"You, why did you do that?" Lin Lan asked from her seat.
She had thought that Chen Ze would definitely agree to the invitation from the Lotte Club. If it were her, she might have agreed to such conditions. Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better. Chen Ze actually rejected Shi Jie.
"There's no reason. I just don't like Lotte Club.”Chen Ze looked at Lin Lan's surprised expression and smiled.
"You…"
Looking at Chen Ze's expression, Lin Lan did not know what to say. Touched? A little! Calling him stupid seemed to be a little too. All in all, she had mixed feelings. Her gaze towards Chen Ze also flickered.
"It's a pity that my Best Newcomer Award and Best Newcomer Work of the Year are out of the picture!”Chen Ze complained.
However, this was obviously a joke. Chen Ze had already thought of this when he rejected Shi Jieren. A perverted magazine like Lotte Society, which was either a friend or an enemy, would definitely not give the award to its opponent.
However, Chen Ze didn't care. He had long seen the value of this so-called highest ceremony in the Chinese animation industry. It was just a game played by Lotte Club and his subordinates. Many talented people who were suppressed by them could not even be seen.
The truth was just as Chen Ze had expected. In the following awards ceremony, the awards were all given to artists from Lotte Society or artists from magazines that were close to Lotte Society. The others did not even get a chance to taste the soup.
Even Chen Ze's Best Newcomer Award and Best Newcomer Work were given to an unknown mangaka. It was obvious that Lotte Society wanted to use this method to disgust Chen Ze.
Unfortunately, this trick was useless against Chen Ze. With so many artists in the industry watching, he would only lose his face and authority by presenting the award.
"Chen Ze, what do you think about the award for Best Newcomer being given to an unknown artist instead of you? I heard that you had a conflict with the chief editor of Lotte Society. Do you think this result has something to do with your conflict?”
After the ceremony ended, the reporters swarmed up and surrounded Chen Ze, who had just left. They had also heard about the conflict between Chen Ze and Shi Jie. Overjoyed, they immediately launched an attack on Chen Ze, hoping to get the headlines tomorrow.
"As I said earlier, the awards are given out by the organizing committee, so no matter what happens, I'm not surprised. As for what you said earlier, he didn't give it to me, but to an unknown artist. Perhaps the judges of the organizing committee have a strange taste.”
"Wow!"
Chen Ze's words caused an uproar among the reporters present. Chen Ze actually directly said that the judges had weird tastes. After all, those were famous mangaka artists who had a lot of influence in the industry. However, Chen Ze had directly criticized them. This was equivalent to falling out with them. It seemed like the news of Chen Ze falling out with Lotte Society was true.
"Tomorrow's headline is here!" The reporters were secretly happy. Many of them had even thought of a topic. It would be called " The popular newcomer angrily rebukes the judges, saying that they have strange tastes."”
Chen Ze acted as if he did not see the reporter's happy expression and continued,"As for the conflict between me and Chief Editor Shi, I don't think it affected the outcome this time. Even though he was the chief editor of Lotte Society, even though he had a good relationship with the judges, even though he hinted that I wouldn't be able to win this award. However, I believe in Chief Editor Shi's integrity. He won't use his official position to take revenge.”
When the reporters heard Chen Ze's words, they all rolled their eyes in their hearts. You've already explained the process so clearly, but the conclusion is that Shi Jie's integrity will guarantee that he won't interfere with this award. This was obviously sarcasm. What was integrity? Could it be eaten?
Chen Ze's principle as a person was that he would not offend others if they did not offend him. If others offended him, he would offend them first. Since he had already fallen out with Shi Jieren and Lotte Society, he might as well disgust them in front of the reporters.
"By the way, Chen Ze, when Wang Tian came out earlier, he said that he wasn't surprised that you didn't win the Best Newcomer Award. It's just that there's no one in the comics industry in Georgopol, so you showed up. Bringing you to Beijing is nothing. What do you think of Wang Tian's words?”Another reporter seemed to have thought of something and quickly asked.
His words made the eyes of the other reporters light up. One was the famous mangaka, Wang Tian, and the other was the quickest to connect this year's mangaka, Chen Ze. If these two people were put together, it would definitely be a hot topic.
Chen Ze smiled and said,"" Wang Tian said this to me in the theater, so I'll repeat what I said in response. Welcome Wang Tian to Georgopol. I want to see what he can do in our 'nobody' Georgopol.”
Damn, isn't he just a popular painter? What's there to be arrogant about? If you force me into a corner, I'll draw Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, and Doraemon at the same time. Let's see how you deal with it.
When the reporters around heard Chen Ze's words, they became even more excited. It seemed like he had made the right choice to come here for an interview today. He did not expect to hear such explosive words. It was not in vain for him to wait here for a few hours.
In the minds of many reporters, the headlines for the next day had changed from " Chen Ze is dissatisfied with the judges of the organizing committee, saying that their tastes are too strange " to " Chen Ze challenged Wang Tian, there's no one in G City, you can try!"”
"Actually, there's no need to be so rude to Lotte in front of the reporters.”
Lin Lan said to Chen Ze in the car on the way back to the hotel. Although Chen Ze had rejected Shi Jie in the theater, Lotte Club was such a huge organization after all. It was better not to offend them easily.
"Just now, we completely broke off relations with Lotte Society. Regardless of whether I said those words or not, they won't let us off. They'll definitely make me disappear from the comics industry before they're willing to give up. Since that's the case, why should I give them face?”
Chen Ze shook his head. He knew more about Lotte Club than Lin Lan. From the very beginning, he had only revealed a talent that could threaten their status, and they had wanted to ban him. It was just that he did not succeed, so he turned to rope him in.
Now that he had completely fallen out with them in front of the entire comics industry, how could they let him off so easily? They must have wanted to make him disappear completely so that they could maintain their dignity as the overlord.
But would things be that simple?
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"That's what happened. I think it's impossible for Chen Ze to be roped in. In that case, even if it's to protect the dignity of our Lotte Club, we must ban and kill him. Let everyone know the consequences of going against our Lotte Club.”
In a building, a man in his fifties wearing gold-rimmed glasses said. The person sitting in front of him was the person who invited Chen Ze to the National Manga Festival that day, the real head of Lotte Society.
After listening to Shi Jieren's report, the man was silent for a moment before he slowly said,"Do you really think that Chen Ze has no chance of pulling the zipper?”
"No, there's not a single possibility.”Shi Jie said with certainty. He recalled his meeting with Chen Ze. Chen Ze's eyes were clear and firm. He was obviously not the kind of person who would betray himself for benefits. Once such a person made up his mind, nothing could change his mind.
"Alright then!" The leader of the Lotte Club said," In that case, send Wang Tian to G City. We've supported him for so many years. It's time for him to go out and see his own strength.”
The collision between Chen Ze and Lotte Society was imminent!
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