[The sword is the master of all weapons; the skill of swordsmanship is like the sun, but it is like a soaring rabbit. It is rebellious and submissive in all directions, and it will never be heard again. 】
Yesterday in the coffee shop, Kasumigaoka Shiu sat in his seat and read the drawing in his hand carefully, silently reciting the narration written in the first frame of the drawing in his heart.
It was a bit inconvenient to talk about things in school, so Yan Kai suggested coming to the coffee shop yesterday, and judging from Yan Kai's tone, he seemed to be a regular customer there.
Yan Kai was indeed what Kasumigaoka Shiyu thought. The purpose of looking for her was related to comics. After the two came to the coffee shop, before Kasumigaoka Shiyu started ordering, Yan Kai directly handed a thick stack of drawings to Kasumigaoka. Zhiqiu Shiyu, Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu just weighed it briefly and realized that this manuscript was probably three or four hundred pages long!
He actually drew so much without hesitation, isn't he afraid that the submission will fail and all his efforts will be in vain?
Generally speaking, even if a new comic book author has a confident work, they will only draw two or three chapters before submitting it, because even if their work is favored by a comic book club and after deliberation, they feel that the comic can be serialized, they will also have a good understanding of the comic. It is the editorial department's right to make corrections to a certain extent, and it is also a loving education for ignorant new comics authors who do not understand the market conditions.
In other words, even if these three to four hundred pages of drawings are submitted for submission and are successful, there is a high possibility that they will be forced to revise most of the manuscript, let alone two hundred pages!
But thinking about the rocket speed of the boy opposite him who could draw a page of drawings in about ten minutes, Kasumigaoka Shiyu felt that maybe he was not afraid at all, and fast hands meant he was willful!
Ji Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu, who could easily delete tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of words from a manuscript without even frowning, felt a little bit more in agreement with Yan Kai.
"Senior Kasumigaoka, please feel free to order whatever you want. I'm sorry to trouble you, so let me treat you this time. Please don't refuse under any circumstances."
After recruiting the waiter, Yan Kai handed over the ordering authority to Kasumigaoka Shiyu and declared in advance that he would pay the bill.
The customs and habits of Japan and the Central Plains are similar but also very different. For example, if men and women go out to eat together, if they are in the Central Plains, it is basically men who treat guests, and women only need to bring their mouths. In Japan, unless there are circumstances, Special, otherwise they are all made by AA.
It is strange to say that at this moment, the women of the Central Plains, who have always advocated equality between men and women, will always become more delicate, just waiting for men to take over and pay the bill, while the Japanese women, who have been accustomed to being the vassals of men, But he seems to be very self-reliant and insists on paying his own share of the money. It's really strange.
Of course, this time it was Yan Kai who requested Kasumigaoka Shiyu, so it was natural for Yan Kai to treat him.
Kasumigaoka Shiyu raised his eyebrows, and his sinister character couldn't help but emerge.
"Then I want this, this, and this!"
Kasumigaoka Shiha ordered all the most expensive desserts in one go, and also picked a cup of the most expensive mocha coffee.
Make you generous!
The waiter who took the order was overjoyed. These desserts and coffee together cost tens of thousands of yen.
"A glass of boiled water, thank you."
Yan Kai looked calm and said to the waiter.
Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu snickered in her heart, thinking that Yan Kai was so heartbroken that he could only order boiled water to save money.
The waiter was a little disappointed when he didn't see Yan Kai's ugly face, but he still went to prepare desserts and coffee.
It's not the waiter who likes to rip off customers, but Yan Kai...
For a month in a row, I only ordered a cup of boiled water for 100 yen in the coffee shop. No wonder the waiter had a problem with Yan Kai.
Although the waiter gets a dead salary and it has nothing to do with him, he still can't help but be unhappy with such a stingy customer.
Even the store manager had a problem with Yan Kai. The originally free boiled water was priced at 100 yen because of Yan Kai. For this reason, the store manager was often scolded by customers who came into the store, but If you don’t do this, you really won’t be able to swallow that breath.
This is not a question of money, the key is that I hate this kind of customers who occupy the toilet and do nothing! The rent of the shop next to the school is very expensive!
Not to mention the resentment of the waiter and store manager, while waiting for the dessert to be served, Kasumigaoka Shiu continued to read the drawing, and he couldn't help but be fascinated by it.
The story tells the story of a peasant-born samurai who, after being invincible in Japan, crossed thousands of miles to the Central Plains to find his opponent, thus setting off a wave of bloodshed in the Central Plains martial arts world.
