After wearing the chronological control group

Shanghai Stock Exchange, Studio.

Ye Weixie stopped his brush and picked up the phone, "Hello, who is it?"

"It's me, Yu Bing." Yu Bing on the other end said with a smile.

"Editor Yu?" Ye Weixie was a little surprised when he heard the words. The two of them hadn't contacted each other since the selection of the cover last time. "Long time no see, what's up?"

Just as Yu Bing wanted to talk about something serious, he changed his mind and said suddenly, "Guess?"

Ye Weixie: "..."

Ye Weixie wanted to say, they are not that familiar, right?But in order to avoid embarrassment, he still thought about it very cooperatively, and pretended to guess: "The sample booklet is out?"

Yu Bing exclaimed when he heard the words, "It's amazing, I guessed it right once."

"..." Ye Weixie.

Ye Weixie had the urge to roll his eyes. As far as the relationship between the two editors and the author is concerned, apart from the publication of the sample book, or any problems with the publication, there is nothing else going on, right?

Combined with Yu Bing's tone of voice, what's hard to guess?

He laughed twice without losing embarrassment.

Yu Bing stopped talking nonsense, and said bluntly, "The proofreading of the new book has passed, and it has officially entered the printing factory. Then I just got the sample book today. When you are free, I will send it to you."

Ye Weixie raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, did he really guess right?That Yu Bing was quite fast.

"Will it be too much trouble?"

"No." Yu Bing said in a relaxed tone, "Anyway, I'm not very busy recently, so I just happened to take a trip." By the way, he can also ask if Ye Weixie has any new books, so he can read them in advance.

Oh, yes, the matter of cooperating on the cover can also be discussed.

"When do you think you are free?"

Ye Weixie looked at the timetable and said, "I'm full tomorrow morning, can I have lunch?" By that time, it's time to invite someone to dinner to thank you.

Yu Bing looked at the next day's event book and said, "Yes. Then see you at the old place tomorrow?"

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Weixie couldn't help but clenched his fists excitedly, and silently celebrated for himself.

"yeah!"

Although the contract has already been signed and publication is a matter of time, he still feels very happy to hear that the sample book is out.

That is the kind of joy that past efforts finally have results.

He couldn't wait to share the good news with others.

I just turned around in my mind, but found that I had no one to share with.

Subordinates are fine, but if they get too excited, it will damage his image as the boss, and Boss Ye wants to save face.Classmates are fine, but he doesn't want to expose his book publishing too early.

He is already eye-catching in school, and if he adds the matter of publishing a book, he is afraid that he will become the target of public criticism.

Isn't it a common saying?Mu Xiuyu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, so for the sake of long-term development, it is better for him to work secretly to earn money, let alone show off and celebrate.

Hey, Ye Weixie sighed softly, "It would be great if Xiao Qinghe was here." Not only can he take people out to celebrate, but he can also have a big meal.

now...

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw the phone on the table. He tilted his head and thought for a while, why don't we make a call?

If you can't do anything else, it's okay to share your happiness.

Thinking of this, his hand has already reached out to the phone.

It's a pity that before the fingers touched it, the BB machine on the side suddenly rang.

Ye Weixie was taken aback, and subconsciously retracted his hands. In the end, he patted his chest, scaring the baby to death, but luckily no one saw it.

After a while, he took a look at the BB phone and found that it was Yangcheng's number. He didn't think too much about it, thinking it was an acquaintance, so he picked up the phone and dialed it.

The other side quickly picked it up, "Hello, who is it?"

It was a male voice I didn't know, and it sounded like he was around 40 or [-] years old.

But Ye Weixie made sure that he had never heard this voice before, "Hello, I just received a call from this number, may I ask who you are?"

The other person immediately asked: "You are Ye Weixi?"

The voice sounded a bit loud, and the tone was not very good, but Ye Weixie still said in a good tone: "I am. Who are you?"

When Fang Hai heard that it was Ye Weixie, he immediately reported his family proudly, "I am the publishing editor of Yangcheng Jiaxin Publishing House, and my name is Fang Hai."

