Transforming American comics starts with a leap of faith

Chapter 208 Professionals
lipstick effect.

It refers to the abnormal increase in the sales of some products during the economic downturn.

This is especially true in America right now.

It was originally a period of economic downturn. Last year, Wall Street was in constant turmoil, and the Middle East was facing the once-in-a-century change. The capital market was almost a roller coaster during this period. Not to mention the poor, the middle class had no food left at home.

The consequences of advanced consumption came as expected...

Once the chain is broken, many families cannot make ends meet.

Of course, after the new general came to power, he ran around and made various guarantees, announcing a series of economic stimulus policies to be launched soon, and the public finally regained some confidence in the capital market.

Even without these, impetuous Americans will not give up their pursuit of spiritual enjoyment.

Subscriptions to paid programs have surged, and major TV stations have made a fortune.

By the way, the market of paper media, which is gradually declining, has also begun to pick up.

Like Time Magazine.

Catherine came to the headquarters of the magazine after a long absence.

When she first started working as a part-time agent, she was relatively conservative. Even if she was free, she would spend half a day a week on duty.

However, as her personal strength grew, her mentality gradually changed. In addition, her social circle and the career she devoted herself to had gradually surpassed the understanding of ordinary people... Catherine became more and more arrogant.

Now, let her come once a month, depending on how she feels that day...

Actually understandable.

"Does Steve Rogers know? My old lady talks and laughs with her."

"The girlfriends who drink tea together are all the current President Stark!"

"I have been engaged in the work of saving the world many times, and I have personally visited the front line of the battlefield, and I have won countless heads."

If such a "big man" didn't really like working in the media industry, he would have resigned a long time ago and became a special agent full-time.

Of course, too much from the magazine is also an important reason.

Today's Catherine can easily obtain top-secret information that no other media person has the opportunity to grasp.

Time Magazine can't wait to confess this aunt!
That is to say, her professional ethics is not bad. If you change to someone who has no bottom line, just relying on the information obtained from the database of S.H.I.E.L.D.

After entering the door, Catherine went straight to the editor-in-chief's office without paying attention to other people's strange gazes.

The bald editor-in-chief was naturally prepared.

"I didn't say that I want to see you now...it's really not easy."

He took a polite sip of the coffee, put the cup on the table, and said straight to the point: "If you want more inside information, I can only reject you for... the fifth or sixth time."

"Including this time, there are a total of eight times. I have given up a long time ago."

The editor-in-chief seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile:

"Anyway, the things you write now are enough for us to live a very nourishing life."

Catherine looked strange:
"Really, have you changed your gender?"

Some time ago, the senior media person in front of her wanted to make 200 calls a day in order to confirm the news of Captain Steve. Her persuasive words almost made her ears callused.

How long has it been?

Four large characters were written on her face: "It's no wonder you believe me!"

"Hey, your bonus for this month has arrived!"

As the trump card of the magazine, Catherine received a large bonus every month, but when she heard the editor-in-chief not answering the question, but brought this up, she immediately became a little more vigilant.

"Bald thief, you don't want to threaten me with money, do you! My mother is still using this money to pay back the loan!"

That's right, even after graduating for several years, her student loans are still not paid off...

For students born in the middle class, the tuition fee of a prestigious school in America is almost the same as the mortgage of the Chinese dynasty...

It may take ten years to memorize.

Catherine, who works two jobs, is better and has almost paid off.

If the editor-in-chief dares to threaten her with a salary, Catherine...will dare to quit!
"Ahem, where are you going? I just want to say that the magazine company treats you well. As for me, as your old boss and the master who introduced you, I have always been kind... Please help me, Mr. Is it possible?"

Catherine: "Hey, looking back at the past, this trick has come out... Let's hear it, I will definitely help if it's not too much."

The editor-in-chief, who was sitting opposite him, leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice:

"I heard that tomorrow night, your heroes...have a private party?"

Catherine: "Well... where did you get the news?"

"It's true! I'm not going to hide it from you. I don't know the exact source of the information, but anyone who is well-informed knows about it."

"It's inexplicable, and someone inquired about it when we got together?"

