Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 439: The Sin of Stubbornness and Arrogance
"Teacher, do you think I really don't need to wear formal clothes?"

Hearing Akutami Yuta's somewhat nervous voice, Lin Qingshan turned and looked at him.

Today, Akutami Yuta was wearing a slightly formal casual outfit, a solid-colored suit jacket and a sweater underneath, but...

"You don't wear long johns?"

Lin Qingshan scratched his head and said, "It's November now, and the weather is still quite cold."

November in Shanghai is not so cold as in the northern part of the Republic where you have to wrap yourself up like a dumpling, but at least you should respect winter and wear some long johns underneath.

Looking at Yuta Akutami's thin and straight legs, it was obvious that the young man was only wearing a pair of pants.

The purpose is to appear more formal at the upcoming Comics Newcomer Awards Ceremony.

Even before this, Akutami Yuta had asked Lin Qingshan whether he wanted to wear formal clothes to attend the comic industry festival.

However, Lin Qingshan certainly felt that it was unnecessary.

This is not a defense.

But after all, it was Yuta Akutami's first time to attend a cartoonist gathering in the comics industry, so it was very normal to be nervous.

"Don't worry, Yuta. In fact, during the Newcomer Appreciation and Annual Meeting, the teachers all dress casually. You are already very good like this."

Ayumi Ito said helplessly at this time.

After saying that, she glanced at Lin Qingshan next to her with a strange expression on her face.

Because Akutami Yuta is familiar with Hayashi Aoyama, the work "Jujutsu Kaisen" that he participated in the Newcomer Award and was officially serialized was produced by Ayumi Ito.

Ayumi Ito is now an experienced and veteran comics editor, and can give Akutami Yuta a lot of advice.

However, she sometimes finds that Akutami Yuta's thoughts are a little too self-indulgent. She often wonders when reading the comics that the character Gojo Satoru appears more often than the protagonist Itadori?
It's mainly because he occasionally appears as a major character in two or three chapters of the comics, and his appearance rate is higher than that of the protagonist Yuji.

At this point in the plot, the draft for the "fourth episode" of four consecutive episodes is still drawing Gojo Satoru, which is not right.

This seems to mean that they want Gojo Satoru to replace Itadori as the protagonist.

Therefore, Ayumi Ito quickly and seriously stopped Akutami Yuta's plot arrangement.

After all, it’s common for a supporting actress to become the female lead, but it’s rare for a supporting actor to replace the original male lead and become the new male lead.

Even if this character becomes very popular later, you can't do this. The most you can do is to make him the male lead in a spin-off or independent story, and then there will be no problem.

Yuta Akutami is still a new cartoonist, and he still listens to what Lin Qingshan and his editor Ayumi Ito say.

He changed it immediately afterwards and did not directly turn "Jujutsu Kaisen" into "Gojo Satoruden".

It can only be said that since he has not yet achieved outstanding results, the one-eyed cat teacher is still relatively humble.

However, Lin Qingshan's one-eyed cat teacher in his previous life probably committed the sin of stubbornness and arrogance that all popular cartoonists have because his grades were too good.

However, no matter what, the performance of "Jujutsu Kaisen" is still the most popular work among newcomers, and he should be the champion of this year's comics newcomer award.

However, this year's newcomer award will not be awarded until next year.

What they are attending now is the ceremony to award the comics newcomer awards last year, and it is also an opportunity for new cartoonists to get in touch with veteran cartoonists.

"You kid, you want style over warmth, right?"

Chen Chunqiang immediately hugged Akutami Yuta and said, "But it's too late. You can just wait until your legs are numb from the cold."

As Lin Qingshan's comic assistants, he and Wu Shiqing can also enter the newcomer appreciation ceremony together.

But he and Wu Shiqing have actually decided... to wait until after the first month of the Spring Festival next year and then concentrate on preparing their own works.

By then, I will work hard towards becoming a professional cartoonist!

This Newcomer Appreciation Ceremony can be regarded as an opportunity for new cartoonists to see the world in advance.

Lin Qingshan thought about it for a moment, then said to Akutami Yuta, "Come, I have some extra long johns in my closet."

We can't let Akutami Yuta go to the venue in the cold like this.

Akutami Yuta felt a little embarrassed at first, but finally, at Lin Qingshan's insistence, he went in and put on a pair of long johns.

……

the other side.