After finishing speaking, he narrowed his eyes proudly, and was ready to listen to the compliment from the opposite party as usual. If the words were good, he would tell the other party about the possibility of publication earlier, and if the words were not good, he would make more money.

When Ye Weixie heard that it was the editor of Yangcheng Jiaxin Publishing House, he just raised his eyebrows. He seemed to be able to vaguely guess the intention of the other party, but is it too late?

If he remembers correctly, it has been more than a month since editor-in-chief Liang Hua called him, almost two months, right?

All the sample booklets on his side came out, and the other party just remembered to contact him. How did you say that?Nothing can be as hot as eating that.

However, he didn't intend to say that he had already signed a contract and was ready to go public. Although Yangcheng and Shanghai are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, it is not as convenient to contact as when there was internet, but he must be on guard against others.

If it was destroyed before publication, who would he turn to to justify it?

So he pretended he didn't know anything, and asked politely, "Is Editor Fang looking for me for something?"

He didn't hear the expected exclamation and compliments, Fang Hai frowned fiercely, his face was no longer triumphant as before, but became angry from embarrassment.

Ordinary people receive his call, which one is not grateful?

I really don't know what is good or bad.

If it weren't for the fact that the sales of "Ling Xiu" are really good, he wouldn't be so successful.

He turned cold and said in a very unhappy tone: "Do you know who I am?"

His uncle is the leader of the publishing house.

Ye Weixie: "I know."

Fang Hai hummed in his heart, and he knew that the previous indifference was deliberately pretended by Ye Weixie.

He was about to say something to Joe when he heard Ye Weixie's voice from the opposite side, "Isn't that the editor Fang of Yangcheng Jiaxin Publishing House? You just introduced yourself."

Fang Hai: "..."

Fang Hai was so angry that he wanted to hang up the phone, but he couldn't bear Ye Weixie's comic book.

He's not stupid, the magazine has such a sales volume, and you don't need to think about how popular it will be if it is published. If he can win, this year's Excellence Award will definitely be his.

For the sake of the bonus, he suppressed his displeasure, and said generously: "Last time I said that I would publish your manga, I have already applied for the sharing contract you want, and the sharing ratio is 3%. Hurry up and give me an address. The contract will be sent to you."

"No need." Ye Weixie said.

He was sure, this man was just here to make a joke.

"What do you mean?" Fang Hai didn't think anyone could refuse the publisher's invitation, so he took it for granted that Ye Weixie did it on purpose in order to raise the price.

Thinking of this, he said with great disdain, "Let me tell you, it's good if you can publish comics with no three views like you, so it's best to accept it as soon as it's good, and don't push it too far."

"The 3% is what I begged my grandpa to sue my grandma for, so give up. It is absolutely impossible to increase the price. If you don't know what to do, you won't even get the 3%."

"Oh, thank you then." Ye Weixie hung up the phone immediately after finishing speaking.

A person who has no self-knowledge, as if the whole world has to revolve around him, he doesn't have that extra time to chat with him.

With that time, he might as well draw a few more pictures.

Fang Hai still couldn't believe it when he heard the beep on the receiver, but Ye Weixie actually hung up on him?

boom!

Fang Hai dropped the microphone with a livid face.

Recently squeezed out two words, "very good."

He has been an editor for so long, and no one has dared to hang up on him so blatantly.

Ye Weixie, wait for me! ! !

He stood up abruptly, then rushed to the magazine office next door without saying a word, broke into the editor-in-chief Liang Hua's office without asking, and said, "Don't use that Ye Weixie's manuscript in the future, otherwise there will be consequences. conceited!"

Liang Hua & Ding Feng who were discussing things: "..."

The same idea popped up in the minds of both of them: What the hell?

"Did you hear that?" Seeing that there was no response, Fang Hai repeated it gloomyly.

Aren't you Ye Weixie pulling?He directly cut off his source of income, let's see how arrogant he is in the future.

Liang Hua frowned, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Editor Fang, whether or not we use someone's manuscript for SNS Magazine is up to our magazine office."

In the words, I almost said 'it has nothing to do with you'.

Fang Hai looked at Liang Hua gloomyly, "According to you, do you want to continue using it?"

