How ridiculous it is to wake up from a dream to realize pain and relief.

Guanglong has a predecessor in the comic industry: Lao Wang. He is nearly 50 years old and has a wide range of contacts in the circle. Just because of excessive attention to interfering with other people's works, people gave him the nickname "Lao Wang next door".

Why, it's not that he's scolding him, but that he always thinks about other people's "children", that is, works. Some people say that Lao Wang relies on the old and sells the old, and no matter how good the comic works are, they have to pick bones in the eggs and hit the newcomers; There are also people who say that Lao Wang Jianglang is exhausted, and he looks for inspiration through the materials in the newcomer's works, and he uses it for reference.

Lao Wang's favorite works often use the convenience of work to put forward his own suggestions, and then impose his will on the cartoonist, and he has to follow his train of thought to be satisfied. Unfortunately, Guanglong's works have also become the target of Lao Wang.

Guanglong thinks, what is the relationship between Lao Wang and the world of the dead? He wants to use his own experience to tell him that the plot arrangement is wrong? If yes, how did he do it.

Recalling the first time I took "Dream Dragon" to consult Lao Wang, Guanglong remembered it vividly. Lao Wang read each original painting very carefully, and said that the painting skills are considered to be of the upper class, and there is still room for improvement, which is a high evaluation in Lao Wang's mouth.

However, Lao Wang changed his words, patted the table and said, the problem of plot design cannot be changed overnight, there is a problem with your thinking. Guanglong was taken aback, isn't he logical, waiting for Lao Wang's guidance.

Lao Wang ruthlessly counted Guanglong: "The plot drags on, and the pace is too slow." What do you do to catch the audience's eye? Look at your first three words, they are all introducing the background, and they are slow to get into the topic, and they are lackluster. Why should the audience watch a newcomer talk nonsense? There are a lot of comics, is it necessary to waste time on you? ”

Guanglong was speechless, he thought that the rhythm of the plot should be paved slowly, and if it was too exciting, the audience would not adapt to it and lose its spiritual connotation. He still expressed his understanding: "My work is a long-term classic, don't compare it with fast food culture." Fast food is full, but malnourished. ”

Lao Wang sneered: "That's why I said that you young cartoonists, you should go out of your own world, see more and draw more, and don't blindly work behind closed doors." Do you know how fast the times are moving? The work should keep up with the market, and no one will pee on you without the market. You still want to be famous, long before that era. Can't you figure out what even my old man understands? ”

Guanglong is not a layman chasing fame and fortune, he just wants his works to be seen and recognized by more people. So he disagrees with Lao Wang's point of view: "I don't think blindly following the trend will have an advantage in the long run, if you want to rise out in the vast comics, you must have innovation and your own beliefs." People have to have dreams. ”

Lao Wang was not moved by Guanglong's enthusiasm, and still poured cold water: "Then, I lived a life in poverty, and in the end I didn't care and said that this is my dream and never regretted it, but I couldn't even get a wife." Fuck his bullshit dreams, he can't eat and talk about any dreams. I've seen a lot of arrogant people like you, hungry and talking about ideals, and complaining about failures. ”

The dream is plump, and the reality is skinny. Guanglong had nothing to say.

Lao Wang continued to instill his own philosophy: "Don't mention any classics, you don't have that level." Jin Yong's martial arts novels are classic enough, that is also the time to create heroes, that era needs that kind of feelings, you let him publish it in this era, does anyone read it? Traditional martial arts have long declined, and they have been replaced by Xianxia and fantasy, all of which are creations of the times. The reason why the classics have been filmed again and again, and people buy them, is not nostalgia. ”

Guanglong argued: "What's wrong with bringing your own ideas into your works, you have to draw something routine to cater to the audience's vision?" ”

Lao Wang shook his head and said: "How do you say that, you have won the hearts of the people since ancient times." You can't even grasp people's hearts, why should the audience buy it. You want to have your own thoughts and concepts, and it's not too late to talk about it when you become famous, then you have a fixed audience, and if you are familiar with your painting style, you will be more handy, isn't it? Let's solve our own food problems first. ”

Guanglong was devastated, thinking that he would be appreciated by Bole, but he never wanted to hit a wall, and he was angry in his chest. When I wanted to reason with Lao Wang again, I found that he had already left.

Later, Guanglong looked for Lao Wang a few times, and shamelessly asked for advice on how to change the plot so that it would not heat up slowly and catch people's attention. He doesn't want his hard work to go to waste, even if it is a big change, he has to save the work.

