Walking the Path of a Workaholic in Cliché Novels (QT) Chapter 144

The two assistants were in a trance…The assistants then were vaguely able to distinguish between reality and dreams. It was already “excessive” for a middle school student to be the actual boss of a publishing house, but he was also the real author of a best-selling comic book?

They really found it hard to believe at first, but An Yinong painted on the spot and they believed it.

“Yes, the basic salary is 300 yuan per month, the transportation allowance is 50 yuan, lunch and afternoon tea are included, so don’t worry, the cook at home is very good.

“My workplace is here. If you need to go home due to an accident or it’s too late, I have guest rooms here. However, the second floor is my private place, please avoid there.”

He introduced all the information and asked: “What do you think?”

The two agreed immediately, as it was rare for a cartoonist’s assistant to find such a well-paid job with a stable salary and including lunch and afternoon tea. In fact, they were still immersed in the shock that Yinong and Gu Pan were the same person, and they would nod their heads at whatever An Yinong said.

After finding an assistant, he could finally go to school with peace of mind, but his relationships were broken again. At the beginning of the new semester, there were three people missing from the class. I heard that they dropped out of school to work.

“Actually, I can go out to work. But my mother wants me to study for two years and at least get a high school diploma.” Zhang Wei didn’t take it seriously. He had already decided what he wanted to do a long time ago.

“I want to learn how to repair cars, and then I can go out for a ride after I finish repairing them.” Zhang Wei’s face was full of longing when talking about his ideal career.

Seeing how serious he was, An Yinong suddenly wanted to tell him that he had actually started drawing comics a long time ago, and he had two pseudonyms.

“Ah Wei and Ah Gang, if I hid something from you, would you be angry?”

Zhang Wei and Zhao Gang came over when they saw something was wrong and said, “That depends on what it is.”

“Well, if I tell you, can you keep it a secret for me?”

“I’m sure I can do it, Awei will know.” Zhao Gang said.

“Of course I can!”

“Actually, I’ve already started drawing comics, but the matter is still confidential, so I can only tell you my pen name for now.” After saying that, he took a step back.

Zhang Wei looked at Zhao Gang, Zhao Gang looked at Zhang Wei, and the two of them rushed over together without saying a word.

“Okay, how long ago did it happen? Did you even hide it from us?”

“That’s right, being a good friend.”

An Yinong pretended to be an enemy, and finally managed to coax them: “I can tell you the pen name now, but as compensation, I can get you an autographed photo of your favorite martial arts star in a couple of days. Is that enough of a friend?”

In a couple of days, he would go to the director’s casting for “Master Teacher” The casting location was at the He family’s entertainment company, and there were many actors in it, including Zhang Wei, the martial arts star that the two had been obsessed with recently.

On the day of casting, An Yinong took a leave of absence and went to the scene to select the main characters as the representative of the original copyright. Before coming, he thought it would be a modern casting, with everyone coming in for auditions, but it turned out to be a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women lined up in a row, and they would first look for those with suitable looks.

“Those who can come in have acting experience.”

The heroine ‘Yinuo’ is a beautiful lady with elegant temperament, so the director selected eight pure ones. But ‘Yinuo’ is really naive and innocent, she actually knows everything, so three of them were eliminated from the eight.

“Master He, what do you think?” Mr. Mei asked An Yinong.

“It’s up to you to decide.”

“Yeah.” Mrs. Mei asked the remaining five people to perform a scene respectively, and she listened to their lines and watched their behavior and expressions.

People who study opera have always been very fond of these. Finally, a beautiful girl with an oval face stood out. She was the most beautiful among the girls. She was both charming and charming like a beautiful girl from a small family, and she also had a spiritual aura that was out of this world. Now that the female lead has been chosen, it meant that choosing the male lead will be smooth.

There was a saying in later generations that when watching sweet and refreshing love dramas, the CP feeling was very important. The heroine was very good-looking and fits well, and the hero was very good-looking and fits well, but if they didn’t have that sweet atmosphere, then the drama was almost half ruined.

So, he stayed and continued to watch them choose the male lead and flipped through the script. The screenwriter’s revised script basically followed the original work and has been modified based on actual circumstances.

