Chu He, who had worked as a worker in the workplace for several years, could more or less understand Ema Yasuhara's current feelings.

It's like the plan I made after working overtime for a week was rejected because of some minor mistakes. I also suspected that my boss disliked me. If this continues, it will become increasingly difficult for me to survive in the company.

In Japan's more depressing workplace, Ema Yasuhara is undoubtedly under greater pressure.

However, Chu He knew that Miss Misato Segawa was actually a good person, so this time Ema Anhara was just redoing the work because of a common problem. As long as she didn't have any problems in the future, no one would make things difficult for her.

What's more, Musashino Animation is now its own company, so who can bully Ema Yasuhara?

On the rooftop, the conversation between the two continued.

Ema Yasuhara refuted Miyamori Aoi's comfort with a slightly tearful voice.

She is still a newcomer in the workplace and her drawing skills are limited. If she were asked to carefully draw every cut and every original painting, there would never be enough time.

If this continued, she believed that no matter how much time she spent, she would not be able to improve her painting speed or hone her skills, and in the end she would just become an original artist with neither speed nor skills.

In that case, let alone dreams, the reality is that I won’t even be able to earn a living!

Facing her friend's crying, Miyamori Aoi quickly put down the donut in her hand and comforted her in a panic:

"Well, probably... just my guess."

"Ema is thinking about something of a very high standard right now, but there's no need to draw it so delicately now—"

Yasuhara Ema asked, "How far do you want to draw it?"

Miyamori Aoi was stunned.

She is a production manager, not an original painting supervisor. Different professions have different worlds. Even if she says that there is no problem with Ema Yasuhara's original painting, she cannot guarantee that the drawing will be qualified when it comes to Ms. Misato Segawa!

Ema Yasuhara felt that she might really be disliked by Misato Segawa.

Miyamori Aoi retorted that Miss Segawa was not the kind of person who would mix personal feelings into her work.

"Really? But isn't it normal to mix personal feelings into work? Some people like things, and some don't. It's normal that Ms. Segawa doesn't like my paintings."

"No, that won't happen." Miyamori Aoi tried to comfort her friend and advised: "Ema, you are a little too obsessed now. There are two new painters in the company. Why don't you share some of the work with them? They are also about to start working, and their work content has not been assigned yet..."

Anyuan Ema leaned on the railing, lowered her head, and murmured, "Does this mean that I am worthless as an original artist?"

"No, how could that be? It's okay."

"But if word gets out that I'm useless, I'll have fewer and fewer jobs. It's rare that the president raises the employees' salaries. If I don't take this opportunity to work hard, I'll end up—"

"We're just starting now! We need to look to the future!"

"But without the present, how can there be any future? If I can't do it now, I will definitely not be able to do it in the future. After all, we are professionals."

Ema Yasuhara was about to leave the rooftop and go back to work. She said, "We are professionals. We can't just rely on hard work."

"But I think it's amazing that someone like you, Ema, can think about the future. Don't you have goals? I'm exhausted just from working every day and planning for tomorrow!"

"What does Xiaokui mean by the future? What is your goal?"

As soon as these words came out, Miyamori Aoi's mood instantly fell, and she was speechless because of Anhara Ema - although she entered the animation industry of her dreams, she is now exhausted just coordinating the work of various departments every day, and her passion for the animation industry is not as high as before. What about her ultimate goal and her dream?

Ema Yasuhara took the donuts and went downstairs, leaving her friend Aoi Miyamori standing there, at a loss and confused.

This wave, this wave is a world where both of them are hurt.

Chu He sighed slightly in his heart.

He still likes these people who, out of their love for the two-dimensional world, are willing to work hard to squeeze into this low-income animation industry, so he doubled the employees' salaries as soon as he acquired the company.

Unexpectedly, this increased Ema Yasuhara's psychological pressure, which was not what he wanted.

However, it was precisely because of this conversation between the two that Chu He roughly recalled the time point of the plot they were currently in, which was probably the 7th or 8th episode of the "Shirobako" animation.

Ema Yasuhara is under too much mental stress now and lives too tensely. Problems at work are actually the easiest to solve.

