E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World-Chapter 59 - Episode 59 Not So Demanding Client A vs Newbie B 6
Chapter 59: Episode 59 “Not So Demanding” Client A vs Newbie B 6
Chapter 59: Episode 59 “Not So Demanding” Client A vs Newbie B 6
“Xiaochen, even if you need to have an interview, you should ask for leave from your previous company first, right? Not asking for leave is absenteeism!” Ya Rui tried to suppress the urge to erupt in anger, still speaking to Chen Musheng in a pleasant tone.
“Ah? Can’t I just make up for it by going back in the afternoon?” Chen Musheng was not only inadequate in his job but was also clueless about workplace norms.
“You’d better take care of it yourself…” Ya Rui massaged his throbbing temples. This assistant graphic designer needed to go, the sooner the better. With his level of competency, there wasn’t much worth retaining.
Left with no other choice and really not wanting to disturb Shen Yajing, who was on vacation, the current situation made it impossible not to.
“Hello? Yajing? I know I’m interrupting your break, but Xiaochen just can’t handle this task, so I have to trouble you…” In the end, Ya Rui still handed over the task to Shen Yajing.
Within less than an hour, Shen Yajing sent back the image Ya Rui wanted.
There wasn’t just the front image, but also the back, and even a top view of the card when opened.
She truly was a top-notch graphic designer, thorough in her work. This time, a portion of the advertising fee definitely had to be shared with her as a bonus!
Luo Jing was very satisfied with the effect image of the offline brochure.
It was much classier than what she had expected. Before, she had only thought of a Christmas tree printed on paper. She had never considered a 3D pop-up card, let alone thought that this pop-up card would be related to the online version, both in card form.
She couldn’t wait to see the finished product, so she agreed happily to meet the readers a month early.
Next up, Kang Siyin had her battle with that damned 3D rotating Christmas tree…
“Yinyin, I can’t do it, I need backup…” The tree had stumped Kang Siyin. Trying to turn a flat image into a three-dimensional one was exhausting just to think about. She had tried countless plans, but none could make the ornaments move along with the tree.
“How about this, just tie the ornaments and the tree all together? Would that work?” Zhou Xueyin wasn’t sure if it was feasible.
“I tried that, but it caused clipping and looked terrible. I can’t even satisfy myself, let alone the client…” Kang Siyin shook her head helplessly.
“Or… stop it from rotating automatically and use the mouse to rotate it? Would that be better?” Zhou Xueyin also felt that Luo Jing’s idea was impractical.
“I’ll give it a try. If I do it the way you suggested, indeed the ornaments need to be tied to the tree, and then, if it rotates…” Kang Siyin mumbled as she worked, “Hmm! This works! No problem at all!”
“KK, you’re the best!” Zhou Xueyin patted Kang Siyin’s shoulder, “I’m going to check on how Shanshan’s progressing…”
“Don’t look at me. I’m considering, after finishing this project, to start from scratch and learn about human anatomy…” Yao Shanshan looked at her own twisted drawing of Santa Claus and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
“Anyway, Santa Claus is sitting in the car, so if you draw the upper body without issues, it will be fine…” It was a good thing they had convinced Luo Jing not to have random entrance into the scene. Otherwise, it would not be Kang Siyin but Yao Shanshan who’d be driven to despair.
A week later, on the day of the final draft, they still showed Luo Jing the current progress via video link.
“That young lady, I thought about it, ha, on the tree, there’s a stocking, right? Then a bird flies to the stocking, picks it up, brings it in front of the screen, opens it, and reveals our product. Then, when you click on the product, it links to our purchase page, like that, ha…” Luo Jing negated the current design once again.
Kang Siyin was speechless. She gestured for Zhou Xueyin to cover the microphone; she had something to say.
“Yinyin, can you ask her for her current thoughts, and if she’s certain, I won’t redo it. Otherwise, after all my huffing and puffing to get it done, she might just dismiss it with a sentence or two, and then my efforts over the past few days would have been in vain, right?”
“Okay, okay. Don’t get angry. Later, we’ll give you the largest share of the advertising bonus!” Zhou Xueyin hadn’t expected Luo Jing to want to change the design plan, especially since it had already been confirmed.
Zhou Xueyin repeatedly confirmed with Luo Jing that there would be no more revisions.
Luo Jing readily agreed over the phone, but just before hanging up, she still insisted that she needed to see the effect in a demonstration before she could decide whether to change it or not.
Well, that’s pretty much the same as not confirming at all… There’s no helping it, people who pay call the shots. If they want changes, we’ll make changes. Isn’t that why they pay, to solve problems? Otherwise, why hire us?
It’s because they are also newcomers to the industry. If this were a slightly famous advertising company, the plan decided on would be the final one, and the client probably wouldn’t dare to say much. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
We finally managed to produce the effect Luo Jing wanted, and honestly, it did look much better than the plain old decorations on the click-tree.
After Zhou Xueyin sent it over, Luo Jing was exceptionally satisfied.
“Kang girl, thank you, oh, it’s beautiful. It’s just…”
When everyone heard this “it’s just,” their hearts instantly leaped into their throats.
“Could you add some drifting snowflakes in the sky?” Thankfully, it wasn’t an overly difficult request.
“Luo sister, if there’s anything else you want to add or change, please say it all at once!” Zhou Xueyin said straightforwardly, hoping to avoid the back and forth, like squeezing toothpaste, adding a little today, a little tomorrow.
“Hmm…” Luo Jing scrutinized the flash animation closely, had Kang Siyin click here and there, searching for any other aspects that were not yet satisfactory, “The angle at which Santa Claus enters the scene…”
“Luo sister, this entry point is already the perfect golden ratio! You studied art, you should know…” Kang Siyin couldn’t hold back and ended up explaining the golden ratio to Luo Jing.
“Okay, okay, I can tell it’s the golden ratio, got it. I was just looking at other angles. Since it is the golden ratio, then let’s not change it,” Luo Jing’s tone softened, and it was apparent that she was not so clear on the concept of the golden ratio.
One could clearly feel that her jewelry design was all based on intuition…
After the drifting snow effect was added, Luo Jing was thoroughly pleased.
“Luo sister, this animation also comes with background music, let me play it for you to listen to…” Zhou Xueyin turned on the speaker, but before the music could come out, what first came out was indeed the sound of radio interference. “Sorry, sorry!”
“No problem, no problem. I can guess which music you used. It’s Christmas songs, right…” Luo Jing chuckled. “You guys have really put in a lot of effort.”
“So, you are satisfied with this flash animation?” Zhou Xueyin confirmed.
“Satisfied, very satisfied! Quite satisfied! Bring the animation over tomorrow, and we’ll go through the process,” Luo Jing happily ended the call.
“That finally wraps it up… You guys worked hard!” Zhou Xueyin stretched lazily and turned around.
“Yinyin! Happy Birthday!” Li Jin’ang, Kang Siyin, and Yao Shanshan appeared in front of Zhou Xueyin with a birthday cake.
