Master of Trading Star Card Game

In holographic games, 80% of the players don’t know how to use their own image. When Tang Muzhou first met the fat uncle in the game, he thought that there must be a gap between the image of the kind and friendly fat uncle and the real image, but he didn’t expect the gap to be huge. so big.

——The kind and friendly fat uncle in the game is actually a tall and handsome boy in reality?

Xie Mingzhe was so thin that only his bones were left in the first few days after he was discharged from the hospital. During this time, he ate good food every day. Chi Qing also cooked soup to nourish him every day. His body has returned to normal weight. Now he is well-proportioned, with a height of 1.8 meters It was only five centimeters shorter than Tang Muzhou.

He is wearing slacks and sneakers today, with a white short sleeve on his upper body, simple and refreshing, and looks full of vigor.

The boy's facial features are not particularly exquisite, but he has slender eyebrows, a pair of dark and bright eyes, and slightly thin lips that look a bit mischievous when they are slightly raised. The combination is very sunny and handsome.

It is difficult to connect this energetic little handsome guy with the fat uncle in the game.Over the years, Tang Muzhou has seen many examples where the gap between the game account and his own is too far, but the difference between the account of Fat Uncle and his game image surprised him the most.

It can be said to be an unexpected surprise.

Isn't it a surprise that there is a lively and handsome junior brother suddenly?

Tang Muzhou narrowed his eyes slightly, looked up and down the little junior brother in front of him, and said with a half-smile: "Aren't you going to introduce yourself, junior brother? Or do you want me to continue calling you... Uncle Fat?"

Xie Mingzhe was also quite thick-skinned, scratching his head and said, "Uncle Fatty is just my ID in the game. My name is Xie Mingzhe, just call me Xiaoxie. Please take care of me in the future!"

The crisp voice is very pleasant to the ear, especially the title "senior brother" is particularly pleasant to the ear.

Tang Muzhou raised the corner of his mouth and opened the door to let the two of them enter the room.

Chen Qianlin had heard the movement a long time ago, and after the two of them entered the room, he looked at Chen Xiao and asked, "Why did you come here suddenly?"

With a flattering smile on Chen Xiao's face, he moved the precious pine tree in front of him and said, "Brother, happy birthday, this is your favorite species. I dragged people to find it for half a year before I found it."

"There's no need to go through so much trouble." When looking at the plants, Chen Qianlin had joy in his eyes, obviously liking this gift very much.

Brother was happy, of course Chen Xiao was even more happy, but he couldn't show it, so he suppressed the impulse in his heart and called Xie Mingzhe over: "Xiao Xie also prepared a gift for you."

Xie Mingzhe carried the four mounted paintings to Master: "Master, I just drew this by myself. It's not very pretty. Don't be disgusted. Happy birthday!"

Chen Qianlin stretched out his hand to pick it up. Seeing that the four paintings were quite heavy, Tang Muzhou stepped forward to take them for him, and placed them side by side on the dining table next to him. He looked at Xie Mingzhe with great interest and asked, "Do you know how to draw?"

Xie Mingzhe said: "I have studied art since I was a child, and I have studied it for 12 years."

The four paintings were all framed with sandalwood frames and were not sealed, so Tang Muzhou could see the contents of the paintings at a glance——

The first picture is the winter plum in the snow, the second is the orchid in the empty valley, the third is the green bamboo, and the fourth is the yellow chrysanthemum.The main colors of the four paintings are red, blue, green, and yellow respectively, but instead of using too bright colors, the colors are lightened. The painting style and composition are very unified and coordinated, even people who don't know how to paint can see it at a glance It turns out that this is a complete set of pictures, which has a "series sense" of a set of pictures.

Tang Muzhou was puzzled: "Is there any special meaning in sending the four pictures of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum together?"