Seeing Miyamori Aoi standing there, taking several deep breaths, then eating the donut in her hand in two bites and preparing to continue working, Chu He walked out from the side and threw her an apple as a consolation gift.

"Meow Sen, this is for you."

Miyamori Aoi was startled by Chu He's sudden appearance, and hurriedly caught the apple, and asked in surprise: "President?"

The president actually came to the company today? When did he come?

Could it be that the president saw Ema and I slacking off during work hours? This is a bit troublesome.

The girl asked cautiously, "Um, did you see everything that happened just now?"

Chu He saw what Gong Senkui was thinking and said with a smile:

"I saw it, and I didn't expect that both of you were under so much pressure. But don't worry, I have confidence in you and I won't deduct your salary."

After saying that, Chu He went downstairs and passed by Miss Iguchi, a girl with glasses who was eating donuts enthusiastically. Then, he came to Ema Yasuhara's workstation while distributing apples to the employees in the company.

There are painters around the workstation where Ema Anhara works. There is an old man in his 70s sitting by the window on her left. He is still working in the animation industry at this age, and Chu He has a good impression of him.

In the original work, it was this old man named Sugie Shigeru and the bespectacled girl Iguchi Yumi who they just met on the stairs who helped Ema Yasuhara solve her mental problems.

Seeing Chu He coming over, the two newly employed Licorices who were sitting behind Ema Anhara's eyes lit up and raised their hands to greet them, but Chu He waved at them and handed over the remaining apples, leaving only the last one in his hand.

"Share these apples with Mr. Sugie. Miss Yasuhara, are you free now?" Chu He handed the last apple in his hand to the black-haired girl and invited her:

"Want to go out for a walk together?"

Chapter 149 I don't mean to blame you

Being suddenly called out by Chuhe, Anyuan Ema felt a little uneasy.

Although I have had some interactions with this man, they were all normal business activities. I just exchanged a few polite greetings in emails and we were not even acquaintances.

Now I had just been asked to redo the original painting because of problems, and this new president came directly to me - is he going to fire me?

I can't do anything except painting. If that's the case, what else can I do?

Can I still support myself?

She placed the apple on the table, considered her words for a moment, and became respectful. She asked cautiously, "...President, are you asking me to leave because of work?"

"Well, it is."

Chu He thought that he took Ema Anyuan out just to solve her current mental problems, and it would not be wrong to say that it was for work.

Moreover, the sound insulation here is not very good and there are other subordinates around. If she is called out for some personal matter, and some gossip spreads out in the company, Ema Anhara may not be able to bear it.

However, as soon as Chu He said this, Anyuan Ema's face became even darker.

She felt that the president was just giving her face, but he might still fire her in the end - Musashino Animation was not a company with a lifetime employment system.

Chu He saw that her expression was not right and her eyes began to turn red, as if she was about to cry, so he quickly said: "Don't get me wrong, although it is related to work, it should be different from what you think, so let's go out and talk about it first."

"Ah."

After hearing what Chu He said, Anyuan Ema's expression looked a little better, and she followed the man out.

It’s still on the rooftop, but now there are no outsiders here.

Chu He decided to start the conversation with some small talk and said, "The illustrations for the last novel were done very well. Ms. An Yuan has great skills."

"Yes, really? Thank you for the compliment." Ema Yasuhara was also very satisfied with the illustrations she had drawn before.

At that time, the work at Musashino Animation was going relatively smoothly, so she was not particularly busy. She set aside all her time after get off work to draw illustrations for Chuhe. For this purpose, she even turned down several gatherings with her school friends such as Miyamori Aoi and Sakaki Shizuka. Only then did she finally complete the work on schedule.

Now that she thinks about it, this was her first time drawing illustrations for a light novel, and luckily the illustrations didn't require drawing small animals or the like, so it went quite smoothly.

Frankly speaking, she felt quite satisfied when she first saw her own illustrations on the banner of a bookstore and also saw her own illustrations in the books she bought.

Oh, if only my job could go this smoothly.

The two came to the railing, Chu He looked at Nogawa Park a few kilometers away and said, "The second volume of my light novel has been given to editor Machida for a while, and I would like you to complete the illustrations as well. Is that okay?"

