Is this cartoonist mentally ill?

Ayumi Ito had just walked down to the restaurant next to the company's office building. It was still working time, and there were not many customers in this fast food chain restaurant.

There were only three or four diners dining in the restaurant, one was a young couple wearing couple's costumes, one was a bald middle-aged man in a suit, and there was a handsome young man with messy hair.

But they had already ordered fast food and were eating. It was probably not the teacher Aoyama who asked Ayumi Ito to treat him to dinner.

It seems that Teacher Qingshan hasn’t come yet.

But there were still a few minutes until the time they agreed on, so there was nothing wrong with her waiting.

Ayumi Ito was planning to walk to an empty seat and wait for Lin Qingshan's arrival.

But at this moment, the handsome young man not far from her waved to her, "Is it Ito-san?"

Ayumi Ito was stunned for a moment, "Um...I am..."

This was the first time since she came to Shanghai to take up the job that she heard someone address her in the customary manner of her hometown.

Lin Qingshan showed a delighted smile, "You're here...Oh, by the way, I'm Lin Qingshan!"

"Are you... Teacher Aoyama?!" Ayumi Ito blinked and said in surprise.

"Yeah... I just..." Lin Qingshan touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassedly.

…

Ayumi Ito looked at the handsome young man with slightly longer hair in front of her, still a little in disbelief.

After all, in the comics industry, although age is not very important, most cartoonists actually make it through experience.

This is especially true in Japan, because most cartoonists do not start creating directly at the beginning, but start as assistants to mature cartoonists.

Even if there are cartoonists who create their own works from the beginning, most of their first works will be failures.

But after all, Lin Qingshan submitted his works to the Manga Culture Company as a new cartoonist from the beginning.

So isn’t it appropriate to be younger?

But Ayumi Ito looked at the mature painting style of "Edge Walker" and the storyboards that were almost comparable to animation production, and subconsciously thought that Lin Qingshan should be an older and new cartoonist.

But now it seems...

The young man in front of me has messy hair, but it is quite thick and black. Under the bangs are a pair of slender eyes that are very bright at this time. His jawline is like a clear V. With such a young figure, he is almost the same as Ayumi Ito. A young man of his age!

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingshan picked up the noodles and stuffed them into his mouth, asking with a happy smile.

Ito Ayumi shook her head, "It's okay, but... Mr. Aoyama, would you like to order something else to eat... I still have some money, so I can treat you to food other than green vegetable ramen."

Lin Qingshan had already ordered vegetable noodles and ate here before she even arrived at the restaurant, and was waiting for her to pay the bill.

This sounds a bit rude, but let's call him rude. He ordered the cheapest fast food like vegetable noodles...

Ayumi Ito felt that Lin Qingshan was a bit unpredictable.

Lin Qingshan gulped down the last of the vegetable noodle soup, smacking his mouth.

Then he said carelessly, "It's okay. I'm satisfied with the vegetables and noodles. But after all, this is your treat. I can't be too presumptuous, right? And I'm full."

Lin Qingshan has always been very careful, and he can't just rely on others to treat him, so he can't squander it.

And seeing that the Japanese girl in front of him was from the Mo Piao clan, it was not easy to live in the magic city, and it was not easy for people to come here all the way, so he just had to eat vegetable noodles to fill his stomach.

But speaking of it, he had been hungry for so long, and the green vegetable noodles almost tasted like delicious food.

"Then...Okay." Ito Ayumi said, "Now let's talk about the business cooperation of "Edge Walker"?"

Lin Qingshan nodded, "No problem."

"Does Mr. Aoyama bring your manga manuscript and ID card?" Ito Ayumi asked.

"Here it is." Lin Qingshan took out a document bag from the side, and then took out his ID card.

Ayumi Ito subconsciously looked at the ID card.

Lin Qingshan, age 25...

He's only two years older than her...

Then she took out the manga manuscript, but...

Different from the usual scrawled manuscripts, Lin Qingshan's comic manuscripts are very complete and don't feel like original manuscripts.

Generally speaking, the original manuscript is the sketch drawn by the cartoonist when conceiving the comic plot and drawing layout.

As for this kind of sketch, cartoonists basically don't put much effort into it. The characters will be drawn extremely sloppily. They can even simply draw a blank puppet or even a stick figure and put it there, and even draw circles for scenery and other things. Then write in words what scenery should be drawn here.

However, Lin Qingshan's comic manuscript is almost a highly completed portrait of the characters and scenery. When Ayumi Ito compared the final draft of "Edge Walker" in her mind, she could see that there was still some gap between the original manuscript and the final version.

This is due to Lin Qingshan's master-level ability to draw a kaleidoscope, allowing him to draw the entire picture with a high degree of completion.

Another thing is... he is not a serious cartoonist, and he actually doesn't know about original manuscripts. In his opinion, comics can only be drawn well or redrawn if they are not good.

These "original manuscripts" are the manuscripts that he did not draw well at the beginning.

After reading these manuscripts, Ayumi Ito immediately determined that "Edge Walker" was Lin Qingshan's manuscript.

But after she finished flipping through the first dozen pages of the "original manuscript", she was stunned for a moment when she turned to the next page.

"This is... the content of the fourth episode of "Edge Walker"?" Ito Ayumi said.

"Well, yes, I brought the content of Chapters 4, 5, and 6 as well." Lin Qingshan shrugged and said, "I didn't bring much of the original manuscript."

Ayumi Ito's eyes suddenly lit up, "Then, Mr. Aoyama, how many chapters have you completed in your work?"

"I've reached episode 23." Lin Qingshan said casually.

Ayumi Ito was suddenly shocked, "Our Newcomer Grand Prix is ​​asking for submissions of medium-length works... Mr. Aoyama, you can't..."

"I know this." Lin Qingshan said carelessly, "Don't worry, "Edge Walker" is expected to be serialized to only 40 chapters."

Since the "Edgewalker" animation only has 10 episodes, one episode of the comic is usually 2 to 3 chapters long, so if it is adapted in reverse, the comic will only have about 30 chapters at most.

But because "Edge Walker" is actually an adaptation of a game, and the audience is almost all players who have played the game "Cyberpunk 2077", its background setting basically does not need to be described in the animation.

But in this world, there is no game like "Cyberpunk 2077". Then you want to describe the story background, division of forces and story settings, right?

This is why Lin Qingshan drew more of the plot adapted from the trailer of "Cyberpunk 2077" in the first episode, mainly to introduce the background of "Cyberpunk 2077".

Lin Qingshan also gave a corresponding introduction to Black Mewtwo, the definition and classification of prosthetic transformation, and the division of forces and regions in Night City, so it will only be completed in about 40 chapters.

"Episode 23!" Ito Ayumi was very surprised, "So Mr. Aoyama, what is your subsequent plot plan?"

"This is the story of the protagonist implanting a powerful prosthetic body, joining a gang, meeting the heroine and his partner, and starting to reach the top of his life." Lin Qingshan said carelessly.

"Sure enough! The protagonist will meet a group of very good partners!" Ito Ayumi nodded with satisfaction.

"Then let's sign a contract. According to the company's procedures, Mr. Qingshan, you made your debut through this Newcomer Grand Prix. Your works will be published in "Comic World Gogo". Ours is a semi-monthly magazine, and we will serialize one article every half month. If so, at the same time, based on the popularity of the teacher’s works and the fans’ votes, we will conduct the Newcomer Grand Prix and the PK of the same period works at the same time..."

"In terms of manuscript fees, the best treatment we can give to new teachers is 400 yuan per page of manuscripts submitted. If the teacher serializes two chapters per month, it will be about 30 to 40 pages..."