Chapter 5

Early in the morning at Ninghai railway station, Sun Yang stood at the ticket gate holding a sign.

"Editor in chief, do we need to do this?"

The eyes of passers-by made Sun Yang feel uncomfortable and asked.

Ye Xiong sat looking through the newspaper, smelling the words and laughing: "didn't you read that cartoon?"

Sun Yang nodded: "yes, it's really good, but he's not a famous cartoonist. You don't need to come out to meet him personally."

"You are too narrow-minded. Do you know what that cartoon stands for?" Ye Xiong put down the newspaper and snorted: "the cartoon industry depends on talent and perseverance. As a newcomer, he can draw manuscripts that surpass the standard of professional cartoonists. His future is limitless!"

He also knows that there is a shortage of talented original cartoonists in the cartoon market. A cartoonist who can think of stories and draw them can't be expected. Meng Huo is only 15 years old. To put it mildly, which professional cartoonist can spend his time?

Ye Xiong, an experienced man, doesn't think he'll be blind. Meng Huo's contribution is a detective cartoon. Ordinary people can't draw this kind of subject at all, because it needs not only precise and careful thinking, but also extensive knowledge of various disciplines.

However, 15-year-old Meng Huo created a perfect manuscript with almost impeccable content, orderly rhythm, interesting plot and solid painting style - he is absolutely a genius!

"Well, it's almost time. Keep an eye on me."

Ye Xiong looked at his watch, and the train was about to arrive.

Soon, the crowd with big and small bags began to check out. Sun Yang stood on tiptoe to scan the crowd for fear of missing the target.

"Are you from Phoenix?" Just as he looked around, a young man with a bag came to see the sign: "I'm Meng Huo."

Ye Xiong stood up and looked up and down at the young writer. He was thin and beautiful. Mother and son are both wearing white clothes, obviously living conditions are not very good. However, to his surprise, Meng Huo had bright eyes, clear and confident. When staring into his eyes, ye Xiong has the illusion that he is a successful adult.

How could it be - he shook his head with a wry smile and walked over.

"Hello, this is Ye Xiong who called you."

Anyway, Meng Huo's first impression on Ye Xiong is very good. They shake hands and ye Xiong looks at Li Qin: "madam, what's the matter?"

Li Qin's face was pale. Meng Huo helped explain: "my mother is a little carsick."

Ye Xiong nodded with understanding: "our company is not far from here. Madam can go to the editorial department to have a rest."

They connect Meng Huo and Li Qin to a black car, Sun Yang is in charge of driving, and ye Xiong is in the front row.

"Five sheep, five sheep, run fast, run fast..."

Before driving, Sun Yang's phone suddenly rang.

"Wait, I'll take a call." He just put down the handbrake and pulled up, and then took out the mobile phone: "Hello, tomato teacher, what can I do for you?"

"Ah, receive it? Today... I'm so sorry, I forgot. "

Sun Yang covers his mobile phone, turns to Ye Xiong and asks, "editor in chief, teacher tomato's new work has come out. Can I drive the car to receive the manuscript first?"

Tomato, this is a professional cartoonist who has been serializing for a long time. And the reason why it is called teacher is the honorific title of professional cartoonist in the cartoon industry.

Ye Xiong frowned. Sun Yangzhen couldn't do anything. He even forgot the time to receive the manuscript.

"You tell him to collect it tomorrow."

He took a look at Meng Huo and thought that "Detective Conan" was more important. He had to sign the contract within today to save a long night's dream.

"But editor in chief, teacher tomato has a bad temper and is lovelorn recently. Is it a little bit that we touch his brow at this time..." Sun Yang swallows his saliva. This teacher tomato is his cartoonist, and he doesn't want to screw it up.

"That's your problem!" Ye Xiong was angry. How could this subordinate be so stupid that he even said to other cartoonists in front of Meng Huo: "don't talk nonsense, go back to the company quickly."

At the bottom of his heart, he was very disappointed. Originally, he still wanted to let Sun Yang serve as Meng Huo's editor after signing the contract. Now it seems that he has to choose another person. Sun Yang didn't realize Meng Huo's potential value, so the responsible editor couldn't dig out Meng Huo's talent.

So back to the editorial department, ye Xiong immediately drove Sun Yang away. He asked another editor to arrange Li Qin in the rest area.

The editorial department prepared breakfast for Li Qin. After eating, she recovered a lot.She looked around and found herself sitting in a private room separated by transparent glass, through which she could see a busy editorial department. There are more than 20 editors working in five rows. There are many cartoon posters on the opposite wall.

"Are you better, madam?"

A mild looking young man with glasses walked into the box with a stack of manuscripts in his hand.

"Much better. Thank you for breakfast." Li Qin expressed her thanks with a smile on her face. The young man sat opposite and said with a smile, "my name is Zhang Xiu. The editor in chief is discussing with Meng Huo about the details of the cartoon and the contract. I'll be responsible for conveying them to you."

He put the manuscript on the table: "please have a look. This is Meng Huo's work."

Li Qin took the manuscript. She didn't read the comics very much. She turned a few pages unaccustomed but didn't feel much: "is this drawing very good?"

"Of course it's good!" Zhang Xiu nodded and exclaimed: "few original comics can reach this standard, no matter the drawing skills or the content... Madam, you can take a closer look."

Li Qin turned a few more pages: "well, it seems so."

Zhang Xiu was not very satisfied with her attitude. She took the manuscript, opened the last page and put it on the table: "madam, how about this picture?"

Li Qin looks down and is stunned. Although she has not seen the cartoon, the picture is really beautiful. The boy on it attracts Li Qin's attention. His expression is full of doubts, which makes people wonder what happened to him?

"I'd better see it again."

Li Qin was so interested that she picked up the cartoon and read it again.

"Your son is a comic genius, and your wife should be a little conscious." Zhang Xiu pushed his glasses, and Meng Huo only used one picture to attract other people's curiosity, which is unprecedented.

Of course, talent is only attractive when it is not mature. The charm of comics comes from the story itself.

The story of "Detective Conan" is very excellent, and Li Qin soon looks surprised.

"Is this really his story?"

Since she was a child, she felt that Meng Huo liked to draw, but the things she drew were in a mess, and now it seems that they are not in a mess at all. These pictures are not only good-looking, but also full of wisdom that she never thought of - detective cartoons would have given others an illusion of high intelligence.

For the first time, Li Qin found that her child was very strange, but usually she was busy with her work and didn't know that Meng Huo's ability was normal. Just thinking about it, Li Qin would feel guilty that she cared too little about Meng Huo.

Zhang Xiu on one side was relieved to see her expression. He didn't know that Meng Huo was only 15 years old, but the editor in chief gave him the task of persuading Li Qin.

"Let's talk about the fee." Zhang Xiu picked up another document and opened it on the table.

Li Qin cheers up. She doesn't understand comics, but she can understand the contribution fee.

"How much is the fee."

"If the comic book is published in series, it will be about 20 pages a week, with one page of 200 Chinese currency. If the comic book is issued in the future, the royalty will be 5% to 10% of the price. Of course, this matter is subject to the discussion between the editor in chief and Meng Huo."

"So much!"

Li Qin was dizzy for a while, 20 pages per week and 200 Chinese dollars per page. Doesn't it mean that she can get at least 16 thousand yuan a month? This is six times her monthly salary for working more than ten hours a day!

Li Qin doesn't know what the concept of single line royalty is, but she knows that her son is promising, so promising! She was still worrying about her tuition. She was just worrying about it for nothing