"Taxi, stop here. A second before jumping the watch, Li Er quickly shouted to stop.

There were five more dollars that were not earned, and my brother stepped on the brakes unhappily. "Forty-five. ”

Li Er took out a big red bill from his pocket and handed it through the security window. 's brother took it, and after a while, Li Er asked suspiciously: "What's the matter, why don't you look for money?"

"No, in the movie, people like you are generally in such a hurry shouldn't you say a word, don't you need to look for it?" The brother was poor, reluctantly took out the money from his pocket and looked for the money.

Okay, I met a movie fan, but fortunately I'm not a comic book fan, otherwise I guess I would have to play drift on the road.

Oh, and he'd forgotten that the initial D was the only animation he'd ever seen.

Li Er felt that he and Gao Qiao couldn't say it clearly on the phone, so he simply came over directly.

He walked through the crowd as plump as a school of tropical fish to the equally crowded hall, and in the midst of the crowd of yellow-skinned and black-haired people, he saw Gao Qiao at a glance. He was dressed so well, like a firefly in the night, the embarrassing scum, and the fat raised by sitting in front of the comic stage for a long time betrayed him deeply.

Li Er ran forward and shouted, "Teacher Gao." ”

Gao Qiao was stunned for a moment, and the screw in his hand punctured the ink cartridge, spraying half of his face with ink.

He froze for a few seconds, then took the ink-infested form and shouted, "Oops, my application form!"

Is it time to worry about the watch, Li Er took out a pack of tissues: "Let's wipe my face first." ”

Gao Qiao subconsciously took the tissue, wiped it a few times, and realized that something was wrong: "Editor Li, why are you here?"

"I heard from my classmate that you were going to sell a car, so I hurriedly ran over. Are you experiencing any difficulties, you can tell me, I am your editor-in-charge. ”

"I... I... I don't want to trouble you, and you can't help. Gao Qiao said with some humility.

Li Er sighed, "Is it about money?"

Gao Qiao didn't speak.

"Do you know how many names you have taken this time?" said Li Er with some hatred.

Gao Qiao raised his head slightly, wanting to ask, but he was afraid that the result would not be as good as he expected. His eyes sparkled and he was very hesitant.

"First! 600 votes to win the first place!"

"What?" Gao Qiao's eyes widened. Although he knew that when he was second in the quick report, he thought that in the end, "Wanyou King" might be in the top three. But he still couldn't believe the news.

Since the serialization, except for the high ranking in the first episode, he has been hovering in the last few places for a long, long time. If it weren't for the fact that there were often works worse than his grades, he would have been cut in half a long time ago.

Even the editor nicknamed him "Lucky Gao Qiao". It means that there is nothing but luck.

He is nearly thirty years old, has never been in love, has no spare time, and dedicates a qiē to his comics.

Because of holding a paintbrush for a long time, his hand suffered from sheath inflammation, his spine was not good, and his vision regressed to the point that he couldn't see clearly when he took off his glasses.

Alone in the middle of the night thinking about the story, thinking about the rules of the game until the stomach growls. He also pondered whether he had done a wrong job by leaving the game company and choosing to draw comics.

He often wakes up alone at night. Tear-wet pillow towels.

Is it worth it?

Now, he's going to tell his past self that it's worth it!

It is precisely because of so much sweat that I will feel the sweetness of the fruit when I harvest it.

Of course, he remembered Lear's credit. If it weren't for Li Er, he would still be a non-popular cartoonist, and he might not be able to qualify for serialization after being cut in half.

But now, he has won the first place, and he, a cartoonist with Lv1, has surpassed many Lv5 and won the first place!

It's like a dream!

Gao Qiao suddenly howled to the sky, he held back for too long. Two tears streamed down his ink-blackened face, leaving two clear marks.

"Ma Ma, there's an uncle there who seems to be insane!" said the pigtailed little Lori pointed at Gao Qiao.

"Don't talk nonsense. The urban beauty took the little Lori away.

Li Er looked at Gao Qiao, well, he was really dressed like this...... Alternative. A rare touching scene, vividly played into a comic style.

"Come on, let's go, don't sell the car. He said.

