Liang Yu, who went home alone, bought a fantasy magazine with Gu Chengfeng's works at a roadside newsstand not far from his home, and dialed the editor Guo Pinyuan when he got home.

"Hello?" The time was when the editor was off work, and Guo Pinyuan was also very curious why Liang Yu called him at this time, but the other party explained the topic very straightforwardly.

"Editor Guo, I have agreed to cooperate with others in comics, can you arrange a time for us to meet?" Liang Yu stared at the Fantasy Magazine Weekly spread out on the table and said.

"Huh? Uh, well, I know," Guo Pinyuan was not only stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted, no matter what, this is good news: "I will contact that artist as soon as possible, but as I said before, he lives in Gaoyang City, and it is not very convenient to contact, so the time may not be so fast, but I will ask him to draw a sample for you first, how about it?" ”

"I see, then I'll leave it to you."

"Ah, okay."

After hanging up the phone, Guo Pinyuan was still a little stunned, because he was stimulated by Gu Chengfeng's two serializations, so he wanted to match the two ace newcomers under him as soon as possible, so that they could catch up with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of magazine innovation. Earlier, he was still worried, because Liang Yu had not made any movement here, and he couldn't contact Chen Nan rashly, but now he suddenly replied, is there any change in his mood?

Either way, this is an opportunity, and we have to get in touch with the painting side as soon as possible.

Guo Pinyuan turned on the computer and entered the account number of his mailbox.

Sending email is the only way for him and Chen Nan to communicate, although the other party does not have a mobile phone, but it is a strange thing to have a computer to read emails, but this involves ** after all, and Guo Pinyuan is not easy to investigate.

"Please, hurry up and see the reply to me." After Guo Pinyuan finished editing the email, he chose to send.

Chen Nan on the other side is standing in front of the supermarket shelf at the moment, she came to buy dinner today, but when she saw the new issue of Fantasy magazine on the shelf, she couldn't help but stop.

looked at the title page, which read, "Super popular cartoonist Gu Chengfeng's second serialization!" Then quickly turned to the page of the comic, Chen Nan stood in front of the bookshelf and read.

"Damn!" The sudden screaming sound frightened the child who was reading the book on the side, and the child's parents glared at this side dissatisfiedly, and quickly took the child away from Chen Nan, who was biting his fingers and revealing his unwillingness on his face.

It's almost time to contribute to Fantasy, but the encounters between the two are very different, why does the gap between himself and him become so big, it's like an unbridgeable chasm, which makes people feel powerless to resist. It's ridiculous that such a self still thinks that the other party is a competitor, that Gu Chengfeng doesn't know where there is a person named Chen Nan, it's no wonder, after all, the cartoons he drew have never even appeared in a magazine.

Chen Nan grabbed the hand of the book and wanted to throw it out, but when she lifted the book, her hand paused in the air.

Eventually, the book was dropped into the shopping basket.

"Damn."

Because of the family, Chen Nan always takes care of her own life, which includes all the food, clothing, housing and transportation except accommodation, and she bought a half-price fast food in the supermarket for dinner, which is generally picked and leftover, and is disposed of at half price after 7 o'clock in order to prevent overnight.

Eating fast food on a park bench with the help of a street lamp, Chen Nan pulled the brim of her hat and stood up, and threw the finished fast food box into the trash bin on the side.

Chen Nan's life is poor, not that her parents are unwilling to bear her living expenses, but that Chen Nan's temperament is too stubborn and unwilling to appreciate it. When she made up her mind not to rely on her family and take responsibility for her own life, she stopped taking money from her parents.

The only fly in the ointment is that Chen Nan still lives at home and can't be completely self-reliant, but this is also a matter of no way, now renting a house outside, cheap and no good house, living too remote is not safe for girls, but if you find a community house, it is not something that Chen Nan can afford now, she can't increase her part-time job in order to move out and live, which will squeeze her last bit of time to draw comics.

I'm really unwilling, when will I get the opportunity to be published! With such a depressed mood, Chen Nan came to the door of a convenience store, which is where Chen Nan works, a 24-hour convenience store, and she is on the night shift, from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock.

This shop was introduced by an acquaintance, two days a week day shift, two days evening shift, the foreman Aunt Wang took good care of her, which is why Chen Nan has always insisted on working here. The scale of this convenience store is not large, a total of 100 square meters of space, the cash register is set at the entrance and exit, there are not many customers at night, this job is actually relatively leisurely, as long as you pay attention to the camera in the store and do not let people go along the way.

