I just want to draw cartoons quietly

Su Zhe curled his lips.

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

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

Although Su Yu has several sets of banquet dresses at home, she is still planning to buy a new set for the annual meeting. After all, women's clothes are always short of one piece.

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

"Not all of these clothes are like this, it's just that you haven't gotten used to paying attention to those places all the time. You will look at them last year on Saturdays, and you will feel how conservative your clothes are compared to other women attending the conference." Su Shaking his head, he said to Zhao Qinyin.

"Then... okay..." Zhao Qinyin whispered.

Since embarking on the path of comics, she has only heard of the annual meeting of the Cuttlefish Comic Club, but has never been to it.

Compared with the excitement and anticipation brought by going to such a meeting, she could bear it just by wearing such unfamiliar clothes.

The two who had made up their minds went back to the fitting room to change their clothes again.

After all, it was snowing heavily outside the mall, so it was impossible to go out in such a skirt.

However, taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Yu walked towards the cashier.

"How much are their shoes, skirts, and my suit and shoes?"

"Sir, do you want to check out together?" The woman at the cash register smiled.

"Ok!"

Soon, the woman fiddled with the computer, and the final summed up numbers made Chu Yu's heart skip a beat.

so expensive...

Can catch up.......I......

Most of the week's manuscript fee.

When Chu Yu saw the data, his first reaction was to use his previous month's living expenses to measure it.

But then I felt very uncomfortable, because after a rough calculation, I felt that the unit of a month can be full of twelve, and it becomes a year.

So it immediately changed to be measured by your own weekly draft fee.

All of a sudden, my heart felt at ease.

If Chu Yu didn't go out today and stayed at home to draw comics, the price of the finished manuscript would be as high as the price of two sets of his clothes.

The mentality changed immediately.

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

"Did you settle the bill?"

Su Yu and Zhao Qinyin looked at each other in blank dismay.

Of course they knew that Chu Yu was earning a lot now, but La Chuyu didn't come here to take advantage of him.

"I'll transfer the account to you..." As she spoke, Zhao Qinyin took out her phone.

"Forget it!" Chu Yu waved his hand.

"After all, it is everyone's joint efforts that made Rurouni Kenshin's Reminiscences achieve the current results. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to thank you..."

"The gift I gave you on Christmas Eve last time also had this meaning, but it seems that Sister Su doesn't like the weighing scale very much. This time, you chose it yourself. You can take it as my gratitude to you again... ...there is no need to transfer the money, and I will not accept it."

"But, I really like the comic tools you gave me....... Forget about Sister Su's. I'll pay for it myself......"

"Okay, okay, let's go, this is the end of the matter!" Chu Yu knew that he couldn't reason with Zhao Qinyin, a girl who was smart and logical.

He walked towards the door of the store with his bag of clothes alone.

After finally wanting to give someone a gift, it would be too embarrassing if Zhao Qinyin didn't accept it, so she simply refused to give her this opportunity.

Su Bao stopped Zhao Qinyin who was still about to say something, and shook his head.

"Forget it, he gave it as a gift to thank the two of us for our help in his works, needless to say..."

"It's really so clear, but it's not good. If you feel embarrassed, why don't you put more effort into ending the work of Rurouni Kenshin's Reminiscences, and leave no regrets," Su Yu said.

As far as Su Yu is concerned, she always refuses gifts from people who she thinks are okay, and she just finds an opportunity to return the gifts if they are great, not like Zhao Qinyin who is less socially experienced.

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

"Okay, here we come..." Su Yu hurried forward.

Zhao Qinyin hesitated for a while, but followed.

.......

In the next two days, neither Su Bao nor Zhao Qinyin came to Chu Yu's house.

After all, Chu Yu had already submitted the manuscript of this week's manga, and even though Chu Yu had asked Zhao Qinyin if they wanted to work overtime to finish this work completely.

But the final answer Zhao Qinyin gave him was that she was approaching the Chinese New Year and she was very busy with things. She could easily complete the assistant work if she spoke once a week, but it might be more difficult if she spoke twice a week...

