I still like you [entertainment circle]

Wen Yu sat cross-legged in front of the low table, and put half a lemon into the glass containing Sprite.

The Sprite was poured a little too much, half a lemon sank, the transparent sugar water overflowed the glass, and the bubbles hissed and churned.

Wen Yu took out a piece of paper, wiped the table casually, and took a sip from the cup.

The tongue didn't feel sour, but the teeth chattered reflexively.

Wen Yu flipped through the comments on Weibo with his iPad.

He just updated the latest chapter of the manga on Weibo, and the comments skyrocketed, and the forwarding was amazing.

The world is small, full of wonders, and there are thousands of interesting souls. Wen Yu likes to have fun in the comments of netizens.

According to the outside world's existing knowledge of Wen Yu, he can be regarded as a web cartoonist who is not doing his job properly.

However, Wen Yu usually calls himself a "jobless vagrant", and usually has nothing to do, drawing and posting on Weibo, self-satisfied.

As for why fans say that he is not doing his job properly, the main reason is that Wen Yu's updates are erratic, and he is a Buddhist painter. Sometimes he updates every day, sometimes every month, and disappearing for several months without reason is even more normal.

Despite this, the mysterious and pigeon-loving Wen Yu still gained a group of fanatical followers.

Especially when many fans learned that the author of the popular suspenseful horror comic "Xavier" serialized on a certain comic software was actually the same person as this man, Wen Yu immediately became famous. With these two comic works alone, He became a popular web cartoonist.

Wen Yu was still flipping through the comments of netizens, chuckling from time to time.

What he updates on Weibo are short stories, with the universe as the background, anthropomorphizing various planets and galaxies, painting unconstrained and unconstrained daily life of stars, with a dark and humorous style.

At first, he posted sketches on Weibo just for self-entertainment, but after attracting a wave of tap water fans, Wen Yu gradually became famous.

Wen Yu loves to read comments from netizens, especially those that can get him points.

The phone rang, Wen Yu finished the last sip of Lemon Sprite, and connected the phone: "Hello?"

"The filming of "Xavier" has been decided."

The person on the other end of the phone was Cheng Yufeng, Wen Yu's college classmate and the owner of the comic platform that Wen Yu signed.

Cheng Yufeng also relied on his relationship with Wen Yu to persuade Wen Yu to sign a contract with the comic platform and get the copyright of the comics.

Wen Yu was not short of money, and Cheng Yufeng knew that drawing comics on the Internet was meant to be fun, and agreeing to sign a contract was entirely to sell the face of his old classmates.

"Yeah." Wen Yu responded lightly, "Just tell my assistant about this kind of thing, there's no need to call me."

"Xavier" is another short work serialized by Wen Yu on the comic platform. It is not long, and it has been hotly discussed during the serialization period. After the completion, the popularity has only increased, and the film and television rights have been sold within half a year.

"I've already told Xiang Nan, I know you don't care about this, I just want to let you know."

"Hmm..." Wen Yu was still indifferent, and lay down on the sofa sideways.

Cheng Yufeng said helplessly: "Hey, it's your own work, it's about to be made into a movie, can you give me some feedback?"

"Cheng Boss is very efficient and very business-minded." Wen Yu said from the bottom of his heart.

Cheng Yufeng was speechless, thinking that this artist is different from their businessmen, he is very indifferent to fame and wealth.

Not long after the phone hung up, the assistant came.

Xiang Nan glanced at Wen Yu lying on the sofa with his eyes closed and resting his mind. While clearing the cups on the table, he said, "Brother Yu, I've said it many times, don't drink drinks with lemon on an empty stomach, especially carbonated drinks."

Wen Yu closed his eyes and said nothing, Xiang Nan wiped the remaining sugar stains on the table with a damp rag.

Xiang Nan didn't say much, and went straight to the point: "Your film and television comic, the film studio has already selected the leading actor."

Wen Yu raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "So fast?"

"Yeah." Xiang Nan took out a notepad from his pocket, "The two leading roles have been confirmed, but the supporting roles are not available yet."

"Who?"

Xiang Nan lowered his glasses, with a half-smile: "You still care about this?"

"What? I can't care about this anymore?" Wen Yu narrowed his eyes.

Xiang Nan shook his head: "No, you care about it casually. The male lead is Ji Lin, and the second male lead is Tian Gongwen."

The lineup is quite strong.

Wen Yu, the actor of the second male lead, knew him.

Male protagonist——

He seems to have a little impression of the name.

"Little Fresh Meat?" Wen Yu asked, "The actor of the male lead."

"Yeah." Xiang Nan guessed that Wen Yu didn't know him, "A pop star who has become popular recently, and he acted in the hit drama "Dead Yesterday" not long ago."

Wen Yu nodded indifferently: "I have."

"The film crew contacted me, and they hope to meet with you."

Wen Yu couldn't help frowning: "Why did you see me? Didn't you sell all the copyrights to them?"

Xiang Nan sorted out his words expressionlessly: "They want to have an in-depth understanding of this work with you, including your creative journey."

Wen Yu frowned in disgust, and said, "No need. I don't have a mental journey, so I can draw whatever comes to mind."

Xiang Nan had already anticipated this result, and he also made his own proposal to reject the filming party on Wen Yu's behalf, but it didn't work.

This time Wen Yu himself refused, but it still couldn't stop the film director's strong desire to meet the original author of the manga.

