Chapter 37: Soundproof Earmuffs (I)
- My path to originality is really difficult.
It's not that the level of comics is insufficient, it's not that there is a problem with the design plot, it's just that the ideas that occasionally reveal comics make publishers dare not accept them.
Although he has long been aware that "China" must be changed to "country C" in certain situations, the stubbornness rooted in the surname Geri has always caused Riki to show something that is not welcomed by some people in the comics.
Riki is very ambivalent, he hates the lack of order, once the country has no order, there will be many voices, but he also hates power, and the order of power overwhelms his self-assertion in chaos.
His tenacity and perseverance led him to submit again and again. It's not that I deliberately object to anything, but occasionally reveal a little meaning, and that invisible pressure will be pressed on the publishing house, and the publishing house will put pressure on him who submits the manuscript.
In fact, this pressure is a conjecture of the people themselves. The invisible hand seldom became a visible hand, but the people revered it and obeyed its former rules.
Therefore, Riki wants order but hates the real order, and gets involved in the gap between the real world and the ideal world, resulting in an inexplicable sense of alienation. His heart is like sinking into a bottomless swamp, and if no one comes out to remind him, the original work will always show his inner fear of the leakage of darkness.
This is a forbidden area that publishers do not want to touch.
Riki knows that there is a "backbone" surname hidden in him. Contrary to the existing order, fond of internationalism, and disgusted by the "deteriorating" status quo of the country. He tried to cover it with his coat, but the tighter he covered, the more inviting the fresh air became, and the latent feelings would eventually come out like moths to a fire.
As a result, Riki's original manga was never adopted, and was rejected when the publisher browsed the story structure. In order to pursue his dream of being a cartoonist again, he had to rethink his path as a cartoonist.
ββThe road is difficult, the road is difficult, and the divergent road is now safe.
- It's not good to be original, you can only plagiarize it first.
There are so many excellent comics in later generations, even if only half of them are singled out, Riki thinks that he can't finish copying all his skills if he has risen to lv10.
Speaking of the skills given by the system, "Single-minded Lv1" is indeed a good skill, and Riki really feels the benefits of dedication. Coupled with the bonus of the passive skill "Seiko Lv1", the speed of drawing manga is almost the same as the work speed of two manga artists.
Still, the curse attached to the system is as disgusting as ever.
It was probably a week before I left school, and the flood water of the Green River had long since receded, and the overflowing flood only affected the area less than 100 meters along the coast.
It is said that on August 11, most of the steel, wood, earth, and rock combined dams at the breach of the Jiujiang River were exposed to the water, and the dangerous situation was effectively controlled. Beginning on August 15, 6,500 officers and soldiers of the state rushed into the rescue and filled 30,000 cubic meters overnight, and finally built a third cofferdam 453 meters long before the arrival of the sixth flood peak.
So far, the Jiujiang embankment has achieved a complete victory......
And then the seventh or eighth flood peak?
It's none of Limu's business, he now avoids contact with flood-related events, and he doesn't do anything about the prophetic letter outside the city. He only remembered that the most harmful were the first four flood peaks, and as for the later flood peaks, he had never heard of them, and it was estimated that it was at this closing stage that the breach could be re-blocked.
Anyway, the flood of the Green River has receded, and the small village of Pingnan has returned to normal.
Riki doesn't care about the flood, but he cares a lot about the regular tasks assigned by the system today, if there's anything he's most afraid of lately, it's probably going out on the street-
[Regular Quest - Sound-isolating earmuffs: Please buy a sound-isolating earmuff or headphones today, excellent sound-isolating earmuffs can help you not be easily interrupted when using the skill "single-mindedly". Reward for completing the task: 1 skill start-up coin; Mission Failure Penalty: Lose a skill activation coin. Do you want to pick it up now? γ
The difficulty of the mission is yellow. The color level, the prescribed time is one day, there is no other way than to buy it on the street, and Riki himself actually wants to buy an earmuff. "Single-mindedness" can be easily interrupted, which means that a start-up gold will be wasted, and you will have to do regular tasks to earn it back.
There is only one regular task per day, which means that if you count the regular tasks alone, there are only 365 Initiation Coins that can be claimed in a year. You can only break even with one a day, considering that there are still two Action Skills that have not yet been activated. If you give up your mission at will, God knows what kind of "poor" life you will live in the future.
If you can save, you will save, and if you can earn, you will earn.
Adhering to the principle of granding, the first thing for Riki to get up every morning is to open the task panel to check the regular tasks. If you have the ability to complete it, you will try to take it as much as possible, and he will not hesitate to go bankrupt for extremely expensive tasks like [buying a full set of oil painting tools]. When buying a tool, the system will often give you a relatively simple task [please try to draw an oil painting]. Later, although he would give more tasks that would not be possible in one day, such as "Please try to paint ten oil paintings" and "Please draw one oil painting carefully, and let at least ten people approve it", Riki was also happy to take time to complete it for several days.