The popular cartoonist who goes by the pen name Yangyangshu is also attending the Comics Newcomer Award Ceremony.

Yang Shuzhun was on his way to the Comic Industry Newcomer Award Ceremony with his editor Gu De'an, but on the way they started talking about the next plot setting and direction of the comic "Protoss".

Gudean hopes that Yang Shuzhun will listen to the opinions of comic fans and stop digging holes.

The doomsday faction, the fact that Xiami won the resurrection match and lived in Chu Zihan's body, and the newly introduced character Christina, all of these are no longer needed.

But Yang Shuzhun had his own ideas, which he had already planned.

For example, why Yang Mingfei's parents disappeared without a trace, but the principal said that he had met Yang Mingfei's parents.

Also, Xiami won the resurrection match because she was a god who had been resurrected a long time ago, and it was impossible for her to not have prepared a resurrection egg like Zhurong, one of the twin gods of bronze and fire.

As for the newly appearing female character...she is another female character with ambiguous plot arranged for Yang Mingfei.

Isn’t this the kind of plot that comic fans like to see?

He also wanted to write a character who was a former godslayer and became a god, and the plot of a dragon slayer becoming a dragon, and he originally wanted to put it on Minamoto no Jishou.

But in the end, he still portrayed Minamoto as a righteous partner, and the not-so-thorough dragon slayer eventually became a villain.

He hoped that Christina would eventually transform from a pure godslayer into a vicious god.

After listening to it, Gudean still felt that it was inappropriate. This character was a bit unnecessary in the overall subsequent plot.

If it’s another character like Eri who had an ambiguous relationship with the protagonist but died in the end, what’s the point?
"...No, if this character appears, the fans will hate him."

Gu De'an frowned and advised, "Why not continue with the previous style? Just get rid of the final Black Emperor, and then arrange for Ling and the protagonist to be together, Xi Sa and Chen Nuonuo to be together, Chu Zihan and Su Xi to be together... That's enough."

"No, no, no, Ange, I think the character of Chris will definitely be liked by comic fans in the future."

Yang Shuzhun was stubborn and said, "Brother An, you have to believe me. I know you have made a great contribution to the success of "The Gods", but I am the comics author, you really have to believe me."

Gudean opened his mouth, feeling somewhat helpless.

Although he participated in the early plot and settings of "Protoss", he helped Yang Shuzhun complete a lot of setting creation work.

But "The Gods" is indeed a comic work by Yang Shuzhun alone.

It was okay before. As a cartoonist with little popularity, Yang Shuzhun was still willing to listen to him.

But now that "Protoss" has become a phenomenally popular comic, Yang Shuzhun is somewhat unwilling to listen to him.

Especially in the Tide of the Black Moon chapter, Yang Shuzhun almost single-handedly ignored most of Gudean's suggestions and conceived and completed the plot of this chapter on his own.

The appearance of a large number of new characters and new settings, while ignoring some loopholes and overly deliberately arranging the tragedy of Eri at the end, are the shortcomings of the Black Moon Tide chapter. Gu De'an also kindly reminded Yang Shuzhun before.

However, Yang Shuzhun believes that these loopholes and shortcomings are nothing, everything is just for the service of the plot, as long as the plot is good enough, then these can be ignored.

Facts have proved that he was right. The popularity of the Tides of the Black Moon chapter has driven "Protoss" to the top of the popularity list.

There is no doubt that there is nothing wrong with Yang Shuzhun.

But this also led to the fact that in the later chapters of Odin's Abyss, he began to completely ignore Guden's advice.

As the comic author of a phenomenally popular comic, he is fully qualified.

And then... the reputation and popularity of the Odin's Deep chapter began to collapse, and currently the Return of the Mourner chapter also had a bad start, with a drastic drop in popularity and reputation.

Can you believe that a comic that was once the most popular manga has now dropped to seventh in weekly popularity rankings at its worst? !

Coupled with several interviews with editor-in-chief Yang Dahai, he felt the pressure.

Therefore, Gudean couldn't just let Yang Shuzhun indulge in his creative pursuits. If he continued like this... if "The Protoss" completely collapsed, then it would be over.

"As for your subsequent creations... there is actually no problem, but how are you going to fill the gap in the completion of the little devil's deal?"

Gudean took a deep breath and gave in, but still asked.

Yang Mingfei and the little devil completed the deal.

"Because the content of the deal was actually to kill Odin, but Odin was not killed."

