Chapter 1064: The Last Party
For Bai Han, the upcoming holiday will become an important watershed in her life. [,
The transition time for two weeks has come. This weekend, she will officially end her comic assistant and start her own comic career. There are several other old assistants in the same situation as her.
On the night when Meng Huo returned to Su Hua, the assistants heard the news and then held their last party at He Xizhi Home Dessert Shop.
"After today, we will part ways." There was no new assistant at the party, and Xi Wenlin was not there. In the past, he always maintained an optimistic tomato face and couldn't help but feel melancholy on his face: "I have been an assistant for Teacher He Xi for so many years, and when it is over, I really feel reluctant to let it go."
He couldn't bear to give up on "Detective Conan", and the two female cartoonists had no joy on their faces. The success of the new comics could not help them get rid of the same loss as Tomatoes.
The career that has been struggling for many years is about to end, and everyone feels a little disappointed in their hearts.
"After finishing this job, I will gradually get away from the teacher, right?" asked a female cartoonist.
"Without the contact of Teacher He Xi's works, it will not be easy for us to meet the teacher in the future." Her young partner smiled bitterly: "Look, besides her assistant, does Teacher He Xi have any connection with other cartoonists?"
Of course, there was no such thing as Tomato. He lived in Jiayuan Community and did not have the worry of these two female cartoonists. But he also knew that Teacher He Xi was busy with work and would not have time to contact other cartoonists.
These six or seven years of experience have proved this. Apart from having contact with his assistant, He Xi rarely has time to chat with other cartoonists. Cartoonists who have no contact with their work want to meet He Xi. There may be only one carnival every year.
He Xi would communicate with other cartoonists when he had time during the Carnival. But he would not do this every year. If these two female cartoonists no longer acted as his assistants, they would inevitably become distant from He Xi in the future.
"Bang……"
A sound of the cup falling came. Tomato looked over and saw Bai Han rushing to wipe the table with a pale face, which seemed to be very shocked.
Bai Han was indeed hit. She had never thought about what the two female cartoonists said before. It turned out that not being an assistant was not only a loss of job, but also a loss of opportunity to contact Teacher He Xi.
"Bai Han..." Bai Han called her name. Bai Han was startled and looked up and asked, "Teacher Tomato. What's the matter?"
"What's the matter... how are your new comics ready?" asked Tomato. He saw Bai Han for two weeks and her condition made him angry. At this last party, he didn't want to beat around the bush and decided to make the matter clear.
"The Flower Season is popular, and my comics will soon be serialized in Weekly Boys, and they will definitely become popular." Tomato has the confidence of a professional cartoonist and is not worried that his comics will be lost.
"There is no news about your comics among our assistants." Tomato looked at Bai Han: "It is not easy for a cartoonist who can be a teacher He Xi's assistant. Don't embarrass us."
Bai Han's face turned paler.
"Okay. Teacher Tomato, don't scare Bai Han like this!" The female cartoonist sitting next to Bai Han held Bai Han's hand and said, "Don't be nervous, just take your time, you should be more confident."
Bai Han felt that she seemed to have been seen through by these people, and the facts were almost the same.
Both Tomato and these two female cartoonists have come from newcomers. Although their experiences are different, they have also experienced Bai Han’s current confusion.
They are quite optimistic about this companion. Bai Han is not very old and has great potential for development in the future. He may be another famous cartoonist when he grows up.
"Bai Han, do you want to hear our story?" the female cartoonist suddenly said, and Tomato looked over in confusion, not knowing what she was going to do.
But he quickly understood that before Bai Han could refuse, the female cartoonist spoke up about her and the comics, how she debuted and how she met Teacher He Xi, and then understood her thoughts.
In fact, what she was doing was the same as what Tomato wanted to do just now, just to try to relieve Bai Han, but the method she used was more tactful and directly used her own personal experience to let Bai Han understand.
This method is very useful. There are so many similarities in the experiences of cartoonists that can influence each other. Every cartoonist can see his own shadow from other people. Bai Han can also find that she is like herself in the past stories of female cartoonists. The female cartoonist has been confused and wandering. Bai Han is not a special one.
But after listening to the female cartoonist's speech, Bai Han didn't seem to have any deep feelings and fell into silence.
Tomato took a sip of water: "I want to tell my story too, do you want to listen to it?"
He was recalled by the stories told by the female cartoonist, and he also had the urge to tell what happened in the past.
"I remember... Teacher Tomato, are you the first person to be Teacher He Xi's assistant?" The two female cartoonists were stunned, and then they were more interested than Bai Han: "You talk, we want to hear about Teacher He Xi's debut!"
"The first person to be Teacher He Xi's assistant is not me, but my wife..."
Tomato shook his head, but when it comes to Teacher He Xi’s debut, he may know better than Hua Meng. After all, he was paying attention to He Xi a long time ago.
But he did not start with He Xi directly, but said: "Let's start with my debut. I was the first group of cartoonists to debut in China. The definition of cartoonists at that time was different from that of cartoonists today. Strictly speaking, cartoonists at that time should be called adapted cartoonists."
"The comic giant at that time was not Zhongxia, nor Phoenix... but Longteng, which is the current Longteng company..." Tomato fell into memories: "Longteng has many talented cartoonists, and I was not valued there. You know Mr. Mah, too. Speaking of which, he was still my mortal enemy at that time, and his character was not at that time..."
His experience is a very long story, spanning more than ten years. Bai Han was not used to it at first. But she was soon attracted by his sad experience. Only then did she realize that before He Xi appeared, cartoonists were not a good profession, and many cartoonists had to rely on paintings that sold meat to barely survive.
