Chapter 36
Chapter 36 : Toss and Fans (Part 1)
Because it felt like a trap, Meng Huo didn’t take the prize to his heart.
On the way back, he asked gossiping about the relationship between Alice and Xu Jing.
“He is my dad, but he is not related by blood.”
Alice smiled bitterly, she told Meng Huo her life experience. In fact, it’s very simple. Her mother was dumped by her boyfriend when she was pregnant, and she married the older Xu Jing. At that time, Xu Jing was a depressed office worker. After marrying Alice’s mother, he worked hard and became the chairman of Phoenix Company.
Although he and Alice are not related by blood, they have a very good relationship. Alice’s original name was ‘Xu Qian’, she didn’t want to be known about her relationship with Xu Jing, so she switched to a Western name after graduating from university.
Alice struggled in Yenching alone for several years, and only last month did she give up her job as an agent and return to Ninghai.
“Is it because of me?”
Meng Huo took a big breath. If this is the case, Xu Jing valued himself too much, and he called his daughter back to be his editor all the way around.
“No, it’s just a coincidence that I’m an editor.” Alice shook her head, and she had nothing to do when she returned to Ninghai. It just so happened that Xu Jing was choosing an editor candidate for Meng Huo, so she took the initiative to ask: “The entertainment industry is too complicated. Manga editing is easy.”
The entertainment industry is indeed complicated. When many people think that the entertainment industry is the unspoken rule, Meng Huo’s eyes on Alice are suddenly somewhat subtle.
“What are you thinking!” Alice said kindly: “Don’t think about messy things, CCTV’s animation invitation, do you want to contribute?”
Mentioned this matter, Meng Huo cheered up.
“Yes, of course, but I have to investigate for a few days!”
He is very interested in CCTV animations. The animation only needs to provide stories and settings. The cartoonist is not responsible for other tasks, and it just fills his empty time. However, the development of the world’s comic industry has not been long, and the quality of animation needs to be investigated.
“That’s it.”
Alice’s face dimmed when she heard this answer: “It’s a pity…”
“The editor-in-chief of Weekly Girls called me a few days ago and wanted you to draw a short girly manga, so I had to refuse her.”
Meng Huo frowned slightly: “Why should I draw a girly cartoon?”
It is weird in his heart that “Detective Conan” has more female readers than male readers. Could it be that this incident caused others to misunderstand that he was suitable for drawing girly comics?
“Your style is very suitable for girl manga.” Sure enough, Alice affirmed Meng Huo’s suspicion: “Now many people in the company say that “Detective Conan” can also be popular on girl manga, and your speed is not very fast. ?”
She has seen Meng Huo’s paintings, and she still remembers that kind of efficient painting technique.
“Adding a short comic should be no problem for you, and there is no need for long-term serialization.”
Alice seems to want Meng Huo to draw cartoons, but Meng Huo has no interest in girl cartoons. He thinks that the national-level cartoons that CCTV will produce are more worth looking forward to.
In the following days, Meng Huo investigated the quality of cartoons in this world, and the answers he got were very exciting. The quality of animation in this world is not lower than that of the previous life. Many technologies have a good foundation before the birth of comics. Coupled with the technological strength that is more advanced than the previous life, the development speed of animation is much faster than that of comics.
Meng Huo made a decisive decision to submit the paper, but at this time, an unexpected thing happened.
Because Meng Huo did not participate in the awarding of the comics award, his identity was once again questioned, and the “He Xi three people” once again appeared on the front pages of major newspapers. Moreover, this time the doubts did not dissipate as before, but became more and more intense over time.
Meng Huo didn’t treat it as the same thing at first. When he found out, the matter was already big, and even the chat group he was in was full of turmoil.
“Sisters, He Xi turned out to be three people. We were all deceived! The truth was revealed in the news and in the news. No wonder he would be absent on the day of the awards ceremony. It was a scam made by Phoenix from the beginning!”
“It’s terrible. It turns out that a few people are drawing comics together. Mach teacher lost so badly.”
Meng Huo is a bit inexplicable, how the rumors in the chat group seem to be true.
He searched the Internet, and soon found the answer. It turned out that some photos were circulating on the Internet. The content of those photos are three men, there are scenes where they walk into Phoenix Company, there are scenes where they draw cartoons together, and there are scenes where the drawing is halfway through…
That picture is exactly the same as Meng Huo’s poster picture. Although it is not complete, the date shown in the picture is before the poster’s release. Not only that, but there is also a vague “Detective Conan” contract photo in these photos. It looks like it was taken in a panic. You can’t see the signature, but you can see that there are three names on it.
“What’s going on!” Meng Huo felt ridiculous. He looked at it again, and the people on these pictures were blurred, and there was no appearance at all.
The source of these pictures turned out to be “Phoenix company internal personnel”. All news and reports that use these pictures will add a sentence: These pictures are provided by Phoenix company internal personnel. Because of the signing of a confidentiality contract, the three “what a pity” There is a mosaic on his face.
Meng Huo knew that it was full of loopholes when he looked at the content. How could an insider who knew his identity take out the photos of the three people?
But he thinks so other netizens don’t think so. Under the bombardment of countless Weibo and information, these netizens immediately followed the trend and scolded.
“He Xi get out!”
“Liar, pay us back for the magazine!”
“Phoenix Company apologizes!”
The situation is getting worse and worse. Even if Phoenix takes countermeasures quickly, several consecutive statements have no effect.
Alice’s complexion also became very bad.
“Someone has invited an Internet speculator.” She said to Meng Huo: “They deliberately targeted you. It’s fine for you to ignore them during this period. As long as the comics are well drawn, no matter how much they toss, it’s useless.”
Internet speculators originally refers to network groups that use the Internet media to plan, implement, and promote specific objects to make them influential and well-known. But these groups often do everything for money. They are well versed in the rules of network operation, familiar with the public’s psychology, and often fabricate facts and maliciously plant things. They are usually lawless.
And the more you pay attention to this kind of people, the more excited they will be, and they will try to catch the loopholes in your speech and fight them.
“Meng Huo, our statement has no effect. You should also go to the official website to appease the readers.” Alice said, “The clear ones are clear, don’t quarrel with those Internet speculators.”
Meng Huo nodded, and then cut off the pictures of the three men, then calmly logged on the official website and wrote: “Excuse me, why do these three primates have no faces?”
(Thanks to Ying Chong’s Xiaowo for rewarding 200 starting coins!)