The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

It is impossible not to play mahjong, people live to play mahjong.

When Zhuo Liming received the mahjong invitation from his boss and colleague again, he was used to it.Skillfully put down the unfinished drafts, and when he arrived at the old place with ease, Mu Su Xing and Shen Xing were already waiting there.

He looked left and right, but he didn't find another old friend, and then looked at the two people opposite, who had already skillfully pulled out the chair and sat down calmly, as if there was nothing wrong.

Adhering to the love of colleagues, Zhuo Liming still asked: "Isn't Editor-in-Chief Qiu coming?"

Shepherd stared at him in surprise: "What did you call him for?"

Zhuo Liming: "?"

Seeing that he still didn't know why, Mu Xing had no choice but to say: "Do you want to be pressured by him to go back and draw the manuscript?"

Zhuo Liming understood.

"Anyway, I announce," Mu Suxing said, "From today onwards, Editor-in-Chief Qiu is officially kicked out of our Huaying Mahjong Exchange Association, and we will not take him to play in the future."

Shen Xing applauded in unison to show his approval.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, it is a weekly comic magazine, and the relationship between the editor and the comic author inevitably has the meaning of a battle of wits and courage at certain times. , Zhuo Liming only felt familiar and funny: "Isn't your speed always very fast? The next issue of Sherlock Holmes hasn't been finished yet?"

Shepherd star coughed.

Shen Xing said very politely: "Oh, didn't you say you're here to play mahjong? Why are you bringing this up? Come, come, sit down. Today we're only playing mahjong, not talking about manuscripts."

Zhuo Liming couldn't help laughing: "What about the poor guy? If Editor-in-Chief Qiu doesn't come, we can't get four people together."

"It's simple, just call anyone of you and ask a friend who is free to come over."

As Shen Xing said, his eyes fell on Mu Suxing together with Zhuo Liming, who spread his hands and looked helpless: "Don't look at me, it's useless to look at me, if it wasn't for not being able to offer a reward, I guess this would My circle of friends is probably full of people who want to offer rewards to me."

Zhuo Liming thought for a while: "Then I'll do it."

He pulled out the phone's address book, looked around the names of a large list of contacts, and quickly settled on a familiar name among them. The phone beeped twice and was quickly connected.

For old friends, Zhuo Liming didn't have any good manners, he chose to cut to the chase: "Three missing one, Lao Meng, do you want to play mahjong together?"

Counting it, Zhuo Liming had known Meng Zhiyuan for almost ten years.

Ten years ago, the two started serializing in "Baiyun Comics" almost at the same time, and they became popular at the same time, abruptly pulling the fledgling "Baiyun Comics" to the level of the three major comic magazines.Later, they met at the annual meeting of "Baiyun Comics", and they became friends naturally.After so many years, the friendship between the two is naturally unmatched by ordinary friends.

It was also because of this that Meng Zhiyuan didn't even think about Zhuo Liming's invitation at this moment, but Dang even readily agreed: "Okay, where is the location? I'll go find you."

10 minutes.

The vacant seats were filled by new poker players, but the atmosphere in the box gradually became subtle.Meng Zhiyuan looked at Mu Su Xing, then at Zhuo Liming, and repeated: "Play mahjong?"

Zhuo Liming said affirmatively, "That's right, is there any problem?"

Meng Zhiyuan was dumbfounded.

If it was in the past, this activity would of course not be allowed. The competitive pressure of "Baiyun Comics" is already extraordinary. It is already quite difficult to maintain stable updates for a long time, let alone from work. Take a moment out of time and entertain yourself forever.

But now...

Meng Zhiyuan rolled up his sleeves and went!

I have to say that after a long period of fatigue at the desk, it is very comfortable to relax once in a while—especially because he had a pretty good luck with cards today. Since he sat down, he has won seven or eight hands in a row.

"Go up the bar!"

When Meng Zhiyuan grabbed a handful of banknotes again, Mu Suxing finally couldn't help it: "I heard that Mr. Meng Zhiyuan has terminated the contract with "Baiyun Comics"?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuo Liming was startled when Meng Zhiyuan hadn't replied yet—he thought that according to his routine last time, Master Mu Suxing said that it would take a few more days before he mentioned the signing thing.

At this moment, Meng Zhiyuan's mind was already on mahjong, and he didn't think much about it when he heard the words, so he subconsciously let out a "hmm".

Mu Suxing glanced at the cards in front of him: "I don't know if Mr. Meng is interested in starting a serial in "Hua Ying Manga"?"

"Okay."

Between the two of you looking at me and talking to me, a question that should have been cautious and cautious was completed lightly during the interval of playing mahjong.

It is undeniable that the reason why Zhuo Liming called out his old friend was because he hadn't seen each other for a while, and he did not have the idea of ​​encouraging him to change jobs—of course, considering that Meng Zhiyuan had left "Baiyun Comics", Zhuo Liming's Behavior is not even poaching, it can only be said to be a reliable new author for the boss Amway.

Before that, Zhuo Liming even seriously thought about how he should cooperate with Mu Suxing to complete the job of recruiting new comic authors, thinking that none of them would come in handy.

It wasn't until the whole mahjong game was over, when the two began to discuss when to go to Huaying to sign the contract, that Meng Zhiyuan belatedly realized what he had promised.

