"Are you going to the annual meeting organized by the magazine agency?”On the phone, Chen Ze logged into his own QQ channel. The person he was chatting with was none other than Heart of Time.
Yesterday, Chen Ze received a call from Lin Lan inviting him to attend the new animation magazine's annual meeting. It was already the end of the year. Lin Lan had specially organized this annual meeting to unite the feelings of all parties so that the magazine agency could take a step forward in the coming year.
Chen Ze was now the pillar of the new animation magazine and the most popular mangaka. Of course, Lin Lan invited Chen Ze to attend the annual meeting immediately.
"Yes, why not? If you, Almighty Chen, are going, how can I, a lousy mangaka, not give you face?”On the other end, the Heart of Time sent.
"Tsk!" Chen Ze sent a disdainful emoji." I don't know who it was last time. They said that they would help me rent a house, but they stood me up at the last minute.”
"Hehe, didn't I have something urgent last time? I'll definitely go this time.”The Heart of Time said," Besides, our boss, Lin Lan, is going to show up this time. That's why I have to go. I heard that she's a beauty!"
"Beauty? Was there a beauty with such a pleasant voice?”
Chen Ze did not believe the Heart of Time's words. In his impression, those with sweet voices were usually not very good-looking. On the contrary, many of those with hoarse voices were beautiful women. This was called, no one is perfect.
As for Lin Lan's voice, Chen Ze had heard it countless times over the phone. It was as melodious as the chirping of a hundred birds. If she was a beauty with such a voice, especially if she was the boss of a magazine agency, how could she let others live?
Therefore, Chen Ze did not believe the Heart of Time.
"If you don't believe me, we can make a bet. If Lin Lan is really a beauty, then you have to obey me unconditionally. If I lose, I'll obey you unconditionally. How about that?”the Heart of Time said.
Chen Ze thought for a moment. Although the Heart of Time sounded so certain, he must be lying to him. Therefore, Chen Ze happily pressed the word " agree " and sent it over.
After chatting with the Heart of Time, Chen Ze started drawing again. The updates for this world chapter were a little larger than in the past. It was the new year again. Recently, he did not have many manuscripts left. Chen Ze was worried that something would happen to him and cause him to stop updating, so he took some time out to draw comics now.
"Dong dong dong!"
Not long after he started writing, someone suddenly knocked on his door. Chen Ze opened it and saw a woman standing outside. It was Zhang Jingning.
"Chen Ze, do you have anything to do now? I want to ask you for a favor.”
Zhang Jingning had been staying at home recently, and they often met outside. After a while, they were already very familiar with each other.
Is there something wrong with Chen Ze? Yes, he still had to draw. However, since it was a beauty asking for help, then even if there was a big matter, it had to be left until tomorrow.
"I'm fine!" Chen Ze shook his head.
"That's great!" After hearing Chen Ze's answer, Zhang Jingning was delighted." Then come to my house as soon as possible. My faucet is broken. My mom and I don't know how to fix it. My dad is not at home at this time, and the repairman is not working today."”
"No problem, I'll be right there. Leave the matter of fixing the faucet to me.”
Chen Ze nodded. He was an otaku in his previous life. However, he was also a small repairman when he was young. He was very interested in water faucet, light bulb, cash register, television, and so on. Many of them were dismantled and repaired by him.
Therefore, for Chen Ze, fixing a faucet was a piece of cake.
Chen Ze packed up his drafts and rushed to Zhang Jingning's house. Her house wasn't far away either. It was on the fifth floor of the opposite building. However, this was the first time Chen Ze entered Zhang Jingning's house. He looked around curiously.
The decoration was very good. Although it was not luxurious, it had a very lively atmosphere. It seemed that Zhang Jingning's family belonged to the middle class.
Zhang Jingning's mother was cooking in the kitchen. Chen Ze went in to greet her, and Zhang Jingning led him to the bathroom.
"Look, this faucet is broken. From the beginning, the water could not be stopped.”Zhang Jingning pointed at the faucet on the sink and said.
Chen Ze walked over to check. He tried to turn the switch, and it turned 360 degrees smoothly.
"It must be the faucet switch that slipped.”Chen Ze thought.
"This is a small problem. It should be slippery. As long as the tap switch was changed, there would be no problem. By the way, do you have any???”
Chen Ze explained to Zhang Jingning as he looked around for tools. She accidentally found a bra on the wall. It was a fiery red bra.
