Walking the Path of a Workaholic in Cliché Novels (QT) Chapter 137

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The compiled volume of “Desert Heroes: Devil City” had been published overseas. Probably because it had a stronger Hong Kong flavor, it didn’t sell as well as “The Imperial Spirit Girl”. Some strange voices appeared in the market, saying that “Yinong” was not as good as “Gu Pan”.

But neither ‘Yinong’ nor ‘Gu Pan’ responded.

Later, some people said that “Huayou” valued “Gu Pan” more, and the company was willing to spend a lot of money to promote “Imperial Spirit Girl”, but “Desert Heroes” was silent when it went abroad.

Poor Yinong, the hero who made the magazine popular, was met with cold wind. It was really like “When there is trouble, Zhong Wuyan, when there is nothing, Xia Yingchun”.

It was obvious that this is nonsense, a fabricated story that ignored facts. But some people still believed it, and the more ridiculous it was, the more they believed it.

The bored Hong Kong media even wrote a melodramatic and vulgar “novel” for the two. These newspapers and magazines said they were good brothers and submitted their works to Huayou at the same time. As a result, “Yinong” was published. Later, he became famous and recommended “Gu Pan” to the editor-in-chief. Only then did Gu Pan’s female-themed comics have a chance to be published in magazines.

As a result, this “Gu Pan” really repaid kindness with enmity. After establishing a relationship with the president, he abandoned his good friend. He was so selfish.

An Yinong: …

At this time, some readers were instigated and sent letters to scold the president and the author, so “Yinong” had to come out to refute the rumors.

“There is no such thing as differential treatment. Martial arts comics have stronger local characteristics, so it is difficult to adapt to foreign soil. In fact, when I finished creating “The Desert Heroes”, I was already trying a new modern urban theme. It will be available to you soon.”

The new subject matter attracted their attention and suppressed the topic of infighting.

The editor-in-chief of Huayou complained to him: “It must be our peers who are messing with us, maybe it’s International Pictorial. I hope Yinong and Gu Pan won’t be upset. Hey, I heard that many people want to poach them. Boss, should we sign a longer contract with them?”

An Yinong: “…No need. If they wanted to leave, they would have left long ago. Just treat it with a normal attitude. In fact, I have a new idea.”

“Yes.” The president no longer dared to look down on his sixteen-year-old boss.

“Since they think our two cartoonists will fight among themselves, why not use this as a point to promote healthy competition and attract readers? It’s better for two people to fight evenly than for one person to fight alone. What do you think?”

An Yinong intends to separate “Yinong” and “Gu Pan”. Yinong will focus on male themes in the future, while Gu Pan will focus on female themes.

He now has an idea about Yinong’s new comic, and Gu Pan’s “The Imperial Spirit Girl” would be completed in two volumes.

It had not yet been discussed whether “Yinong” or “Gu Pan” was the dark horse of this year, and the new issue of “Huayou” has been serialized to the last episode.

The heroine stood at the finals scene. She was the only one on her side, but there were three intact enemies standing opposite her.

After going through four or five dangerous fights, Su Xue looked back and saw that the people who had fought with her were left behind one by one. Some of them lost their fighting ability and were eliminated, while others were threatened by the opponents using important people and could not go on the field.

And there were terrifying enemies in front of her.

The opponent was a team of extremely talented people. Although they were surprised that Su Xue, an unexpected person, made it to the finals and became the only obstacle for them to occupy the first, second and third places this time, it did not prevent these people from using their greatest efforts to surround and kill Su Xue.

Someone in this team had done detailed research on Su Xue herself and had developed a comprehensive plan based on her characteristics. No matter what choice Su Xue made, they have a response plan. And the result was exactly as they planned. Su Xue had an extremely difficult battle.

They were like an insurmountable mountain blocking her way. This group of people even took Su Xue’s own potential and growth rate into consideration. However, these geniuses who were calm to the point of being ruthless still underestimated human determination and human emotions.

Just when they thought that Su Xue’s road had come to an end and were ready to reap the life of this young genius, Su Xue awakened a new demon spirit – the Soul of Poetry and Music. The proud and poetic friend could no longer accompany her, and the friend who dreamed of becoming the best musician also fell not far away, but their beliefs would always be there.

