Chapter 48： Before the annual meeting

After the winter vacation, Chu Yu finally realized what it means to be relaxed.

no longer have to create comics every night until late at night.

The comic work that could be completed in the past week, with the collaboration of him and Zhao Qinyin, both of them completed this week's work only on Wednesday. This is really impressive even after Su Lu knew it.

Originally, Zhao Qinyin was already among the fastest manga drawing speeds among manga creators.

But compared with Chu Yu, her speed still pales in comparison.

After all, when he was bound to the system, the system strengthened him in comic drawing skills and speed.

So it took only five days, and the two people finished the manuscript of the new story without working overtime at night.

Su Lu looked at the manuscript of Chapter 11 of the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance that Chu Yugang submitted to her, and she suddenly felt that her editor seemed quite confused.

She can't talk about the plot, and the work doesn't need her to call for the draft. The comic film deadline is Sunday, and this guy had been drawn on Friday before.

It’s okay now, the two of them will finish the manuscript on Wednesday as soon as they are on holiday.

Su Lu has been in this industry for so many years. It is not that I have never seen a high-yielding sow cartoonist, but this is the only one who can reach the level of the combination of Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin.

If two people don’t go to class without their studies, work during the day, and add a few extra classes at night, two comics will not be a dream every week!

Of course, the premise is that Chu Yu can withstand such a high-intensity plot creation. After all, the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance story has not collapsed until now, not only has the plot not collapsed, but also foreshadowed one link after another. If you want to achieve such an effect, absolutely It is only when the entire work has been conceived and completed at the first stroke of writing.

I don't know how long it took Chu Yu to polish the plot of this work in his heart.

But Su Lu guessed, this time is definitely not low.

"Huh!" Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He is also a salted fish. After completing the task this week, he also wants to rest.

It's a holiday!

What's the point if you concentrate on drawing comics.

And Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance has been serialized to the eighth chapter in the comics, and what he handed to Su Lu today is the manuscript of the eleventh chapter.

According to the progress, there are only four episodes, and the work will be finished, and it will only be less than two months before its publication on the comics ends.

In comparison, Chu Yu didn't feel nervous.

"Then, I won't have to come over the next few days?" Zhao Qinyin asked after learning about Chu Yu's work schedule.

"Well, for the remaining few days of this week, we will rest before that year!" Chu Yu nodded.

"It was the winter vacation period. I would not be embarrassed to keep you working at my place. After all, the Chinese New Year will be in less than two weeks."

"Of course, we can also work harder during this period. At the pace of this week, maybe we can draw the four-part plot of the cross wound in the fourth section of Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance a year ago. In this way, this work will also be It's over, everyone can celebrate the New Year with peace of mind during the Spring Festival..."

"End...End..."

As soon as Chuyu said, Su Lu and Zhao Qinyin were both stunned.

Both of them have been paying attention to the performance and drawing of this work before, and they found out when Chu Yu first talked about this issue.

It turns out that this work has reached this time period.

Even if Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin are not on vacation and have a lot of time to draw comics, according to the previous rhythm, this work will be completed in one month, and it will be published in two months.

"Time... How fast flies..."

"Then after this work is over... what are you going to do, Chu Yu? This work is called Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance Chapter, Remembrance Chapter... That means there are other chapters, right? Are you ready to... serialize the other chapters of this work?" Zhao Qinyin looked at Chu Yu.

Including Su Lu, she also wants to know this question.

Other chapters?

"Other chapters, to be honest...I don't have a clue at all now."

Chu Yu said helplessly.

Of course he knows that the memory of Remembrance only occupies a small part of Rurouni Kenshin, but the complete original work is systematically judged to be A-level works. Even if he wants to bet on luck, he can't get the B-level lottery chance. Grade A works.

But relying on world points to redeem, he now relies on the number of world points obtained in the Remembrance chapter, which is far from redeeming all the chapters of Rurouni Kenshin.

"And the next semester is the last semester of high school. The college entrance examination is coming in June. My grades are different from Zhao Qinyin's. It's too salty. If you don't work hard, I guess I can't count on entering a third-rate university."

"Where can I think about so much now? The work is not over yet, and if the popular vote is the number one this week, isn't there a Dragon Star Award during the Chinese New Year?"

"I can only go one step at a time."

Chuyu's words are ambiguous, Su Lu and Zhao Qinyin both lowered their heads when they heard the words, not knowing what they were thinking.

"Hey, hello, why don't you guys speak anymore!"

The two remained silent.

"It's okay, I won't talk about this problem!" Chu Yu shook his head.

"Sister Su, didn’t you talk about it before? This Saturday, our comics club will have an annual meeting, and Zhao Qinyin and I were asked to buy a suit and gown to attend the meeting. Anyway, this week’s work has been completed, and the three of us are just right. It's all here, I think... it's better to go now!"

Chuyu's words immediately attracted the attention of Su Lu and Zhao Qinyin.