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

For him, it makes little difference whether the manga is drawn in two weeks or in one month.

......

The Chinese New Year is just a few days away, and the chill in the entire Los Angeles province can't dampen the enthusiasm in everyone's hearts. Children and old people on the street braved the heavy snow and cold wind to take to the streets.

Various food stalls are also allowed to be set up in the urban area during this period.

And many primary and middle school students also have lucky money, and they are not stingy with spending money when buying their favorite comics, periodicals and peripherals.

The three major cartoon clubs in Los Angeles, Fengyu, Cuttlefish, and Longya's magazine orders have all increased.

Although Squid Comic Club felt a little strange that Luo Cheng, a major distributor under its umbrella, had nearly [-] more orders for Manying than usual, but it just thought it was due to the increase in sales caused by the Chinese New Year, although... ...the increase is somewhat surprising.

The arrival of Friday also heralds the release of the ninth chapter of Rurouni Kenshin's Memories.

For a while, in the major bookstores in Los Angeles, the sales speed of the periodical Manying was significantly different from that of Tianyin and Huolong, which were also the three major journals in Los Angeles.

Up to now, the manga Rurouni Kenshin Reminisces has become the most frequently heard work among fans in Los Angeles.

Compared with Tianyin after Dong Yun left, Zhong Ning's star family dominated, and the two popular works on Huolong reached the top alternately.

Manying has now shown a situation of one super three.

Although Dong Yun's Hidden Girl suppressed Shen Xin's Demon Realm, its advantages were not obvious, and it was still a work of the same level as Demon Realm and Tianshu.

Only Rurouni Kenshin's Memories, last week's popularity survey was the only one on Moying, not only the popularity vote was the only work on Manying that broke through [-] votes, but also surpassed Dong Yun's Secret Girl by [-] votes.

Regardless of the tens of thousands of votes, most comic fans are diving party. Even if they like this work in their hearts, they may not be willing to vote for the work they like on the Internet. This is a matter of personal habit.

If there are tens of thousands of popular votes, then the number of real fans of the work may actually be more than ten times the number.

Obviously, the rankings of any popular votes are false, and the number of support is the foundation of comic authors.

The number of votes for Manying No.5 is less than 4, but it is only one place behind No.[-] Tianshu, and the actual number of fans is more than two grades behind.

The results of Manying's popularity votes in the past two weeks have told the entire Los Angeles manga industry that Rurouni Kenshin's Reminiscences is not only the only work in Manying, even if it is placed in the entire Los Angeles manga world, In Tianyin and Huolong periodicals, his popularity is also the only one there.

It's hard to believe that this work was drawn by a newcomer.

Shui Xin, a cartoonist who was born at the end of this year, a person who is still unknown to the outside world whether this person is male or female, old or young... Just such a person, but he is about to enter the Los Angeles comic circle peak.

As for the annual meeting of the Cuttlefish Comics Club, it is said that Shui Xin, who is now stirring up the Los Angeles comics industry, will also attend.

On the contrary, many outsiders in the comics industry are looking forward to tomorrow's cuttlefish annual meeting.

(The two chapters were updated together, and I am too lazy to divide chapters in one document.)

Chapter 49 Dragon Star Award Eligibility

Compared with the annual meeting on Saturday, Chu Yu was more concerned about the results of the popular vote on Friday.

In the case that the seventh and eighth chapters of Rurouni Kenshin Reminiscences have won the first place in Manying's popularity, as long as Chu Yu can still occupy the first place in Manying's popularity vote today, that is to say, there are only three in Los Angeles. One of the entries for the Dragon Star Award is for the work Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscences.

Because of this, even though Chu Yu had told Zhao Qinyin to rest for a few days, there was no need to come here.

But she and Su Yu still ran to Chu Yu's house on time.

In this way, the feeling that everyone is waiting for the notification message may also be a kind of fun in comic creation!

Exactly this week, how is the support of the work, and has the number of fans increased?

However, the three of them tonight were less nervous than they used to be at this time.