Having said that, Meng Zhiyuan has no intention of regretting it.For him, which comic weekly serialization is not a painting?In terms of the current sales volume and influence of "Hua Ying Manga", this is even the best choice that many people can only dream of.

It was five o'clock in the afternoon when the show ended, and Meng Zhiyuan thought that choosing a date would be better than bumping into the sun, since he had already met it, why not sign the contract by the way today.The manga author took the initiative to ask, and Mu Suxing naturally had no reason to refuse. After the four of them left the chess and card room, they went directly back to the Huaying manga editorial department.

Meng Zhiyuan looked at the rules and regulations listed on the information.

It is almost the same as the outside world - even more generous signing terms.Even the exclusive terms of Huaying Manga's own people jokingly called the "Overlord Contract", Meng Zhiyuan couldn't find any problems.

In Meng Zhiyuan’s view, even the so-called “Overlord Clause” is understandable. Compared with the ordinary contract, the benefits provided by the exclusive contract seem to be aimed at cultivating “Hua Ying Manga”’s own manga authors. Yes, for this type of author, there will naturally be some extra constraints, otherwise what should I do if I encounter a white-eyed wolf?

No matter how conscientious "Hua Ying Manga" is, it is not for charity.

The only thing that puzzled Meng Zhiyuan was...

"This copyright is divided into..." Meng Zhiyuan was a little confused.

Let's just say that he was recently adapted into an animation "Night Watchman". This adapted animation produced by Yunsu Animation, its popularity and sales can be said to have created a record low in Yunsu Animation's history, and Yunsu Animation is a blood loss. A good investment is just in vain.

It was under such circumstances that "Hua Ying Manga" not only did not intend to lower the price of the copyright, but even offered a high price as it was in his peak period!

In fact, Qiu Fengmao couldn't understand that Shepherd Xing would give such a high price, especially when it was confirmed that Meng Zhiyuan's next work would be the second part of "The Night Watchman".

But if you don't understand it, you don't understand it. After this period of time, Qiu Fengmao has long been convinced by Musu Xing. To put it bluntly, at least 90% of the credit for "Hua Ying Manga" to be able to exist today is on Mu Su Xing alone, and not Whether this deal is worth it or not is because Star Shepherd wants to mess around, so let him go.

Therefore, for Meng Zhiyuan's question, Qiu Fengmao just smiled: "This is what our boss means - since he has given this price, at least in his opinion, you are worthy of this price, it's as simple as that .”

It's that simple?

Meng Zhiyuan couldn't believe it.

When he said that he would continue to draw the second part of "The Night Watchman", Meng Zhiyuan still remembers the reaction of the editorial department of Baiyun comics.You know, Huaying Animation was the one who wanted the animation copyright of "Night Watchman" at the beginning, but it was "escaped" only because Yunsu Animation cut off Hu.

If he changed to another company, he probably wouldn't ask for the animation copyright of the second part of "Night Watchman" at all, but Huaying not only asked for it, but also directly offered a much higher price than he imagined.

Huaying—or to be more precise, what is the shepherd star thinking?

At the same moment, in another office just separated by a wall.

Mu Suxing couldn't answer Meng Zhiyuan's doubts, because he was dragged away with a blank face the second they returned to the company.

"Where's the outline of the working cell?" Fang Lian asked.

"The deadline will be the day after tomorrow. Is the Sherlock Holmes cartoon finished yet?" This was written by the responsible editor who sent out the soul inquiry on behalf of Qiu Fengmao.

Dai Yuyan was a little gentler than the two of them. She spread out the notepad in her hand: "About the short animation "Red Cliff Fu", Master Zhang Hongyuan hopes that you can talk to him about your specific thoughts and opinions..."

Shepherd started to have a headache again.

However, Shen Xing also came over to join the fun at this moment: "Boss, I have finished drawing "The Fall of Las Vegas", give me a new script to draw!"

Facing the unblinking gazes from the crowd not far away, even the Shepherd Star, it is inevitable to feel a little stressed at the moment: "I am drawing, I am drawing, and I will draw ten episodes in two days. "

"I have drawn 90% of the next Sherlock Holmes series, and I will definitely be able to catch up!"

"Please tell me, it is said that in two days I will come to visit in person, and I will talk about the style concept of the whole series by the way..."

As for Shen Xing——

Mu Suxing said calmly: "Hey, you are already a mature comic author, you should learn to write scripts for yourself."

after an hour.

After a lot of hard work and finally sent a few people away, Shepherd Xing finally heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at the documents piled up almost as high as a hill in front of him for a while, closed his eyes, and then opened them again. .

Not dreaming.

Aware of this cruel fact, Mu Suxing exhaled deeply. After working diligently and conscientiously for nearly three years, Huaying BOSS, who has always been known as a model worker, made the first historic decision——

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the office, Shepherd Xing quickly packed up his things.Then without looking back... ran away.

Three days later, the No.20 seventh issue of "Hua Ying Manga" will be released.

When many Huaying readers finally grabbed their beloved manga, prepared to enjoy this week's update happily, and then opened the homepage of "Huaying Manga", a completely unexpected notice came in unexpectedly. out of their sight—

I saw that the place that originally belonged to the serialization place of Sherlock Holmes read:

Going out to collect materials, see you in a week.

——The Shepherd Star.

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