The saying of the four gentlemen was handed down from ancient China. Xie Mingzhe can’t remember the specific documents, but he only knows that later generations often use this set of pictures to describe the noble character.Even in the 21st century, many educated families will hang a set of Four Gentlemen in their study rooms. Regardless of whether the owner is really ambitious or just to pretend to be aggressive, everyone agrees with this tradition of "borrowing objects to refer to ambition".

Unfortunately, in this world, all the traditions about the "Four Gentlemen" are also lost.Seeing the four pictures put together, everyone will only think that these are four kinds of plants, and will not make too many associations.

Xie Mingzhe was also inconvenient to explain the allusion of the "Four Gentlemen", so he made up a plausible reason, saying: "Plum blossoms symbolize arrogance and unyielding, orchids represent elegance and wisdom, green bamboos represent modest gentlemen, and chrysanthemums represent noble hermits. It is especially in line with Master's characteristics, so I drew a set of pictures and gave it to Master as a birthday present."

Three people: "..."

Being stared at by the three strange eyes, Xie Mingzhe felt embarrassed, touched his nose and said, "I, did I say something wrong?"

Tang Muzhou put his fists to his lips to suppress his smile, and after two seconds he adjusted his expression, looked at Xie Mingzhe, and seriously praised: "This is the best flattery I've ever heard, and my junior has a good eloquence."

Xie Mingzhe: "..."

This is not flattery!As a senior brother, can you not dismantle my platform in person?

However, thinking about it carefully, Xie Mingzhe also feels that his painting style is unique. People in this world don't know what the "Four Gentlemen" are. What he said really sounds like flattery, and it is a rainbow flattery with gorgeous rhetoric. The flattering was stunned.

Haughty, elegant, humble gentleman, a hermit, Xie Mingzhe thought it was super embarrassing to praise someone face to face.

He nervously raised his head to look at his master, and found that Chen Qianlin was very calm, with a very shallow smile on his face, and his voice became gentle: "The meaning of these four paintings...I like it very much, I will hang it in the study for collection, Thank you for your gift, it was really troublesome."

Xie Mingzhe held back his embarrassment, scratched his head and said, "Master likes it."

Chen Xiao coughed lightly, and turned the topic to the main topic: "Brother, since Muzhou is here, why don't we have a meal together, or at home?"

"Let's go out to eat, I'm doing business today. I'll change clothes later." Chen Qianlin was wearing loose cotton and soft home clothes at home. He couldn't go out like this, so he went to the bedroom to find a set of clean clothes to change into. .

Chen Qianlin really didn't expect these three people to come to celebrate his birthday with him in person.He almost forgot his birthday, but the three of them remembered it so clearly and gave him three big gifts.

Tang Muzhou drew a picture of flowers, combining dozens of flowers in a very ingenious way, which is very complex and exquisite; the four pictures sent by Xie Mingzhe have profound meanings and are in line with Chen Qianlin's state of mind; Chen Xiao himself can't draw, The precious variety bought at a high price is also one of Chen Qianlin's favorite and most wanted to collect.

Chen Qianlin felt a little hot in his heart, knowing that these three people really cared about him.

Outside the door, Tang Muzhou continued to look at the younger brother with a smile. Xie Mingzhe's cheeks were burning hot, and he clarified: "I'm really not flattering, Master's birthday can't come empty-handed, right? Brother, didn't you bring a gift?"

Tang Muzhou held back his smile, and opened the gift box for the two of them to see.

Xie Mingzhe was stunned by the picture in front of him. There are countless varieties of flowers layered on top of each other, and they are skillfully blended together, complex and gorgeous.Xie Mingzhe couldn't help giving a thumbs up and said: "Excellent, brother, have you also studied art?"

Tang Muzhou said: "I haven't learned it specifically. This is a card pattern I made in the game. It is enlarged and printed out. Drawing with mental power is easier than using a manual pen."

Thinking of the Millennium God Tree he mentioned, which was a fusion of ten cards, Xie Mingzhe couldn't help asking: "This picture, could it be that you have fused all the flower cards together..."

