Chapter 147 – The New Book Needs Illustrations
Qiang Zi has been a little worried lately, but it wasn’t that he was short of money. The authors under his management, especially Yang Yi, have achieved excellent results in the past few months, which has also boosted his performance. As a result, the leaders have given him a salary increase and a bonus.
His worrying was not because he was being urged to get married. People in their late 20s were urged by their family to get married through blind date. Qiang Zi was used to it, but his family didn’t manage him during this period of time. Qiang Zi was at ease!
He was worried because of Yang Yi, this restless author. He usually couldn’t be found by anyone, and also doesn’t take care of his own book review area, but every time he looked for him, it would always be nothing good!
For example, this time, Yang Yi unexpectedly planned to double release1I’m not sure what the English equivalent of this is, but it basically means that he is going to publish/write 2 novels at the same time..
“You’re writing a new book?” Qiang Zi was all silly and asked, “Why?”
Qiang Zi still clearly remembered Yang Yi’s answer until now: “Because I don’t have money.”
At that time, Qiang Zi was speechless2整个人都不好了 is an internet buzzword. Translated as “the whole person is not good”. This is widely used to express speechlessness, helplessness, and unbearable states.… saying he had no money in front of the poor? Qiang Zi clearly remembered Yang Yi’s last month’s payment list. The number on it was on seven digits!
Of course, Qiang Zi couldn’t satirize his author. He could only persuade Yang Yi with a bitter smile, telling him that doing double release would affect the quality of the book, and bitterly persuade Yang Yi to give up the idea.
However, when he said these words, Qiang Zi knew that what he had said was in vain.
Sure enough, how could Yang Yi be persuaded on something he had already decided on? Moreover, Qiang Zi was “persuaded” by Yang Yi instead.
Yang Yi didn’t talk too much with Qiangzi on SNS. He just directly sent a few drafts of chapters. After reading it, Qiang Zi couldn’t help but be engrossed in the criminal world constructed by Yang Yi.
“Is it good?” Wu Yubin from the technical department asked, tugging at Qiang Zi.
“It’s good!” Qiang Zi added, “It’s even better than ‘Yu Zui’!”
“So exaggerated?” Wu Yubin asked in surprise.
“Really. I feel that if Yang Yi is not allowed to write this novel, I am committing a crime!” As soon as he thought of that plot, Qiang Zi felt itchy in his heart, “So I quickly let him upload it, I also want to seek more of it! No, I have to ask him to send me the follow-up plot first. I’m going to help him correct the typos. If there is any…”
Wu Yubin smiled and said, “Well, what are you looking for me for? Are you trying to make me miserable as you?”
“How could that be? Although I also quite want you to fall into the pit, haha!” Qiang Zi explained, “Well, Yang Yi said that his book should be read with illustrations, which are drawn by him, but we can’t include pictures in the published chapters on our website now. Do you think there’s anything that can help solve this problem?”
“Need illustrations?” Wu Yubin was a little surprised. “Could it be that he wrote a light novel?”
“No, it’s a crime-type novel. It’s very rigorous. But there are places where words can’t describe it, and illustrations are needed to help convey some information.” Qiang Zi said.
“I see. Did the editor-in-chief agree?” Wu Yubin asked, “The technical problem is not big. There are other examples in the forum could give us some code to copy, but it just takes some time to improve and test.”
“Hu Da has already approved it!” Qiang Zi said, “Is seven days enough? We are going to put it on the shelves on September 1, and it happened to give us about a week or so to arrange publicity for it.”
“No problem!” Wu Yubin nodded.
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“Fatty, come here!”
Guo Ziyi, who was drinking a lot of water under the shade of the tree, heard the call. He quickly grasped the meaning of something and jumped to his feet in a hurry. He trotted to the young man who liked to put a pen in his ear.
“Hello, Brother Dabin! Hello, Director Ruan! ” Guo Ziyi said with a smile, and his hands weren’t idle. He quickly took out a good pack of cigarettes and handed them to them.