However, Yang Shuzhun actually said, "That's why Yang Mingfei is not dead yet."

"All right……"

Gudean gave up. He finally said, "But because of the plot of your comics, I think what the fans said makes sense. The heroine doesn't necessarily have to be with the hero. The character of Zero is also very good..."

"No, Nuonuo and Yang Mingfei have feelings for each other."

Yang Shuzhun said, "Yang Mingfei saved her in the underground palace that time, and she and Yang Mingfei will develop feelings for each other later..."

"It's not a question of whether there is affection between the male and female protagonists."

Gu De'an was even more speechless, and said, "But you drew Caesar too well before. Aren't you asking the male protagonist to steal your friend's fiancée?"

"Xisa will let go for Nono if he really loves Nono."

However, Yang Shuzhun said so.

"what?"

Gudean now looked even more as if he had seen a ghost.

If you really like someone, you will choose to let go for her... Nowadays, romantic girl comics don't use the emotional arrangement routine, but you use this outdated routine in the hot-blooded boy comics...

at this time……

"Teacher, Editor Gu, we are here."

Tang Wei, who was the driver in front, stopped the car and spoke to the two of them.

"All right……"

Guden said nothing more.

Now he can only believe that Yang Shuzhun's stubbornness will be just like in the Black Moon Tide chapter, and there will really be no problem and it will allow "The Protoss" to regain its second spring.

The three of them got out of the car immediately and walked into the venue of the Comics Newcomer Appreciation Ceremony.

In the venue, new cartoonists, veteran cartoonists and various leaders in the industry were chatting happily. This was actually a gathering of comics in the comics world.

At this moment, Yang Shuzhun saw that on one side of the venue, many animation production company executives gathered around a "young man" and they were even talking to that man with a smile on their faces.

That person, who was only five years younger than him, was already in his thirties, but he seemed to be under a spell and didn't look old at all.

He even maintains a tight figure and handsome appearance.

It’s no wonder that some people on the Internet have begun to give him a niche nickname - "old demon".

This person is of course Lin Qingshan, and because of his success in Akagi Kill and Ghoul, as well as his previous Edgewalker animation, movie and Saw Man animation, naturally many animation production companies want to work with him.

Especially Akatsuki Slash and Ghoul, the facts have proved that even if Lin Qingshan was more restrained and didn't make them too bloody like "Fist of Fire" and "Edgewalker", his works would still be a huge success.

This kind of commercial work is much more popular than masterpieces but bloody works such as "Flame Fist" and "Edgewalker".

"Teacher, we at David Productions are very sincere and we really hope to cooperate with you."

"Mr. Aoyama should have completed the new collaboration with Trigger Animation recently. Can you consider our Lengqiao Animation next?"

"Teacher, do you have any ideas for new animation recently? We at Hegemony really hope to cooperate with you once!"

"Teacher Aoyama, look at our super king animation..."

"Teacher Aoyama..."

……

Lin Qingshan responded slowly and with a smile, looking very comfortable.

But he was still a little caught off guard.

He really didn't expect that when he came to attend the comic industry's newcomer awards ceremony, he was immediately surrounded by the heads of these animation production companies.

In fact, before this, many animation production companies wanted to cooperate with Station C and him in producing animation series in the same way as Trigger Animation, and they kept calling and applying for commercial cooperation.

But Lin Qingshan really has no way to split himself into two. He is not a ninja and he really doesn't know how to split himself into two.

Although he no longer needs to take care of the animations of "Chainsaw Man" and "Parasyte", that's because these two series have comics.

He didn't draw comics in this world during the second season of "Ghoul". In addition to the new project "Fate Zero", he is also a cartoonist and serializing "Dao Guiyixian", so it is inevitable that he is busy.

However, he did not completely reject these animation production companies. Instead, he said kindly, "Maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future... Hahaha, don't be impatient."

Trigger Animation doesn't seem to like slow-burning dramas like "JOJO", "Cowboy Bebop" and "Detective Conan", so it plans to take these slow-burning popular IPs and cooperate with other animation production companies to produce them.

At this moment, Lin Qingshan suddenly felt as if someone was watching him from a distance.

Then he tilted his head slightly and saw... Yang Shuzhun behind the crowd.

I saw Yang Shuzhun looking at him with envy.

"Tickled Mouse Teacher?"

Lin Qingshan blinked, then walked towards Yang Shuzhun happily and said.

(End of this chapter)