I think so, Liang Hua thought.

The problem is that Ye Weixie didn't vote for their magazine at all.

So it's useless to think about it.

Also, people's books are about to be listed, who cares about them?

Ridiculous.

She turned cold, "If Editor Fang is fine, please come back, we still have to work."

"You—" Fang Hai pointed at Liang Hua, his fingers trembled for a long time before he could squeeze out two words, "Very good."

After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

When the door was closed, Ding Feng was a little worried: "Will he make a small report?"

Uncle Fang Hai is the leader of the publishing house, few people in the magazine know about it, otherwise he wouldn't be allowed to be so arrogant.

"Go if you want." Liang Hua thought indifferently, could it be possible to drive her away?

She hasn't done it in vain for more than ten years.

At that time, the big deal is that the fish will die and the net will be broken.

After class was over at noon the next day, Ye Weixie was about to go to the gazebo to meet Yu Bing to pick up a sample booklet, but suddenly received a call from the other party, saying that something happened to him and he was unable to come, and asked him whether to wait until tomorrow or publish it by himself The company takes it.

Ye Wei took a break to think, and decided to get it by himself, it's not far anyway.

And the point is, he also wants to see the sample booklet sooner.

Yu Bing apologized again, and then hung up the phone.

The publishing company is not far from the school, Ye Weixie rode there by bike, and soon got the sample booklet from Yu Bing's colleague.

The size of the book is 32K, and it is divided into two volumes, but this time only the first half, which is the first volume, is published.

The cover is the left and right mosaic picture he provided, the color cover, and the inner pages are black and white.

Overall it looks pretty good.

After looking inside and out, Ye Weixie's eyes finally fell on the author's name on the cover.

--leaf.

It was him, yes.

Hey!

Ye Weixie was secretly amused.

On the way back to school, when Ye Weixie passed by the bookstore, he couldn't help but take a few extra glances, especially when he saw the 'New Book Recommendation' sign, he felt inexplicably excited.

Because it won't be long before his new book is likely to appear on that shelf as well.

Ye Weixie was in a good mood just after receiving the sample booklet, so he simply stopped the car and entered the bookstore.

The boss was reading a book, and when he saw him coming in, he just took a look and said, "Read as you please."

After Ye Weixie said 'OK', he slowly turned around in a counterclockwise direction. Halfway through the turn, he had seven or eight books in his hand.

Most of them have been read, so he bought them back mainly for collection. After all, after 30 to [-] years, these first edition books have become out of print, and it is hard to find a copy on the market.

Very collectible.

After walking another half circle, Ye Weixie decided to end here when he saw that the rest of the area was only for primary and middle school students and children.

Just when he was about to pay the bill and leave, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw several children's picture books, colorful and colorful.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

Eh!How could he have forgotten that besides comics, he can actually make children's picture books, enlightenment, knowledge expansion and science popularization.

Moreover, he had an idea in his mind.

But now the idea can only be an idea, we have to wait until the picture book is produced to know whether it will work or not.

Thinking of this, he didn't stop in his hand, and quickly took a few children's picture books.

As the saying goes, only by knowing this and knowing the enemy can you win a hundred battles, so you have to see how others do it. Of course, what he looks at is not the content of others, but the scale.

To put it bluntly, it is to what extent people can accept it now.

Although there are memories of later generations, after all, the era has not yet developed there. Some things are common to him, but they are unacceptable to people of this era.

So in order to avoid trouble, he can't be too advanced.

Without further ado, after returning to the studio, Ye Weixie immediately called the only two employees for a meeting to assign tasks.

"Children's picture books are aimed at children aged 3 to 6, so it is best for the protagonists of the picture books to be small animals or children of the same age, which are more friendly, and in this way, young readers will have a more sense of substitution."

That is empathy.

"Also, in the process of storytelling, picture books should play a certain role in popularizing science. For example, bees collect honey, and bobobockles have sharp and long beaks to facilitate catching bugs."

"Or you need to know the basic common sense of politeness, such as remembering to say thank you after being helped, and remembering the word 'please' is the most important thing when asking for help."

"It's something like that anyway."