Tang Muzhou nodded: "That's right, Master is 31 years old this year, and I just merged 31 cards." He paused, then smiled and said, "Young brother, you like character cards so much, you can make all the characters you have made in the future." A set."

Xie Mingzhe thought to himself that I would not be able to gather together. There are 108 generals in the Water Margin alone, and there are countless people in the Three Kingdoms. Besides, the characters of the Twelve Beauties in the Red Chamber and Jinling cannot be put together with the Pig Bajie Bull Demon King in Journey to the West, so they will become beautiful women. And the beast again.

However, Tang Muzhou's words gave him some inspiration.Maybe when he makes a deck in the later stage, he can draw this kind of large collection similar to the "Character Illustration" to organize his thoughts, so as to avoid confusion when there are too many cards.

Xie Mingzhe was thinking about it when he saw Chen Qianlin come out after changing clothes.

He was wearing a clean white shirt, brown slim-fit trousers, and a pair of casual leather shoes.The hem of the shirt was tucked into the trousers, and a simple black belt without any pattern was tied around the waist, making the waist even more slender.

A man who is over 30 years old looks quite young, and his figure is very well maintained.

In the past, his body always exuded a kind of inaccessible coldness, as if a transparent protective cover was used to quietly separate others from him.

But today, he was obviously in a good mood, with a little warmth in his clear eyes, a slight smile on his face, and a lot of gentleness in his whole being.He looked at the three of them and said, "What do you want to eat? I'll treat you to lunch."

Tang Muzhou said: "Master decides, I'm free."

Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe had no taboos either. Chen Qianlin thought for a while and said, "There is a private kitchen restaurant nearby. The environment is good and the ingredients are all grown by ourselves. Let's go there to eat. Within one kilometer, you can go directly past."

Chen Qianlin led the way, and the three immediately followed him.

The environment of the place where he lives is really good, a bit like a paradise, Xie Mingzhe couldn't help thinking, when he gets old in the future, he can come here to buy a small villa for the elderly, the air is fresh, and there are flowers and plants everywhere. comfortable.

Walking through a tree-lined path full of weeping willows on both sides, everyone quickly arrived at the destination. Chen Qianlin should be a frequent visitor here. When the waitress saw him, she immediately laughed and took him enthusiastically to the VIP room on the second floor.

Chen Qianlin ordered the dishes familiarly.

The decoration style of this private room is very small and fresh, a bit like the Qianlin Restaurant in the game, with green vines hanging on the walls, and the tables are also very simple solid wood tables.Xie Mingzhe thought of this, and couldn't help asking: "Master, did you open the Qianlin restaurant in the game?"

Chen Qianlin was a little surprised that he would ask this, and looked at Tang Muzhou.

Tang Muzhou explained in a low voice: "At the auction back then, fat..." Looking into the bright eyes of the young man, Tang Muzhou swallowed back the word "uncle" and changed his words with a light smile: "Brother is selling Lin Daiyu's card publicly. , ask him to meet at Qianlin Restaurant."

Chen Qianlin understood, nodded to Xie Mingzhe and said, "I opened the Qianlin restaurant myself, and I don't operate it externally. It is actually a stronghold in the game. In the first and second seasons of that year, the card group was not rich enough. , I, Nie Yuandao, Zheng Feng, Su Yang, and Ling Jingtang often meet there on a small account, exchange ideas and improve the decks of each department."

Tang Muzhou added: "Master transferred the restaurant to my name when he retired. The rent of this small restaurant is not high, so I keep it and use it as a temporary reception room when discussing things with people in the game. "

Xie Mingzhe suddenly realized.

It turns out that Qianlin Restaurant used to be the stronghold of the originators of the five lines in the game.The five great gods belong to different clubs, it is difficult to get together in reality, the game is much more convenient, wear a helmet to open the trumpet, teleport to Qianlin Restaurant, everyone can meet and discuss things, once the restaurant is closed, you are not afraid of being discovered and eavesdropping.