"Ah!"
Zhang Jingning was wondering why Chen Ze didn't say anything. She followed his gaze and found out what he was looking at.
"Don't look."
She quickly walked over and put the bra away. She had changed into it last night and had forgotten to put it away. In the end, Chen Ze saw it.
Zhang Jingning's face was red as if she was having a fever. She cursed herself in her heart. How could she forget to put it away? How could such a private thing be seen by others so easily?
The two of them did not speak, and the atmosphere was rather awkward.
In the end, it was Chen Ze who broke the awkwardness. He coughed and said,"Jingning, do you have any extra faucet and wrench at home? I need them to fix it.”
"Yes, yes."
Zhang Jingning nodded and walked out. Her speed was so fast that it felt like she was running.
"I usually can't tell, but I didn't expect it to be so interesting.”Chen Ze looked at Zhang Jingning's back and thought to himself. Although he was a little embarrassed just now, he was a man after all. In fact, he was even more excited now.
Zhang Jingning came back after a long time. When she came back, her face was no longer red. It seemed that other than looking for tools, she had gone to calm herself down.
"This is the faucet and wrench you wanted!”Zhang Jingning handed over the tools that Chen Ze wanted.
Chen Ze was not a lecherous person. Although he was a little excited just now, he quickly threw it to the back of his mind. He took Zhang Jingning's tools and quickly fixed the faucet.
Chen Ze said goodbye to Zhang Jingning. At this moment, Zhang Jingning's mother, Auntie Tian, who rented the apartment for Chen Ze, came out with a plate.
"Xiao Chen, why are you going back so early? We'll stay here for dinner. Consider it a repayment for helping us fix the faucet.”
Auntie Tian was very enthusiastic and insisted that Chen Ze stay for dinner. Chen Ze had no choice but to stay.
"Xiao Chen, I heard that you're a mangaka?”Auntie Tian asked Chen Ze at the dining table.
"Yes!" Chen Ze nodded.
" Then how are you doing drawing comics now? Is it tiring? Is the income good?" Auntie Tian seemed to have developed an interest in the profession of manga artists as she kept asking Chen Ze questions.
"Very tired!" Chen Ze thought for a moment and said," Every day, you have to come up with scenarios, draw, color, and so on. You also have to pay attention to the feedback from the readers." After all, it was a commercial society now, and comics had to be sold according to the readers.”
Chen Ze was telling the truth, even though he had a much easier time drawing comics than others. However, he had to draw every day. After all, the Japanese comics in his previous life were somewhat different from the worldview of this world. Many things had to be changed.
Many cartoonists who were as famous as Chen Ze would hire assistants to reduce their workload. However, Chen Ze was afraid that the secret of his rebirth would be discovered, so he did not dare to find an assistant. Therefore, he completed all the comics by himself. Of course, it would be very tiring.
"You see, I told you that being a mangaka is very tiring, but you didn't listen to me and insisted on drawing manga. When the girl reached an age, she would find a suitable person to marry. She had never heard of the saying,'It's better to marry than to be good'. Daughter, don't even think about drawing comics.”
Auntie Tian heard Chen Ze's words and turned to Zhang Jingning.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ze remembered that Zhang Jingning really wanted to be a mangaka. He had even seen her drawing before. She was quite talented. Perhaps she could make a name for herself in the manga industry.
However, it seemed that Auntie Tian was against her drawing comics.
"Mom, I told you not to worry about me. I'm already so old. I'll take care of myself in the future.”Zhang Jingning seemed to have heard Auntie Tian say this many times.
"I don't care about you. You're my daughter. If I don't care about you, who should I care about? I shouldn't have let you learn art in the first place. It's all your father's fault for spoiling you. Why are you a manga artist?”Auntie Tian said angrily.
"Anyway, I want to be a mangaka, whether you agree or not!”Zhang Jingning said firmly.
Her behavior reminded Chen Ze of himself. He also wanted to be a mangaka in this life. He even had a big fight with his parents because of this. Now, both parties had not contacted each other for nearly a year.
"I wonder how Mom and Dad are doing now.”Chen Ze thought to himself.
Ever since he dropped out of university, he realized that his parents were right. The path of a mangaka was not easy. If he had not been reborn, he would not have been able to reach his current height.
At the thought of this, Chen Ze suddenly wanted to go back and meet his parents."I've decided. I'll go home for the New Year this year!”
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