"Huh? Of course, of course."

After just a few words, Ema Anhara's anxious heart finally relaxed.

Her current financial situation is very bad. After paying the rent, she doesn't have much left from her salary as an original artist. If she hadn't received the royalties for the illustrations two weeks ago, she might not even have enough money to pay for a party. So if she could get some income later, her survival pressure would be reduced a lot.

Among the five people in high school, she and Miyamori Aoi seem to be doing the best, but in terms of financial situation, she is worse off than her senior schoolmate Midori Imai. Even Shizuka Sakaki is richer than her because of her part-time jobs in multiple places.

Chu He felt that the atmosphere had eased a lot, so he asked, "Huima, can I call you that?"

"Yes, that's OK, Mr. President."

"We are not strangers, right? Just call me by my name."

"Then... Mr. Chuhe?"

Ema Yasuhara didn't have the courage to call her boss by his name, so based on her previous experience, she just used this more compromising name.

That’s okay.

Chu He stretched out his hand and beckoned her to the railing. Looking at the azure sky, he finally got to the point: "I heard that you've been under a lot of pressure at work recently? Do you want to go out and relax together?"

In order to avoid Ema Anhara misunderstanding that he was blaming her, Chu He spoke the whole story directly this time.

"Relax, relax?"

Ema Anhara didn't expect Chuhe to make this invitation, and was a little at a loss for a moment.

She is just a small original artist in the company. What qualifications does she have to go out with someone of Mr. Chuhe's status?

"Sorry, I'm still at work, and because of the rework, I may be - wow!" Anhara Ema wanted to refuse directly. She still had a lot of original paintings to finish and had no free time to go out.

But the next second, she felt a strong suction force, and she threw herself into the man's arms!

This was naturally Chu He's move.

"You haven't even finished drawing a single picture this morning, so go out and relax your body and mind first, and then think about work!"

Chu He picked up Ema Anhara by the waist, lightly stepped on the ground, and flew with her. In a flash, they were in the air and headed towards the forest path of Nogawa Park.

The blue sky and white clouds flashed by, and the swallows flew lightly across the sky like a backdrop, leaving only a slight cold breeze blowing on the girl's face, making her hair slightly messy.

Anyuan Ema's brain didn't react at all. She just stared blankly at the handsome face of the man in Chuhe's arms, feeling the warmth from the broad chest pressed against her, which made her feel some unspeakable emotions in her heart.

Chu He landed smoothly, put An Yuan Hui Ma in his arms on the ground, and asked with a smile:

"How is it? Are you feeling different?"

Ema Anhara nodded and covered her chest with her left hand. She felt like she was dreaming and it didn't feel real at all. She was just on the rooftop of the company, so how did she get to the park so quickly?

Looking at the lush green woods around her and the mottled sunlight shining through the leaves onto the ground, Anyuan Ema was a little dazed - it seemed as if she was really being carried over by Chu He?

"Teacher Chuhe, do the superpowers in the animations really exist?"

"Of course they exist, and there are even ghosts and exorcists!"

"Ghost?"

Ema Yasuhara felt that her three views were challenged.

"Don't worry, Ema, you are mine, and you won't encounter those things."

Chu He casually used his spiritual power to summon a ball of fire, and created a stream of water out of thin air, shaping it into the shape of a long knife. He swung the knife to cut off a fallen leaf, and then froze the water knife into a rose, which he handed to the girl in front of him.

"This is for you, my illustrator lady."

Chapter 150: Turning a hobby into a job is a wonderful thing

Walking along the tree-lined path, looking at the ice flowers in her hand still emitting a slight chill, Ema Yasuhara felt for the first time what supernatural power was.

"Teacher Chu He, who exactly are you?"

"I?"

Chu He walked in front, observing whether there were any traces of small animals nearby. He remembered that when he watched anime before, there should be a little white cat nearby.

"Ema, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

Is this something I can choose?

Yasuhara Ema asked curiously, "What is a lie?"

"The lie is that I am very rich, have some power, and am a very powerful person with super powers. No one in this world can rival me."

Yasuhara Ema was amused by his words and covered her mouth with her hands and said, "It sounds impressive, so this is a lie, right?"

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