After all, the number of votes for the eighth chapter of the previous week surpassed that of the secret girl by nearly [-], and the total number of votes almost exceeded [-].

Whether it is the hidden girl or the demon realm, Tianshu, the threat that they can pose to Rurouni Kenshin's Remembrance Chapter is relatively small.

"By the way, Chu Yu, Zhao Qinyin, tomorrow's annual meeting will start at [-]:[-] pm tomorrow and is expected to last until around [-]:[-] pm. The venue is at the Mingshi Convention and Exhibition Center in the city center, which is rented by the company tomorrow. Come down, you should be mentally prepared when the time comes, so don't get lost!" Su He was almost lying on the stove, and he was still shivering when he walked into Chu Yu's house from the sub-zero temperature outside.

"Lost?" Chu Yu asked suspiciously.

"Won't you drive with us tomorrow?"

"I would like to, but in order to keep Cuttlefish's annual meeting from going wrong, our editorial department has assigned tasks for tomorrow's annual meeting. I will be there before noon, and you will have to go by yourself in the afternoon. .”

"No, here are the two invitations for you two. Remember to bring them with you tomorrow, otherwise you won't be able to enter the venue." While talking, Su Yu took out two red invitations and gave them to Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin.

"And Chu Yu, no matter what, you are now the top writer in our Cuttlefish comic club. The comic club arranged to invite you and some other well-known cartoonists of our Cuttlefish to speak on stage at the end of the show."

"At that time, you can just go up and brag a few polite words, say that you can achieve the current results thanks to the cultivation of the manga club, thank you for the support of the editorial department, show your face at the annual meeting, and let everyone know you This number of people is enough, as for the rest of the time, you can just sit under the stage, eat and drink, and watch the performance at the annual meeting." Su Zhi looked at Chu Yu and said.

"Are you going to speak on stage?"

"It feels so troublesome..." Chu Yu sighed.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have..."

"Don't complain, when the grades were not so good before, you still had a chance to refuse when the cuttlefish invited you, now? You just save it, the cuttlefish annual meeting, if the top cartoonist does not come, it will work ?” Su He knew Chu Yu well, and knew what Chu Yu was thinking right now.

was talking.

Su Bing straightened his face, and took out his cell phone from his pocket.

coming?

Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin immediately looked over.

"Yeah!" Su Zhi looked at the phone and then looked at the two of them, with a smile on his face.

"Although everyone can guess the result, I finally feel at ease now!"

"First."

"And the number of popularity votes has increased again, officially breaking through the [-] mark..."

"Hahaha..." As he spoke, Su Yu couldn't help laughing.

Although she was very restrained, the trembling shoulders let Chu Yu know how happy she is now.

"What's the matter? It shouldn't be!" Although Chu Yu himself was very happy, Su Yu's words were too exaggerated.

"No... I think we won the first place in this issue, which means that we have reached the top of Manying for three consecutive episodes."

"The qualifications for the Dragon Star Award have already been determined to fall on the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance Chapter..."

"I just recalled a few weeks ago that some guy at the meeting took the initiative to challenge his eligibility for this year's Dragon Star Awards, acting like he was sure of winning..."

"Now, I guess that guy is getting angry somewhere!"

"Just because of this kind of thing, what are you doing? I don't think you will be happier when you get married in the future!" Chu Yu shook his head and said.

"They are already adults, so be careful."

......

While Su Zhi was smiling at someone, Dong Yun also got the results of the text message and the popularity ranking for this week.

"lose..."

Although Dong Yun's voice was a little low, she was not overly discouraged.

Because Dong Yun has always understood two truths. The first truth is that she is excellent and talented on the road of comics.

The second reason is that on the road of comics, there are also pioneers in front of her who are better and more talented than her.

She had always thought that those real comic geniuses should have already gone to the bigger stage in Shanghai to display their talents, but she never expected that she would meet such a person in the Cuttlefish comic club in Los Angeles.

It didn't matter to Dong Yun that she lost her qualification for the Dragon Star Award. After all, she had participated in the Dragon Star Award twice in the past, but she was eliminated without passing the primary selection.