Chen Nan arrived at the store at 7:40 a.m., 20 minutes ahead of working hours, so that she could use the limited time to borrow the store's computer to access the Internet for a while.

"Xiao Nan, you're here."

"Well, Aunt Wang, borrow your computer to go online for a while."

"Oh, okay, but you need to hurry, it's almost time for the shift."

"Got it."

Chen Nan usually doesn't use the Internet, and she doesn't have a computer at home, so she always uses the computer in the lounge to connect to the Internet for a while when she comes to the convenience store to work, check her email address, and see if she has edited the newsletter or something.

Payday will be in a few days, and when the time comes, it's good to grit your teeth and buy a cheaper phone. Chen Nan thought to himself.

Turn on the phone, open the communication tool, the editor's avatar will be dark, it seems that he has left work, Chen Nan then logged in to the mailbox, and found that there was a new unread email lying inside.

"Ah, from the editor."

Although Chen Nan wanted to ask the editor about Gu Chengfeng's serialization of two works, she still hesitated when she saw the editor's email, she took a deep breath, opened the email and read it.

"Chen Nan, are you interested in cooperating with the original author to draw a short story for the Red Dragon Award? It's a good opportunity.,The other party's story creation is very powerful.,I want to give you a chance to get to know it.,The following attachment is the storyboard draft of this time.,But the original is a comic novice.,Please also help her change it in terms of storyboard.,Make the narrative smooth.,But please keep the story structure of the original work.,The length requirement is 31 pages.,If you agree,,Give me a message back.。 ——Editor Guo Pinyuan"

"Cut, isn't this telling me my story in disguise!" Chen Nan's eyebrows tightened, and the sour feeling poured out again, but she held back—although reluctantly, she still clicked on the attachment package sent to her by the editor.

This is a compressed package of image file folders, which contains the scanned files of Liang Yu's original "Pursuit", when Chen Nan saw the miserable painting style, he fainted for a while, could it be that he was not as good as such a guy in the editor's impression?

But the more she looked at it, the more serious Chen Nan's expression became, she had put away her contempt for the other party's storyboard chaos and scum painting style, and began to think about what the result would be if she created this story by herself.

She stared intently at the computer screen for 10 minutes until Aunt Wang's urging voice came from outside.

Chen Nan quickly replied to an email at the back of the email, then got up and turned off the computer.

She grabbed the satchel on the side and walked out, and came to the front of the foreman.

"Xiao Nan, you are ......"

"Aunt Wang, although it will definitely bother you if I say this suddenly, I want to quit this job."

"Hey, Xiao Nan, what's going on at home?" Aunt Wang also knows a little about Chen Nan's family situation, and knows that she is almost independent at a young age, so she asks so.

But Chen Nan shook his head, pursed his lips for a while, and then loosened a little, looked up at Aunt Wang's face and said seriously: "Aunt Wang, I have something to do now, and I don't want to be distracted by other things, so there is no way to continue working here." I know that it is very willful to say this, and it is obvious that Aunt Wang kindly accepted me for the job I gave me, but now I have no time to take care of anything else, because I really don't want to regret this opportunity later. ”

Aunt Wang looked at the girl in front of her whose shoulders were trembling in surprise, but her eyes gradually softened, and a smile appeared on her face: "I understand." ”

"Huh?"

Ignoring Chen Nan's surprise, Aunt Wang turned around and went to the counter, opened the cash register, took out eight hundred-yuan bills from them, and stuffed them into Chen Nan's hands.

"Aunt Wang, what are you ......" Chen Nan immediately understood what Aunt Wang meant when she saw the other party's gaze, but she quickly shook her head: "Aunt Wang, I can't accept this money until payday, and besides, I suddenly resigned because of my willfulness." ”

Looking at this stubborn girl, Aunt Wang could only smile bitterly, after getting along with Chen Nan for a long time, she also knew that this girl had a strong character in everything: "Silly girl, although it is not payday, but these are the money you earned through hard work, since you resigned, then it has to be counted to you, so let's deduct one hundred from it because the construction period is not full, and you take the seven hundred." ”

"......" Chen Nan didn't refuse again this time, she really needed this money, and she also understood Aunt Wang's intentions. Chen Nan pulled the shoulder bag on his shoulder: "Then, I'll ...... after I finish today's work."

"That's not good, you're no longer a clerk in this convenience store, I can't let non-staff work in this store," said that, but Aunt Wang smiled and pushed behind Chen Nan: "Silly girl, go, don't leave any regrets." ”

Chen Nan lowered his head, bit his lip, and ran out of the door without looking back.