It seemed that his fate with Chen Qianlin was destined somewhere, long before he knew the Great God, he went to meet Tang Muzhou in the restaurant opened by the Great God, and thus completely opened up the idea of ​​making instant death cards.

The dishes were served quickly, and the four chatted while eating.

Halfway through the meal, Tang Muzhou asked directly: "Junior established the Nirvana Guild in the game, do you want to become a professional player and build your own club?"

Xie Mingzhe glanced at Chen Xiao, the latter nodded, and he said: "I have this idea, the Nirvana Guild was established by me and Brother Chen together."

Tang Muzhou was not surprised, and said to Chen Xiao, "Don't forget our agreement."

Chen Xiao's voice was low, but his eyes were firm: "I haven't forgotten. I will come back and have a real confrontation with you."

Tang Muzhou smiled and said, "I'll wait for you, see you on the field."

After a moment of silence, he turned to Chen Qianlin and asked, "What is Master's plan in the future? Do you want to come back together?"

Chen Qianlin said: "My current mental strength is no longer able to cope with high-intensity competitions. After the age of 30, it is normal for my reaction to become slow. If I go to play competitions, I may not get good results."

Xie Mingzhe was a little reconciled: "But Nie Yuandao, Ling Jingtang, and Zheng Feng are also veteran players who made their debut very early, and they are still playing games. Master, don't you want to go back and try?"

When he checked the information, he saw that many netizens were very sympathetic to Chen Qianlin. He always felt that Chen Qianlin's luck was not good. He was obviously very strong, but for four seasons, other players of the same period as him won the championship, but he didn't. The champion, in the end, fell out with the Sanctuary Club due to a copyright dispute, and retired with regret.

Xie Mingzhe actually hoped that Master would return to the arena and make a new set of wood-type cards to slap that Boss Shao in the face!

However, Chen Qianlin's eyes were extremely calm, as if his heart had been calm for a long time. He looked at Chen Xiao: "I will not go back. After so many years, I no longer have the mentality of desperately fighting when I was young. As long as you can prove yourself , I made all the cards I imagined and brought them to the arena, and I have no regrets as an older brother."

Chen Xiao resisted the soreness in his nose, and said in a muffled voice: "I understand."

Xie Mingzhe wanted to say more, but suddenly met Tang Muzhou with a restraining look.Xie Mingzhe had no choice but to be smart enough to shut up and stop talking.

Chen Qianlin looked at Tang Muzhou and changed the subject: "Xiao Xie will start school soon. He is a freshman in the Department of Fine Arts of Imperial University. Your alumni is similar to your situation back then. You are also officially playing games. How to operate over there specifically, you need to help your junior brother more in the future."

Tang Muzhou smiled: "Definitely. Junior brother, if you have any questions, you can ask me at any time. Let's leave a phone number for each other."

Previously, all they left was the contact information of the small account in the online game, and they could only send private messages to each other through the star card APP, but if they leave the phone number, they can make voice and video calls at any time, which will be much more convenient.

Xie Mingzhe simply exchanged contact information with Tang Muzhou.

Immediately after Chen Xiao said: "Brother, your room is ready, when is it convenient for you to move in?"

He gave Xie Mingzhe a wink, and the latter immediately cooperated and assisted: "Master, you live so far away by yourself, Brother Chen has been very worried, please move here, it will be more convenient to eat, sister Chi Qing from our studio cooks That's great."

Chen Qianlin was already in a good mood today, and Chen Xiao had already mentioned the matter of moving before, and when he brought it up again today, he readily agreed: "Okay, I'll pack my luggage. It just so happens that I'm done with work, We will move tomorrow."

Chen Xiao was so excited that he wanted to run downstairs and set off a salute to celebrate, but he quickly resisted the urge and said in a trembling voice, "That's great! Brother, I'll help you pack your luggage!"

Tang Muzhou gave him a meaningful look, but said nothing.