Guo Ziyi doesn’t smoke, but after mixing for a while, he has learned a lot of “tricks”. For example, he would buy two packs of cigarettes, an expensive one and a cheap one, which he carries in his pockets on each side.
The middle-aged man in a straw hat, whom Guo Ziyi called Director Ruan, was actually not on the list of directors. At most, he was an assistant director, just helping to shoot some unimportant scene. He was considered to a disciple trained by Chen Fengchen, but his abilities were still somewhat lacking. Chen Fengchen still delegates most of the auxiliary work to his deputy director.
But for the group of performers that couldn’t get in touch with the big director at all, this Director Ruan was the real big boss!
“Just now Dabin recommended you to me. Come and try this role. There are two lines, ‘General, the enemy is coming’ and ‘the sword have been lost’. Take a look at this script and remember the lines!” Director Ruan looked up at Guo Ziyi, very satisfied with Guo Ziyi’s comically chubby appearance, and said.
I have a line?
This was a special appointment!
Guo Ziyi was overjoyed and quickly thanked Director Ruan and Brother Dabin. Director Ruan was busy and waved his hand to let Guo Ziyi and Brother Da Bin go away, to clear the scene for filming!
After taking a few steps, Brother Dabin said to Guo Ziyi meaningfully, “Fatty, later when you become famous, don’t forget my help!”
“How can I forget that?” Guo Ziyi said with a smile, “Brother Dabin, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity! Can I invite you and Director Ruan to eat at Zirancun tonight?”
Zirancun was actually a barbecue food stall. It wasn’t high class, but it was also in line with Guo Ziyi’s identity as a minor character. Brother Da Bin also often goes there, all of which was when he was invited by group of performers.
Brother Dabin was very satisfied with Guo Ziyi’s “consciousness”. He nodded and said, “Just ask me. Director Ruan doesn’t care about this. Moreover, if you invite him to Ziran Village, he wouldn’t like it.”
After shaking off Brother Da Bin, Guo Ziyi couldn’t wait to sit back in the shade of the tree and carefully studied the script.
Although he spent a few days mixing with these group of performers and learned a lot of tricks, Guo Ziyi never forgot his original dream. He was a man who wanted to be a big actor and a big star. To seize the opportunity, he must work hard and hone his acting skills!
“It seems like Xiao Guo has been promoted!3Like his role has ranked up, from a minor character in the background to a minor character that has lines.” A few brothers from the countryside who had played well didn’t dare to disturb Guo Ziyi, and began to murmur.
“Should be. He got a script. It should be a big part!”
“What big role. It’s just a minor character with two lines.” Guo Ziyi heard them. He didn’t pretend to be aloof, but Guo Ziyi raised his head and said to his brothers with a smile as usual.
“if there are lines, it’s not a minor character, it’s a special appointment!”
“That is, several days’ worth of money for us to make, you can make it in a day!”
“However, special appointments may not be available every day, or our group of performers would be stable.”
“Look at you, lacking prospects…”
Xi xi su su4Sound of people talking in a low voice., Several brothers from the countryside didn’t disturb Guo Ziyi any more. They continued to talk in a low voice.
“Oh, by the way, have you ever heard of it? it seems that the great director has been away in the past few days and has left everything to the deputy director. That’s why there are more matters with surnamed Ruan!”
“Where has he been? He isn’t sick, right? Old people are prone to get sick, my father…”
“Who said he was sick? Don’t talk blindly. I heard he was on a business trip and didn’t even shoot a scene.”
“How did you become so well-informed? How did you know the matter about the great director?”
“That’s because I learned from Xiao Guo. I have to learn to listen secretly. Those actors are frequently gossiping!” A short rural brother with a strong accent murmured, “I follow Xiao Guo all day, how come I haven’t made any progress at all?”
“Well, Geng Sha is so diligent. I’m afraid you won’t be offered a special appointment!”
There were always some people who don’t work hard and sour others all day long…
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