This Japanese warrior is portrayed as extremely powerful in the comics, and his character design is also very eye-catching. He grew from a peasant to the number one master in Japan. Isn’t this better than the son of the fourth generation clamoring to become Hokage?
The rise of the grassroots. I am afraid that only people from the Central Plains dare to draw this. In the Japanese comics world, few people dare to do this. After all, blood fatalism can be said to be like a curse in Japan. Not everyone can afford to break it.
Time was limited, Kasumigaoka Shiyu only read the beginning, and saw that the group of famous Central Plains sects were forced to have no choice but to design the Japanese warrior Yagyu Ichijian to duel with the Central Plains' best swordsman Yan Beifei, and this Yan Beifei seemed to be also a swordsman. He is a very story-telling person who has an inexplicable grudge against a famous and decent family in the Central Plains. He seems to be more of a protagonist than Yagyu Itken.
In addition to these two people, there is also a very interesting character, a Taoist named Cangsong, who used to be a green forest bandit. In order to unify the world, he mixed up with Wudang, the largest sect in the world. He has even been recognized by the head of Wudang and became The heir to Wu-Tang.
Having courage, ambition, and perseverance, isn’t this better than that?
There are three people who are suspected to be the protagonists. Is this a group portrait comic?
Just when Kasumigaoka Shiyu wanted to continue reading, Yan Kai knocked on the table, making a sound that interrupted Kasumigaoka Shiyu, and said to Kasumigaoka Shiyu: "Senior Kasumigaoka, the coffee is getting cold."
Kasumigaoka Shiu woke up from the world of comics. When she looked at the time, it turned out that half an hour had passed. Not only was the dessert she ordered placed on the table, but even the coffee was no longer steaming.
"This comic is quite interesting..."
Kasumigaoka Shiyu regained her cold expression and said, but she didn't know that because she was attracted by the fierce and tense plot in the comic, her face and ears were already slightly red, and her cold expression could not be restrained at all.
Yan Kai didn't expose it, smiled slightly and said: "Thank you for the compliment."
After a pause, Yan Kai continued: "If Senior Sister Kasumigaoka thinks this comic is acceptable, I wonder if you can do me a favor?"
"Tell me what you can do for me first." Kasumigaoka Shiyu slowly calmed down.
Kasumigaoka Shiu read about a hundred pages of this comic in half an hour. It's not that she is slow in reading comics, but this comic has many details that need to be savored carefully. It is different from the fast food comics that are popular nowadays, and it is just fun. Just go through it with your eyes, you don’t need to use your brain to read it.
In particular, many of the dialogues have profound meanings and contain all kinds of tastes of life. Kasumigaoka Shiyu cannot read it once. She has to chew it carefully and read it several times to be satisfied.
For such a comic, Kasumigaoka Shiu really can’t imagine what kind of help Kasumigaoka Shiu can do.
"It's actually like this." Yan Kai's face showed a bit of embarrassment. Of course, due to the large glasses, no one could see it. "Half of my Japanese was taught by my aunt, and the other half was taught by myself to cope with daily life." It's okay, but when writing character dialogue, I feel something is wrong from time to time. Therefore, I want to ask Kasumigaoka-senpai's excellent literary skills to help me slightly modify the dialogue in the manga according to the original meaning of the dialogue, so that it can be made more comfortable. The dialogue would be smoother and easier to read.”
That’s how it turns out…
Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu suddenly realized.
Carefully recall the content of the comic I just read. Indeed, the plot is compact, the logic is reasonable, the characters are clear, and the storyboards are super strong. After reading it, people can naturally imagine the continuous actions in their mind, and the sense of power and expressive tension are also Full marks, don’t read the follow-up, just talk about what Kasumigaoka Shiyu has seen now. Kasumigaoka Shiyu believes that Yan Kai’s comics are not far behind even those first-line gods in the comics industry.
Of course, what will happen next remains to be determined. Whether it can become a masterpiece cannot be determined by just looking at the beginning.
If there is anything wrong with this manga, it would probably be that there are some minor grammatical problems in the character dialogue, but it does not affect reading. At least Kasumigaoka Shiu can understand the character's dialogue very well.
But it was better not to mention this small flaw, but this mention pierced Kasumigaoka Shiyu's heart like a thorn, making Kasumigaoka Shiyu's obsessive-compulsive disorder a little bit ready to take action.