Gao Qiao stopped howling: "Get the first and get the first...... But I still have to sell the car. ”

Li Er was puzzled: "Why, after getting the first place in this newspaper once, even if you can't wait for a salary increase this year, the sales of the single book of "Wanyou King" will definitely increase in popularity because of this." The manuscript fee of the publishing house alone should be more than that. ”

However, the publishing house that published "Wanyou Wang" has closed down, and there will be no manuscript fee for the single book. Gao Qiao's voice is as thin as a mosquito.

"What?" this time it was Li Er's turn to be surprised, "even if the physical publishing industry as a whole is sluggish, it will not go out of business." ”

"I chose a small publishing house, not the one that often cooperates with "Shangjing Boys". As a result, the small publishing house is really unreliable, and the proportion of the share is a little higher, so it can be said that it will go out of business. Gao Qiao said with a sad face.

"Then you ......" Li Er sighed helplessly, "I remember that you just took out your savings, no wonder you want to sell the car." ”

"Hey, what else can I do. If you don't sell your car, you have to take out a loan. The interest is too bad. I have to pay back 10 percent in a month, a whole loan shark!" Gao Qiao clenched his fists excitedly. Then he let go, his loose fist gently hammering down on himself.

"Why don't you look for me?"

"You just borrowed 30,000 yuan from me, and you must not have enough money to do it, and if you want to borrow it, I don't have the face to borrow it. ”

“…… Then let's do it, I have 20,000 yuan on hand, you take it first. ”

"How can this work, how can I borrow your money again. ”

"This money is not borrowed. Along with a sum of money, count me as an investment. Didn't you put the Duel Monster card in a manga café and sell it, and the profit from the sale would be divided into my share of the investment. ”

"Well, you're going to lose money. Gao Qiao didn't want to pit him. They price it so high, who knows when a million cards will sell. In case of a flood, fire, or something, there is a risk of damage.

"That's it. Originally, the bonus of 20,000 yuan, I didn't plan to enjoy it exclusively, it was unfair for a work to win an award, but only the editor got the bonus. If you hadn't worked so hard, I wouldn't have gotten the prize of six hundred votes!" Li Er took out the envelope containing the banknotes from his bag and stuffed it into Gao Qiao's hand, and said as he stuffed it: "Put it away quickly, it's not good to be seen." ”

"Well, if we make money then, we'll split it in half. Gao Qiao reluctantly accepted Lear's money.

Li Er only did a simple mental arithmetic, and then realized that it was wrong: "I only gave 60,000, it should be a little more than a quarter, right?" ”

"Don't forget, most of the gameplay and setting of this game are made by you. I just drew a comic and made a monster design for it. You deserve this half. Gao Qiao explained.

Li Er thought about it, after all, this amount of money is not much, and there is no difference between a quarter and a half, and it may not be able to get it. So I agreed.

It's always much better to invest in this name than to borrow money. Although Li Er didn't plan to make Gao Qiao's money at all, he just wanted to find a reason to give Gao Qiao money, if he really sold the car because of lack of money, Li Er would not be happy.

Gao Qiao found a place to wash the ink, but there were still shallow dark spots on his face. He opened the door of the white SUV: "Go, get in the car." I'll take you and my wife for a ride. ”

"Your wife?" said Lear in surprise.

"It's my car. Gao Qiao smiled heartily. "By the way, you haven't been to the coffee shop owned by my fan, I tell you, the matcha cake there is delicious. I'm not a big fan of sweets, and I ate three pieces there last time......"

"Okay, let's go there. ”

"There shouldn't be too many people today, after all, the topic of scarf has gone down. Gao Qiao said while waiting for the red light.

"Ah, so soon, it's not been two days, right?"

"Now trends come and go as fast as they come. Hey, I'm a little worried about whether our card packs are selling. Gao Qiao sighed.

"We have so few sales channels that a million cards are nothing if we can distribute them in markets all over the country. It's a pity that we only have one window to sell. Lear said.

"That's right. I've thought about it. We can rent a booth at Comic Con and sell our card packs, what do you think?"

"That's not good......" Lear shook his head.

Comic conventions are usually a place for Lv0's amateur artists and doujin artists to sell their doujinshi, and few debuting manga artists go there to sell their works, and even if they do, they will be incognito or something. If the author of "Wanyou King" sells his own merchandise at the comic convention is known to others, he will definitely become a laughing stock.

"Forget it, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge. "Gao Qiao is out of line.

The two drove all the way to the street near the manga café.

There, however, a rare supercar was parked.