The editor-in-chief ignored the complaints and said excitedly: "Hey, when the time comes, there must be a lot of people. There shouldn't be many opportunities like this. Most of you will take a commemorative photo!"

Catherine raised her eyebrows and opened her mouth to say something, but the editor-in-chief took the conversation away.

"Yes, I want this photo, but I know that you will definitely not give me the original picture, and I don't have this extravagant expectation. You can add some retouching and hide what should be hidden... But no matter what, This is the first group photo of heroes in the public eye!"

Looking at the big red face of the editor-in-chief, Catherine understood what the editor meant.

Using this group photo as the cover of the next issue, breaking the sales record should be similar to playing.

No wonder this guy is so excited...

Su Ge: Dude, super double!
Catherine weighed the pros and cons, and felt that the problem was not a big deal, she nodded and said, "I'll consult with you when the time comes, as long as there is no objection."

"great!"

The editor-in-chief suddenly stood up, bypassed the work and shook hands with Catherine, and sighed: "It was the wisest decision in my life to pull you into the industry!"

"Oh, thank you."

The goal was achieved, and the editor-in-chief didn't keep Catherine any longer, and sent her away in person.

Immediate bosses are haunted, and the work attitude of ordinary employees can be imagined.

As one of the most influential journals, the pressure of competition among colleagues is extremely high. Logically speaking, it should be a scene of bloody struggle.

How to fish...it is human nature.

Both Catherine and the editor-in-chief are well aware of this.

Especially the latter, adhering to the rare and confused principle, as long as he didn't get caught, he would just turn a blind eye and pass by.

But today's wave of patrols made the editor-in-chief's face darken.

Whether it's true or not, anyway, among the busy crowd, there is a handsome guy fishing, who is so eye-catching.

"Isn't this a slap in the face?"

Touching his bald head, the editor-in-chief, who was bursting with evil spirits, walked over with a haughty face.

He knocked on the table restrainedly:

"What are you doing? Jason!"

The Caucasian man raised his head, and when he saw the editor-in-chief, he didn't even move his eyelids: "It's boring, take a break."

"Is this where you rest?"

bang bang bang!
Table HP-3
Unexpectedly, this Jason, at the moment when the death star was flashing, turned his gaze back to the computer in front of him as if nothing had happened, dragged the mouse, and the stunned sound was particularly harsh in the silence.

Catherine felt a little strange.

The editor-in-chief with a stiff face, his neck tilted slightly like an unoiled bearing.

With thoughts that he shouldn't have, he wanted to find a way out for himself.

Unfortunately, what was flashing on Jason's computer... was a small game that came with the system: Spider Solitaire.

The editor-in-chief's mentality collapsed.

He has been in the workplace for 30 years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a superb product!
If it is not eradicated, it will be difficult to lead the team in the future.

Catherine also leaned over to take a look.

This top grader is a well-known bastard, but her qualifications are very old, and she is still a senior of her predecessor. In the early days of her career, she taught her the manual of fishing.But Catherine is obviously more pursuing, and the two sides naturally can't get along.

But Jason can survive in a big company, and he also has his philosophy,
Good people.

Although his abilities are mediocre, and he has been a small editor for more than ten years, Jason is extremely popular and has acquaintances everywhere in the magazine.When coordinating the activities of various departments, he is better than the editor-in-chief.

When Catherine is not working part-time, she often asks him for help.

She is not as high-ranking as the editor-in-chief. Although Jason was also a fisherman in the past, there must be a hidden reason for such a drastic change.

"Hey Jason, what happened?"

"No, I just figured it out... I feel like I'm just pretending every day, it's boring."

Probably because of Catherine's good attitude, Jason put down the mouse, slumped on the backrest, his face was pale, and he was lazy even to catch his breath.

"Nine-nine-six, working overtime endlessly, just to get a string of numbers, and use them to survive in this boring world...It's so boring."

This posture made the employees around watching the excitement and jokes, or the employees who looked worried, feel a little strange.

world-weary tendencies.

The editor-in-chief was relieved, his anger sank, and he blamed himself for a while.

The people under him have mental illnesses, but they didn't find out, it's really unreasonable!
But Catherine was different from them.

After several life-and-death battles, she could feel...a slight danger.

Something is wrong with Jason.