However, asking the future great writer Kasumi Shiko to do these small things would be overkill. I felt that any student with a Mandarin score of 90 or above could do the job. Kasumigaoka Shiyu was a little unhappy.
But considering that if I agree, wouldn't I be able to see the follow-up to this comic as soon as possible? Kasumigaoka Shiyu had no choice but to nod and agree: "Okay, since my junior has begged like this, I can only help you."
Social relations in Japan place great emphasis on human relationships. On the premise that the senior students have the right to bully the lower students, they naturally have the obligation to help the lower students. If they only show the dignity of seniors to the junior students, they will not even treat the junior students. He refused to help even a small amount of help, which had a huge impact on the senior's popularity.
So Kasumigaoka Shiyu decided to help this "poor", "weak" and "helpless" junior student. After all, he looked quite weak and introverted. He took out the drawing that he had worked on for a long time and gave it to him so that he could correct it. He also struggled and hesitated for a long time. As a senior in life, Kasumigaoka Shiu naturally cannot attack his juniors!
I haven't even said a few words, why did it turn into a plea?
A question mark rose on Yan Kai's forehead, but it was not an important matter. Yan Kai just thought about it and ignored it.
"In that case, thank you, Senior Sister Kasumigaoka." Yan Kai said, taking out a thick envelope from his arms, placing it on the table, and pushing it in front of Kasumigaoka Shiyu.
Kasumigaoka Shiyu subconsciously picked up the envelope and looked at it, and then her breath was suffocated.
It was actually full of Yuji (ten thousand yuan bills)!
"what do you mean?"
Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu was surprised and uncertain.
"Nothing, just writing fees." Yan Kai replied calmly, "My mother told me that bad people talk about ideals, and good people talk about money. Asking for help, if you only talk about ideals and favors without giving benefits, it doesn't seem right. Am I being hypocritical? So the thank you gift must be given. I don’t know what Kasumigaoka-senpai likes, so I can only choose the most vulgar thing as a substitute. Please don’t take offense, Kasumigaoka-senpai!"
Kasumigaoka Shiu swallowed her saliva, one million yen, even if her family was wealthy, such a large sum of money was not something she could easily possess at her age.
The first time she made money on her own was the royalties from the publication of the novel "Metronome of Love", which totaled only over 800,000 yuan.
There is no way, she is just a new writer, the manuscript fee is low, and the royalty ratio is not high, and moreover, 800,000 yen is no longer a small sum of money, comparable to the income of an average working-class person in two or three months.
However, today, right now, one million yen was pushed in front of Kasumigaoka Shiyu without any psychological preparation. The waves in Kasumigaoka Shiyu's heart could not be explained in just two sentences.
"No, no, it's not a big deal, there's no need for such remuneration!"
Kasumigaoka Shiyu refused not firmly.
In any case, the remuneration of one million is too high. If it were to treat her to a few meals, Kasumigaoka Shiyu would be ashamed to accept it. But with such a large sum of money, Kasumigaoka Shiyu would definitely have a bad conscience if he accepted it—— Her work is not worth the price at all!
Or, what are the intentions of the Central Plains people towards me?
Kasumigaoka Shiyu, who has the self-awareness and pride of "I am a beautiful girl like no other", immediately became vigilant.
Could it be that this Central Plains man wants to use money to corrupt and seduce me, and then do such and such things to me? Go ahead and dream of your spring and autumn dreams!
After Kasumigaoka Shiyu completed three evil books in her mind, she became even more determined to refuse.
Yan Kai didn't know what Kasumigaoka Shiyu had figured out in a short period of time, but smiled and said: "Logically speaking, it is really not necessary, but I always believe that although small efforts may also get big returns, big efforts will reap big rewards." The reward may be higher, right?”
"This comic is my hard work, and I will do whatever it takes to improve it even slightly!"
"The reason why I gave one million yen is not that I am only willing to pay one million yen, but that the spare money I am using now is only this one million. If I had ten million spare money, I would definitely I won’t be stingy!”
"If Kasumigaoka-senpai really feels that your work is not worth so much money, then please make your work of such value!"
Yan Kai said solemnly, this time even with those big and eye-catching glasses, Kasumigaoka Shiyu could feel how firm Yan Kai's will was. He really took this comic very seriously, even to the point of pouring all his heart into it. All points.
As a fellow creator, Kasumigaoka Shiyu sympathizes with Yan Kai's mood.
However, even so, you can't force others into difficulties like this!