After An Yinong came here, he was exposed to the lives of wealthy people. There must have been bugs when designing “Yinuo” as a commoner girl. However, the screenwriter actually came from an ordinary family of that era, so she could fill in some gaps.

“I haven’t seen your profile before. What’s your name?”

“My name is Li Da.”

The name sounded familiar. An Yinong looked up and saw a familiar person. The person seemed to notice him but dared to look him in the eye.

“Mr. Mei, Ah Tang got a stomachache after eating hotpot a few days ago and is still receiving an IV drip. Miss Third told him to get the best-looking and most elegant one. I thought this boy didn’t look right, so I asked him to come over and give it a try.” A staff member nearby hurriedly explained.

Mrs. Mei nodded and asked him, “Have you ever filmed a movie before?”

“I just studied for half a year and played a soldier in a production crew.”

Afterwards, Mrs. Mei still let him try out for the role: “His manners and temperament are all good enough, he’s so lively.”

The play “Master Teacher” needed a male actor who was the dad type, who needed to be good-looking, elegant, and have the demeanor of a son of a wealthy family. He also needed to give the heroine a full sense of security and be mature enough.

“Mrs. Mei, I think he can try the role of Ajie.” An Yinong suddenly said.

Ajie is the heroine’s childhood sweetheart, his personality was too mature and lively, but he was really good to the heroine and liked her very much, but it was a pity that the childhood sweetheart has fallen from the sky. Li Da was suitable for other roles, he could play this role, his character was likable, and he has a few scenes.

An Yinong said something after that, as if he just had a sudden thought. Mrs. Mei did consider it, and asked Li Da to try out Ajie’s play, and then confirmed the role.

Then continue to select the male lead.

Finally, the male lead was chosen. An Yinong was about to go back with the autographed photo when he met Li Da at the door.

“Master He.”

“Call me Tiantong. I haven’t thanked you for that time. If you didn’t cleverly destroyed the syringe, I wouldn’t know what to do now.”

Li Da looked at An Yinong somewhat embarrassedly: “You have already thanked me. That money helped my family a lot. You just helped me.”

“You are suitable for that role, otherwise, no matter how much I say, it will be useless. I never thought that you would become an actor. You are handsome and smart. As long as you study hard, you will definitely be successful in the future.”

“Well, Master He… Master Tiantong, thank you.”

An Yinong took the photo back home, and apart from being happy for Li Da, he didn’t think much about anything else. He continued to paint, study, and fall in love.

As the plot progressed, the twisted and mysterious power system of “Monster City” has attracted more and more people, even female readers who usually don’t read such comics. At this point, “Monster City” has reached the climax of the plot. The male protagonist followed the clues and finally found the big boss hidden behind the scenes, who was the usually beloved big boss.

“This is a densely populated insect nest, and you who live in it are disgusting and filthy. You should disappear completely.” The discovered giant finally covered himself up, and his army appeared in the sky of the city driving huge mechanical monsters.

A place for the distressed to breathe was about to be flattened by artillery fire, and those who usually hid finally appeared one by one. In addition to the protagonist, there were many other characters who were previously villains or both good and evil.

The war was about to break out.

Readers nervously turned the page, and then there was nothing, just like before. Their expressions froze on their faces: “…Yinong the old thief!”

Then there was a roar from the next room: “Hey! Gu Pan, you bastard! How could you get stuck at this time? Did they kiss? Will Yan Xi disappear?!”

The letters of complaint flooded the editorial office like a tide. The colleagues in the editorial department were scolded by readers through phone calls for a week, and when the semester was almost over, “Monster City” and “Master Teacher” were finally completed.

In “Monster City”, humans and machines fought until the last second, many people died and many people’s homes were destroyed. In the end, the mechanical army was stopped outside the city by flesh and blood.

The big boss killed by the protagonist fell on the polluted land. He opened his eyes and saw a corner called “the land of despair” with many vigorous weeds. Among them was even an orchid that was very delicate and difficult to grow.

That was his favorite flower, but it was one he had never been able to grow successfully.

“Orchid? How could there be orchids in there? Maybe, how could there be life in there? I could be wrong…” He was so shocked that his eyes widened, as if he had suffered a great blow.