Lao Wang was patient, and said step by step: "If you know your mistakes, you can change them and save them." You see your first season, the protagonist is too lonely and heroic, and he has no companions, so it is better to directly find the second male lead in the second season, and only with experience and communication can the audience find out the resonance. ”

Guanglong frowned, he wanted to arrange Concubine Nan in, it was not unacceptable.

Lao Wang continued: "The zombies will be arranged as soon as possible, there is no need to exaggerate the atmosphere, the audience can't afford to wait." A little design suspense in the early stage is good. In this way, there is a conflict in the drama, and with a little accident and foreshadowing during the period, the audience will be firmly attracted. ”

"There are all useless characters deleted, and those that have little to do with the main line have also been changed, and the audience will be aesthetically fatigued. For example, this Xiaohua has nothing to do with the protagonist, why do you keep it? ”

Guanglong objected to the deletion of Xiaohua's role and reserved his opinion: "She has an emotional bond with the protagonist, if it is not her protagonist's emotion, it will be empty." ”

Lao Wang Zhengse said: "Listen to me, you are drawing hot-blooded comics, not romance idol dramas, just stop in moderation." Have you ever seen a love scene in One Piece? Oda didn't dare to draw like this in the early days. ”

Guanglong's heart is like a drop of blood, according to Lao Wang's reform, more than half of his first season will be cut, and the later plot will also be deleted, which is simply a tear down and redo.

The stubborn Guanglong did not accept Lao Wang's plan, and finally broke up unhappily. Now that I think about it, Lao Wang is a pioneer in the industry, his mind keeps up with the pulse of the times, and he has a keen business sense, and it is a great honor to be guided by him. He may be for Guanglong's good, and use experience to make him avoid detours.

Guanglong was depressed, could it be that the works painted were really unsightly, and could not be appreciated by the world. Are you too confident? In order to prove himself, he revised, crouched in front of the computer and stayed up all night, drawing until the sky was dark, until he traveled to a two-dimensional world.

The changes that happened in the world of the dead were all due to the hands of Lao Wang without exception. He modified his works without authorization, in order to convince himself that such an arrangement would be interesting.

"In that case, and what do you change?" Guanglong thought to himself, "I am in charge of my work." I want to personally control my own destiny, no matter how much you modify, I will also change my life against the sky and create my own world. ”

After thinking about it for two days, he decided to return to the two-dimensional world and prove that Lao Wang was wrong with his actions. He wants to bring the world in his works on the right track and meet the peak of life again.

Bringing a flashlight with enough power is enough to deal with zombies, he didn't take his phone, first verified the mirror.

The hallway was empty, and as he approached, there was nothing special about himself in the mirror.

He remembered that once during the Spring Festival Gala, Liu Qian performed a magic trick related to mirrors. During the magic trick, Liu Qian let his hand pass through the mirror out of thin air, and the mirror was intact. The moment of witnessing the miracle made a deep impression on Guanglong. Although the mystery was later revealed, he would still be convinced.

He was often whimsical, and one day a personal hand would reach out in the mirror and pull him in, leading him into the abyss from which he would never recover. The first long time I looked at myself in the mirror, because the mirror had something strange, it fluttered slightly.

The tremor of the mirror surface is not easy to detect, but the texture of the water surface is revealed, and even layers of water ripples are vibrate. Is it hallucination? This is a mirror, clearly standing on the surface of the water, a barrier separating the two worlds.

He reached out his finger to the shaking mirror as if in fascination.

The fingers stopped. Guanglong was surprised, there is no so-called miracle, it is all a dream. The mirror is not the entrance to the two worlds as it thinks, just an ordinary mirror. Because of the lack of mobile phones.

Guanglong held the phone in his hand, took a deep breath, and finally tentatively stretched out his hand to the mirror.

This time it was different, as the fingers slowly seeped in, the mirror began to vibrate and set off ripples. Sure enough, the mobile phone and the mirror are more compatible together, and his hand is completely trapped in a bottomless space, and he can't reach the boundary.

Guanglong was ecstatic, it was simply unlocking new skills, and as long as he changed the setting of the work in the future, he didn't want anything yet. He was endlessly YY, his hands were tight, and he didn't know who was holding him. He nervously tried to break free, but the other party had great strength, and he pulled him into the mirror.

Guanglong was not fully prepared, and only felt that his whole body spasmed like electricity. He couldn't breathe, couldn't scream, and gradually lost consciousness. In fear, despair, pain, and unwillingness, he completely lost the strength to resist.