Ye Weixie looked at Lin Chan and Liang Qian, "Do you understand?"

Both of them nodded in unison, "Understood."

It's just that after nodding her head, Liang Qian was a little confused. This matter doesn't seem to have much to do with her, does it?

But since the boss explained it, she just did it.

After the establishment of the comic studio, it finally started to get busy.

All three of them actively made suggestions to determine the final theme and style.

On this day, Ye Weixie felt a little bored after sitting for two hours, so he went out to get some air, and as soon as he went out to the small courtyard, he happened to meet Shi Yuan who was passing by outside the door.

Ye Weixie smiled with peach blossom eyes, "Grandma, long time no see."

The two haven't seen each other since they moved, but there seems to be no big gap when they meet again, but it's not surprising, after all, they didn't know each other very well.

It can only be said that they are neighbors with a decent relationship.

And don't look at Shi Yuan who took the initiative to make friends with each other, but in fact Ye Weixie can feel the alienation of the other party, but the alienation is just right, so that it is easy not to be noticed.

He was able to discover it because of the fact that he lived under the fence since he was a child.

For people like them, observing words and emotions is a basic skill.

Shi Yuan was also a little surprised to see Ye Weixie. Although she knew that the first floor was also rented by Ye Weixie, she had never seen it open, so she thought it was still vacant.

She stood still outside the door with a kind smile on her face, "It's been a while, how have you been lately?"

"Very good." Ye Weixie took a few steps to open the iron door, and was about to ask the other party how he was doing, when Lin Chan's voice came from the room calling him, "Boss, I finished the first draft, I want to see it." ?"

"Wait a minute." Ye Weixie replied inwardly.

"Good~"

Ye Weixie turned around, apologetically said: "I'm sorry, I—"

Shi Yuan smiled and said: "It's okay, go get busy."

Just as Ye Weixie was about to say yes, his mind suddenly turned and asked: "We are drawing a picture book, do you want to come in and take a look?"

Shi Yuan was a little surprised, "Picture book?"

"Yes, children's picture books." Ye Weixie said.

Shi Yuan thought for a while, then nodded.

She remembered that Ye Weixie's reason for rejecting her was that he wanted to make money from painting, but she wanted to see what he was going to do.

Entering the office, Ye Weixie introduced Liang Qian and Lin Chan, "This is our neighbor, grandma. Grandma, this is Lin Chan, and this is Liang Qian. They are all employees of my studio."

"Hi, grandma."

Liang Qian and Lin Chan hurriedly stood up to say hello.

Shi Yuan smiled and said, "Hello."

After saying hello, Ye Weixie asked Shi Yuan to sit down, and asked Lin Chan to show Shi Yuan the first draft he had just finished.

Lin Chan didn't hold back, and quickly brought over the first draft of the character.

Shi Yuan took it and looked at it.

Ye Weixie thought for a while, and said, "Talk about the outline of the story with grandma."

"Okay."

Lin Chan began to say, "This is a story with a little rabbit as the main character. It mainly tells about the little rabbit wandering in the forest..."

After listening, Shi Yuan nodded, "Not bad."

"Then this painting?"

Shi Yuan looked at Ye Weixie.

Ye Weixie smiled and said, "Just tell the truth."

Lin Chan nodded, "Yes, I also want to hear the truth."

But that being said, Shi Yuan still considered his words carefully so as not to hurt the young man's heart.

"The painting is pretty good," she first affirmed Lin Chan's artist, "but it's too well-behaved. Picture books are for children, and they need to be more playful. If they want to see real rabbits, they can just look at the photos. already?" Why read picture books?

"is not it?"

Lin Chan said 'ah', and said with a little annoyance, "Is it still the same? I have already changed the version."

"It's already a little better than the previous version." Ye Weixie said reassuringly.

The previous version was completely drawn according to the real thing. He almost collapsed when he saw it. Fortunately, he has many years of skill, so he couldn't hold back his laughter.

Shi Yuan raised his eyebrows in surprise when he heard the words. From this point of view, Ye Weixie is quite competent as the boss.

