I'm drawing an action-packed anime within a depressing one!

in reality.

Tian Xiaoxi leaned back.

Her laptop's old fan creaked and groaned, and the entire laptop got hot after just a short time of drawing.

She could only curl up in her chair with her phone and read comics.

"Phew, thank goodness I saved it, otherwise all that drawing would have been for nothing..."

"Let's read some comics."

Upon seeing that He Zhou had updated, Tian Xiaoxi clicked on his personal account homepage almost without hesitation. When she saw that his comic account had reached 2300 followers and that people were constantly giving him tips, she leaned back, feeling quite relaxed.

My dad's rich!

She has money!

He said he'd give three thousand!

Just thinking about those three thousand made Tian Xiaoxi jump for joy; it was enough money to buy braised pork trotters!

After dropping out of school, I ate instant noodles every day. After earning three thousand yuan by working for He Zhou, I was able to eat meat!

Just thinking about it gives her a lot of motivation.

By actively pointing the small fan at the laptop and using physical cooling to cool it down, I can finish drawing the Nezha figures faster.

...

When Tian Xiaoxi happily opened the comic, she started reading He Zhou's "Havoc in Heaven".

A monkey that sprang from a rock?

I don't know why...

At first, I felt it was hard to connect with the story because it was a monkey rather than a human, but when I saw that it sprang from a rock and was naturally raised, I suddenly found myself drawn into the story.

The beginning of the plot is very simple.

It was just a story about a stone monkey becoming an apprentice and learning skills, then becoming the Monkey King and preparing to go to the Dragon Palace of the East Sea to get weapons.

On Sun Wukong's journey to the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, a bunch of comic book comments couldn't help but discuss it in the comments section.

[This Dragon King of the East Sea seems to be having a run of bad luck. First he caused trouble in the sea, then he had the Sea-Suppressing Divine Needle taken away. What an unlucky fellow!]

No wonder we have the rainy season here every day; it must be that the Dragon King of the East Sea is constantly being mistreated, and when he's mistreated, he spews water.

Someone replied below: "You're obsessed with Lao He's comics, aren't you?"

...

I flipped through two pages and finished quickly.

"So short?"

Tian Xiaoxi was surprised. He Zhou used to draw very quickly, but now he had only updated this little bit.

However, judging from each image, at least effort was put into depicting Sun Wukong.

Just as she was about to turn on her computer to continue drawing comics, her editor sent her another message.

[Baiyun: Get ready, the shonen manga category accounts on the app are about to start a live stream. The app's fifty contestants from each round of the PK battle will be promoted in the live stream.]

[Baiyun: The effectiveness of pre-launch promotion on the account varies from person to person; each person only has two minutes.]

Because they are still competing in the app, the accounts they can use are limited to the live streams in the featured section of the comic app.

Each issue of the comic showdown will have a two-minute brief introduction for both the author and the animation.

Different comic categories have different accounts, as well as a few more powerful main accounts.

but…

Accounts with more followers are naturally those on comprehensive short video platforms.

The next level up is short animated video platforms.

The most impressive one is the AR animation platform.

Each platform has separate accounts for different types of animation, as well as a main account.

The platform's resources must be acquired step by step based on performance.

It's like a pyramid.

...

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiaoxi immediately became nervous.

at last!

It's finally her turn!

Although the live stream account for the PK pre-show in the shonen manga section only has 20,000 manga fans, these 20,000 are all fans who love shonen manga.

"Are you ready?"

After Bai Yun added Tian Xiaoxi's account to the live stream, he hesitated for a moment and glanced at He Zhou's account. Seeing that He Zhou hadn't come, he could only add Tian Xiaoxi to the microphone queue.

There were a total of forty-nine people in the same queue as her.

Most of them had been giving away their services for a long time before finally accumulating enough followers.

People started entering the live stream room one after another.

one hundred.

three hundred.

one thousand.

Many comic book readers saw the recommendation from Operations Officer No. 1 during this live stream, and 5,000 out of 20,000 fans of action comics attended.

The live stream was incredibly lively, and many people only remembered that the No. 1 Operations Officer tipped He Zhou.

Which one is He Zhou? Which comic book is He Zhou from?

Why don't I see He Zhou?

...

Editor Baiyun is the host of the hot-blooded manga category app account. She explained, "He Zhou and Tian Xiaoxi's collaborative manga is called 'Monster City'."

