"Let's go!"