Surrounded by countless brilliant chapters, she transformed herself into a scholar in a long gown and a square scarf, playing the zither with her hands. With each word and note, every song was a masterpiece.

The verse “If I don’t speak first in spring, which insect dares to make a sound” from the Seven-Character Verse Ode to the Frog silenced all the poisonous insects on the other side, and then the verse “Kill one person in every ten steps, and leave no trace in a thousand miles” directly sent away a head on the other side.

Two of the three enemies were disabled, and Su Xue’s spiritual power was exhausted. The scholar-like image dissipated from her. She stood there holding the family heirloom sword, and her long ponytail was swept by the wind, revealing murderous intent.

Now it was her battle alone.

The ordinary little girl on that day had been polished from a piece of black iron into a hundred times tempered steel through hardships. She struck a stance, and all the memories from childhood to adulthood came to her mind, about martial arts, about family, about growing up, and in the end everything was condensed into the eternal light in her eyes.

“Come on.” A tiny light burned on her body, and the onlookers widened their eyes. They actually saw the “sharp light of weapons” on a human with flesh and blood.

An Yinong’s brushstrokes were concise and powerful, and Su Xue’s firm and confident knife skills created seven afterimages on the paper.

The knife killed her opponent with one blow. There was no surprise at all, and there was no need to look back. The knife had become a part of her body, and every swing of the knife was under her control to achieve the most perfect effect.

The deceased never understood till the end how such a new spirit master, whom they had never taken seriously before, could come here and disrupt the plan they had been plotting for several years.

Su Xue ignored the dead man and carried her seriously injured teammate down the platform. The onlookers retreated to the sides. Until the next season started, she was the undisputed number one among the teenagers.

But this first person had no intention of enjoying the glory, and she left the Sky Island in silence.

As for the end, of course, she realized her dream and opened a martial arts school.

Su Xue became an ordinary-looking martial arts school director. She watched the children practicing martial arts every day. It was as if she was seeing herself as a child, knowing nothing but holding the knife tightly and refusing to let go.

Many friends come to play with her in her spare time.

The last page of “The Imperial Spirit Girl” showed Su Xue sitting in her home, holding a teacup in her hand, watching her friends who have recovered chasing and playing in the room. The nine-tailed fox and other demons were sitting or standing, and the room was filled with the atmosphere of human life and the warmth of love.

The finale of “The Imperial Spirit Girl” ignited the golden autumn of the comics circle. The postman dragged a cart of letters to the publishing house, including letters from China and abroad. The hungry readers urged for the sequel and the single volume: Don’t pity my wallet! Please make sure to publish a full-color hardcover!

In addition to dealing with these letters, the publisher of Huayou magazine was frantically urging Yinong, who had not yet published a new manuscript:

“Teacher Yinong, Teacher Gu Pan has finished one book, when will your new work be posted?

“Is it because you made money from the single volume of “The Desert Heroes” and no longer have to worry about life that you let yourself go? If so, we would like to introduce you to a new form of entertainment, stock trading (the stock market had been in a bad state recently).

“I sincerely hope to see your new comics soon. –From the editorial department of Huayou.”

An Yinong, who was more diligent than the donkey in the production team: …

The system laughed: “Host, you deserve it.”

In fact, Yinong had already thought about the new comics, designed the main characters, sorted out the plot, and even designed a three-dimensional background of the entire interstellar city. In order to better present the world of his imagination, An Yinong specially spent two days in the walled city.

The residents there were very resistant to seeing him holding a camera, but luckily he had a young face, looked like a student, and smiled at everyone, so he did not face too much hostility, at most they were just on guard.

An Yinong took many photos of unlicensed workshops, factories, pharmacies, processing plants, small shops squeezed under the stairs, rooftops where children played, and antennas that looked like hedgehogs…

This was in the West District of the Walled City. The East District was different. There were many black forces gathered in the East District. If you wanted to go in and take pictures, you must first get their consent. An Yinong used his connections to find a “guide” and greeted those bosses.

“He’s just a rich kid who came here for fun to find some inspiration for his artistic creation.”