Girls, talking about shopping, especially on the topic of dress, even Zhao Qinyin was attracted.

"Then, go now?"

"also!"

...

In a commercial building in the center of Ming City.

"Hello sir, are you satisfied with this suit?"

The shopping guide beside 　　 saw Chu Yu walk out of the fitting room and walked up with a smile.

"is acceptable!"

Chuyu looked in the mirror. He was wearing leather shoes in the mirror. He did seem to be quite mature in the suit, but he seemed weird. After all, he had never been dressed in a similar style before.

In the ladies' fitting room not far away, Zhao Qinyin and Su Lu came out together.

Zhao Qinyin put on a red skirt at this time, his shoulders and arms were exposed, and he stepped on a pair of moderately high heels.

The hair is drooping, the eyes seem to be a little flustered, and there is a slight redness on the cheeks, which seems a little embarrassing.

Although I didn’t feel anything when watching those hosts wearing similar clothes on TV, she really felt how embarrassed she was when she changed such clothes herself.

is not only unaccustomed to wearing high heels, but there are too many exposed places in this skirt. It is completely incomparable with some of the casual clothes and skirts that reach ankles that she wears on weekdays and weekends.

As for Su Lu next to her, she put on some black dresses, slender waist, white straight calf, the whole person looks beautiful and confident. After all, he has been working hard in the workplace for several years, and Zhao Qin Yin’s little girls have a different mentality.

For a while, the two attracted the attention of many other men and women who were shopping for clothes.

It's the end of the year, and the company that holds the annual meeting is not only Cuttlefish, so there are many people in the store who have the same purpose as Chu Yu and others, especially the men, who frequently look at Su Lu and Zhao Qinyin.

This makes Zhao Qinyin even more uncomfortable.

"Yo! Chu Yu, it's not bad!"

Su Lu saw Chu Yu dressed up in a suit, but his eyes lit up.

"You, it used to be jeans, T-shirts, or school uniforms. It's still not very visible. Now that you change your clothes, you are still a little handsome."

Su Lu's voice made De Chuyu suddenly come back to his senses.

Only then did he realize that he was slightly stunned when he saw the costumes of the two of them just now.

But Chu Yu immediately replied, "If you don't tell me about this kind of thing, I know. Also, next time I'm saying something, just say handsome."

is really arrogant.

Su Lu curled his lips.

"How is it, do you think it's okay, clothes?" Chu Yu looked at the two.

"I think it's okay, that's it."

Although Su Lu has several sets of banquet dresses in her family, she is still planning to buy a new set for the annual meeting. After all, women’s clothes are always missing one piece.

"It seems, it's a bit too revealing..." Zhao Qinyin's voice was much lower.

"This kind of clothes is not all like this, but you are not used to paying attention to those places all the time. On Saturday, you will see it last year, and you will feel how conservative you are when compared to other women participating in the conference." Su He shook his head and said to Zhao Qin.

"Then...Okay..." Zhao Qinyin whispered.

Since she embarked on the road of comics, she had only heard of the annual meeting of the Cuttlefish Comics Club, and had never been to it.

Compared with the excitement and anticipation of attending such a meeting, she can bear it just by wearing such unaccustomed clothes.

The two who had decided to go back to the fitting room again to change their clothes.

After all, there is heavy snow outside the mall, it is impossible to go out wearing such a skirt.

But taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Yu went to the cashier.

"How much do their shoes, skirts, and my suit and shoes cost?"

"Sir, do you want to check out together?" The cashier woman smiled.

"Ok!"

Soon, the woman had an operation on the computer, and the final summed up numbers made Chu Yu's heart beat.

so expensive...

can catch up...I...

The cost of the manuscript for more than half a week.

Chuyu's first reaction when he saw the data was to measure his living expenses in the previous month.

But later I felt very uncomfortable, because after a rough calculation, I felt that the unit of month could be a full twelve into one, and it became a year.

So immediately changed to the measurement of my own weekly manuscript fee.

All of a sudden, I feel at ease in my heart.

If Chuyu didn't go out today and stayed home to draw comics, the price of the completed manuscript would be equal to the price of two sets of his clothes.

immediately changed his mindset.

After Zhao Qinyin and Su Lu came out, Chu Yu not only settled the bill, but also put on his thick down jacket and was about to go home.

"Did you settle the bill?"

Su Lu and Zhao Qinyin looked at each other.

Yes, they know that Chuyu has a very high income now, but La Chuyu is not ready to take advantage of him.

"I will transfer the account to you..." As he said, Zhao Qinyin took out his mobile phone.

"Forget it!" Chu Yu waved his hand.

"After all, everyone worked together to make this work of Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance achieved the current results. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to thank you..."

"The gift I gave you last Christmas Eve also had this meaning, but it seems that Sister Su doesn't like the weight scale very much. This time you chose it yourself. You will treat it as my thanks to you again... ..... There is no need to transfer the money, and I will not collect it."

