Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 29 Neon Exchange Meeting

By July, Chen Linfeng had finally finished writing his novel, and he sent a copy of it to Mengya Magazine.

The novel was approved at the editorial review meeting at the first opportunity.

The new book was scheduled to be released in September, the peak sales season, and newspaper promotion began soon.

Chen Linfeng and Sister Mei bought tickets to Shenhai. Before leaving, Sister Mei asked, "Do the two editors have any hobbies? I want to buy something in advance."

"Editor-in-Chief Zhao likes to drink tea, but Editor-in-Chief Zhu is not so sure. You can buy some local specialties."

"Okay, then I'll go to the market and take a look," Sister Mei went out in a hurry.

After a long journey, it was already evening when they arrived at Shenhai. They found a hotel, put down their luggage, and Chen Linfeng fell on the bed.

Sister Mei got the energy from nowhere and came over from next door to discuss work matters.

"We are in a hurry this time. I will call Editor Zheng and let him know. Do you have anything to say?"

Chen Linfeng turned over with difficulty and waved his hand, "No, just tell her that we will arrive at the magazine office around 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. We can discuss the details when we get there tomorrow."

Seeing that he was groggy and about to fall asleep, Sister Mei said no more, made an OK gesture, and walked out of the room.

The next day, at No. 675 Lu Road, Chen Linfeng and Sister Mei arrived at Mengya Magazine on time.

They were greeted by Zheng Yuling, who led them to her office, where both editors-in-chief were present.

Editor-in-Chief Zhao exchanged some pleasantries and then left the scene. He was very busy with his work and his presence was only to show his respect for Chen Linfeng, a popular writer.

Zheng Yuling, who was quite familiar with Chen Linfeng, asked, "Xiaofeng, our previous agreement was that you would go to Shanghai for promotion in September. You came nearly two months earlier this time. Is there anything you want to discuss?"

“It’s mainly two things.

First, let me introduce Sister Mei to you.

She will be my agent and will be in contact with everyone, including the media. If any newspaper or TV station finds our magazine with anything, please pass it on to Sister Mei directly.

I hope you can guide her during this promotional event, so that she can learn more about the industry and better cooperate with our publishing house in the future."

"That's easy," Zheng Yuling agreed directly.

"This second..."

Sister Mei quickly took out a few drawings from her bag.
Chen Linfeng patted the draft and said, "The second thing is about the content of the new book. I have some other ideas."

He told the two editors about his wish to insert illustrations into the novel and handed the drawings to them for review.

In the end, he decided not to ask anyone else to do the troublesome task of drawing illustrations.

First, inadequate description may lead to a huge discrepancy between expectations and results.

Secondly, in this era, most Japanese comics are still in the old-fashioned style, not to mention domestic ones. He may not be able to find the corresponding painter, so it is better for him to do it himself.

Chen Linfeng learned some basic painting techniques from someone, and that, combined with his limited painting experience, was barely enough.

Fortunately, he was very familiar with these illustrations in his previous life, and the specific images were like imprinted in his mind.

It's quite simple to just draw the character designs of the future generations according to your memory (if you ignore the countless scraps at home)

Zhu Guiming flipped through the draft in his hand, rubbed his brows, and passed it to Zheng Yuling, "Xiao Zheng, come and take a look. At my age, I don't quite understand whether this is good or bad."

Zheng Yuling had watched Japanese anime before, but this was the first time she had seen such a delicate and beautiful style of painting.

She pointed at the drawings excitedly and confirmed them with Chen Linfeng one by one.

"Is this the heroine, Knight King?" Zheng Yuling recognized her at the first sight.

"Correct."

After getting the affirmation, she excitedly pointed to another one.
"So this is the male lead?" "Yes,"

This is the image of Oreki Houtarou from Hyouka that he "borrowed" from, with black hair, which just fits the Chinese setting.

"So handsome!"

Zheng Yuling matched each character and said excitedly, "These illustrations are so beautiful. I have never seen this style of painting before."

Looking at these character drawings and some scene plot drawings, she felt that the story in the novel suddenly took on a physical form, and the characters appeared vividly before her eyes one by one.

Zhu Guiming, who was standing aside, had already seen the attitude of her subordinate. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "It's true that capable people can do anything."

She has become somewhat accustomed to Chen Linfeng showing off a new skill from time to time.

Chen Linfeng was very satisfied with Editor Zheng's performance, and he sincerely hoped that readers would have the same reaction after seeing the finished product.

"Aunt Zhu, how about it, can it be realized?"

"It's not difficult to achieve, it just adds some costs."

Zhu Guiming doesn't quite understand the point of such a time-consuming and laborious process, as the extra costs will still be borne by the readers who buy the books.

People of her generation are used to being meticulous and don't take the practice of adding illustrations very seriously.

But who can blame Chen Linfeng for being the best-selling novelist in the publishing house? Even the sales of Han Han's "Triple Door" are far behind "Book of Life and Death" at the moment.

This request was not particularly difficult, and in the end, I agreed to his request.

Seeing that the discussion was a complete success, Chen Linfeng was about to get up and say goodbye, but when he reached the door, he was stopped by Editor-in-Chief Zhao, "Xiaofeng, come to my office and talk."

Editor-in-Chief Zhao made a pot of tea to entertain Chen Linfeng.

"The tea you brought is good, the best of Xinyang Maojian. You put a lot of effort into it."

"These were all picked by Sister Mei. How would I, a kid, understand this?" Chen Linfeng drank it all in one gulp without being able to tell whether it was good or bad.

He was not a tea lover in his previous life.

Editor Zhao laughed, "Well, there's no need for me to talk to you about this. I called you here because I want to ask you something."

"Well, you say."

"Next month, CCTV invited Han Han, Harvard girl Liu Yiting, Huang Lusi and several other outstanding young people to participate in a dialogue program. I heard that you were also invited?"

"Well, I received an invitation from CCTV, but I just said I would consider it and didn't plan to accept it. I was just about to turn them down."

"That's great. You and Han Han are both young writers that our company strongly promotes. It wouldn't be good if you were to clash on CCTV's show."

Editor-in-Chief Zhao was worrying about how to persuade Chen Linfeng not to go on the show. When he heard that Chen Linfeng had no such plan, he felt relieved.

“It just so happens that at the beginning of next month, there will be a writer exchange event in Japan, co-organized by their publishing association, and some magazines and publishing houses in our mainland are invited to participate.

I will take you abroad to attend the exchange meeting, and we will have a reason to reject the invitation from Huayang TV.”

Editor-in-Chief Zhao stated the exchange conditions he had prepared in advance. Although Chen Linfeng himself had no intention of being on the show, the reward should still be given.

In fact, Chen Linfeng had never considered working in the same publishing house as Han Han. In case of conflicts, he simply didn't want to stand in the same camp with those future runners.

He had no good feelings nor ill will towards Han Han, he just didn't support students dropping out of school.

When reporters interviewed Chen Linfeng, he usually evaded the topic.

Chen Linfeng thought about it and thought that there would be nothing to do next month, so he said, "It would be great to have the opportunity to go abroad to broaden my horizons. I will ask Sister Mei to help with the formalities. As for Huayang TV, I will call them when I get back and tell them that I can't go."

(End of this chapter)