These tasks are the ones that train him to get started with oil painting, and the same is true for other introductory tasks. Buy the tool first, then draw according to the task prompts, then get the approval of ordinary people, and finally get the approval of the system. The most difficult tasks to complete are the tasks that are finally approved for getting started with the system.
The usual task of buying a tool is important! It is the beginning of a series of tasks.
But the curse of mystery gave him a headache...... The curse tip is correct, and you have to go out a little bit in the future with someone who knows the way.
Limu didn't even dare to go to Lu's house alone, so she usually called them over or followed her mother when she got out of the car. Recently, I am often laughed at by my mother: "I don't want to walk a few steps, son, you are lazy enough." At night, he deliberately stayed late and was "repatriated" or "picked up" home by his two families.
Under the powerful effect of the curse of mystery, Riki will get lost on the two floors connected to his house, often treating the second floor as the third floor and the fourth floor as the fifth floor. Later generations of old fathers and mothers often made such mistakes, and Riki finally knew their depressed feelings, which was not a lost way that could be controlled by humans at all.
However, you will not be able to make a mistake from the third floor to the first floor, after all, the small grocery store on the first floor is fundamentally different from other floors, and the huge storefront and steel rolling doors are the most obvious signs, and you will naturally stop when you go down to the first floor.
- The red telephone on the glass counter is also very conspicuous.
"Uncleβ"
Riki took the salary card given by her mother, dressed neatly and walked to the grocery store on the first floor, and called out to her uncle, who was dozing off in the store early in the morning. Seeing that he didn't respond, he tiptoed and grabbed the phone line and dragged it to the edge of the counter until he could grab the phone and take it down. Press the familiar phone number of Lu Wei's house
Doodoo Doodoo......
"Hey, hello - may I ask for it - ah, woo woo ~ who?" That's all he said, and he yawned lazily.
Because it was a public telephone line, the three telephones in the living room and two rooms of the Lu family rang at the same time, and the first to answer the phone was Lu Wei's mother, Li Qianshu, but it could not be said that she was lazy. It was half past eight in the morning, and for Ri Si Sook, who didn't have to work, it would be half an hour for them to really get up.
"Good morning Aunt Li, I'm Limu, I want to go out to buy some tools today, but no one takes me to the street, I want to go with Lu Hui, if it's inconvenient, please inform her to go back and call me."
"No, Lu Hui should be awake, I have to get up to prepare breakfast, you wait and I'll call her over."
"Ahh Sorry to disturb your sleep. Riki said.
Considering the call fee, Lu Hui quickly rushed to his parents' room and said a little breathlessly:
"Wood, where are you going today? It's too far away for me to know the way. β
"If you want to cross the bridge, go to the cultural market first, and then go to the back street at the foot of the water tower, and if you can't do it, go to the trading market."
Crossing the bridge means a little far.
The center of Nanhua is divided into two halves by the Green River, and is basically located on both sides of the Nanhua Bridge.
Qiaonan is the Nanjiang District where Limu lives, with cinemas, snack alleys, ice rinks, gymnasiums, swimming pools, opera houses and Xiyuan and other entertainment and leisure venues. It is precisely because there are so many entertainment venues that Xiyuan has been built as a place to welcome provincial and municipal officials, and it is as impressive as the villa area.
Qiaobei is a shopping commercial area, with department stores, trading markets, Minsheng Square and Xinhua Bookstore. Three years later, some of the houses will be demolished to build a pedestrian street, and it has undergone two expansions since then. Li Xiuli's eldest sister still has an old two-story wooden house there, but that's all for later.
In short, crossing the bridge from Nam Giang District is Bac Giang District, which is equivalent to a "dangerous area" that must be accompanied by an adult compared to a primary school student with small arms and legs like Riki.
"Well, no problem, when are you going?" Lu Hui asked. It's just those three places in Bac Giang District, she thinks there shouldn't be any problems.
"The sooner the better, just come and call me when you're ready." Riki felt for the bank card in his pocket, it was more than he had when he was in his twenties. Full of confidence for a while, he added to his wife: "You can also think of it as our first date." β
"Ehββ!!" Lu Hui blushed, and said on the other end of the phone: "Oh, I know, I came to you after breakfast at half past nine, right?" - Well, okay, then I'll hang up. β
- Huh?
Limu was stunned when he held the microphone that was hung up by Lu Hui and was ticking.
- I haven't said anything, have I?
Thinking of Lu Hui's strange situation of asking and answering herself, such a scene appeared in Limu's mind, her mother was wandering in the living room, and suddenly walked to her side and eavesdropped, which made Lu Hui hang up the phone in a panic.