The Mah that Bai Han knew was not such a easy-to-talk person before. He hurt many girls, and even hurt a girl that Tomato likes. When he heard this, Bai Han was so angry that she felt so pitiful. The two female cartoonists on the side almost smashed the cup and scolded Mah as a scum.
"...I worked in Phoenix Company for several years, and the comics world has been like a stagnant water, and then suddenly one day..." Tomato stopped here, his eyes emitting light, and said, "One day, Teacher He Xi appeared! He suddenly appeared, like a flame, igniting the whole world in an instant..."
Tomato's tone gradually raised up, and he began to tell He Xi's story, as if he had returned to the day when the comic era had just begun. At that time, some people could have thought that a mere teenager would change the whole world and change the fate of countless people.
"... When I first saw Teacher He Xi's comics, I didn't like him. On the contrary, I hate such geniuses..."
Tomato returned to his memory. He talked about his dislike for He Xi, how He Xi changed his thoughts with comics, and also talked about the battle between his Mah and He Xi, how the difficult birth of "Hong Elf" was, and how Mah finally turned his back...
Bai Han had heard these stories before, but she had never heard them so specific. Tomato tells the stories he saw with a person beside He Xi, which made Bai Han fascinated, as if she saw the young teacher He Xi standing alone in a world full of powerful enemies, but he was always unlucky and conquered everyone with just a brush.
She never expected that so many things had happened in the comics industry, and Teacher He Xi's path was not so smooth. He encountered many dangers, pressures, overcome many difficulties, defeated and conquered many enemies, and reached the throne of the supreme comics in China.
"This is Teacher He Xi. I have witnessed everything after his debut..." Unconsciously, Tomato's topic had shifted from himself to He Xi. When telling He Xi's story, Tomato felt boiling.
"Teacher He Xi never gave up. He moved forward bravely in the face of any difficulties and maintained his original intention for comics. We were all following behind his back. It can be said that... everything we have been beaten by Teacher He Xi with his own hands."
"Bai Han." Tomato turned his gaze to Bai Han and louder his voice: "Now every cartoonist can directly face the huge readers trained by Teacher He Xi. Eight years ago, I couldn't imagine readers of this scale. How lucky is the cartoonist who debuted now!?"
"Now, as long as the comics are good, the whole of China will be your readers. If you have such good conditions to debut, why do you still complain about yourself here? Why do you still need others to comfort you? Why don't you move forward by yourself?"
Why do the three sentences make it look like a huge hammer hitting Bai Han’s head, revealing the weakness in her heart.
"If Teacher He Xi had been as timid as you back then, then no matter how talented he was, how could he become our teacher today?" Tomato looked at Bai Han: "The teacher let you go, which means he believes in you! Why did you shrink and let down his trust in vain!?"
This last paragraph completely stung Bai Han's weakness.
Bai Han's eyes suddenly turned red.
"I don't know... It turns out that everyone is here..." Bai Han took out a tissue and wiped the corners of her eyes: "Teacher He Xi used to work so hard. I always thought he would not encounter difficulties, but I didn't expect that he was the same as us."
He Xi is indeed a genius, but the era when he first debuted is different from now. He Xi faced even more difficulties and pressure than any cartoonist who debuted now. As long as he has such a slight slackness, the history of comics will change.
After hearing He Xi's story, the two female cartoonists were quite touched and said to Bai Han: "Then do you know now? You are not special, there is no need to worry. Everyone has been here all the way, we can...you can..."
"yes……"
Bai Han nodded and said, the mist in her heart had dissipated, and she remembered the vibration of the first time she saw a comic, and the feeling of picking up a brush for the first time. She liked comics. How could this love be covered up by fear?
She recalled the time she spent with Teacher He Xi in the past, recalled how He Xi guided her paintings and praised her, and when she made a mistake, He Xi was sometimes particularly harsh.
But He Xi has always been very serious about comics, and he is very focused on his paintings.
It turns out that Teacher He Xi has always been like that. Bai Han never thought that He Xi's paintings also had so many experiences hidden. Today, he may no longer paint for himself, but for readers, and for other cartoonists, he asked his assistants to leave. This is the best proof.
Obviously, as long as he keeps his original assistant, He Xi's comics will not make any mistakes, but he released the assistants. Of course, this is not for him, but for Bai Han and the others to walk out of their own path.
He Xi used his brush to open up a huge market for other cartoonists, and also cultivated their assistants with his own experience.
"I want to be a cartoonist!" Bai Han reorganized her mood and said, "I want to use my comics to bring joy to readers and share my story with everyone... Just like Teacher He Xi, he opens up the road for the comics behind..."
She regained her dream and regained her original intention.
After hearing Bai Han's words, Tomato and the two female cartoonists smiled. Tomato called a bottle of wine, and then poured it into a cup for Bai Han: "You finally understand. After drinking this glass of wine, you will be a mature cartoonist like us!"
"Give me a cup." "I want it too!"
Seeing that Bai Han poured another glass of tomatoes after pouring them, the two female cartoonists asked Tomatoes to pour wine for them without hesitation. It was perfect for them to end their work over the past few years with a glass of wine.
The four of them picked up the wine glass and touched it. Bai Han was about to twist her nose and drink it. The two female cartoonists suddenly stopped her and said two more words.
"That's right, Bai Han, after drinking this glass of wine, you will be our competitor in the future!"
"Yes, don't think we will be merciful to you in terms of the friendship between the sisters of the same school!"
Bai Han laughed with a puff. The word "Senior Sister" is well used, right? They are He Xi's assistants, but they are also apprentices he trained, just like the senior sisters.
"I'm not afraid of you!"
Chapter completed!