Kasumigaoka Shiyu was angry. For a D-level difficulty task, even if she performed well, she still wouldn't get an SSS rating! This is making things difficult for her, Kasumigaoka Shiyu!
Compared to Kasumigaoka Shiyu who was struggling, Yan Kai was much more relaxed: "But seeing that this amount of remuneration can make Kasumigaoka-senpai feel stressed, I feel relieved. I believe that in order to be worthy of this hundred Wan, you will definitely do your job to perfection, right?"
Kasumigaoka Shiyu was really thinking about how she would fulfill Yan Kai's commission if she really accepted the money, but when she heard Yan Kai's words, she suddenly became even more angry.
This Central Plains man seems to have a much worse character than he looks!
Yan Kai didn't care how much Kasumigaoka Shiyu slandered him in his heart. He got up and called the waiter. After paying the bill, he said to Kasumigaoka Shiyu: "Sister Kasumigaoka, I still have a part-time job, so I won't continue to accompany you. The drawing is a copy. , you can just take it back and look at it at will. If you want to change anything, just write it in pencil. Of course, please don’t share the drawings with others, thank you!”
You still have to go to work?
Kasumigaoka Shiyu raised her eyebrows: "Your family must be very rich, but you still have to work?"
Even ordinary adults can hardly come up with one million yen easily. Yan Kai paid it to Kasumigaoka Shiyu without blinking an eye. According to Kasumigaoka Shiyu's thinking, Yan Kai must be a child of a rich family.
Private Shenjian School does not prohibit part-time work. Not only that, but it also has good relations with many units that need working students. Every year, it sends a quota of students to those units so that students can work in those units. Well, no commission is collected.
But Kasumigaoka Shiyu has never heard of a part-time job that can earn one million!
Kasumigaoka Shiyu had already learned that Yan Kai was an international student who came to Japan this year. In other words, if Yan Kai did not lie and he really earned a million by working part-time, then he would only have about a month to work. This million is a monthly salary.
If there were a job in any company with a monthly salary of one million, not to mention high school students, adults would all grab it.
"Haha." Yan Kai laughed inexplicably, "My family does have some money, but to be honest, I am running away from home now, because my family does not support me drawing comics, so I ran away on my own. I came to Japan to study abroad just to pursue my dream. Therefore, my family has cut off my pocket money a long time ago, and the one million I paid you was indeed earned by my part-time job."
Yan Kai was not shy about his situation, but he stopped talking and didn't say much.
Did a rich man run away from home to pursue his dream? This scene is overused on TV, but it's a bit fresh to see in reality.
Kasumigaoka Shiyu looked at Yan Kai, and his favorability towards him increased slightly.
However, if you earn a million by working part-time, what kind of job do you do, a nightclub cowboy? Judging from your appearance, you don’t look like you can eat this bowl of rice, right?
Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu said venomously in his heart.
Hey, wait, why am I just complaining in my heart, but I can't say it out loud?
Doubts arose in Kasumigaoka Shiyu's heart.
She is not a reserved and gentle woman. On the contrary, among the two beauties in the second-year department of the private Kamima School, unlike Busujima Saeko who is regarded as the "modern Yamato Nadeshiko" and is admired by her juniors and peers, she Kasumigaoka Shiyu was famous for her venomous tongue, and her reputation as a venomous tongue was even louder than her reputation as a talented woman.
But somehow, when in front of Yan Kai, the venomous tongue mode that he used to turn on without thinking was always down, and he couldn't say a single ugly word.
Yan Kai left. Kasumigaoka Shiyu had no appetite for the desserts on the table. He could only look at the direction Yan Kai left and said, "What a weirdo!"
As for the emotion behind these words, I'm afraid even she herself doesn't know.
Holding the drawing tightly, Kasumigaoka Shiu downed the coffee in one gulp, then asked the waiter to pack the dessert, and also got up and left the coffee shop.
She obviously couldn't eat so many desserts by herself. Her original intention was to make Yan Kai happy, but Yan Kai was willing to pay even one million yen without blinking an eye, so of course the money for this dessert was worth it to him. It didn't matter, his punch landed in the air. Not only did Kasumigaoka Shiyu not feel the joy of succeeding in his prank, but he started counting calories.
With so many sweets, how much exercise is required to burn off the calories! I'm just a weak literary girl, and I don't want to exercise! Was I tricked by that bastard Central Plains man? right? right!
Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu said with a headache.
What? Don't want to eat? What a joke, how is this possible! In this world, food is the only thing you can’t live up to!