"But, I like the manga tools you gave me very much....Sister Su’s, let me pay for it myself..."

"Okay, okay, let's go, that's it!" Chu Yu knew that he was reasonable with Zhao Qinyin, but he could only say that he could not be a clever girl with clear logic.

walked toward the door of the store with the bag of clothes alone.

I finally wanted to give someone a gift. If Zhao Qinyin didn't accept it, it would be too embarrassing, so I simply refused to give her this opportunity.

Su Lu grabbed Zhao Qinyin who still wanted to say something, and shook his head.

"Forget it, he gave the gift because we thanked the two of us for helping with his work. Needless to say..."

"It's so clear, but it's not good. If you feel embarrassed, it's better to finish the work of Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance more carefully, and it is true without leaving any regrets." Su Lu said.

For Su Lu, people who she thinks are okay to give her gifts, she never refuses to come. It's just a great opportunity to return the gift in the future, not like Zhao Qinyin, who has less social experience.

"What's the matter? Why are you still struggling with that kind of thing? Go away quickly!" Chu Yu stood at the door, looking at the two of them speechlessly.

"Okay, here comes..." Su Lu quickly stepped forward.

Zhao Qinyin hesitated, but followed suit.

...

Neither Su Lu nor Zhao Qinyin came to Chu Yu's house for the next two days.

After all, the manuscript of this week's manga, Chu Yu, has been submitted, and even though Chu Yu asked Zhao Qinyin if he wanted to work overtime the two years ago to finish the work completely.

But the final answer Zhao Qinyin gave him was only that she was approaching the New Year, and things were very busy. She could easily complete the assistant job with one word a week, but two words a week might be more difficult...

Since Zhao Qinyin said so, Chu Yu didn't say anything.

For him, it makes no difference whether the comics are drawn in two weeks or in one month.

......

New Year's Eve in a few days, the chill of the entire Los Angeles province can not extinguish the enthusiasm in everyone's hearts, the children on the street, the old people go to the streets under the heavy snow and cold wind.

Various food stalls are also allowed to be set up in the city during this time.

Many elementary and middle school students also have New Year's Eve money, so they don’t hesitate to spend money when buying their favorite manga periodicals and peripherals.

The three major comic clubs in Luo Province, Fengyu, Cuttlefish, and Longya's periodicals have all achieved an increase in their orders.

Although Cuttlefish Comics was surprised that Luo Cheng, a large distributor under its umbrella, had nearly 30,000 more orders in this issue than usual, but it only thought it was caused by the increase in sales caused by the New Year. Although... ...The increase is a bit staggering.

And the arrival of Friday also heralded the release of the ninth chapter of Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance.

For a time, in the major bookstores in Los Angeles, the sales speed of Man Ying's periodical was significantly lower than that of Tianyin and Fire Dragon, which are the three major journals in Los Angeles.

Nowadays, the comic of Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance has become the most frequently heard work among comic fans in Los Angeles.

Compared with Tianyin Shang Dong Yun's departure, Zhong Ning's star realm is the dominant family, and the two popular works on Fire Dragon alternately climbed to the top.

The manga has now shown a super-three strong situation.

Although Dong Yun's hidden girl suppressed Shen Xin's Demon Realm, but the advantage is not obvious, and Demon Realm and Tianshu are still works of the same level.

There is only Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance. Last week's popularity survey was the only one on the ink film. Not only was the popular vote the only work on the comic that exceeded 40,000, but it also surpassed Dong Yun's secret girl by as much as 10,000 votes.

Don’t look at the number of votes in the tens of thousands. Most manga fans are diving parties. Even if they like this work in their hearts, they may not be willing to vote for their favorite work on the Internet. This is a matter of personal habits.

can have tens of thousands of popular votes, and in fact, the number of real fans of the work may be more than ten times the number.

Obviously, any popular vote rankings are imaginary, and the number of supporters is the root of comic authors.

Manying’s fifth place has less than 10,000 voters, but it’s only a difference from the fourth place Tianshu, and the actual number of fans is more than two grades behind.

The results of the popularity polls of Man Ying in the past two weeks have told the entire Los Angeles comic industry. Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance is not only unique in Man Ying, but even if it is placed in the entire Los Angeles comic industry. His popularity is unique in the two periodicals of Tianyin and Fire Dragon.

It is hard to believe that this work was painted by a newcomer.

Shui Xin, a cartoonist who turned out to be born at the end of this year, a man who is still unknown to the outside world whether this person is a man or a woman, old or young... just such a person is about to enter the comics industry in Los Angeles. The pinnacle.

And this annual meeting of the Cuttlefish Comics Club, it is said that Shui Xin, who is now stirring up the comic industry in Los Angeles, will also attend.

It makes many people in the comics industry look forward to tomorrow's Cuttlefish Annual Meeting.

(The two chapters have been updated together, and they are lazy to score chapters in one document.)