"So you're a mangaka?”
Chen Ze and Auntie Tian's daughter were sitting at a table in front of a barbecue stall next to the New Garden District. There were all kinds of barbecued food on the table.
Under the girl's lead, Chen Ze quickly bought the things he needed. In order to express his gratitude to the girl, Chen Ze naturally invited her to dinner. However, since the girl said that she had already eaten dinner, Chen Ze could only treat her to barbecue.
As they chatted along the way, Chen Ze quickly found out about the girl's situation. Her name was Zhang Jingning, and she was a second-year student in the art department of City G University. Her dream of studying in the art department was to become a manga artist.
Chen Ze was a university student in City G before he dropped out of school. He was her senior and a mangaka, so he started chatting with Zhang Jingning very quickly.
"Barely one." Chen Ze smiled and casually picked up a skewer of meat on the table.
"Really? That's great. I've always wanted to be a mangaka since I was young. Now, I can ask you how to become a mangaka?”Zhang Jingning looked at Chen Ze with admiration.
Chen Ze felt like his heart was about to explode when he saw Zhang Jingning's gaze. He didn't have much experience. Could he tell her that he was actually a transmigrator and had been reborn?
Of course, that was impossible, so Chen Ze could only start to bluff and say something that everyone knew. Well, of course, the first thing is to have a solid foundation. The quality of your manga will be directly determined by your artistic performance. The second was to persevere. There were too many people who liked manga now, so before becoming famous, one had to have a heart that could withstand loneliness and persevere.”
However, his words made the girl nod repeatedly, which greatly satisfied Chen Ze's vanity. He kept bragging to Zhang Jingning while eating meat skewers and drinking beer. He almost told her the secret that he was reborn.
Zhang Jingning really wanted to be a mangaka, so she listened to Chen Ze's nonsense with great interest. The night passed as she listened to Chen Ze's bragging.
Chen Ze was tired from moving the house and drank a little at night. In addition, he had been tired for a while, so he only woke up the next afternoon. When he woke up, he realized that his phone had been called dozens of times by his editor and Lin Lan.
"Did something happen?"
Seeing so many missed calls, Chen Ze thought to himself and quickly called back.
"Hey, my God. You finally called back. If you didn't call back, I would have called the police.”Chen Ze's boss, Lin Lan, said over the phone.
"I muted my phone and left it at home, so I didn't hear it yesterday.”Chen Ze explained and then asked," What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"What happened? Have you forgotten what day it is today?”Lin Lan replied.
What day? Chen Ze looked at the calendar beside him. It was just Wednesday, nothing special! Wednesday? Chen Ze immediately reacted.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to give you the manuscript for the new episode of Slam Dunk last night.”
Wednesday was the release day of Manke Weekly. Most cartoonists would send their manuscripts over on Monday, and they would be able to print them in one day. Chen Ze and the new anime were in the same city, so they could send it a day later. However, Chen Ze had been so busy with moving that he had forgotten about such an important matter.
"It's good that you remembered. Do you know that because you didn't update an episode, our sales fell by a lot? Moreover, our company's phone is about to explode with people rushing you to update.”
It was the first time Lin Lan had seen such a situation. Since morning, the phone had been ringing non-stop. It was all fans of Slam Dunk calling to ask about the situation. Although this proved the popularity of Slam Dunk, it was annoying to be harassed too much. Lin Lan had no choice but to contact Chen Ze as soon as possible. However, she had not been able to contact Chen Ze since this morning. It was only now that Chen Ze took the initiative to contact Lin Lan.
"Hurry up and take a look. I think it's not just on my side of the phone. The Internet must have already been in a mess.”
After Chen Ze heard Lin Lan's call, he quickly went online to check the situation. As expected, his QQ group, comments, and Slam Dunk Bar were all open.
"Where did the great god Chen Ze go? Please update!”
"What's going on? Why isn't there an update?”
"I'm willing to use my moral integrity to exchange for the Almighty to update a chapter.”
"We've been waiting for a week.”
Most of the posts and comments on the internet were similar to this.
There were also people like," F * ck, it's so exciting, I won't watch it anymore.”Of course, such extreme comments did not get the response of most people. Instead, everyone was still very rational and advised him to understand the mangaka.
Actually, it was normal to stop updating occasionally. Which mangaka didn't have a headache or a fever? The average reader wouldn't be so anxious. However, Chen Ze had just updated last week that Mitsui had led a group of gangsters to the basketball court. The plot was tense, and this was the most unbearable moment.
From a reader's perspective, Chen Ze could actually understand them. Moreover, he was not stuck in the plot. His manuscript had already reached the battle of Xiangbei and Hainan. Therefore, Chen Ze was thinking about how he could remedy this situation.
Chen Ze thought about it and dialed Lin Lan's number."Hello, Chief Editor Lin, I understand what happened this time. It was my negligence. I have an idea.”
As he spoke, Chen Ze expressed his thoughts.
"Release a special edition?" Lin Lan asked after hearing Chen Ze's words.
"That's right. Since I forgot to update today, why don't we release a special edition tomorrow? The magazine will only serialize Slam Dunk. I think the fans will be satisfied.”Chen Ze explained. He thought for a moment. A special edition would be enough to finish Mitsui's story. This should be enough compensation.
"Sure, but do you have that many manuscripts?”Lin Lan asked. Actually, she thought that the reason why Chen Ze did not update was because he did not have a manuscript. This was because many manga artists would not update without a manuscript. Of course, when they explained, they would find all kinds of reasons, unlike Chen Ze who said that he had forgotten.
Furthermore, Lin Lan also felt that Chen Ze's actions were unnecessary. It was actually very normal for him to stop updating. The readers would at most complain a little and it would pass. However, since Chen Ze wanted to do this, it would not harm Lin Lan, so she naturally supported it.
"Don't worry, I still have quite a few manuscripts.”Chen Ze said," Then I'll send the manuscript over now.”
After saying that, Chen Ze took the manuscript and went out. After he mailed it, he took out his phone and logged into his Weibo. Due to the popularity of Slam Dunk, his Weibo had more than 100,000 fans.
"I'm sorry I didn't update today. I was delayed by something. However, in order to make it up to everyone, Manke Weekly will be releasing a special edition tomorrow. There will be stories that you want to see. Remember to read them!”
Chen Ze wrote such a Weibo post. He thought about it and then clicked the send button.
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