The comic ended with a scene where the protagonist was sitting on the ruins, holding a wild flower and admiring the rising sun with a smile.

The next door drama “Master Teacher” has finally had a happy ending. The heroine Yinuo made a choice according to her heart. She avoided all the wrong answers and accurately chose her lover. “Sir, shall we go home?”

One woman and one ghost walked all the way from the desolation to the sunshine. There might be obstacles in the future, but neither of them was afraid or hesitated.

Readers who hold “Manlin Pavilion” and “Rose Pavilion” were satisfied with the feeling of finishing a book. This good mood lasted until they found themselves out of books. The magazine was then inundated with a new wave of letters urging for extra volumes and single-volume editions.

“What subject should I paint next?” He pondered for three days but had no idea.

“Want me to go out for a walk with you? Maybe you’ll get some inspiration while walking?” Xie Jiu saw him lying on the table in annoyance, so he walked over and pressed his temples. “Why? It’s summer now, do you want to go swimming at the beach?”

An Yinong raised his head: “Yes, it’s summer now, and it seems that “Master Teacher” has been filming for a while. Do you think we should go visit the set?”

Half an hour later, An Yinong went to visit the set with a bunch of food and drinks. He arrived at the right time, as the director was talking to the second male lead, Li Da.

“Your love is too obvious,” Mrs. Mei said. “Ajie looks careless, but he is actually very considerate. When he found out that Yinuo had a good man who was much better than him, his first reaction was to hide his love. He liked her, but he also felt inferior…”

After they finished talking about the play and announced a break, An Yinong came over and said that he had brought some food and drinks for the crew.

He said “some”, and the boxes of rock sugar, white fungus soup and bean cakes were stacked there, and all the extras had their share. They were all chilled to bring some coolness on a hot summer day.

“Young Master He.” Li Da felt a little embarrassed.

“I told you last time, call me Tiantong.” An Yinong took a piece of pea cake and handed the other to Li Da, “Would you like some bean cake?”

“Thank you,” Li Da took the bean cake and looked up at Xie Jiu behind him, “Who is it?”

“He is Uncle Jiu.”

Xie Jiushen rubbed An Yinong’s hair and turned to Li Da: “My last name is Xie.”

“Mr. Xie.” Li Da was not an ignorant fool. His last name was Xie and he was Uncle Jiu, so it was easy for him to think of Master Xie Jiu. He was the only one among the younger generation who could come out of the Walled City and build his current career without any involvement in corruption. Yes, Xie Jiu He Tiantong…

“Atong, do you like the pea cakes from our store? Should we pack a box when we go back?”

“No.” An Yinong shook his head and refused, “The mint flavor is too strong. I want a mung bean cake with a green tea aroma, mint, butter, and a milky flavor.”

“Go back and ask the chef to do it.”

Li Da watched the two of them interacting and looked down at the pea cake in his heart.

“Let’s shoot, Li Da!” After a short break, the previous scenes had to be re-shot. Li Da smiled at An Yinong, wrapped the uneaten bean cake in a tissue and put it in his bag, then went to shoot.

An Yinong leaned over to see the director and saw that Mrs. Mei was directing his third sister and teaching her how to understand the actors’ performances.

“The eyes are right.” Mr. Mei nodded, “This actor is quite perceptive. Just the eyes, look at his movements, he wants to get closer, but is afraid to go forward, he says something indifferent, but his body is tense. Use the contradictions of facial expressions and body language to express the contradictory inner feelings of the character at the moment.”

An Yinong watched the performance of the actors on the screen. In that era, many actors entered this industry in order to make a living, so they worked very hard. The audience could feel that kind of effort. Although the entertainment industry of that era was chaotic, because there were no restrictions, many phenomenal superstars and classic film and television works emerged.

With good looks, hard work, and savvy, perhaps Li Da will become one of the stars created by the times?

“Uncle Jiu, I’ve thought of what to draw.”

An Yinong grabbed his and half turned to look up at him: “What if I were to draw the entertainment industry? An ordinary person, step by step, becomes a dazzling existence under the spotlight and becomes a superstar.”