“This internship is over. How's your thesis preparation coming along?”
This was the main thing Du Bin wanted to know. The progress of the thesis directly affected his availability to tutor his child.
“Master, as of last night, the outline was finished, and the main body had just begun…” Qiu Xi chose her words carefully.
This pace wasn't slow, but when explaining to her demanding master, it was indeed slower than usual.
“Hmm…” Du Bin frowned. “It’s acceptable, though.”
“When do you plan to finish it?”
“According to the original plan, it was scheduled for completion in December.”
During this planned period, Qiu Xi intended to study languages concurrently.
Otherwise, if she spent all her days writing the thesis, she might find it boring. Doing just one thing would make her lose motivation.
“That time frame seems a bit long…” Du Bin mused inwardly about his young disciple's schedule.
With her capabilities, and given that the outline was already complete, even the most meticulous thesis shouldn't require three months.
This duration was genuinely quite extended.
“Master, it is indeed a bit long, but I wasn't planning to write the thesis exclusively. The school teachers gave us a deadline of next March, so I intended to finish it by early December.”
“Since there’s ample time, I planned to start learning languages interspersed with the writing.”
Otherwise, spending nearly three months on her humanities thesis was indeed too long.
Even if she were to pad it, she could have produced several papers. With hers already fully prepared, it wasn't necessary.
“Mm, that makes more sense.”
Du Bin finally nodded with satisfaction. “In that case, let's proceed with our original study plan. You don't need to overexert yourself.”
“Starting after the holiday, we’ll have two lessons a week, both scheduled on weekends. You can come back from school for them.”
With her master's arrangements all set, Qiu Xi naturally didn't want to rack her brain any further.
“Okay, I’ll listen to Master.”
This way, she could attend classes on Saturdays and Sundays and manage her own study time the rest of the week. It was perfect.
At this pace, she might learn a lot even before the start of postgraduate studies.
“Alright, that settles it. Rest well and have fun during this holiday. No rush.”
The child had just finished her internship and still had quite a few things on her plate. She should be allowed to rest first.
“Okay.”
After her conversation with her master, Qiu Xi returned to her bedroom.
The first thing she did was send the thesis outline, which she had finished last night, to Teacher Yan.
Then, she resumed working on the main body of her thesis.
…
On the third day of the holiday, Qiu Xi, being extremely bored, finally went to Xiguang.
Although it was a holiday, the company still had people working.
When Qiu Xi arrived at the office building, she immediately encountered someone upon entering.
“Sister Xi, why are you here?”
Xi Qinqin’s eyes widened slightly in surprise upon seeing the person who had suddenly appeared.
“My internship just ended, and I was idle at home, so I thought I'd come and take a look.”
“By the way, with such a long holiday, why are you still here?”
Not only Xi Qinqin, but Qiu Xi was also puzzled.
Although they lived exceptionally close, holidays were meant to be holidays. Why come to the company?
“There are a few things I haven’t wrapped up yet. I plan to finish them and then go out with A Shuo, so I came over.”
Xi Qinqin then looked at Qiu Xi. “Um… Sister Xi, what are you planning to see here? Would you like me to accompany you?”
Looking at Xi Qinqin, Qiu Xi remembered the instructions given during the meeting and nodded. “Sure.”
“Since you’re here, let’s go to your studio. I want to see the new promotional photos that were just completed.”
This was something Song Jingshu had reported to Qiu Xi earlier, but she hadn't had the time to see them then.
With Xi Qinqin present today, it was the perfect opportunity.
“That’s fine. Sister Xi, follow me. I’ll take you.”
“Okay.”
With that, the two walked to Xi Qinqin’s studio within the office building.
“Sister Xi, please have a seat. I'll go get the equipment.”
Xi Qinqin said this and turned to prepare things.
Qiu Xi sat down and scanned the space.
It looked like there were many more things here than the last time she visited.
It seemed much more presentable.
“Sister Xi, here.”
Xi Qinqin said as she operated the computer in front of her. “These are the finished products.”
“Take a look…”
Qiu Xi shifted her position, leaned over, and began to examine them closely.
…
“Have these started to be updated online?”
After reviewing all the photos, Qiu Xi turned and began to chat with Xi Qinqin.
“Yes, after the finished images were out, I showed them to Jing Shu. We then had a meeting and implemented the webpage updates in two phases.”
“After the results came in, these new promotional photos gradually replaced the original ones, and the effect is quite good now.”
“Yes, indeed. Compared to the previous ones, your new ones are definitely more eye-catching.”
After Qiu Xi had carefully reviewed everything, she agreed that the photos uploaded in a hurry before were indeed lacking something.
“What about the dynamic video promotional content? What stage is it at?”
If they were going to replace them, they should replace everything. Otherwise, the obvious discrepancies would be rather unappealing.
“That is also almost done. It will be completed in a little more time.”
“However, due to the traffic fluctuations caused by the disparity between the before and after, the company has recently become quite popular again. So, we discussed in a meeting and decided to wait until this trend dies down and then release another batch at the end of the year.”
“At that time, it will coincide with the launch of new products, serving as promotion.”
“Mm…”
Qiu Xi hadn’t really considered this point, but it seemed Jing Shu and the others had thought it through quite thoroughly.
“Well done. I look forward to your finished products!”
“We will definitely do a good job!”
“Yes!” Qiu Xi nodded and patted Xi Qinqin on the shoulder.
“Alright, I’m going upstairs to take a look. I won’t delay your work.”
“Okay, Sister Xi. You go ahead.”
After seeing Qiu Xi off, Xi Qinqin stared at the computer screen for a moment before getting back to work.
Qiu Xi toured the place, which was a good way to inspect things.
She continued until she was tired, then headed to her office on the top floor.
By now, a significant portion of the plan had been completed, and further plans were scheduled to begin after the new year.
Since she had time, Qiu Xi started writing directly in the office.
She also took out and organized that ancient court formula book.
The customized plan had to start from this foundation. She wasn’t sure if Pei Wen could handle this wave currently.
With some reservations, Qiu Xi didn’t ponder for too long. After a brief pause, her typing fingers moved faster, and the blank document on the computer was gradually filled with text.
Qiu Xi stayed at the company until very late before packing up and going home.
Upon arriving home, she coincidentally received a message from Liang Yunfei.
“Xiao Xi, now that my recommendation for postgraduate studies is finalized and my internship is also over, I’ll be returning to Xiguang for regular work after the holiday.”
After being away from the company for over three months, Liang Yunfei missed the days of clocking in every day.
Together with Jing Shu and the others, she was now adept at handling work matters, finding them smooth and easy.
Qiu Xi read the message and had no objections to Liang Yunfei’s idea.
“Sure. I just returned from there today, and I have some ideas about the upcoming plans. You go ahead and supervise the current work progress at the company. If things go smoothly, we can take a leap forward in development next year.”
“Okay, sounds good.”
Although Qiu Xi didn’t specify the plan, Liang Yunfei understood, as they had discussed it in a meeting before.
“By the way, after the holiday ends the day after tomorrow, I plan to go see Teacher Yan with my thesis outline. Do you want to come along?”
They were in the same group, and having a companion would be nice.
However, Qiu Xi hadn’t expected her good friend to have already reached this stage.
“Xiao Xi, I won’t need to. I returned to school early and already spoke with Teacher Yan. My thesis is now more than halfway done.”
“…” Qiu Xi was stunned.
It seemed… there was such a thing.
It was just that she was on internship and hadn’t paid much attention…
“Okay, then I won’t bother you going to the company.”
“Yes, then let’s wrap up our chat for now. I’ll talk to you when you get back to school.”
“Okay.”
…