The director is a young up-and-coming director, and he is very fond of Wen Yu's work. After the invitation was rejected many times, he even contacted Wen Yu himself directly.

After talking with the director, Wen Yu let go and agreed to meet with the producer.

Today is the day to meet with collaborators, Xiang Nan came early in the morning with a suit.

"What are you doing with the suit?" Wen Yu looked at him.

Xiang Nan looked Wen Yu up and down, lowered his head, and raised his finger to touch the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Wen Yu's unpretentious cotton and linen cloth is of course not suitable for going out to meet people.

Xiang Nan tried to persuade him: "At any rate, if you want to go out to meet people, dress a little more decently."

"Why do I feel like you're scolding me." Wen Yu tugged on his loose top, "Just change to something else, I don't like to wear suits."

"Let's wear something more formal." Xiang Nan handed him the suit, "Show respect."

Wen Yu didn't say anything, and took the suit.

"And your hair." Xiang Nan looked at Wen Yu's light green hair that grew to the nape of his neck, and sincerely suggested: "Change the color too."

Wen Yu is usually slovenly, but has a persistent pursuit of changing hair color.

Blonde hair, silver hair, blue hair... He tried almost every hair color he could try. This time, his rebellious value exploded, and he directly dyed his hair with green hair. Although it was a gradual change, the effect was quite good.

Wen Yu's face can stand up to his hair color, and can also stand up to such fuss.

Xiang Nan was puzzled, how could he be so non-mainstream at such a young age.

Wen Yu's reputation is for being inspired when painting, but Xiang Nan thinks that he is simply non-mainstream.

Wen Yu used a one-time hair dye, and the color of his hair faded after washing. His hair was slightly curly, and it turned brown after fading. After drying, it smelled like a noble gentleman in the middle ages.

Wen Yu dug out a black rubber band from the colored pencils on the table, gathered the hair at the back of his head and tied it in a small braid casually.

Xiang Nan is a prospective graduate. During the graduation season, there are so many things to do in college, and he doesn't have time to accompany Wen Yu to meet his collaborators.

After all, Wen Yu didn't wear the suit Xiang Nan prepared for him, but put on a white T and loose jeans and went to the scene.

He was so young that he was stopped as an irrelevant person when he entered the hotel.

Wen Yu couldn't prove that he was the author of "Xavier", and didn't bother to prove it, so he sat down on the sofa in the hotel lobby to rest.

After waiting for a while, no one was seen. Wen Yu glanced at Xiang Nan's WeChat, only to realize that he had misread the meeting time.

He arrived an hour early.

In order to facilitate on-the-spot sketching, Wen Yu usually has the habit of carrying cardboard and pencils with him.

He had nothing to do and felt bored, so he took out a pencil from his bag and drew on the cardboard.

The unicorn sculpture standing in the center of the hall is unique and very tasteful. Wen Yu raised his head from time to time to compare the sketches of the sculpture.

Not long after, a few people came in at the door, surrounded by a tall and thin man with a cropped head, wearing a mask, slightly drooping eyelids, and long and thick eyelashes.

The sunlight came in from the glass door and fell on the man's shoulders. Sitting on the sofa a few meters away, Wen Yu could see the slightly trembling eyelashes of the man under the side light.

Wen Yu lowered his head, and took a pencil to quickly outline this profile wrapped in light on the back of the cardboard.

Although Wen Yu arrived an hour earlier, he just misremembered the time. He has never been a positive person, and the person not far away came to the scene half an hour earlier than the appointed time.

Wen Yu guessed that this person was the chosen lead actor, he held the jammed paper between his fingers, and walked over slowly.

Consider it a meeting.Wen Yu thought to himself.

"Hello." Wen Yu asked, "Mr. Ji Lin?"

Ji Lin turned his head when he heard the sound.

Wen Yu's eyes visibly trembled when he saw this man.

"Who are you?" The assistant stood in front of Ji Lin.

Wen Yu kept a certain safe distance, and answered politely and concisely: "I am the author of "Xavier", and I am here to meet the film producer today." He glanced at Ji Lin, "There is also the selected leading actor."

Ji Lin was the chosen male lead, and the director specially invited him here so that he could have a deeper and more thorough grasp of the protagonist in the original work.

"Meeting ceremony." Wen Yu handed the cardboard with the portrait to Ji Lin.

The assistant stopped the gifts habitually, with a suspicious expression on his face, as if he didn't quite believe that the man in front of him with pigtails and casual attire was the popular web cartoonist.

It looks like a college student playing art.

He looks handsome, but his temperament is a little lazy.

"You are... Teacher Jiang Yu?" the assistant asked hesitantly.

"Jiang Yu" is Wen Yu's comic pen name.

Wen Yu sighed inaudibly, and asked, "Do I look like an illegitimate student?"

The assistant and the hotel staff looked at each other and shook their heads tacitly at the same time.

They had never seen an illegitimate child grow up like this.

Ji Lin on the side didn't speak all the time, half of his face was covered by the mask, so he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but his eyes stayed on Wen Yu.

Sensing the hard-to-ignore attention, Wen Yu couldn't help turning his head, and Ji Lin looked away when he saw this.

"What's Jiang Yu's real name?" Ji Lin turned to ask the assistant, his voice dull.

"Let me take a look." The assistant flipped through the phone, "It's called Wen Yu."

Ji Lin was slightly startled, looked down at his toes, and after a while, said in a low voice: "He is Teacher Jiangyu."