"It's almost time, let Tian Xiaoxi be the first to introduce."

Generally speaking.

The very beginning and the very end are introductions to the comics that performed relatively poorly out of the fifty titles.

After all, not all the readers have come in yet at the front, and there are fewer people at the back.

In the end, people didn't have the patience.

The middle position is the best.

Tian Xiaoxi had the worst grades, so she was placed first.

She took a nervous breath. She had originally planned to introduce her previous comics, but when she actually got to the microphone, she just said dryly, "My comic is a bit special."

"I'm in charge of the main storyline, which will be interspersed with He Zhou's comics, which are independent."

"His comics are actually complete, including Black Cat Detective, Calabash Brothers, Birth of the Demon Child, and Demon Child Conquers the Dragon King; all that's missing is the ending..."

She rambled on and on, not even knowing what she was saying, and almost all of it was about He Zhou.

Then my phone suddenly rang.

Tian Xiaoxi glanced down at the phone; it was a call from her family. She hung up without even looking at it and prepared to continue.

...

After being bombarded with messages more than a dozen times, Baiyun stopped when she saw her emotions visibly decline.

"You answer it first."

"sorry."

Tian Xiaoxi picked up her phone and answered the call. The more she talked, the more emotional she became, and she even forgot to turn off the microphone for the live stream.

Those watching the live stream could only vaguely hear the woman on the other end of the phone saying things like "He Zhou," "poor," "comic," and "grandfather."

I couldn't hear what they were saying.

Until Tian Xiaoxi roared angrily, her voice so loud that everyone in the live stream almost went deaf.

"I popped out of a rock! So what?"

"I was born of nature! I sprang from a rock!"

"What's wrong with He Zhou! He at least gave me back three thousand!"

He slammed down the phone.

After hanging up the phone, the entire live broadcast room fell silent.

Everyone had one thought echoing in their minds: "I was born from a stone!"

It inexplicably felt like a demonic sound entering my ears.

but…

Sun Wukong?

Is it a new comic?

...

When Tian Xiaoxi calmed down and told everyone that Sun Wukong was born from a stone and was the protagonist of He Zhou's comics, everyone had only one thought in their minds.

Tian Xiaoxi is working so hard.

They even put on a play to promote the meme.

One person took four minutes.

It also left a deep impression on everyone regarding the phrase "emerged from a stone".

Chapter 81 The Old Dragon King and Sun Wukong definitely made a deal! (1/5)

In the action manga category of the comics forum, the thread was taken over by several posts from fellow writers.

Who exactly is He Zhou?

[Tian Xiaoxi is really cunning! She pulled this stunt during the pre-live stream, attracting attention and instantly gaining two thousand more favorites for her comic.]

In the post, those who were just one step away from making it to the final round were filled with envy.

[Two thousand vertical collections of shonen manga! Just thinking about it is exciting!]

...

When Tian Xiaoxi came across this post, she felt both angry and guilty for the first time.

"How could they insult He Zhou because of me! That's just too much!"

"I need to have a proper talk with them!"

I just typed out a long message to tell everyone that this wasn't orchestrated by He Zhou; it was completely an accident…

Then I saw a screenshot posted by my best friend Song Yaoyao: [Wow, more than a dozen colleagues just wanted to collaborate with Lao He, and they all went to give him tips...]

"?"

Tian Xiaoxi looked at it blankly.

The page was almost entirely filled with donations to He Zhou.

[Octopus rewarded He Zhou with 50,000 book coins and left a message: Look at me! I can also collaborate with you! I won't stop updating! My plot is weak too, but my drawing skills are just as good. My overall strength is definitely stronger than Tian Xiaoxi's!]

[I Love Eating Beef gave He Zhou a 50,000 book coins reward and left a message: Brother, if you're good at storytelling, so am I. Although my drawing skills aren't as good as Tian Xiaoxi's, I'm a professional shonen manga artist in the shonen manga section. I only failed because my storytelling wasn't good enough. If we could collaborate, wouldn't that be a match made in heaven!]

[Fish Head Lao San tipped He Zhou 50,000 book coins: We can collaborate on just one book. If a professional comic helps me drive traffic to the PK (player kill) section through my comic... I can pay for it.]

...

"!!"