At this moment, Lin Chan suddenly said: "Grandma, I think you should take a look at the painting by the boss, it is really super beautiful." The kind that makes people unable to take their eyes off.

After seeing it, she started planting grass directly.

Because it is really good-looking, cute without losing its original characteristics.

Shi Yuan became interested, and looked at Ye Weixi with a smile.

Ye Weixie smiled and stood up, "Just a moment."

After seeing Ye Weixie's drawing, Shi Yuan finally understood why Qin Yue was the first to call him after seeing the painting.

It's really aura.

If you can put your heart and soul into painting, you will definitely achieve something.But just like what Ye Weixie said, he wants to make money from painting, so he can't settle down to think about it.

It was also his respect for painting that changed her perception of Ye Weixie a lot.

If she was just a neighbor before, after that day, she put Ye Weixie in an equal position.

Just a pity.

But everyone has their own choices, as long as you don't regret it.

"Very well drawn," she said.

Lin Chan immediately smiled and said, "Is it? Is it? I also think it's very good."

Although Liang Qian didn't make a sound, she also nodded.

The few people chatted for a while before breaking up.

Ye Weixie sent Shi Yuan out.

When he got to the door, Shi Yuan waved his hand to tell him not to see him off.

Ye Weixie didn't force her, "Then grandma, please go slowly."

At this moment, Shi Yuan suddenly asked: "Is the studio still short of people?"

Ye Weixie didn't think too much about it, thinking that it was Shi Yuan who wanted to be recommended, so he said: "There is still a lack of a painter, but we have a small business, maybe..."

Shi Yuan raised his hand, motioning him not to say more, and then asked: "What do you think of me?"

Ye Weixie was stunned, "Huh?"

The smile on Shi Yuan's face did not fade, "I may not be as good at making up stories as you are, but drawing is not bad. Boss Ye, do you want to think about it?"

Ye Weixie had a bitter face, "Grandma, I can't afford to invite you." And how could he invite a master back?

Shi Yuan nodded, and then smiled, "I don't need a salary, anyway, I'm idle at home, so I just want to find a place to kill time, you think about it?"

"Don't think about it," Ye Weixie hurriedly said, "Master, don't you offend me by asking such a question? If you want, you can come and play anytime."

"Okay, then it's settled." Shi Yuan was no longer polite to him.

Ye Weixie: "Okay."

"How do you usually go to work?" Shi Yuan asked again.

Ye Weixie: "Liang Qian and Lin Chan's working hours are from [-] am to [-] pm every day. They are basically there during this time period. I only come here when I don't have classes."

Shi Yuan nodded, "Understood."

After sending the person away, Ye Weixie didn't take it too seriously.

After all, as Shi Yuan, neither the left nor the right would come to his small studio, so it would be nice to come and see it occasionally.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, he received a call from Liang Qian, saying that Shi Yuan had arrived early, and asked them about the picture book, asking if he could tell.

Ye Weixie was surprised, but after thinking about it, it's okay to tell them, so I let them figure it out.

Shi Yuan would never be interested in his studio.

After class, Ye Weixie said goodbye to Su Xiaoming and was about to go home when a classmate popped in from outside.

"Ye Weixie, someone is looking for you downstairs."

Ye Weixie was taken aback, "Who?"

The classmate said: "I don't know, it's a woman."

Ye Weixie nodded, "Okay, I see, thank you."

"You're welcome." After the classmate delivered the message, he quickly ran away.

Ye Weixie packed up his things and went downstairs, because he came down late and there was no one downstairs, so he saw the woman standing in front of the teaching building at a glance.

The woman is about 30 years old, with a ponytail tied, a camel coat, and leather shoes on her feet, looking very fashionable.

His gaze scanned the woman's face several times, and he always felt that this face looked familiar.

It's just that he is sure that he doesn't know this person.

He walked over and said politely, "Hi, I heard you are looking for me?"

The woman looked Ye Weixi up and down, and asked, "You are Ye Weixie?"

Ye Weixie: "I am."

As soon as Ye Weixi finished speaking, the woman's eyes turned red instantly, "I finally found you."

Ye Weixie looked blank, "???"

"Who are you?"

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