Pulling the editor-in-chief behind him, he stared at the strange man.

"Found it, really sharp."

A face turned around slowly, smiled at her, and said lazily: "I planned to kill everyone here after you left..."

The surrounding voices instantly became chaotic.

Catherine touched her waist, and somehow took out a Glock, pointing at the smiling Jason.

"leave here!"

She shouted: "Or find a place to hide!"

No matter what the previous relationship was, her colleagues acted swiftly.

"It's a pity, I haven't enjoyed a peaceful life for long...and this kind of thing happened."

Muttering a few words in a low voice, she slowly approached the former good old man, and at the same time persuaded:
"No matter what you're going through, Jason, don't go to extremes, think about your family, they can help you, and we can help you."

"family?"

Seeing Catherine approaching, Jason stood up, shook his boneless arm, drooped his eyelids, and smiled.

"This morning, I've sent them to God."

"Your kid just started middle school!"

Catherine stopped in her tracks, raised her gun, aimed at Jason's head, and said in surprise and anger, "You bastard!"

The suppressed exclamation came from colleagues who hadn't run far.Because of the splash of plasma, Jason's arms turned into two sharp bone knives, he opened his eyes slightly, and said:

"Live as mediocre as a pig, it's better to die early... Get out of the way, Catherine, the person who deserves to die here is you."

While speaking, the hair of a brown bear began to grow on Jason's body, as well as two horns.

"The damned person is you, disgusting monster!"

boom.

A shot went off.

……

The sky is gloomy, and New York, which has been plagued by disasters, has fallen into the dilemma of insufficient police force.

The devil's intrusion is not unique to Catherine, as sloth incarnate, Belphegor the Cynic, has awakened on the planet.

And his followers will kill the mediocre all over the world.

Only those who work hard with dreams in mind are eligible to live in the new world.

However, as the incarnation of original sin who has just awakened, Belphegor's strength is still very weak, and he will carefully hide himself before the arrival of those strange brothers and sisters.

But he couldn't help it after all, and wanted to send some pre-dinner desserts as a gift for waking up.

The scene returns to the nearly ruined magazine, a short and fierce battle has ended, and finally Catherine, a SHIELD agent, won the victory.

But as the winner, she did not feel the slightest joy.

Maybe it's not a friend, but Jason is her colleague after all. In my impression, he is still a good guy. What is it that makes such an ordinary person into a monster in front of him.

Taking a look at the wound on the left arm, Catherine stepped on the horn of "Jason" with her leather shoes, and put the Glock on the forehead of the lone monster.

Staring at the vertical pupil of the other party, she gritted her teeth and said:
"what are you?"

"can not tell?"

The monster tried to struggle, but the electric shock bullet Tony shot was really extraordinary, and the paralysis effect was hard to resist. All he could do was tease with his tongue out.

"I'm a devil!"

"Then you should go to hell!"

"Yeah, so kill me quickly, there is my way back, in hell, I will be redeemed..."

Catherine's hands trembled slightly.

"Heh, shoot, I'm not the Jason you thought I was."

Bang bang bang.

She fired three times.

Two of the shots blasted the two vicious, lazy bull's eyes, and the last shot pierced the devil's hard skull.

Catherine gasped.

"Are you OK!"

The bald editor-in-chief was about to collapse. He ran to Catherine in a hurry, glanced at the corpse, pulled him away, and asked:

"What's the situation?"

Catherine frowned tightly, but it wasn't because of the pain in her arm.

The opponent is not difficult to deal with, and her injuries are not a big problem.The reason why her face was so serious was because she clearly sensed that this matter would not end like this.

If there is an ordinary person transformed into a creature of hell, there will be a second, and a third.

She shook her head, did not answer the editor's question, but took out the communicator and clicked to call back.

Coulson has made three phone calls.

"Catherine, all over the country... No, the latest news, there are also incidents of monsters hurting people in Europa and South Africa. I regret to inform you that the holiday is over."

"I know, there is a dead body in front of me, claiming to be the devil from hell."

Colson: "..."

"I remember Natasha saying that there is someone who is a professional in this field."

"Dante? He hasn't been seen recently... Well, it seems that Natasha's vacation should also be over."

Coulson hung up the call.

(End of this chapter)