After saying hello, he was able to enter the feared East District of the Walled City. This place was obviously more… he didn’t know how to describe it, but it was more in line with everyone’s impression of the Walled City than the West District where residents lived.

Before An Yinong had even walked down the street, he had already seen white men openly selling drugs, prostitutes soliciting customers, and gang members everywhere.

Not long after, when Gu Pan’s “The Imperial Spirit Girl” single volume was selling well, Yinong’s new comic “Monster City” entered the serialization stage. This cartoon sparked a lot of discussion as soon as it appeared in the magazine.

In the mechanical age of the future world, people do not need to work very hard to have enough food and clothing. However, class mobility was almost impossible in that era, and the lower class people were addicted to the virtual world and short-lived happiness.

They joked that justice, lateness and failure to follow the rules were the greatest evils of mankind.

Those who did not follow the rules and “committed crimes” were expelled to a corner of the world, where those marginalized people take root and live, slowly turning this lifeless land plowed by artillery fire into their own home.

This was “Monster City”, a place that was despised, hated and forgotten by the world, where people lived with all kinds of garbage, and ugliness and beauty coexist. Rough and huge mechanical life, humans who gathered in swarms like ant legions and bee squadrons, a fantasy future world, and a dense, dirty and chaotic monster city.

The pictures are so good that readers can’t help but blink. They didn’t know how to describe what they saw, it was so interesting and magical.

The first issue of the new comic won the hearts of countless readers. Many readers who were originally attracted by “The Imperial Spirit Girl” once again jumped back to the fan group of “Yinong” and cheered for “Monster City”.

Other colleagues came out again to analyze what was the charm of Yinong’s new comic and whether there was anything they could learn from it. However, as they discussed, their topic turned to the “Top Ten Best-selling Cartoonists of the Year”.

“I always feel that this is his response to those comments that questioned his ability when ‘Gu Pan’ became popular some time ago. Like saying, do you think I can only draw martial arts? No, I can draw other things.”

“There are still a few months left until the final annual selection. I thought ‘Gu Pan’ was already a sure win for this year’s number one, but I didn’t expect that Yinong’s new comic would cause a sensation. In this case, it’s hard to say who will be ranked first.”

“In terms of painting skills, plot, and popularity, these two are equally matched. It’s hard to say who will take the top spot this year.”

“Other magazines would celebrate hugely if they published a comic book, but Huayou magazine was just lucky. It is the undisputed best-selling comic book magazine this year.” Who would have thought that it was about to go bankrupt and close down a year ago?

But things did not end there, Gu Pan, who had already completed the book “The Imperial Spirit Girl”, also began to seamlessly update the latest comic “Master Scholar”.

Humans and ghosts, modern and ancient times, Cinderella and the nobleman, people traveled through the past and present following the plot, and were once again amazed at the imagination of “Gu Pan” as if it were a genius.

The warm and sweet relationship between the protagonists, coupled with the gorgeous, delicate and breathtakingly beautiful pictures, “Master Scholar” immediately won the hearts of most female audiences.

They were mesmerized by the drama and the male and female protagonists appeared in their dreams. Without a doubt, this was another phenomenal book.

A small book “Huayou”, two phenomenal comics, and two highly popular comics courses.

Other magazines were biting their handkerchiefs: It’s too much, a magazine is only a few pages, is it really so high quality? Can’t we give one to others?

“Huayou” Magazine: No, come and hit me if you dare~

Colleagues who were burning with jealousy changed their identities and once again published articles in various newspapers and magazines, saying that the “Huayou” magazine was a case of “there can’t be two tigers in one mountain” and that the two would fight sooner or later.

The separatist party that was suppressed some time ago has revived, writing short essays to stir up fires everywhere and discredit the relationship between “Yinong” and “Gu Pan”.

Later, the actions of “Huayou” magazine seemed to confirm their guess: the large pictures of “Monster City” and “Master Scholar” appeared on the cover in rotation. It was as if the two rookie cartoonists who had overwhelmed their predecessors were playing chess across the magazine to determine the winner.

“It feels a bit subtle.” Even the readers could sense the smell of gunpowder and drama.